Brendan O'Leary

Brendan O’Leary is Lauder Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, a Visiting Professor of Political Science at Queen's University Belfast and an International Fellow at the Senator George J Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen’s. He was formerly Professor of Government at the LSE and is a Member of the US Council on Foreign Relations, and former Senior Advisor on Power-Sharing in the Standby Team of the United Nation’s Mediation Support Unit. Professor O'Leary advised governments and parties in Northern Ireland during the making of the Good Friday Agreement.