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Dr Alexander Gilder

Alexander Gilder
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  • Associate Professor of International Law and Security

Academic Lead

Co-Director, Postgraduate Taught Programmes

Deputy Director, Global Law at Reading (GLAR)

Module convenor for Contemporary Issues in International Law (LWMCIL), Foundations of International Law (LW2FIL), and International Law and Global Security (LW3IGS)

Areas of interest

Dr Gilder specialises in international peace and security primarily focusing on (1) UN peacekeeping and (2) human security in military operations, particularly those of NATO and its member states.

Alex has published widely on UN peacekeeping including on stabilization, counter-terrorism, the rule of law, the protection of civilians, and security sector reform. For example, his work has examined the  of the UN in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), the  and engagement with counter-terrorism by UN peacekeepers in Mali (MINUSMA),  by the UN in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), the role of UN peace operations in  crises, and the  and their relationship with . He has edited  and .

His book, , includes an analytical framework of human security that he applied to UN missions in Mali, CAR and South Sudan. He has used this framework in his work with the , where he has advised on the Military Contribution to Human Security (MC2HS) and co-authored policy on how NATO HQ ARRC operationalises human security in its operations. In his role as Academic Consultant at NATO HQ ARRC, he has engaged with various branches of UK defence on similar workstreams related to ‘Human Security in Defence’ (Joint Services Publication 985).

Postgraduate supervision

Alex welcomes PhD applications that fall within his above areas of interest.

Teaching

Alex teaches on the following modules:

  • Contemporary Issues in International Law (PG) (Module convenor)
  • International Law and Global Security (UG) (Module co-convenor)
  • Foundations of International Law (UG) (Module convenor)

He has led clinical education projects including a prize-winning, student-centred collaboration with the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (Somaliland). The project won the and the . You can read more about the project in the .

Research centres and groups

Background

Alex is Associate Professor of International Law and Security, an Academic Lead, Co-Director of the Postgraduate Taught Programmes, and Deputy Director of . He is also an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) where he supports the Institute’s work on Military Sciences and Associate Faculty in the School of Humanitarian Studies at Royal Roads University (Canada) where he contributes to the MA in Human Security and Peacebuilding. 

He has held visiting positions at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University (Canada), Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Germany), Gujarat National Law University (India), and the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Hargeisa (Somaliland). He has guest lectured on topics of international law and global governance on the London Law Programme of the University of Notre Dame (USA) and the University of Virginia Summer Program at University College, University of Oxford. Prior to joining Reading, he was a Lecturer in Law at Royal Holloway, University of London. 

He sits on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of International Peacekeeping and the Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. He serves as an External Examiner at both the University of Lincoln and Glasgow Caledonian University.

Academic qualifications

PhD (City, University of London), LLM (Utrecht University), PgCAP (City, University of London) LLB (Hons) (University of Lincoln).

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