Rate My Professor Joe Llewellyn

Llewellyn earned his PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Otago in 2018, supported by a scholarship from the Rei Foundation. His doctoral research, titled 'Preventing the violence of nonviolence: An exploration of anarcho-pacifism as an antidote to the violence of pragmatic nonviolence and as an alternative approach to creating peaceful societies,' investigates anarcho-pacifist nonviolence through interviews with anarcho-pacifists and proponents of Gandhian nonviolence in Aotearoa New Zealand, India, and the United States. He previously completed an MA in Peace and Conflict Studies in 2014 with the thesis 'Nonviolent Revolutions and Democratization: The effect of state seizure and campaign size on post-revolution democracy,' and a Postgraduate Diploma in 2013 titled 'Increasing the Chances of Success? The Impact of Gene Sharp's Theories of Nonviolent Struggle on Nonviolent Revolutionary Movements: A Comparative Study of the Successful "Otpor" Movement and the Failed "Zajedno" Movement.' Prior to peace studies, he obtained an undergraduate degree in occupational therapy and is registered as a non-practicing occupational therapist. His academic interests focus on nonviolent resistance movements, the influence of Gene Sharp's theories, principled versus pragmatic nonviolence, and anarcho-pacifism's potential for fostering peaceful societies. Llewellyn co-edited the book Revolutionary Nonviolence with Richard Jackson and co-authored the paper 'A Case for the Abolition of the New Zealand Defence Force' with Griffin Leonard. He presented research at events including the Rethinking Pacifism for Revolution, Security and Politics conference and the New Zealand Political Studies Association conference.