The Institute has four Interdisciplinary Research Groups:

• Art, Performance and Media in (Post-) Conflict - led by Dr Stefanie Lehner
• Borders: Materiality, Mobility, Ethics & Technology - led by Dr Heather Johnston
• Social Justice and the Divided City: The policy relevance of conflict research in Belfast - led by Dr Katy Hayward
• Conflict Transformation and Policing Extremism - led by Professor Beverley Milton-Edwards

These involve researchers from different Schools that are committed to pursuing an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to conflict transformation and social justice. 

Through the successful delivery of each programme of activities, each Interdisciplinary Research Group will contribute to the Institute’s goal of ensuring that Queen’s University becomes a recognized leader in research on conflict transformation and social justice. They will help the Institute engage with and attract leading researchers from other institutions and develop successful and sustainable partnerships with academics and, as appropriate, with research users, policy makers, practitioners and other non-academics.