2022
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Professor Hans Vandierendonck is a co-investigator and PhD supervisor in the Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions (LINAS). His interest is in reliability and fairness of algorithmic solutions.
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Richard Hargy, Doctoral Researcher, Queen's University Belfast
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International Perspectives and Next Practices
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Journal of Environmental Psychology
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The Prisons Memory Archive (PMA) explores ways that narratives of a conflicted past are filmed at the site of the experiences and later negotiated in a contested present in the North of Ireland.
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Nick Spencer talks to Professor Richard English about his book Does Terrorism Work?
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Practitioner Chair, Professor Michael Semple
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LINAS Doctoral Training Programme Virtual Information Session
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Professor Richard English speaks to Jennifer Duck about political polarization and division
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Afghan lives under the Taliban's revived Islamic Emirate
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Mitchell Institute Fellows and colleagues from the Department of Justice, Northern Ireland met at QUB on 29 September for a Policy Workshop on Domestic and Sexual Violence.
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Exploring how the boundary between the extremist far right and centre-right parties and politics became blurred
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Post-Brexit Northern Ireland, the question of Irish reunification, and a crucial role for social science in the debate
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Practitioner Chair, Professor David Connolly
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Examining the relations between Indigenous Nations and Sovereign States:
How can National, Regional, and International collaboration achieve shared goals?
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A Largescale Comparative Analysis of Extreme Right and Jihadi Online Text(s)
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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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Emeritus Professor Graham Walker, Queen's University Belfast, is author of A History of the Ulster Unionist Party: Protest, Pragmatism and Pessimism.
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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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The PhD courses in "Political Science and Sociology" and "Transnational Governance" of the Scuola Normale Superiore are methodologically pluralist and multidisciplinary.
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Professor David Connolly is Practitioner Chair at the Mitchell Institute
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Emanuel Patrick Quashie from St Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean will graduate today with a PhD from the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen’s University.
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Dr Paul Gallagher graduated on 2 July 2022 from Queen’s University with a PhD in Sociology from the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work.
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Transforming Justice: An All-Island Examination of Justice Responses to Historical Institutional Abuse
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Northern Ireland presents a fundamental challenge for the sociology of religion – how do religious beliefs, attitudes and identities relate to practices, violence and conflict? In other words, what does religion do?
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A research project led by Queen’s will study and compare the changing role of majority and minority religions in ‘global north’ contexts: Canada, Germany, Ireland/Northern Ireland (UK) & Poland, as these societies emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Mitchell Institute Honorary Professor Rory Montgomery has been presented with the distinction of Officier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur.
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Founded in 1988, the Academia Europaea comprises elected academics from Council of Europe states and from other nations across the world.
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Professor Colin Harvey writes opinion pieces focused on the state of the constitutional conversation in Northern Ireland
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The LINCS/LINAS Seminar Series has concluded for the 2021/22 academic year, and it was an indubitable success.
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Professor Kew begins US Friends of Queen’s University Belfast Visiting Professorship awarded by the US-UK Fulbright Commission.
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Dickson was a Visiting Student at the Institute from 2018 until the end of 2021. He was the recipient of two prestigious awards for his studies.
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We welcomed Professor Melani Cammett for the first time to the Institute in May.
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Dr Peter McLoughlin and Honorary Professor of Practice Rory Montgomery speak to TRT World Roundtable.
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Following on from her appointment earlier this year, we welcomed Mitchell Institute Honorary Professor Christine Bell to the Institute in May.
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute has co-hosted two international conferences addressing issues on peace and conflict.
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Angela is a PhD candidate in Political Science and Sociology at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at Scuola Normale Superiore (Florence).
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Dr Gladys Ganiel admitted to RIA for exceptional contributions to the humanities and social sciences, as well as to public service.
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1320, 1776 And all That: The Declaration of Arbroath, The Declaration of Independence and the Fate of Documents
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Professor David Connolly is Practitioner Chair at the Mitchell Institute
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Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: The State of the Conversation
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Dr Peter McLoughlin writes article on the Northern Ireland elections for World Politics Review
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Lawyers in Conflict and Transition
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A Photo-elicitation Research on the Transformation of Social Memory: The Case of Belfast and Carrickfergus (Northern Ireland)
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Dr Peter McLoughlin casts his eye over the results from the recent Northern Ireland Assembly elections which saw Sinn Féin emerge with the most seats
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Mícheál Ó Mainnín, Professor of Modern Languages at QUB and Associate Fellow of the Mitchell Institute
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Dr Peter McLoughlin looks at this week's Assembly elections in Northern Ireland
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We are very excited to announce that a team from QUB will be taking part in this very prestigious competition on 21 and 22 April 2022
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Professor Louise Mallinder, School of Law and Legacy Theme Lead for the Mitchell Institute
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Doctoral Scholar, Eleanor Williams, talks to SpyCast about the intelligence war during the Troubles
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Video recording of the lecture is now available to view online
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Karli Gibson, LINAS Doctoral Scholar, Queen’s University Belfast
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New research, published today, calls for more support for Services leavers who face challenges transitioning from military to civilian life
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Public Arts Garage: Transnational Tinkering in Transdisciplinary, Participatory, Public Art
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Professor John D. Brewer
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Dr John Topping, Senior Lecturer at QUB and a Fellow of the Mitchell Institute
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We are delighted to announce the release of the new book by Theme Leads, Prof Kieran McEvoy and Prof Louise Mallinder, and Institute Fellow, Dr Anna Bryson.
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Congratulations to Institute Fellows Dr Anna Bryson and Dr Cheryl Lawther who have each won a highly competitive British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship
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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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Mitchell Institute Fellow, Professor John Brewer, releases new publication
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Dr Merav Amir, Senior Lecturer at QUB and a Fellow of the Mitchell Institute
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Mitchell Institute Fellow, Professor Christopher McCrudden, edits new publication
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Mitchell Institute Associate Fellow and Lecturer in Politics at Queen's University Belfast, Dr Peter McLoughlin, writes article for The Conversation.
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Amnesty, Human Rights and Political Transitions: Bridging the Peace and Justice Divide