Academic Career

2003-Present NUI Maynooth.

Ph.D. Research, Department of Sociology,
Thesis entitled “Democracy Promotion, Domestic Responsibility and the Impact of International Intervention on the Political Life of the Republika Srpska”
External Examiner: Professor David Chandler (University of Westminster)
Internal Examiner: Dr. John O' Brennan (CSWE)

1997-2001 NUI Maynooth.

BA (2000)
MA Sociology (2001)

Awarded Sociology Postgraduate of the Year Prize, NUI Maynooth (2001)
Awarded Government of Ireland Scholarship, Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) (2005)
 

Research Interests

In may 2008 I successfully defended my doctoral thesis on the influence of the international community on domestic responsibility and political participation in the Republika Srpska (Bosnia & Herzegovina). I look forward to developing aspects of my thesis, particularly the areas on “uncivil society” and notions of sovereignty, in the near future. I have a keen interest in international political theory, participation, and the politics and cultures of Bosnia & Herzegovina and the wider Balkans. Basing myself in Bosnia means I now have the opportunity to significantly substantiate my PhD findings. I also have a research interest in investigating the roles played by popular music and sport in contemporary society.
 

Publications

Farrell, D. 20 June 2008, 'Time to find durable solutions for the displaced', Bosnia Daily.
Farrell, D. "Discouraging Responsibility in Bosnia and Herzegovina: the Continuing Role of the International Community", Herald, no.12, Geographic Society of the Republika Srpska, Banja Luka, 2008
Farrell, D. "Failed Ideas for Failed States? Liberal International State-Building in Bosnia and Herzegovina", Universum, no. 2, Pristina/Pristhina, 2009

Farrell, D. 25 February 2009, "One Last Hurrah for Bosnia's International Rulers", Balkan Analysis, www.balkanalysis.com

Farrell, D. 26 February 2009, " One Last Hurrah for International Rulers", Bosnia Daily, Sarajevo 

Papers Delivered

“Playing the Blame Game: The Office of the High Representative and the Division of Responsibility in the Political Life of Bosnia-Herzegovina", Second CEU Graduate Conference, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, May 2006.

“This story is old but it goes on: The legacy of The Smiths and 1980s popular culture nostalgia”, Helsinki University, Finland, May 2005.

“Democracy Developed or Delayed? Political Participation in the Republika Srpska and the Office of the High Representative” Sociological Association of Ireland, Annual Conference, Nenagh, Republic of Ireland, April 2005.

“Memories of Tito Past: The growth of Yugonostalgia in the republics of the former Yugoslavia”, Sociological Association of Ireland Postgraduate Research Conference, Queens University Belfast, United Kingdom, September 2004.
 

Teaching

2006 Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth.
Third Year Special Topic, “Sport and Society”.

2005 Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth.
Third Year Special Topic, “The New World Order”.

2004 Department of Adult Education, NUI Maynooth.
Lectured the module entitled “State, Governance and Community”.
 

Contact Details

Contact Dr. Darragh Farrell