Bonnie Weir
- Senior Lecturer
- Co-Director, Peacebuilding Initiative
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Steinbach Hall
52 Hillhouse Avenue
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About
Bonnie Weir is the founder and co-director of the Peacebuilding Initiative at the Jackson School. She also serves as the co-director of the certificate program in Human Rights at Yale. Weir was ssistant dean for undergraduate education 2023-26.
Weir’s research focuses on political violence and post-conflict politics with a focus on Northern Ireland. Her current projects investigate whether and how sectarianism affects political behavior and the consequences of minority rights provisions. She teaches courses on political violence and the “Troubles” and post-conflict politics in Northern Ireland.
Previously, Weir was a senior lecturer of political science and served as director of undergraduate studies for the Program on Ethics, Politics, and Economics at Yale. She regularly lectures for the Yale Young Global Scholars program and is a visiting scholar at the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security, and Justice at Queen’s University Belfast. Weir is also on the board of Peaceful Schools International and a works with a number of groups on applied and policy projects, including the Ad Hoc Committee to Protect the Good Friday Agreement and the Washington Ireland Program.
Education
- PhD in Political Science, University of Chicago
- BA in Political Science, College of the Holy Cross