Dr Tom Campbell

International Development

Lecturer / MA in International Development Programme Coordinator

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Biography

Dr. Tom Campbell (MSc, PhD) is a full time lecturer with the Department of International Development, Maynooth University, teaching modules at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Courses taught include: Political Economy of Environment and Development (KD619);  Food, Nutrition and Climate Security (KD303); Global Food Systems and Climate Change (KD621D); Introduction to Research Methods (KD351). Dr. Campbell has over 25 years experience working in the Development Education and Third Level Education sectors in Ireland. He has also worked in India with the international secretariat of the organisation, Service Civil International (SCI) as well as conducted trainings and seminars in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Sierra Leone. 

Dr. Campbell completed his PhD with the School of Law and Government, DCU. With interests in political ecology and current discourses around climate change adaptation and resilience, his  research focused on global and national climate change policy narratives and their consequences for pastoralist livelihoods in the drylands of Ethiopia and Kenya. Other research interests include: International development, Politics in the Horn of Africa; Global Food Systems; Climate Change Adaptation; Social Movements.

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2022 Thomas Campbell (2022) 'Climate Change Policy Narratives and Pastoralism in Ethiopia: New Concerns, Old Arguments?'. Nomadic Peoples, 26 (1):106-133. [Link] https://doi.org/10.3197/np.2022.260106 [Full-Text]
2023 Semplici, G. and Campbell T (2023) 'The revival of the drylands: re-learning resilience to climate change from pastoral livelihoods in East Africa'. Climate and Development, . https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2022.2160197 [Full-Text]

Conference Publication

Year Publication
2021 Thomas Campbell (2021) Joint XVIV International Grasslands and XI International Rangelands Congress Climate Change Policy Narratives and Pastoralist Predicaments in the Horn of Africa: Insights from Ethiopia and Kenya [Link] [Full-Text]

Conference Contribution

Year Publication
2021 Thomas Campbell (2021) Climate Change Policy Narratives and Pastoralism in the Horn of Africa; New Concerns, Old Arguments? DSAI Summer School 2021'Changing Climates: Challenges in Research and Development' Virtual event hosted by Maynooth University and DSAI, 16/06/2021-.
2021 Thomas Campbell (2021) Climate Change Policy Narratives and Pastoralism in the Horn of Africa; New Concerns, Old Arguments? Oral presentation at EUI workshop: Territorial Changes and livelihood transformations: Market integration, livelihood mobility, land use changes Hybrid event hosted by European University Institute, Florence, 25/11/2021-25/11/2021. [Full-Text]
2021 Thomas Campbell (2021) Climate Change Policy Narratives and Pastoralism in the Horn of Africa; New Concerns, Old Arguments? IASC Land Commons Conference Virtual event hosted by Arizona State University, 15/09/2021-.
2014 Thomas Campbell (2014) Community Based Natural Resource Management and Political Capital; Lessons from Asia and Africa From Informal to Informal Governance; Modes and Transformations of Social Capital in the Caucasus (and beyond) Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia, . [Full-Text]

Blog

Year Publication
2022 Thomas Campbell (2022) Climate change policy processes and pastoralism in the Horn of Africa: Old wine in new bottles?. BLOG [Link] [Full-Text]
2020 Thomas Campbell (2020) Learning from pastoralism in a time of uncertainty. BLOG [Link] [Full-Text]

Thesis

Year Publication
2021 Thomas Campbell (2021) Climate Change Policy Narratives and Pastoralism in the Horn of Africa: New Concerns, Old Arguments?. THES [Link] [Full-Text]
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Employment

Employer Position From / To
Kimmage Development Studies Centre Registrar / Lecturer 01/09/1994 - 30/06/2018
Maynooth University Lecturer 01/07/2018 -

Education

Start date Institution Qualification Subject
Dublin City University Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Politics
South Bank University, London, UK MSc in Environmental and Development Education Environmental and Development Education
Kimmage Development Studies Centre, Holy Ghost College, Dublin. National Diploma in Development Studies International Development

Teaching Interests

Currently teaching modules at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Courses taught include: 

Environment and Development (KD301)

International Development Challenges: Climate Justice, Technology and the Planet (KD156)

Food, Nutrition and Climate Security (KD303);
Political Economy of Environment and Development (KD619);

Research Methods (KD606);

Global Food Systems and Climate Change (KD621D).