Noel Kelly

Programme Coordinator

Noel Kelly

Noel Kelly is the Programme Coordinator for programmes and projects within the Armament and Disarmament research area at SIPRI. These include the Arms Transfers and Military Expenditure Programme; the Biological, Chemical and Nuclear Weapons programme; the Dual-use and Arms Trade Control Programme; and projects on emerging military and security technologies. Noel provides planning and project support to researchers and manages day-to-day administration. He joined SIPRI in October 2007.

Noel also contributes to SIPRI’s research, including writing for the SIPRI Yearbook, assisting with reporting on arms embargoes and the annual SIPRI military expenditure questionnaire, and the findings of the United Nations reporting system on military expenditure. Noel further supports research work at SIPRI by helping maintain several databases common to these projects.

Subject expertise

arms control; arms embargoes; international security; military expenditure; UN reporting systems

Regional expertise

Ireland, Global

CONTACT Noel Kelly

Languages

English, Swedish

Education

BA (Hons) History and Politics, Goldsmiths College, University of London; MSc History of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Citizenship

Ireland

SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS

Fleurant, A., Perlo-Freeman, S., Wezeman, P. D. et al, The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2015 (December 2016)
The SIPRI Top 100 Arms-producing and Military Services Companies, 2014 (December 2015) 8 pp.

9. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2017)
15. Dual-use and arms trade controls (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2017)
19. Dual-use and arms trade controls (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2016)
9. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2015)
15. Dual-use and arms trade controls (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2015)
4. Military expenditure and arms production (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2014)
10. Dual-use and arms trade controls (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2014)
10. Conventional arms control (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2012)
4. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2012)
4. Military expenditure (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2011)
Appendix 11A. Multilateral arms embargoes, 2010 (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2011)
Appendix 12A. Multilateral arms embargoes, 2009 (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2010)
Appendix 5A. Military expenditure data, 2000–2009 (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2010)
Appendix 5B. The reporting of military expenditure data (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2010)
Appendix 5A. Military expenditure data, 1999–2008 (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2009)
Appendix 5C. The reporting of military expenditure data (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2009)
Appendix 7C. Transparency in arms transfers (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2009)
Appendix 12A. Multilateral arms embargoes (Chapter, SIPRI Yearbook 2009)