Research

• Research Clusters
• Research Projects
  • European Law and New Health Technologies
  • Opting Out of Religious Education
  • Public Interest in UK Courts
  • Slavery in Domestic Jurisdictions
  • Slavery as the Powers Attaching to the Right of Ownership
  • Childhood, Transition and Social Justice Initiative
  • Peaceful Frontiers: International Law and the Establishment of Canadian Borders
  • A Symposium with Professor Roger Brownsword
  • Mapping Restorative Justice in Northern Ireland
  • The Hillsborough Independent Panel Research Project
• Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
• Human Rights Centre
• Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Institute of Governance
• Ethics Approval
• School of Law Celebrates RAE Success
• Research Graduates

European Law and New Health Technologies
Dr Mark Flear

The Hillsborough Independent Panel Research Project
Professor Phil Scraton, Dr Janet Clark, Ms Gemma NíCaoimh

Peaceful Frontiers: International Law and the Establishment of Canadian Borders
Dr Jean Allain

Slavery in Domestic Jurisdictions
Dr. Jean Allain, Dr Marie Lynch

Slavery as the Powers Attaching to the Right of Ownership
Dr. Jean Allain, Dr. Robin Hickey

Understanding the Lives of Children and Young People in the Context of Conflict and Marginalisation
Dr Siobhán McAlister,  Professor Phil Scraton

Completed Projects

Changing Ageing Partnership (CAP)     
Professor Sally Wheeler

Budget Analysis and the Advancement of Economic and Social Rights in Northern Ireland
Professor Colin Harvey,  Dr. Rory O’Connell

Beyond Legalism: Amnesties, Transition and Conflict Transformation
Professor Kieran McEvoy, Professor Brice Dickson

CAP: The Use of the Justification Test in Age Discrimination Cases
Dr. Rory O’Connell , Ms Julie McBride

Digital Divide, Ageing and Online Legal Advice
Dr Subhajit Basu, Prof. Philip Leith, Mr Joe Duffy, Ms Helen Davey

Mapping Restorative Justice in Northern Ireland
Dr Vicky Conway with Brian Payne (PhD Candidate) and Colleen Bell, Alexis Falk, Helen Flynn,
Conor McNeil and Fiona Rice (Masters Students)

Negotiated Prosecution
Professor Sally Wheeler,  Dr Patrick McWilliams

Opting Out of Religious Education: The Views of Young People from Minority Belief Backgrounds
Dr Alison Mawhinney, Ms Yuko Chiba

Politically-motivated Former Prisoners and their Families
Professor Kieran McEvoy, Dr Shadd Maruna, Brian Gormally

Public Interest in UK Courts
Dr. Gordon Anthony, Professor John Morison, Dr. Dimitrios Doukas, Miss Leanne Cochranne

Regulatory Regime Change in Financial Markets: The Case of Sarbanes-Oxley
Dr Patrick McWilliams, Professor Sally Wheeler, Dr Justin O'Brien (Australian National University, Consultant) 

A Symposium with Professor Roger Brownsword
Dr Mark Flear

Towards Richer Decision Making  
Ms Joanne Murphy

Transitional Justice from Below
Professor Kieran McEvoy, Professor Harry Mika