Hehir, Aidan | University of Westminster

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About me

I joined the University of Westminster in 2007; previously I worked at the University of Sheffield. I gained my PhD in 2005 from the University of Limerick.

Teaching

I have taught modules at all levels, and currently I am module leader for "Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations" (UG) and "Contemporary Controversies in International Security" (MA).

I am the Course Leader for the postgraduate courses International Relations, International Relations and Security, and International Relations and Democratic Politics.

Research

My research interests include transitional justice, humanitarian intervention, and statebuilding in Kosovo.

My book - Hollow Norms and The Responsibility to Protect (Palgrave Macmillan) – won the 2019 British International Studies Association ‘Working Group on Intervention and R2P’ book prize. I have published over fifty academic book chapters and journal articles; my work has been published in International Security, The Journal of Peace Research, The European Journal of International Relations, Ethics and International Affairs, and Cooperation and Conflict. I have given over one hundred papers at conferences worldwide, written over fifty book reviews, and published many other academic commentaries.

I was one of the original co-convenors of the BISA Working Group on the Responsibility to Protect, and I am currently the co-editor of the Routledge "Intervention and Statebuilding" book series. I am a regular contributor to national and international television and radio.

I am author/editor of the following books;

Kosovo and the Internationals: Hope, Hubris and the End of History (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)

Kosovo and Transitional Justice: The Pursuit of Justice After Large Scale-Conflict (co-editor with Furtuna Sheremeti). Routledge, 2022

Hollow Norms and The Responsibility to Protect (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)

Protecting Human Rights in the 21st Century (Routledge, 2017. Co-editor)

Libya, The Responsibility to Protect, and the Future of Humanitarian Intervention(Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Co-editor)

Humanitarian Intervention: An Introduction 2nd Edition (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)

The Responsibility to Protect: Rhetoric, Reality and the Future of Humanitarian Intervention (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)

International Law, Security and Ethics (Routledge, 2010 & 2014. Co-editor)

Kosovo, Intervention and Statebuilding (Routledge, 2010. Editor)

Humanitarian Intervention: An Introduction (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)

Humanitarian Intervention after Kosovo (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)