Meet our team

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

Dr Berit Bliesemann de Guevara

Reader in 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 Amaya Querejazu

British Academy Newton International Fellow 

Amaya is working on the project “Making king with other worlds: relationality as methodology to build pluriversal IR”. She is interested in relational ways of knowing.

Email: amq@aber.ac.uk


Louise Ridden

ESRC PhD Researcher

Louise is interested in the role of nonviolence in conflict-related knowledge production. Her research focuses on unarmed civilian protection and epistemic practices.

Email: lor17@aber.ac.uk


Previous KNOWLEDGE Centre co-directors