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Colin Breen is a Reader (Associate Professor) in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Ulster University. He previously worked as a Research Fellow at the Queen's University, Belfast and for the state's archaeology service. His primary research interests are in cultural landscape histories, environment and conflict, and heritage studies. He is currently involved in projects across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.