About
Ailbhe Cannon is a second-year PhD student in the Department of International Relations at LSE. Her doctoral research examines how women's organisations in Ukraine have engaged with national defence since the full-scale invasion. She holds a BA in European Studies from Trinity College Dublin and an MA in European Studies from the College of Europe.
Before joining LSE, Ailbhe was a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Trinity College Dublin (2024–25), where she taught undergraduate modules on topics ranging from Irish politics to international conflict and cooperation. She is Deputy Editor of Volume 55 of Millennium: Journal of International Studies, and her research has appeared in Post-Soviet Affairs.
Research topic
Women's Organisations and Defence Engagement in Wartime Ukraine
Academic supervisors
Expertise
International Security; Gender and Security, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
Research Cluster affiliation
Theory/Area/History research cluster
Security and Statecraft research cluster
Ailbhe has been funded by an LSE Studentship.
Research
The Holy War on Reproductive Rights: The Russian Orthodox Church as an anti-abortion lobbyist in contemporary Russia
Ailbhe Cannon
Post-Soviet Affairs Volume 42, Issue 4, 2026
How the plight of Russian feminists demonstrates the totalitarian terror of the Russian state
Ailbhe Cannon
New Eastern Europe, November 2024
Teaching
Module Lecturer, "Politics and Irish Society A," Department of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin, 2024.
Module Lecturer, "Politics and Irish Society B," Department of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin, 2025.
Module Lecturer, “Introduction to Political Science B,” POU11012, Trinity College Dublin, 2025.