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Dr. Barry Cannon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Maynooth University, specializing in Political Science. Originally from County Donegal, he brings a professional background in local government administration and international development, having resided in London, Barcelona, and Lima, Peru. Cannon obtained his PhD from Dublin City University in 2005, with a thesis on populism in Latin America under the supervision of Professor Peadar Kirby. Post-PhD, he worked with Comhlamh, the Irish Association for Development Workers, and secured two funded postdoctoral fellowships from Irish Aid and the Irish Research Council. He joined the Sociology Department at Maynooth University in 2013, where he teaches modules on political ideas, democracy and citizenship, Latin American politics, and supervises final-year dissertations.

His research interests focus primarily on Latin American politics, particularly Peru, Venezuela, and Central America, encompassing civil society/state relations, democratisation, populism, and dynamics of the left and right in the region. Cannon has authored key publications such as The Right in Latin America: Elite Power, Hegemony and the Struggle for the State (Routledge, 2016), stemming from an Irish Research Council-funded project; Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution: Populism and Democracy in a Globalised Age (Manchester University Press, 2009); and edited volumes including Civil Society and the State in Left-led Latin America: Challenges and Limitations to Democratization (Zed, 2012) with Peadar Kirby, and The Resurgence of the Right in Latin America: New Coalitions and Agendas (Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2020). Notable articles include "As Clear as MUD: Characteristics, Objectives, and Strategies of the Opposition in Bolivarian Venezuela" (Latin American Politics and Society, 2014), "Class/Race Polarisation in Venezuela and the Electoral Success of Hugo Chávez" (Third World Quarterly, 2008), and "Venezuela, April 2002: Coup or Popular Rebellion?" (Bulletin of Latin American Research, 2004). His scholarship has been cited over 900 times according to Google Scholar. Additional contributions include chapters on populism, COVID-19 impacts, and democratization. Cannon received an Irish Research Council New Foundations award in 2022 (€9,968) for "Going Global: Defining, Characterising and Constructing Global Citizenship" and participates in the Hostfilm Erasmus+ project.