Louise Richardson
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Louise Richardson FRSE |
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Louise Richardson in 2008
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| Vice-Chancellor of University of Oxford | |
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Assumed office 1 January 2016 |
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| Chancellor | The Lord Patten |
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Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews |
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In office 6 January 2009 – 31 December 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Brian Lang |
| Succeeded by | Sally Mapstone |
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Louise Mary Richardson 8 June 1958 Tramore, County Waterford, Ireland |
| Spouse(s) | Thomas Jevon (m. 1988) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Profession | Political scientist |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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| Website | ox |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Managing allies and being managed by alliances : Suez and the Falklands (1988) |
Louise Mary Richardson FRSE (born 8 June 1958) is an Irish political scientist whose specialist field is the study of terrorism. In January 2016 she became the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, having formerly served as the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews, and as the executive dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.
Richardson grew up in Tramore, one of seven children of Arthur and Julie Richardson. After attending St Angela's Secondary School, Ursuline Convent, Waterford, she studied at Trinity College, Dublin, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and an Master of Arts degree in 1982.
In 1977, she received a Rotary Scholarship to study at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She took an MA degree in Political Science from UCLA in 1981, followed by a move to Harvard where she received an Master of Arts degree in Government in 1984 and a PhD in 1989 on International relations and International law, relating specifically the Falklands War and Suez Crisis.
From 1989 to 2001 Richardson served as an assistant professor and then an associate professor in the Harvard Government Department. During this period she also served for eight years as Head Tutor and Chair of the Board of Tutors (Director of Undergraduate Studies) in the Government Department. She served in numerous other administrative capacities at Harvard University, including the Faculty Council and various committees concerned with undergraduate education, the status of women, and human rights. In July 2001, she was appointed executive dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
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