2023
A cultural counter-revolution? - Haibatollah’s flagship jihadi madrassahs
The Mitchell Institute, in collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and the University of Notre Dame recently co-hosted the fourth Conversations on Britishness and Irishness event.
Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar
Rombsala Said, Master’s degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
Visiting Scholar Professor Darren Kew returns to the Mitchell Institute to conduct research on religious-based peacemakers in Northern Ireland
Institute Fellow Dr Marisa McVey leads on the project to establish a Northern Ireland Business and Human Rights Index
Professor Colin Harvey presents at a number of events in New York and Brussels
Prof Kieran McEvoy speaks at event on The International Experiences of Amnesties in Conflict Resolution in Catalonia
Mitchell Institute announces the appointment of new Honorary Titles for Prof Brian Dooley and Prof Siobhán Mullally
Queen’s has announced the appointment of three Professors to newly established Chairs in the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice.
A legal challenge to the British government’s new laws to deal with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles is underway - but it shouldn’t be left to families
Dr Husam Zomlot, Head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom
Dr Keira V. Williams
Professor Louise Mallinder, Professor Luke Moffett and Dr Cheryl Lawther deliver seminars for senior Ukrainian judges
Wounded healers, restorative justice, and ex-prisoner reentry
What the Middle East conflict reveals about the Taliban
Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar
Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
Communicating ‘Truth:’ Consumption and transmission of polarized information amongst young people in a divided society
Dr Teresa Degenhardt
Professor Cheryl Lawther and Professor Luke Moffett
Professor Kieran McEvoy Addresses Conference at Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Professor Jillian Schwedler
Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
Dr Ulrike M. Vieten
Dr Shane Brighton
Truly unprecedented or business as usual – fact-checking the Taliban narcotics bans
Prof F. Magowan, Dr J. M. Norman, Dr A. Phillips-Hutton, Dr S. Lehner and Prof P. Rebelo
Rule of law in the Emirate security sector – will the Amir’s latest decree end decades of torture in Afghanistan’s intelligence agency?
Dr Peter McLoughlin
Queen’s report ‘Conflict, Trauma and Mental Health - How psychological services in Northern Ireland address the needs of victims and survivors”, finds that more psychological services are needed for victims and survivors of the Troubles.
Dr Emanuel Patrick Quashie
High-level discussions between Taliban leaders and US officials have taken place in Doha this week, at a time of humanitarian crises in Afghanistan. These are the first face-to-face discussions since the Taliban retook power in 2021.
J. Coulter and Prof. J. Duffy
The pre-history of engagement with the Taliban – what UN Special Coordinator Sinirlioğlu should know
Mitchell Institute Fellow Professor Colin Harvey is one of six new Commission Members recommended for appointment to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.
Why dialogue among Afghanistan’s democratic forces is now the priority for peace by Professor Michael Semple
Book Launch for Under Dark Shadows - Peace Protest and Brexit in Northern Ireland by Roz Goldie
Emirate Land - What Have the Taliban Achieved Through all Their Decrees About Land and Property Rights?
The first conversation in the Belfast-Berkeley Conversation Series on the theme of Conflicted Europe
Congratulations to Mitchell Institute Honorary Professor of Practice, Peter Sheridan, Chief Executive of Co-operation Ireland, on being awarded a CBE in the King’s Birthday Honours 2023.
The Mitchell Institute, in collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and the University of Notre Dame recently co-hosted the third Conversations on Britishness and Irishness event.
Dr Brian Dooley, Senior Advisor at Human Rights First
We are pleased to announce the recipients of The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice Sabbatical Fellowships 2023-24.
Do the Taliban Have an Economic Policy and if so What is it?
Karli Gibson, Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar
Academics from Queen’s have been officially admitted to the Royal Irish Academy in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements in the humanities and social sciences.
Note in Response to Statistics attributed to the Economist
Prof Kieran McEvoy, Mitchell Institute Theme Lead: Rights and Social Justice, Professor of Law and Transitional Justice, School of Law
Whitney Westbrook, Masters Degree Student: MA Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
Dr Cheryl Lawther, Mitchell Institute Fellow (Legacy) and Reader, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast
Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, in collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and the University of Notre Dame recently co-hosted the second Conversations on Britishness and Irishness event.
We are delighted to announce that Dr Avila Kilmurray has been appointed as Honorary Professor of Practice to the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice.
Is There Internal Dissent in the Taliban Movement and Does it Matter?
Mr Dermot Nesbitt, a key member of the Ulster Unionist Party’s team in the negotiations leading to the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, has, as an honorary Professor at QUB, made available a collection of his papers for a new online archive.
The Taliban’s Amir – Is He Transforming the Afghan State?
Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar
Rombsala Said, Master’s degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
Mollie Sullivan, Master’s degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
Former Irish diplomat, Dr Anne Anderson, delivered the annual Harri Holkeri lecture at Queen’s on Monday 24 April 2023.
Emily Bishko, LLM student, International Human Rights Law, Queen’s University Belfast.
The Women’s Ban Extended to the UN – Are the Taliban Pursuing Contradictory Objectives?
Dr C. S. Wilson and Dr G. Kacmaz Erk
Dr Brian Dooley, Senior Advisor at Human Rights First
The Hazaras and the Taliban – A Reality Check on Minority Rights Under the Second Emirate
“ATTENTION, PLEASE!”
High Stakes and Emergencies: Interdisciplinary Methodologies for Creative Research on Public Space
The Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions (LINAS) Postgraduate Conference
Emirate Versus Khilafat – The ISKP Critique of the Taliban
We are delighted to announce that Dr James E. Waller, Cohen Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College has commenced another tenure as Visiting Scholar at the Mitchell Institute.
Conference recording now available
The Value of Deliberative and Participatory Processes in Strengthening Democracy and the Social Fabric
Emma DeSouza, Civic Initiative Co-Chair and Co-Facilitator
We are delighted to announce that Prof Melani Cammett has been appointed as Honorary Professor to the Mitchell Institute. Melani previously held a Visiting Scholar title at the Institute.
The Qosh Tippa Canal Project – Threat to Ethnic Harmony or Doomed Vanity Project?
Professor Emeritus Graham Walker and Dr James Greer
The Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions (LINAS) Postgraduate Conference
Mitchell Institute Fellow Dr Michael Duffy speaks to Nazanin Motamedi of BBC Persian
Fran Brearton, Professor of Modern Poetry, School of Arts, English and Languages
Afghan lives under the Taliban's revived Islamic Emirate
Afghan lives under the Taliban's revived Islamic Emirate
Exploring the British State-Loyalist Paramilitary Relationship Through a Loyalist Ex-combatant Lens
Mitchell Institute Honorary Professor, Rory Montgomery
Richard Hargy, Doctoral Researcher, Queen's University Belfast
