Frank Foley García Pelayo Research Fellow Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales Plaza de la Marina Española, 9 Madrid 28071, Spain. Tel.: +34 651 731 453 Email: foley@cepc.es POSITIONS Jan. 2011 García Pelayo Research Fellow, Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Madrid, Spain. JAE Postdoctoral fellowship, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) (declined). Juan de la Cierva fellowship, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (declined). 2010 (Jan. Dec.): Post-Doctoral Fellow, King s College London, Department of War Studies. START Terrorism Research Award Fellow (2009-10), selected by the US national consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. 2008-2009: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Center for International Security and Co-operation (CISAC). Conducted field research on U.S. counterterrorism. 2004 (Feb. Sept.): Research Associate at INCORE ( International Conflict Research ), University of Ulster/United Nations University, Derry, Northern Ireland. Led a research project on community conflict in Northern Ireland, including social survey and research interviews. EDUCATION 2004-2008. European University Institute, Florence, Italy: Ph.D. Political Science Dissertation: Similar Threat, Different Responses: France and the UK facing Islamist Terrorism. Visiting Researcher, Juan March Institute, Madrid (Sept. 2007 June 2008). Visiting Researcher, Dept. of War Studies, King s College London (Sept. Dec. 2005). 2000-2001: National University of Ireland, Cork, M.A. International Relations 1999-2000: Cambridge University, M.Phil. History of Political Thought Chevening Scholar awarded by British Council. Fellow of the Cambridge European Society, with bursary. 1996-1999: National University of Ireland, Cork, B.A. History and Philosophy Arts Faculty Undergraduate Scholarship Award: 1997-98 and 1998-99. 1
(Peer-reviewed) PUBLICATIONS Countering Terrorism in Britain and France: Institutions, Norms and the Shadow of the Past (a forthcoming book under contract with Cambridge University Press). Constraining British Legal Responses to Terrorism: Norm Competition and the Prospects for Liberal Democracy, European Journal on Criminal Research and Policy, Vol. 18, No. 2 (forthcoming 2012). Reforming Counterterrorism: Institutions and Organizational Routines in Britain and France, Security Studies Vol. 18, No. 3 (2009). The Expansion of Intelligence Agency Mandates: British Counterterrorism in Comparative Perspective, Review of International Studies Vol. 35, No. 4 (2009). North-South relations and the outbreak of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, 1968-9: the response of the Irish Press, Irish Studies in International Affairs, Vol. 14 (2004): 9-31. (Works of reference & policy research) With Max Abrahms, Terrorism and Counterterrorism, in The International Studies Encyclopedia, eds., Robert Denemark et al. (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010); this is a chapter for the International Studies Association s Compendium Project, a review of the state of International Relations research. With Gillian Robinson, Politicians and Community Relations in Northern Ireland, (Derry: INCORE, 2004). CURRENT RESEARCH Violating Human Rights in Counterterrorism: When do States Cross the Line? (main project at CEPC). Explaining security agency involvement in torture: Britain in the 1970s vs. Britain post- 9/11, (draft article). Organizing Counterterrorism: a comparative analysis of the United States, Britain and France, (draft article). The Nature and Effectiveness of Terrorism, with Ignacio Sanchez-Cuenca and Luis de la Calle (draft article, under review). Between Force and Legitimacy: Robert Cooper and the significance of the European Security Strategy, EUI Working Paper. TEACHING Autumn Term 2010: Lecturer/Course Organiser (10 classes), Counterterrorism in Comparative Perspective (7SSWM041), MA in Terrorism and Society, Department of War Studies, King s College London. 2
Spring and Autumn Terms 2010: Guest Lecturer (2 classes), Terrorism and Public Policy, Core Course of the MA in Terrorism and Society, Department of War Studies, King s College London. Autumn Term 2008: Guest Lecturer, European Approaches to Counterterrorism, (one class), Course on Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Homeland Security (NS 4881), Homeland Security Masters Program, Naval Postgraduate School, California, U.S.A. (Ted Lewis). Autumn Term 2007: Guest Lecturer, U.S. Vs European Responses to Terrorism, (one class), Course on International Terrorism (POLS 264-01), International Relations B.A. Program, Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus, Spain (Knut Roder). Winter Term 2001: Teaching Assistant (10 classes), International Relations Course, Department of History B.A. Program, National University of Ireland, Cork. Complemented the main lecture course by teaching specific topics to tutorial groups; corrected term papers and prepared students for exams. JOURNALISM & COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE March 2002 Jan. 2004: Editor of CORDIS Express part of CORDIS, the official website on EU research and innovation policy; Brussels, Belgium. Developed the Express concept as a weekly news-style summary of the latest information on EU research policy; launched & edited the service; wrote articles. Sept. 2001 Feb. 2002: Trainee, Internal Communications Unit, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium. Wrote articles on internal and external policy issues for EC s internal newspaper; drafted briefings on human resources policy aimed at EC staff. 