I have written widely on topics from the history of UK security policy in Northern Ireland, and the organisational origins of armed groups - to the use of quantum mechanics in international relations, and computational methods of literarcy criticism.
You can browse my peer-reviewed publications below, with links provided to open-access materials.
Alongside these academic outputs, I have also shared my findings with the wider public via an exhibition of visual research materials. This exhibition features photographs of the Northern Ireland ‘peace walls’, alongside data graphics exploring their spatial effects. Over 33,000 people have accessed my exhibition to date. You can view a digital version of my exhibition yourself, via this link.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
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Measurement = Generative: Bridging IR’s Epistemological Divides with Quantum Mechanics’ Measurement Apparatus
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![A mural painting on a wall depicting people in old-fashioned clothing, a horse, and buildings, with a barbed wire fence above.]()
'To Look for Another Thing, and in Another Way: Revitalising Criticality with Multimodal Methodologies', Critical Studies on Terrorism
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![World map showing countries in red for clandestine insurgency, blue for social movement, green for state splinter, and gray for overlapping regions.]()
'Armed Group Formation in Civil War: Clandestine, Social Movement, and State Splinter Origins', Review of International Studies
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![A colorful box plot chart showing data distribution with various colored boxes and scattered individual data points.]()
'Introducing the "Conceptual Archive": A Genealogy of Counterterrorism in 1970s Britain', European Journal of International Security
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![A word cloud visualization with a dark background, featuring words connected by lines. The most prominent words include 'Fellowship', 'King', 'Towers', 'Hobbit', and 'the', with smaller related words branching out from these central terms.]()
'The Ring Cycle: Journeying Through the Language of Tolkien’s Third Age with Corpus Linguistics', Journal of Tolkien Research
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![Line graph with red and blue lines, and shaded areas showing data trends over time.]()
'Historicising “terrorism”: how, and why?', Critical Studies on Terrorism
Blog posts
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![A digital map showing a city's street network with color-coded routes on a black background.]()
'Materialising the Immaterial, via the Belfast Peace Walls', Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute
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![Looking up through an abstract, honeycomb-like granite structure against a blue sky with some white clouds.]()
'Publishing from the PhD: Reflections on My First Experience of Peer Review', E-International Relations
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![Aerial view of a residential alley with backyards of multiple brick row houses, some with trees, fences, laundry lines, and a person standing in one backyard.]()
'The Long and Short of It: Micro and Macro Process Times in Civil War', Civil War Paths blog
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![Old, weathered blue metal door with peeling paint, rust, and graffiti, secured with padlocks and a wooden board with the word 'wer' written on it.]()
'Advice on Using Theory in Academic Work', E-International Relations
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![Close-up of library or archival files with handwritten labels showing the year 1955 and folder numbers, stored on a shelf behind a wire mesh.]()
'Disconnect, or Continuity? The Gardiner Committee in Perspective', Writing the Troubles
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![Nighttime city scene with Big Ben clock tower in London, illuminated building facades, traffic lights, and moving car lights.]()
'Fuelling the Debate: What Britain’s Bus Crisis Tells Us About Public Ownership', Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute
Public engagement
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![Poster advertising the 'Belfast: City of Lines' exhibition at the Royal Engineers Museum from July 29 to August 9, 2025, created by Dr. Michael Livesey from the University of Sheffield, featuring a mural of people and landmarks in Belfast.]()
Peace Walls Exhibition at the Royal Engineers Museum
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![An art or science exhibit display board with maps and text, set in a room with a Christmas tree in the background.]()
Festival of Social Science: An Exhibition of Visual Research Materials
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![Intricate red carved wooden mask featuring a butterfly or insect design with detailed patterns, spirals, and textures.]()
Te Ao o Rongomaraeroa | National Centre for Peace and Conflict Seminar Series: The Story of British Counter-Terrorism and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland
