Kieran Ford

Kieran Ford is currently a PhD student and researcher at the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand. Having grown up in the UK, Kieran has a background in education and activism. His research interests include education, extremism, community, peace and social change.

The UK government thinks I am an extremist – and you might be one too

The UK government has turned to the policing of ideas in their efforts to pre-empt and thwart terrorism. Such a strategy makes anyone who rejects the status quo a potential suspect.

By Kieran Ford

/ 24 Jul 2017

The banality of terrorism

Current responses seem to normalise terrorism – cementing it into the everyday reality of daily life, in the same way that we accept poverty, homelessness or inequality. The way things are.

By Kieran Ford

/ 24 Mar 2017

Don’t mourn, organize! Three ways millennials can build a better post-Trump future

Still in shock from last night’s US election? It’s time to turn those negative emotions into optimistic energy.

By Kieran Ford

/ 9 Nov 2016

Which lives do we mourn? And other questions we no longer decide for ourselves

What control does Facebook have over our experience of tragedy?

By Kieran Ford

/ 19 Nov 2015

Which lives do we mourn? And other questions we no longer decide for ourselves

What control does Facebook have over our experience of tragedy?

By Kieran Ford

/ 19 Nov 2015