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DrSynne Dyvik

(she/her)

Associate Professor In International Relations (International Relations)

School of Global Studies

TEACHING & SUPERVISION SUMMARy

I am the MA Convenor for Conflict, Security and Development and Geopolitics and Internatioanl Affairs. 

 

In 2025-2026 I am teaching Humanitarianism in Theory and Practice (UG Y3) and Discourse Analysis (MSc). I am also teaching on Childhood and Youth in the Contemporary World (MA) and Research Methods and Professional Skills (MA). 

 

In the past I have taught a number of UG and MA courses including: 
- Introduction to International Relations (UG)
- War in International Politics (UG)
- Global Resistance: Subjects and Practices (UG)
- Conflict, Security and Development (MA)

I have designed the following courses:
- BA Dissertation in International Relations (UG)
- Humanitarianism in Theory and Practice (UG)
- Humanitarianism in Global Politics (MA)

Current PhD students:
Adela Ryle - From private to public violence. Exploring the intersections between ‘intimate’ terrorism and impersonal public violence
Jodie Le Marrec - The forgotten crisis of microfinance for disabled households in Cambodia

Previous PhD students:
- Dr Laura Jung. Project title: Traumatic, Neurotic, Hysterical: The Psychiatric Production of Sovereign German Order, 1871-1969. Passed viva with no corrections, 2021. 

- Dr Andrew Dickson - Postsecular religious partnerships: From development to de-radicalisation. Viva passed with minor corrections, September 2025. 

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

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  • COURSE DEVELOPED
    Humanitarianism in Global Politics (MA)
    1 Sep 2024
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Childhood and Youth in Global Politics
    1 Jan 2023
  • COURSE DEVELOPED
    Humanitarianism in Theory and Pactice
    1 Sep 2021
  • COURSE DEVELOPED
    BA Dissertation for International Relations
    1 Sep 2018
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Conflict, Security and Development
    1 Sep 2016
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    War in International Politics
    1 Sep 2015
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Introduction to International Relations
    1 Sep 2014
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Global Resistance: Subjects and Practices
    1 Jan 2014