Dr Dale Pankhurst

PhD in Politics and International Studies from QUB. @CivilWarPaths Fellow. AFHEA. Member of @CRS_INFO ESI. First generation scholar. 📧: [email protected]

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

“Full article: Militia Infiltration of the State: Loyalist Paramilitary Strategy in Northern Ireland”

My latest article co-authored with Dr Andrew Thomson is now published. You can read it open-access via the link below. Our three findings are below ⬇️ https://t.co/gZ1LmtQY5p

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

Finally, by providing new information on loyalist paramilitary strategy in relation to infiltration activities this article challenges the dominant conceptualisation of collusion in Northern Ireland as a British ‘top-down’ delegation to Loyalist groups.

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

“Full article: Militia Infiltration of the State: Loyalist Paramilitary Strategy in Northern Ireland”

My latest article co-authored with Dr Andrew Thomson is now published. You can read it open-access via the link below. Our three findings are below ⬇️ https://t.co/gZ1LmtQY5p

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

Secondly, by developing a theory of militia behaviour based on their interactions with other groups (i.e., insurgents and states), we contribute to existing scholarship on explaining militia behaviour.

[The Conflict Research Society @CRS_INFO]

👋 Emerging Scholar of the Month: Dr. Dale Pankhurst — researching militias, insurgencies & post-conflict peace processes. Seeking academic roles in Belfast/UK/Ireland. If you can help, reach out!

https://t.co/Bj2rWiggtS

#CRS #EmergingScholar #AcademicJobs

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

A heart-breaking moment captured in an SS photograph of a group of Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz II-Birkenau in or around May 1944.

A child found a flower & is giving or showing it to an older boy.

All the people in the picture were murdered in a gas chamber moments later.

#YomHaShoah

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

Well…👌🏻😆

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: The proposed names the Government is considering calling its new towns

- Elizabethtown (after the Queen)
- Pankhurst (after suffragette Emmeline)
- Attleeton (after ex-PM)
- Athelstan (first King of England)
- Seacole (after nurse Mary)

[@thetimes]

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

Thrilled & grateful to peers in the @CRS_INFO for selecting me to take part in the Emerging Scholars Initiative, designed to support early-career researchers focused on peace and conflict at a critical stage of their careers. Looking forward to a year of collaboration & learning!

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

From my recent peer-reviewed article looking at loyalist paramilitary attacks in the Republic of Ireland during the Troubles.

You can read the full open-access article here: https://t.co/p9vu8zwooB

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

A major report dealing with some of the most controversial aspects of the Troubles has found no evidence of collusion on the part of the British state in the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan bombings https://t.co/0bmRtcYVgw

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

Honoured to receive the 2025 Basil Chubb Prize for the best PhD in Political Science.

Grateful to my peers and the Political Studies Association of Ireland for this recognition of my work.

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

My latest article in The Conversation ⬇️ https://t.co/2U6h9jVGYc

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

Delighted to share the news that I’ve been awarded the Basil Chubb Prize by the Political Studies Association of Ireland for the best PhD thesis in politics from any university in Ireland.

Feeling honoured and proud that my research has been recognised at this level!

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

My latest article in ⁦@ConversationUK, this time looking at the Russian Imperial Movement recently proscribed under the Terrorism Act by the UK Government⁩ ⬇️ https://t.co/6tCZaIn6yl

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

@CaralNiChuilin Thanks Caral! 👌🏻☺️

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

Thrilled to share that I’ve officially graduated today with a PhD in Politics from Queen’s University Belfast! A huge thank you to everyone who supported me along the way and those who participated in my research project. Its been an incredible journey.

[UCDP @UCDP]

Since 2010, the number of conflicts involving states has almost doubled, and the total number of deaths has increased five-fold. Read more about the new UCDP data in this @JPR_journal open access article:
https://t.co/JVjumK6D3q

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

My latest article, published as part of a Special Issue in JSS on the future of counterinsurgency following the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan in 2021.

Full article: What contributions do anti-insurgent militias produce during armed conflict? https://t.co/TgXwVvqvXN

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

My latest peer-reviewed article recently published in Terrorism and Political Violence. In it, I examine loyalist paramilitary violence and its effects within the Republic of Ireland during the Troubles.

It is open access and therefore, free to read! https://t.co/vu1egMDoYe

[Dr Dale Pankhurst @DWHPankhurst]

My latest article, published as part of a Special Issue in JSS on the future of counterinsurgency following the withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan in 2021.

Full article: What contributions do anti-insurgent militias produce during armed conflict? https://t.co/TgXwVvqvXN