Dr Etain Tannam
Assistant Professor and Programme Coordinator in International Peace Studies

Dr Etain Tannam was a welcome addition to the ISE in 2008, as Assistant Professor in International Peace Studies. She received her BA in Economics and Political Science from Trinity College Dublin., her MA in West European Politics from University of Essex and her PhD from London School of Economics and Political Science, funded by the British Council/Foreign and Commonwealth Office scholarship scheme.
Since her arrival at ISE, she has instigated a highly successful field trip to the UN Geneva for MPhil students, established a successful internship service with NGOs and an internship module. She is currently researching for International Intervention in Ethnic Conflict: a comparison of the European Union and United Nations (Palgrave, 2014) and has published various book chapters and international journal articles (see below). She is also author of Cross-Border Co-operation in Ireland, (Palgrave, 1999). Her research interests are in the areas of international organizations and conflict resolution, United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) politics, Northern Ireland and British-Irish relations, Cypriot and Greek-Turkish relations.
Her previous employment includes posts in the Department of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin, where she continues to teach international relations, and the Dublin European Institute, University College Dublin.
Areas of expertise
EU Politics, Integration Theory/IR Theory, EU and conflict management, Northern Ireland/Anglo-Irish Politics, United Nations, European Union
Modules taught
United Nations, Research Methods, NGOs and International Politics: theory and practice
Education
Ph.D. Government, London School of Economics and Political Science
MA West European Politics, University of Essex
BA Hons, Trinity College Dublin
Contact details
Email: tanname@tcd.ie
General Tel: +353 (0) 1 260 1144, ext.
Fax: +353 (0) 1 260 1158
Select publications
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‘The European Union and Conflict Resolution: Northern Ireland, Cyprus and Bilateral Cooperation’, Government and Opposition, 47, (1), 2012, pp. 47 – 71,
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‘Explaining British-Irish Cooperation: a rational institutionalist approach’, Review of International Studies, (3), 2011, pp. 1191 – 1214,
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‘Understanding and Explaining International Intervention: the state of the art', Ethnopolitics, 11, (4), pp. 341-353, 2012
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‘The Divided Irish’, in Mabry T., McGarry J. and O’Leary B. (eds.) 2012, Europe’s Divided Nations, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 308-337
