Dr Bill McSweeney

Senior Research Fellow in International Peace Studies

Bill is recognised in Ireland and internationally as a leading scholar on religion and violence, and on religion and US foreign policy. His commentary appears regularly in the Irish Times and other media outlets.

Areas of expertise

Theories of International Relations, International Security, Religion and US foreign policy, US foreign policy after the Cold War, Religion and Politics

Education

Ph.D. Trinity College Dublin
B.Phil. University of York
B.A. University of Essex

Contact details

Email: bmcswney@tcd.ie
Direct Tel: +353 (0) 1 206 0359
General Tel: +353 (0) 1 260 1144, ext. 131
Fax: +353 (0) 1 260 1158

Select publications

• Security Identity and Interests: A Sociology of International Relations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999
• Roman Catholicism: The Search for Relevance, Oxford: Blackwell, 1980