Patrick is currently exploring the heteronormative dimensions of mass violence and the responses to mass violence. In particular, he is interested in the ways in which cultural figures of adoration and/or hatred are deployed in order to mobilise violence. More broadly, he is interested in queer and postcolonial IR theory, post-truth politics and discourses/practices of sexuality, security and violence. He is a commissioning editor for E-International Relations and is a member of the POLSIS gender and feminist theory (GAFT) research group.