Emma-Charlotte Kilheeney
Title of thesis
Ministers advise, Prime Ministers decide? Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland and policy making during the conflict 1972-2010.
Supervisors
Professor Kevin Morgan and Dr. Nick Turnbull
Planned submission date
September 2013
Research interests
British politics, Irish politics, Anglo-Irish relations, Northern Ireland conflict, UK core executive, Governance and policy making in the UK, leadership, US-Irish relations.
Conference papers
29th March 2010, Political Studies Association Post Graduate Network Annual Conference 2010, Edinburgh. Paper accepted: 'Minister's advise, Prime Minister's decide? The power and impact of Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland 1972- 2009'.
7th-9th July 2010, Reassessing the Seventies, CCBH Annual Conference, Institute of Historical Research, University of London. Paper accepted and presented: 'Ministers advise, Prime Ministers decide? Conservative government policy on Northern Ireland, 1979'. A historical approach to political science research.
17th -18th September 2010. Political Studies Association of Ireland Postgraduate conference 2010: Political transformation in Post-Conflict Societies. Queens University, Belfast. Paper accepted and presented: 'Ministers advise, Prime Ministers decide? Conservative government policy on Northern Ireland, 1979'.
19th -21st April 2011. 61st Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Transforming Politics: New Synergies. Paper accepted: ‘Ministers advise, Prime Ministers decide? Conservative government policy on Northern Ireland, 1979 and 1980’
October 2011. Political Studies Association of Ireland 2011 Annual Conference: Evidence of Conflict. Paper to be submitted. Title: TBA
Teaching experience
- POLI10200 Introduction to Comparative Politics
- Politics Teacher at Manchester Grammar School
Additional informationn
- Member of the Political Studies Association (PSA UK)
- Member of the Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) and the PSAI specialist group on peace and conflict
Email address
emma.kilheeney@manchester.ac.uk