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January 2019 - September 2023
September 2019 - September 2023
September 2017 - September 2018
St Clare's College Oxford
Position
- Lecturer
Education
September 2015 - January 2019
September 2014 - September 2015
September 2011 - September 2012
Arge University Vienna
Field of study
- Mediation & Conflict Resolution
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Publications (19)
The Austrian state declared its neutrality to assert externalindependence and to ensure the inviolability of its territory in1955. Since then, the interpretation of Austria’s neutrality changedto accommodate Western-orientated foreign policies. Whilequantitative surveys highlight appreciative attitudes towardsneutrality in the Austrian population,...
Representative opinion polls indicate that members of the U.S. public may hold dichotomous perceptions of their veterans. While the majority of the U.S. public appreciates and honors their veterans, they are also considered to suffer from war-induced trauma and physical disabilities. Victimizing attitudes toward the veteran population may result in...
Digital initiatives may have helped to maintain active social networks during restrictive, social distancing measures of the COVID‐19 pandemic. To examine how and under which circumstances digital initiatives can contribute to social cohesion, semistructured interviews with 35 stakeholders of local communities and clubs were conducted. The thematic...
Although the underlying reasons for veteran-hero and veteran-victim relationships have been theoretically and empirically examined, research has often ignored historical, cultural and demographic perspectives in investigating this relationship. The present chapter addresses this gap in knowledge by exploring cultural narratives and values, their re...
A large number of multidisciplinary, qualitative, and quantitative research suggests that providing care for family members with mental health illnesses can have both positive and negative effects on the carers' wellbeing. However, to date a comprehensive overview and synthesis of literature that compares and contrasts positive and negative effects...
Evidence suggests that UK veterans are seen as victims with concern for their perceived mental health needs. This study examined sociodemographic factors that contribute to victimizing conceptualizations of British Army Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. UK participants ( N = 234) provided three word associations to “British Army Iraq Veteran” and “Bri...
Previous research on British public perceptions of UK veterans has focused mainly on opinion polls and survey data. This is problematic, as the broader scope of public dialogue and discourse that informs and influences public perceptions of veterans remains largely unaddressed. To evaluate how the media frames British veterans, this study systemati...
Previous research suggests that US public estimates of mental health problems in US veterans who returned from the deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan exceed actual concerns. The present project examines how sociodemographic factors may contribute to victimizing perceptions of US Army Iraq and Afghanistan veterans by conducting a free word-associat...
Previous research has shown that British public perception of veterans can be negative and erroneous. Surveys, for example, indicate that veterans are characterized as skilled and valorous individuals but also as suffering from ill-health, unemployment, and homelessness. To investigate how these beliefs may form, the present study examines the publ...
Teachers are at risk to suffer from burnout and adverse mental health as a result of work-related stress and conflicts. The development of teacher resilience depends upon a complex interaction between extraneous factors (i.e. administrative and social support), and, intrinsic factors (i.e. personal values). Although it is known that personal faith...
Interviewing those who have experienced war has been common
practice since the past was first recorded. Well-known examples of
interview-informed accounts of armed conflict across three millennia include Thucydides‘ fifth-century bce History of the Peloponnesian War,
Jules Michelet’s History of the French Revolution (1847) and John William
Gordon’s...
Evidence suggests that most of the UK public appreciate currently serving UK Armed Forces personnel but are less positive in their beliefs about veterans. This research examined the social representations held by civilian participants of UK veterans and serving soldiers to understand why veterans may be seen more negatively. An open-ended word asso...
ABSTRACT
Previous research outlines a relationship between religiosity and
increased mental and physical wellbeing. However, to date findings
from quantitative and qualitative research do not offer an unambiguous explanation for this relationship. The study addresses this
gap in knowledge by examining underlying identity construction
processes in r...
Findings from representative opinion polls and surveys provide information on pertinent perceptions of veterans in British society. The present project compares these findings and contrast publicly pertinent perceptions of veterans with factually correct information. This allows researchers to determine erroneous and stereotyped perceptions of vete...
