Dr Bryony Vince-Myers
Faculty of Social Sciences
Co-Pro Futures Inquiry Coordinator
bjvince-myers1@sheffield.ac.uk
The Wave
Full contact details
Dr Bryony Vince-Myers
Faculty of Social Sciences
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
Faculty of Social Sciences
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
Sheffield
S10 2AH
- Profile
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Bryony joined the Co-Pro Futures Inquiry as our Project Coordinator in January 2025. She will be working with us until July 2025 to oversee key aspects of the Inquiry's next stage, including managing our Call for Evidence, reviewing and analysing the evidence, and supporting our stakeholder workshops.Bryony is also a Research Associate with the University of Sheffield Participatory Research Network (PRN@TUoS), where she leads key initiatives to improve support and training for postgraduate and early-career researchers interested in or doing participatory research.Bryony is also Editor-at-large at E-International Relations and co-editor of the Bloomsbury book series Global Dialogues: Non-Eurocentric Visions of the Global.
- Qualifications
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PhD in International Relations, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield (ESRC funded)MA in Social Research Methods, Sheffield Methods Institute, University of Sheffield (ESRC funded)
MA in International Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield
BA (Hons) in Politics and International Relations, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield
- Research interests
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Bryony's research explores local and everyday approaches to peacebuilding with a particular focus on decolonial and participatory methodologies. Her PhD explored how the African concept of ubuntu is (mis)used as a tool for peacebuilding at the national, local, and everyday levels in South Africa. It outlined the potential and limitations of mobilising Indigenous knowledge for peace in post-conflict, post-colonial contexts and highlighted how Indigenous concepts are susceptible to romanticisation and co-optation in academic and political discourse.
Bryony's research agenda broadly seeks to decenter colonial and Eurocentric understandings of and approaches to peacebuilding and international relations and is committed to improving the conditions for doing co-produced and participatory research in academia.