Caitriona Dowd

Caitriona Dowd is Assistant Professor at the School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe), University College Dublin. She specializes in political violence dynamics, food insecurity, and conflict monitoring methodologies across sub-Saharan Africa.

• Co-leader of IRC-funded COALESCE project on gendered food insecurity in peacebuilding
• Former humanitarian sector specialist in Somalia, CAR, South Sudan, Mali, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Afghanistan

Research Focus:

• Conflict-food systems interplay
• Non-state armed group governance
• Geospatial conflict analysis
• Accountability mechanisms in post-conflict states

Recent Publications address food-related violence metrics, Sahel crisis patterns, and conflict data ethics, appearing in Journal of Peace Research, African Affairs, and Conflict, Security & Development.

Awards:

• Ad Astra Fellowship
• Contributor to ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Dataset) codebook development

Education:

• PhD, University of Sussex
• MSc, London School of Economics and Political Science
• BA, Trinity College Dublin