Ellie B. Hearne

Publications Officer | hearne@ipinst.org

Ellie B. Hearne joined IPI as Publications Officer in spring 2008. A graduate of the University of St Andrews in the UK, Ellie holds a Master's degree in International Relations (with first-class honors) and completed her MA thesis, "Terrorism, Justification, and Legitimacy: A Case Study of the Provisional IRA," in 2006.

Ellie works closely with IPI Editor Adam Lupel organizing the production and dissemination of IPI policy papers, books, and related publications, and is responsible for providing editorial assistance at all stages of IPI’s publications operation, including the organization’s website. As such, she works closely with all IPI programs and remains actively engaged with international issues. She also maintains IPI's research library.

In addition to her time at St Andrews University, she studied at Washington College, Maryland. Her research interests include terrorism, counterterrorism, and the psychological aspects of political violence.

Prior to her arrival at IPI, Ellie held internships in the Global Policy Programs division of the United Nations Association of the USA in New York and at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence in the UK.

Publications

• Ellie B. Hearne (with Nur Laiq), rapporteur, "A New Approach? Deradicalization Programs and Counterterrorism," New York: International Peace Institute, June 2010;
• Ellie B. Hearne, rapporteur, "From New York to the Field: A Dialogue on UN Peace Operations," New York: International Peace Institute, January 2010;
  
• Ellie B. Hearne, "Participants, Enablers, and Preventers: The Roles of Women in Terrorism," research paper presented at the British International Studies Association annual conference, Leicester, UK: December 2009;
• Ellie B. Hearne (with Naureen Chowdhury Fink), rapporteurs, "Beyond Terrorism: Deradicalization and Disengagement from Violent Extremism," New York: International Peace Institute, October 2008;
• Ellie B. Hearne, "The Irish Republican Army: From Myth to Mobilization – Irish Folklore and Myth as an Ideology of National Liberation," International Studies Review 3 (2006): 83-100.