Alison Brettle

Alison Brettle is a Lecturer at King’s College London, holding a Joint Appointment with the Defence Studies Department and the Department of War Studies. She is an Academic Tutor at the Royal College of Defence Studies and is also a Senior Research Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) . Her research examines war- to-peace transitions in fragile and conflict affected areas with a specific focus on violent state and non-state armed groups. She is particularly interested in the role leadership and relationships play in helping individuals and groups move away from conflict towards peace. 

Alison holds a PhD in War Studies from KCL, an MA in Applied Conflict Resolution from Bradford University’s Peace Studies Department, an MA in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Staffordshire, and a BA Hons in History from the University of Durham. She was previously a visiting researcher at the Centre for Experimental Social Science at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. 

Alison Brettle is the Research Lead on Armed Actors for XCEPT.