Dr. Kieran Doyle is Associate Professor in the Department of International Development, and Assistant Director of the Edward M Kennedy Institute for Conflict Intervention in Maynooth University, Ireland. His interests involve a high level of external engagement with key practitioners and organisations active in the practice of conflict intervention and development, peace building and restorative practice. Since 2013, Dr. Doyle is Irish representative on the Academic Board of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) based in the European External Action Service, Brussels, and also represents Ireland in the Academic Think Tank of the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
He was also a founding member of the editorial board, and previously editor of the open access Journal of Mediation and Applied Conflict Analysis. Since 2019 he reports to a preparatory committee of the European Council on mediation, negotiation and dialogue capacity in Common Security and Defence Policy Missions.
His primary research and teaching interests lie in conflict intervention, peace building and practice based learning, and has led research projects examining the effectiveness of EU conflict intervention capabilities, and the use of serious online gaming in preparation for deployment to post conflict environments.