About Oliver Corney

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Me

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I am a postgraduate researcher specialising in evidence-based analysis of political problems through the Trinity Diagnostic Framework. 

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Research Background

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In 2020 I completed my undergraduate degree, where I was awarded an Upper Second in political science at Brunel University. During this time I privately began researching psychotherapy, specifically the impacts of trauma and the existence of our inner resilience. This research would form the foundation for my future psychotherapy work with (ACCPH) 'The Individual Resilience Psychotherapy Clinic'. 

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Following the completion of my degree I embarked on a number of research internships, at the Campaign for Learning, Prevista and Holex. In these roles I undertook substantive research, in education policy, focusing on Adult education, apprenticeships and widening access to education for disadvantaged citizens, which culminated in separate presentations of my work and policy recommendations, that would form the beginnings of my future research approach.    

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In 2023 I began a Masters by Research degree, in international conflict analysis at the University of Kent. My thesis entitled 'Bloody Ireland the Unfinished Work of the Northern Ireland Peace Settlement', created the novel 'Trinity Diagnostic Framework'. This framework highlights a problems context, shedding light on the fog of how this problem arose, and what circumstances does it currently operate in? Then the framework sets the variables across three categories; Explicit Political Variables,  Attitudinal & Perceptual Driving Factors, and  Implicit Societal Based Political Factors. These variables are the critical elements which feed the problem, and once diagnosed form a critical part in its resolution. Finally it offers reasonable policy recommendations to address these identified factors/variables and by analysing, through this methodological framework, it forces a more evidence based solution, devoid of ideological bias, which ultimately has a tangible impact to the problem.   

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Research Interests

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My research applies the Trinity Diagnostic Framework to contemporary political challenges. I focus on domestic areas such as health policy, immigration, constitutional reform, and social welfare, alongside international issues including defence and foreign policy, both contemporary and historical — with an emphasis on delivering clear, evidence-based analysis to support effective political interventions.

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The OC Research Unit is my independent research initiative dedicated to producing and publishing evidence-based policy analysis.

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Ethos

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Despite the challenges, we may face the one freedom that can never be taken away is our ability to choose our own attitude. My attitude is to give everything I have to my goals and live my life to the fullest by drawing the most of each day I have. 

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I strive; to live, maximise potential and contribute, in the name of those that never got the chance!

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Oliver Corney

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