Research areas
Jaremey McMullin is exploring youth peacebuilding processes through a multi-year project, 'Motorcycling as Peacebuilding in Liberia', that analyses the peacebuilding impacts and challenges of the commercial motorcycling sector in Liberia. His other primary research interest areas are the disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR) of ex-combatants and the politics of veterans' return from war. This research interprets the impacts of reintegration and veterans' assistance programmes on post-conflict identities, conflict resolution, and security, and identifies the consequences of incomplete reintegration. A related project considers veteran-led modalities of assistance and veteran-to-veteran peer support in the United States. His 2013 monograph, Ex-Combatants and the Post-Conflict State: Challenges of Reintegration, was published in the Rethinking Political Violence series by Palgrave Macmillan. He has published articles and book chapters on the narration of youth peacebuilding identity and reintegration strategies (Review of International Studies), and on ex-combatant reintegration in Namibia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the United States (Review of International Studies, International Peacekeeping, International Feminist Journal of Politics, and Conflict, Security & Development). He has also published articles on child soldiering (Third World Quarterly) and the role of non-state criminal groups during conflict (Civil Wars).
He directed and produced a documentary short film series on everyday peace, Liberia: Legacies of Peace (2019) and another documentary short, Silkies (2020), on prevention of veteran suicide. He has written several reports and evaluations for the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Section at the United Nations Department of Peace Operations, including a 2020 report, 'The Legacy of DDR in Liberia', and he serves on the Research Working Group of the Integrated DDR Training Group.
Selected publications
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Good ones and bad ones: gendered distortions and aspirations in research with conflict-affected youth in Liberia
McMullin, J., McCrownsey, D.K.-K. & Shilue, J. S., 4 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Peacebuilding. Latest Articles, 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The challenges and opportunities of researching masculinities during peace processes
Duriesmith, D., Kiefer, M., McMullin, J., Messerschmidt, M. & Quest, H., 1 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Peacebuilding. Latest Articles, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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P4DP-HD PEACE DIVIDENDS PROJECT: FACILITATING COMMUNITY DIALOGUES TO STRENGTHEN PEACEBUILDING AND SOCIAL COHESION: Project Evaluation & Policy Recommendations
McMullin, J., Oct 2023, 19 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Hustling, cycling, peacebuilding: narrating postwar reintegration through livelihood in Liberia
McMullin, J. R., 1 Jan 2022, In: Review of International Studies. 48, 1, p. 67-90 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Protection versus reintegration of child soldiers: assistance trade-offs within the child protection regime
McMullin, J. R., 2022, International child protection: towards politics and participation. Howard, N. & Okyere, S. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 121-145 25 p. (Palgrave studies on children and development).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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‘What is the benefit of this project?’ Representation and participation in research on conflict-affected youth
McMullin, J., 20 Oct 2022, In: Conflict, Security & Development. 22, 5, p. 517–541 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Decent and indecent exposures: naked veterans and militarized (counter-)violences after war
McMullin, J. R., 2021, In: International Feminist Journal of Politics. 23, 1, p. 27-57 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Silkies [Documentary Short Film]
McMullin, J. R., 15 Jun 2020Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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540 [Liberia: Legacies of Peace Documentary Short Film Series]
McMullin, J. R., 30 Sept 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Best Man Corner [Liberia: Legacies of Peace Documentary Short Film Series]
McMullin, J. R., 15 Nov 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products