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Biography
Dr Patricia Sellick is an experienced practitioner who has worked for Minority Rights Group International, Save the Children Alliance, Voluntary Service Overseas, and both UK and US Quaker organisations. She has lived and worked in the Middle East, Central Asia and Horn of Africa designing, developing and managing programmes in conflict affected areas. She has also conducted research on Muslim Housing Experiences in the UK for the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and the Housing Corporation. She has a PhD in Peace Studies from Bradford University.
Area of Expertise:
The role of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) in areas of violent conflict with particular interest in the relationship between INGOs and the people directly affected by violent conflict. My geographical areas of expertise are Middle East, Central Asia and Horn of Africa.
Research Interests
Vision Statement
I am motivated by my experience of working with people living with conflict across the Middle East, Central Asia and Horn of Africa as well as in the UK. As a member of the research group in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation I am keen to develop understanding of the margin of agency for individuals to deal with conflict and transform power relations without recourse to violence. I understand violence can be both coercive and intersubjective. This has led me to research issues such as the way that individuals will put their own lives on the line, the way in which people act in solidarity with each other, and the way in which people tell stories of the past. Since March 2020 I have been the Course Director for the MA Peace and Conflict Studies and I welcome the opportunity to engage with practitioner students.
Education/Academic qualification
Peace Studies, Doctorate, University of Bradford
Sep 1997 → Sep 2000
Award Date: 17 Jul 2001
Area Studies Near and Middle East , MA, SOAS, University of London
1991 → 1993
Award Date: 1 Nov 1993
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Compromising dignity? Preventing violent extremism (PVE) in the Sahel, Africa (British Academy/GCRF)
Thiessen, C., Couliidiati, J., Sall, A. & Sellick, P.
18/11/19 → 17/09/22
Project: Research
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On Our Land: Protecting Cultural Heritage in the South Hebron Hills
Darweish, M., Sellick, P. & Sulin, L.
1/01/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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On Our Land: Protecting Bedouin lived cultural heritage in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Darweish, M., Forbes, N., Harrowell, E. & Sellick, P.
1/07/17 → 31/10/18
Project: Research
Research output
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From nonviolent practice toward a theory of political power
Sellick, P., 2 Jan 2020, In: Journal of Power. 13, 1, p. 41-59 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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'Boots on the Ground': walking in occupied Palestinian territory
Sellick, P., 2019, In: Mobilities. 14, 6, p. 875-889 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Richard Falk. Palestine's Horizon: Towards a Just Peace
Sellick, P., 8 Feb 2018, (Accepted/In press) In: Peace and Change. 43, 2, p. 250-252 3 p., PECH12289.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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Everyday resistance among Palestinians living in Israel 1948-1966
Sellick, P. & Darweish, M., 25 Oct 2017, In: Journal of Power. 10, 3, p. 353-370 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Human Rights as a Tool for Conflict Transformation: The Cases of the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement and Local Unarmed Popular Resistance
Sellick, P. & Sánchez, A., 28 Nov 2016, Conflict Transformation and the Palestinians: The Dynamics of Peace and Justice under Occupation. Ozerdem, A., Thiessen, C. & Mufid, Q. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 82-97 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
1 Citation (Scopus)