Dr John Heathershaw
Biography
I completed my PhD at the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2007. I also have degrees from Aberystwyth and Hull, and have previously held teaching and research posts at the LSE, the American University in Central Asia, and King’s College, London. Before coming to Exeter I was a Visiting Faculty Fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies of the University of Notre Dame.
I have also worked in the policy-making and practice of development and peace operations. After working as a volunteer on a UNHCR programme in West Africa, and a researcher at a conflict prevention NGO in London, I became a research analyst at the UK’s Ministry of Defence. I have also held research and consultancy positions at the Department for International Development and with various non-governmental organisations in Central Asia and offer advice to members of parliament, senior diplomats and government officials working on the region. From 2001-2005 I spent a total of three years living and working in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and returned to spend half a year in Kyrgyzstan again 2011.
I am involved with and support a number of Christian peace movements and development organisations.
