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Etain Tannam

Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, BA Trinity College Dublin, MA University of essex, PhD, London School of Economics)

Associate Professor International Peace Studies Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Dublin

Etain Tannam (BA Economics and Political Science, Trinity College Dublin) received her MA in West European Politics from the University of Essex and was awarded a British Council scholarship for her PhD at the London School of Economics on the topic of the effect of the European Union on Cross-Border Cooperation in Ireland. She is author of International Intervention in Ethnic Conflict: A Comparison of the European Union and United Nations (2014, Basingstoke, Palgrave) and Cross-Border Co-operation in Ireland (1999, Basingstoke, Palgrave) and has published various book chapters and international journal articles (see below). Her research interests are in the areas of Northern Ireland and British-Irish relations, including the impact of Brexit, international organizations and conflict resolution, United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) politics. She is currently writing a book British-Irish Relations in the 21st Century, 2020, forthcoming, Oxford, Oxford University Press.

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