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Neil Jarman has a PhD in anthropology from University College London and has worked extensively on issues associated with the political transition in Northern Ireland over the past 20 years. He has been the director of the Institute for Conflict Research, a not-for-profit, policy orientated research centre, which has been based in Belfast, since 2002. His research interests include the role of the civil society in peacebuilding; vigilantism and the control of violence; public order policing; hate crimes and issues related to migration and cultural diversity.

Neil has been the chair of the International Expert Panel on Freedom of Assembly at the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, part of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe since 2004. The panel has produced two editions of the Guidelines on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Neil has also developed and delivered a training programme for monitoring assemblies in countries across eastern Europe, south Caucasus and Central Asia.

 Books

• Displaying Faith: Orange, Green and Trade Union Banners in Ulster. Belfast, Institute of Irish Studies, 1999.

• Material Conflicts: Parades and Visual Displays in Northern Ireland. Oxford, Berg, 1997.

Reports

• Criminal Justice Responses to Hate Crime in Northern Ireland. Belfast, NIACRO, 2012.

• Forced Labour in Northern Ireland: Exploiting Vulnerability. York, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2011.

• Towards Sustainable Security: Interface Barriers and the Legacy of Segregation in Belfast. Belfast, Community Relations Council, 2008.

• Working at the Interface: Good Practice in Reducing Tension and Violence. Belfast ICR, 2006.

• No Longer a Problem? Sectarian Violence in Northern Ireland. Belfast, OFMDFM, 2005.

• Managing Disorder: Responding to Interface Violence in North Belfast and to Public Disorder Related to Disputes over Parade Routes. Belfast, OFMDFM. 2001.

Academic Articles and Papers

• Routine Divisions: Segregation and Daily Life in Northern Ireland (with John Bell) In C. McGratton and E. Meehan (eds) Everyday Life after the Conflict: The Impact of Devolution and North-South Cooperation. Manchester, Manchester University Press. 2012.

• Ten Years After Patten: Young People and Policing in Northern Ireland (with Jonny Byrne). Youth and Society: Special Edition Creating Restorative and Intergenerational Cultures for Youth: Insights from Northern Ireland and the United States. Vol 43 No 2. June 2011.

• Community–based Restorative Justice in Northern Ireland. In R. Cohen and L. Knox (eds) Beyond Suppression: Global Perspectives on Violence Prevention. Santa Barbara, Praeger Security International, 2011.

• Freedom of Peaceful Assembly: The OSCE / ODIHR Guidelines and Emerging Good Practice. Malaysian Journal on Human Rights, Vol 3. No 1. 2009.

• Protecting Peaceful Protest: The OSCE/ODIHR and Freedom of Peaceful Assembly. Journal of Human Rights Practice, Vol 1, No 2. 2009.

• Long War and Long Peace: Political Transition in Northern Ireland. In S. Shekhawat and D.A. Mahapatra (eds) Afro-Asian Conflicts: Changing Contours, Costs and Consequences. New Delhi, New Century Publications., 2008.

• Vigilantism, Policing and Transition: Informal Justice in Northern Ireland. In D. Pratten and A. Sen (eds) Global Vigilantes: Anthropological Perspectives on Justice and Violence. London, Hurst, 2007.

• Pride and Possession, Display and Destruction: Flags and Identity in Belfast. In T. Eriksen and R. Jenkins (eds) Flying the Flag: Critical Perspectives on Symbolism and Identity. London, Routledge, 2007.

• Policing, Policy and Practice: Responding to Disorder in North Belfast. Anthropology in Action 13, 1-2, January 2006.

• New Foundations? Human Rights and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland. In P. Gready and J. Ensor (eds) Reinventing Development? Translating Rights Based-Approaches from Theory into Practice. London, Zed Books, 2005.