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Tomas McInerney
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Martin Burns, MA on Conflict Transformation and Social Justice Graduate
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Rather than promoting reconciliation, the conditional immunity scheme runs the risk of entrenching divided narratives of the past and undermining trust in public institutions says Professor Louise Malinder.
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Professor Dina Belluigi, Mitchell Institute Fellow: Legacy
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Darren Colbourne, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics
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Martin Burns, MA on Conflict Transformation and Social Justice Graduate
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Introducing Mitchell Institute Visiting Scholars Dr Nandita Banerjee Dhawan and Dr Asha Achuthan
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Professor Michael Semple
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Institute Honorary Professor of Practice: Dr Brian Dooley, Senior Advisor at Human Rights First
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Martin Burns, MA on Conflict Transformation and Social Justice Graduate
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Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar
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Martin Burns, MA on Conflict Transformation and Social Justice Graduate
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Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar
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Rombsala Said, Master’s degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
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Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar
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Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
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Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
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Dr Ulrike M. Vieten
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Dr Shane Brighton
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Dr Peter McLoughlin
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Why dialogue among Afghanistan’s democratic forces is now the priority for peace by Professor Michael Semple
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Dr Brian Dooley, Senior Advisor at Human Rights First
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Note in Response to Statistics attributed to the Economist
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Karli Gibson, Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar
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Whitney Westbrook, Masters Degree Student: MA Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
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Dr Cheryl Lawther, Mitchell Institute Fellow (Legacy) and Reader, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast
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Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
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Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar
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Rombsala Said, Master’s degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
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Mollie Sullivan, Master’s degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
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Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
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Emily Bishko, LLM student, International Human Rights Law, Queen’s University Belfast.
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The Value of Deliberative and Participatory Processes in Strengthening Democracy and the Social Fabric Emma DeSouza, Civic Initiative Co-Chair and Co-Facilitator
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Professor Emeritus Graham Walker and Dr James Greer
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Fran Brearton, Professor of Modern Poetry, School of Arts, English and Languages
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Exploring the British State-Loyalist Paramilitary Relationship Through a Loyalist Ex-combatant Lens
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Practitioner Chair, Professor Michael Semple
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The killing of Ayman Zawahiri in a successful US drone strike on his Kabul safe house showcases the inadequacies of policies pursued in Afghanistan.
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We are delighted to announce the publication of a number of Working Papers on Afghanistan, led by Practitioner Chair, Professor Michael Semple.
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Professor Lord David Trimble has been described as a ‘giant of Irish and international politics’ by Lord Paul Bew, Queen’s University’s Professor Emeritus of Irish History, on the sad news of his passing.
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Professor David Connolly is Practitioner Chair at the Mitchell Institute
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Professor David Connolly is Practitioner Chair at the Mitchell Institute
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Professor Louise Mallinder, School of Law and Legacy Theme Lead for the Mitchell Institute
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Professor David Connolly is Practitioner Chair in the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice (Queen's University Belfast).
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Professor Alister Miskimmon, Head of the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen's reflects on the current conflict in Ukraine
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It is responses to non-state terrorism, rather than the brutal violence itself, which has tended to change history and politics the most, says Professor Richard English.