Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne

Brendan Ciaran Browne is an Assistant Professor in Conflict Resolution and Research Fellow at the Trinity College Dublin Centre for Post-Conflict Justice. His research interests centre on conflict transformation in Northern Ireland and Palestine where he has conducted extensive fieldwork with political representatives, youth and community workers, NGOs and former combatants.

Items by Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne

- March 16, 2024 Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne
Genocide in Gaza has laid bare the weaponisation of donor aid

The ongoing genocide in Gaza has starkly exposed Western governments’ unequal and wholly selective application of international law whilst also managing to draw much-needed attention to the dysfunctional role that foreign donors and their development agendas play in the region. Following Israel’s hitherto unproven allegations, suggesting that members of the...
- March 9, 2024 Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne
In 2024, International Women’s Day is irrelevant if it doesn’t centre on women in Gaza

Since its inception in 1977, International Women’s Day (IWD) has become a global phenomenon. Held annually on 8 March, the day is aimed at celebrating the contributions of women throughout history, taking the opportunity to shed light on women’s experiences and achievements, whilst continuing to spotlight persistent gender disparities...
- January 10, 2024 Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne
How development aid undermines peace in Palestine

International intervention in Palestine has been centred since the 1990s around what scholars have referred to as a liberal “peacebuilding” agenda. Under the proclaimed goal of achieving a two-state solution – a State of Israel alongside a yet-to-materialise State of Palestine — the position of several European governments has...
- January 9, 2024 Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne
Connecting over carrots from Belfast to Rafah

I don’t profess to being much of a grower of fresh fruit and vegetables. However, I recently planted a variety of seeds in my greenhouse and I am beginning to reap the (very partial) rewards of a modest harvest. Like anyone who tries something without doing proper research in advance,...
- October 27, 2023 Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne
‘In Palestine, even the olives are bleeding…’

It’s 2pm on 24 October and time to check in with the many colleagues and friends I have on the ground in Palestine. I give ‘Mo’ a ring, a friend I met back in 2019 when he was doing his PhD at Queen’s in Belfast. He answers the call....
- November 13, 2019 Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne
Whilst 18 Israelis are treated for anxiety, 22 Palestinians are taken to the mortuary

The extrajudicial killing of Bahaa Abu Al-Ata of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, the second largest faction in the Gaza Strip, has triggered a predictable spike in “conflict related incidents”. As always, it is the Palestinian civilian population residing in the much maligned Gaza Strip who are affected disproportionately. On...