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Dr. David Mitchell

Assistant Professor (School of Religion)

 damitche@tcd.ie

 


Biography

David Mitchell's main research interest is in peacebuilding and the politics of peace processes, with a specialism in Northern Ireland. He has published research in leading international journals on several dimensions of the Northern Ireland transition including party politics, language, sport, mediation and religion. His current research focus is on the comparative meaning and value of the Northern Ireland experience. He is editing, with Dong Jin Kim, a volume with brings together experts from Europe and East Asia to examine peacemaking in Ireland and Korea, due to be published by Routledge in 2021. He is regularly consulted by the international media on developments in Northern Ireland and speaks frequently to international groups of policy makers and civil society organisations on peacemaking in Ireland. He has written or co-written op-eds in the Irish Times, The Times (Ireland) and the Huffington Post. David is co-supervising PhD research on the socio-economic dimension of the peace processes in Ireland and Korea (Eugene Lee), peacebuilding in Sudan (Megan Greeley), and young people and consociationalism in Northern Ireland (Sarah Wallace). He teaches on the modules Conflict and Peace in Northern Ireland, Research Skills, Foundations of Conflict Resolution Research and Contemporary Conflict and Peacemaking: Global Perspectives. After a BA in History and Philosophy and MA in Peace and Conflict Studies, David completed a doctorate in Politics at Ulster University (Magee) where he also taught. Prior to joining Trinity, he worked on projects based at the University of Aberdeen, Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health and Ulster University, carrying out qualitative and quantitative research among politicians, ex-combatants, religious activists, top-level and grassroots sports organisations, LGB, ethnic minority and transgender groups, and the general public.

Research Tags

  Conflict resolution   ETHNIC-CONFLICT   Northern Ireland Conflict   Northern Ireland Troubles   Northern Ireland/British-Irish Politics   Peace Studies   Peacebuilding   Religion, Conflict and Peace   Sport Studies
Gladys Ganiel and David Mitchell, The Politics of Conflict and Transformation: The Island of Ireland in Comparative Perspective, Abingdon, Routledge, 2022, Book, IN_PRESS
Sport for peace: Comparing contributions and constraints in Ireland and Korea in, editor(s)Dongjin Kim, David Mitchell , Reconciling Divided States: Peace Processes in Ireland and Korea, Routledge, 2022, [David Mitchell, Dan Gudgeon], Book Chapter, SUBMITTED
Peace agreements and elite-level peacemaking in Ireland and Korea: governance, security and context in, editor(s)Dongjin Kim, David Mitchell , Reconciling Divided States: Peace Processes in Ireland and Korea, Routledge, 2022, [Dongjin Kim, David Mitchell], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
Facets of the unionist experience since 1998: from the Agreement to Brexit and beyond in, editor(s)Olivier Coquelin, Brigitte Bastiat, and Frank Healy , Northern Ireland: Challenges of Peace and Reconciliation Since the Good Friday Agreement, Bern, Peter Lang, 2022, [David Mitchell], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
Peace processes and comparative research on Ireland, Korea and beyond in, editor(s)Dong Jin Kim and David Mitchell , Reconciling Divided States: Peace Processes in Ireland and Korea, Abingdon, Routledge, 2022, [Dong Jin Kim and David Mitchell], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS
Dong Jin Kim and David Mitchell, Reconciling Divided States: Peace Processes in Ireland and Korea, Routledge, 2021, Book, IN_PRESS  URL
Political Parties in Northern Ireland and the Post-Brexit Constitutional Debate in, editor(s)Oran Doyle, Aileen McHarg, Jo Murkens , The Brexit Challenge for Ireland and the United Kingdom: Constitutions under Pressure, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021, [David Mitchell], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS  TARA - Full Text
Irish Political Studies, 36, 1, (2021), Gladys Ganiel and David Mitchell, [eds.], Journal, PUBLISHED
David Mitchell, Comparative consultation: the theory and practice of 'sharing lessons' between peace processes, Cooperation and Conflict, 56, (1), 2021, p65 - 82, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
David Mitchell, Dan Gudgeon and Dong Jin Kim, Sport and strategic peacebuilding: Northern Ireland and Korea compared, Peacebuilding, 2021, p1 - 14, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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David Mitchell, The role of sport in the Northern Ireland peace process, PyeongChang Peace Forum 2021, PyeongChang, South Korea (video presentation), 8 February, 2021, PyeongChang 2018 Legacy Foundation, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
DAVID MITCHELL, Comparing the peace processes in Ireland and Korea, Emerging Leader Fellowship, Online Unification Academy, Online from Seoul, South Korea, 15 June , 2021, Ministry of Unification, South Korea, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Gladys Ganiel and David Mitchell, Introduction, The politics of conflict and transformation: the island of Ireland in comparative perspective, Irish Political Studies, 36, (1), 2021, p1 - 6, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
David Mitchell, Northern Ireland: The politics behind the riots, 2021, -, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
David Mitchell, Comparing peace processes in Ireland and Korea, Korea Peace Forum, London/online, 28 November, 2020, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the UK, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
David Mitchell, Northern Ireland after coronavirus: three scenarios for politics and peace, 2020, -, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
David Mitchell, Unionism since 1998: five arguments, Les Accords de Vendredi Saint, 20 Ans Après, University of Caen, France [presentation via video link], 29 March, 2019, University of Caen, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
David Mitchell, An anti-Brexit party just made an extraordinary breakthrough in Northern Ireland, 2019, -, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
David Mitchell, How to learn from a peace process: an analysis of comparative contact, Comparative Perspectives on the Korean Peace Process: From Ireland and Beyond, Trinity College Dublin, 1 February 2019, 2019, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
David Mitchell, The value of comparative peace research , Building a Transnational Network of Scholars and Practitioners for a Comparative Study of Peace Processes in Northern Ireland, Former Yugoslavia and the Korean Peninsula, Leiden University, The Hague, Netherlands, 4 February 2019, 2019, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED

  

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