About
Ailbhe Cannon is a first-year PhD candidate in the Department of International Relations at LSE. Her work falls within the field of security studies, with a focus on gender and international security. Her doctoral research examines women’s peacebuilding and anti-war activism in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian war, and the varied forms – violent and non-violent – of women’s resistance to Russian imperialism. Ailbhe holds a BA in European Studies from Trinity College Dublin and an MA from the College of Europe.
Before joining LSE, Ailbhe was a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Trinity College Dublin for the 2024-2025 academic year, where she was the lecturer for three undergraduate modules covering topics ranging from Irish politics to international conflict and cooperation.
Research topic
Women's peace-building, anti-war activism, and resistance amidst the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war
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
Research
The Holy War on Reproductive Rights: The Russian Orthodox Church as an Anti-Abortion Lobbyist
Ailbhe Cannon
Forthcoming peer-reviewed journal article
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.