The Knowledge Centre is a team effort, whose work is inspired by the research interests of its members. It is currently led by these co-directors:

Prof Berit Bliesemann de Guevara
Professor of International Politics
Berit is interested in knowledge-related questions around peace and conflict, international interventions, and unarmed civilian protection.
Email: beb14@aber.ac.uk
Dr Katy Budge
Lecturer in International Politics
Katy’s research interests encompass border regimes and resistance; the legacies and logics of colonialism; EU politics; UK politics; and critical methodologies and the politics of knowledge production.
Email: kab121@aber.ac.uk


Dr Onyinyechukwu Durueke
Onyinye’s research interests lie in the broad areas of Gender, Peace and Security; Post-Conflict States; and Counterinsurgency.
Email: ond1@aber.ac.uk
Previous KNOWLEDGE Centre co-directors
- Dr Jeff Bridoux, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, NATO
- Dr Regan Burles, University of Edinburgh
- Prof Inanna Hamati-Ataya, Groningen University
- Dr Katarzyna Kaczmarska, University of Edinburgh
- Dr Dylan Marshall, King’s College London
- Dr Birgit Poopuu, Tallinn University
- Prof Amaya Querejazu Escobari, University of Antioquia
- Dr Louise Ridden, Tampere University
- Dr Andrea Warnecke, Leiden University