Hugh Miall
Hugh Miall is Professor of International Relations at the University of Kent. Previously, he was Reader in Peace and Conflict Research at Lancaster University and Director of the Richardson Institute for Peace Studies (1995-2005). He was formerly a Research Fellow in the European Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs and Research Director of the Oxford Research Group.
He is a trained community mediator and has experience of organizing conflict resolution in the Balkans. He led a training programme on conflict resolution skills at Lancaster University, in conjunction with Responding to Conflict.
His research interests lie in conflict resolution, conflict prevention and war and peace in the contemporary international system. His publications include numerous journal articles on aspects of conflict resolution, global governance and environmental policy.
He is the author of: Contemporary Conflict Resolution (with Oliver Ramsbotham and Tom Woodhouse) First Edition, Cambridge: Polity, 1999; Development and conflict in Albania, London: International Alert, 1996; Redefining Europe: New Patterns of Conflict and Co-operation) RIIA/Pinter 1994; Minority Rights in Europe: the scope for a transnational regime, Royal Institute of International Affairs/Pinter, 1994; Shaping the New Europe RIIA/Pinter 1993; The Peacemakers: Peaceful Settlement of Disputes since 1945 (Macmillan, 1992); Beyond deterrence: Britain, Germany and the new European security debate (with Oliver Ramsbotham), Macmillan, 1991; Nuclear weapons: who's in charge? Macmillan, 1987; Energy Efficient Futures. Earth Resources Research, 1983.
