Mandy Turner

Mandy Turner is a senior researcher with Security in Context. Her research focuses on the political economy of conflict and peace, humanitarianism and multilateralism, and the situation in Israel and Palestine. She has 25 years’ experience of these issues and has pursued research, writing and consultancy work through a variety of sectors. She is the author of over 50 articles and book chapters, has edited or co-edited four books and three journal special issues, and writes for media outlets. She holds a PhD in International Relations (2000), an MSc in International Relations (1994), and a BSc in Sociology (1993) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. She started her career as a journalist with The Guardian newspaper in London (2000-2004), then re-entered the academy as a research fellow then senior lecturer in the peace studies department at the University of Bradford, UK (2004-2011). From 2012-2020, Mandy lived and worked in Palestine as director of a British Academy international research institute. She left this position to become professor of conflict, peace and humanitarian affairs at the University of Manchester, UK, which she held until she joined Security in Context in January 2024. Her most recent book is an edited collection called From the River to the Sea: Palestine and Israel in the Shadow of ‘Peace’ (Rowman and Littlefield, 2019), which will be published in Arabic by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (Doha) in 2024. Her previous books are: The Politics of International Intervention: The Tyranny of Peace (co-edited with F.P. Kühn. Routledge, 2016); Decolonizing Palestinian Political Economy: De development and Beyond (co-edited with O. Shweiki. PalgraveMacmillan, 2014), and Whose Peace? Critical Perspectives on the Political Economy of Peacebuilding (co edited with M. Pugh and N. Cooper. PalgraveMacmillan, 2008). She can be contacted on: mandy@securityincontext.org