Faculty Coordinator
Barney Walsh is a Senior Lecturer in Security, Leadership and Development Education at the African Leadership Centre (ALC). He is programme convenor of the blended learning MSc Global Leadership and Peacebuilding and Managing Editor of the ALC Journal of Leadership and Developing Societies. He is also a mentor on the various ALC Fellowship programmes.
Barney holds a BA degree in History and Sociology (international) from Leeds University and MA in International Relations from King's. In 2016 he was the first ever graduate of the PhD Leadership Studies with reference to Security and Development programme at ALC-King’s, where he has worked as Faculty since. Barney has published several peer-reviewed articles in accredited journals, on topics such as Regional Security Complex Theory in Africa, Human Security in East Africa, African Agency and Security issues within China-Africa relations. He has also organised and overseen numerous academic conferences and symposiums. Barney has lived, travelled and worked across Africa, and undertaken field work research in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and South Africa.
Research
Leadership Studies
Ugandan political economy
China-Africa relations East African Security
Teaching
Postgraduate
Global Leadership and Peacebuilding MSc
Leadership & Development MSc
Publications
Mwambari, David, Alfred Muteru, Barney Walsh, Irenee Bugingo, Thomas Munyaneza, and Funmi Olonisakin (2017) ‘Trajectories of state building and peace building in Rwanda,’ (International Development Research Centre, Research Results IDL-56347), https://idl-bnc-idrc.dspacedirect.org/handle/10625/56347
Barney Walsh (2015) Human security in East Africa: The EAC's illusive quest for inclusive citizenship, Strategic Review for Southern Africa, Vol 37 (1), May 2015, pp.75-98, http://www.up.ac.za/media/shared/85/Strategic%20Review/Vol37(1)/07walsh-pp-75-98.zp59341.pdf
Barney Walsh (2015) Perceptions from the UK – The changing face of migration, Voice of ALC Newsletter, May 2015, http://africanleadershipcentre.org/index.php/2014-10-22-15-44-06/alc-newsletters/may-2015-issue/334-perceptions-from-the-uk-the-changing-face-of-migration
Barney Walsh (2010) Uganda’s Involvement in the DRC since 1998: Museveni and Regional Relations, ALC Monograph No 5, August 2010, http://africanleadershipcentre.org/images/ALC_Monographs/ALC_Monograph_05_Barney_Walsh.pdf