1997 2004: Published several dozen journalistic articles on a freelance basis, including in Sunday Times (UK), Parliament Magazine (Brussels) and the Irish Examiner. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & INVITED TALKS Explaining operational responses to Islamist terrorism in Europe, presented at: - Spanish Association of Political Science and Administration (AECPA) Annual Conference, Murcia, Spain, September 2011. - International Conference of Europeanists (Council for European Studies), Barcelona, June 2011. Explaining security agency involvement in torture: Britain in the 1970s vs. Britain today, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Annual Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, August 2011. Understanding France and the UK s Legal Responses to Terrorism, Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies, Madrid, June 2011. Counter-Terrorist Operations: Comparing the British and French Approaches, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR), King s College London, November 2010. 3
Norms and State Institutions in Counterterrorism: Britain and France s Divergent Responses to Militant Islamist Groups, presented at: - Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos (IPP), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, July 2010. - Institut Barcelona d Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) Research Seminar, Barcelona, November 2009. Norms, Threat Perceptions and the development of British and French Operations against Islamist Terrorism, presented at: - International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference, New Orleans, February 2010. - British International Studies Association (BISA) Annual Conference, Leicester, UK, December 2009. Countering Terrorism in Britain and France: Implications for the United States, United States Department of Defence, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defence, Pentagon, Washington DC, September 2009. Understanding State Responses to Terrorism, Fellows Forum, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, May 2009. One of three fellows selected to showcase the work of the centre by presenting a topic linked to their research to a general audience of students, financial donors, and the local and Stanford community. Reforming Counterterrorism: Institutions and Organizational Routines in France and the UK, presented at: Seminar on Strategic Organization Design, Department of Management and Marketing, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, April 2009. Organizing Counterterrorism in the United States, France and Britain, presented at: - START (US national consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism) Annual Conference, University of Maryland, September 2009. - Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University: Social Science Research Seminar, March 2009. - International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference, New York, February 2009. The Reform of UK Security Intelligence and Counterterrorism in Comparative European Perspective, presented at workshop on The Future of UK Intelligence and Special Operations, Warwick University, UK, June 2008. Organizational Routines: Continuity and Change, presented at workshop on Norms, Adaptations and Policy Innovation: What can we Learn from Organization Theory? European University Institute, May 2008. Reforming Counterterrorism: Institutions and Organizational Routines in France and the UK, presented at: - The American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, September 2007. - The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Pisa, Italy, September 2007. 4
Between Force and Legitimacy: The Worldview of Robert Cooper, presented at the conference: European Worldviews: Ideas and the European Union in World Politics, European University Institute, Florence Italy, June 2006. Similar Threat, Different Responses: France and the UK facing Islamist Terrorism, presented at the Department of War Studies, King s College London, November 2005. The Attitudes of Northern Ireland s Politicians to Community Relations, presented at INCORE Conference on Politicians and Community Relations in Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland, September 2004. LANGUAGES & IT SKILLS Languages English (mother tongue), Spanish (intermediate), French (intermediate), and Italian (basic). IT Skills Proficient in Blackboard Vista online teaching platform; in SPECTRA web-content and web-delivery application; and in Microsoft Office software packages (Word, Excel, etc). PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Referee for: International Studies Quarterly, Security Studies, Hamburg Review of Social Sciences. Researcher Representative on Search Committee for the Chair in Transatlantic Studies, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute (2006). International Studies Association European Consortium for Political Research British International Studies Association MEMBERSHIPS 5