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Unprecedented? The latest Taliban in-fighting and what it tells us about the state of the Emirate

Martin Burns



Dr Véronique Altglas


Dylan Magill, Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar


Dr Eithne Dowds




Professor Brian Dooley


We were delighted to welcome Elina Valtonen MP, the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Finland, to Queen’s University Belfast to deliver the 10th Harri Holkeri Lecture on 3 March 2025.

Reforming Legal and Policy Responses to Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Violence



Evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee


Does Customary international Law Prohibit Amnesties?


Dr Olivier Urbain

Professor Dina Belluigi

Dr Eithne Dowds

An Alternative Vision Amidst the Dominance of Sinn Féin

Dr Peter McLoughlin

Comprehensive Training Manual on the Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention)

Dr John Topping

Professor Michael Semple


‘Many look to Northern Ireland for hope’: how a Belfast university became a world leader in conflict resolution

The Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions (LINAS) Doctoral Training Programme

Joshua Weston, Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar

Motherhood During and After ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland



Emirate Studies – What Every Talib is Meant to Know About Their Movement

Decolonial, Feminist and Anti-Militarist Theorising on Peacekeeping

Professor David Cunningham

Professor John McGarry

How Russia Targeted and Killed Human Rights Defender Tigran Galustyan in Ukraine

The Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions (LINAS) Doctoral Training Programme



Revisiting the ‘Impossibility’ of restorative justice and security informalism

Dr Maria-Adriana Deiana

Professor Marsha Henry



Dr Ciaran Mulholland and Dr Michael Duffy

Siddhi Salunke




Northern Ireland: The Pat Finucane Case

Professor Brian Dooley

Dr David Robb

Professor Louise Mallinder


Decolonial, Feminist and Anti-Militarist Theorising on Peacekeeping

Marc Elliott, LINAS Doctoral Scholar


Professor Cheryl Lawther


Dr Ciaran Mulholland and Dr Michael Duffy

Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions

Michael Maguire, Honorary Professor of Practice

Dr Síobhra Aiken

Professor Sumi Madhok, London School of Economics and Political Science


Ambassador Akbar S. Ahmed


Strengthening Afghans’ Pursuit of Democracy, Freedom and Economic Recovery



Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions

How Serious are the Taliban on Counter-narcotics Policy?



Dr Erika Jiménez


Professor Brian Dooley, Honorary Professor of Practice


Dr Jocelyn Dautel

Dr Peter McLoughlin

Professor Richard English


Dr Ciaran Mulholland and Dr Michael Duffy


Dr Eva Urban-Devereux

Professor Dina Belluigi

Dr Marisa McVey and Anna Montgomery

The Taliban’s Relations with Afghanistan’s Tough Region
