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Shelley Deane

Dr Shelley Deane (PhD LSE) works on the ARINS (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South) project as the Keough-Naughton Institute Dublin liaison at Notre Dame University. Formerly Director of Brehon Advisory, a not for profit advisory specialising in conflict and security research, policy, and analysis, Shelley worked to support refugee security and education. As Assistant Professor of Government at Bowdoin College in Maine, and Visiting Assistant Professor of International Relations at Dartmouth College, Shelley specialised in Negotiations, Mediation, Middle East Politics, Irish Politics, Civil Wars, and Conflict to Peace Transitions. Shelley is a John and Pat Hume Foundation advisory board member.

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