2007-2008
14 June, 2007, Appointed Chair of the Independent Water Review Panel
6-7th July, 2007, Plenary Speaker at the Crime and Society Foundation, UCL, London.
26th July, 2007, Delivered a paper with Amy Maguire entitled: 'Women’s Security through the Lens of Collective Human Rights: A case study of policing in Northern Ireland' at the Law and Society Association annual conference, Berlin.
19th September, 2007, Contributor to an Author Meets Critic Session, British Criminology Conference, London School of Economics.
5th October, 2007, Participant at Seminar on 'Human Rights and Counter Terrorism: Reframing the Debate', Centre for the Study of Human Rights and ESRC New Security Challenges Programme, LSE.
12th October, 2007, Publication of Interim report of the Independent Water Review Panel.
6th November, 2007, Contributor to first of 8 seminars on 'Regulation and Criminal Justice: Developing a new Framework for Research and Policy Development', ESRC Seminar Series, School of Law, University of Manchester.
6th-13th January, 2008, Member of Faculty at the ISODARCO Winter School, Andalo, Italy, 'Fighting Terrorism; Protecting Human Rights'.
28th January, 2008, Publication of the Independent Water Review Panel’s Final Report.
2006-2007
11-15 October, 2006, Dissemination Conference for the findings of the ESRC Project, United Nations University, New York.
27-26th October, 2006 'Is it Time for a Critical Terrorism Studies? University of Manchester, Respondent to a paper by Prof Joseba Zulaika.
26 November, 2006, Speaker at the Global Peace and Unity Event, Islam Television, London Docklands.
8 December, 2007, Alternatives to Prison Conference, Encounter, Edinburgh.
February, 2007, Talk on Poverty and Inequality in Northern Ireland to the Commissioners of the NIHRC and NIEC, Belfast.
28 February, 2007, Contributor to a Seminar organised by the Islamic Human Rights Commission, Islamic Centre of England, Centre, London.
24 April, 2007, Contributor to a Seminar on Child Poverty, Save the Children, Clifton House, Belfast.
1 March, 2007, Contributor to a Seminar on the Political Economy of Crime, Crime and Society Foundation, London.
8 March, 2007, Member of the Ministerially-Led Poverty and Social Inclusion Forum for Northern Ireland.
11-13th April, 2007, 'The Social Harm Perspective or Zemiology Revisited', paper delivered at the British Section of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control, UCL, London.
18th April, 2007, Seminar on Health and Inequality, Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Malone House, Belfast.
19 April, 2007, Talk on Rates Reform in Northern Ireland to Labour Forum.
6-7th July, 2007, 'Plenary Speaker at the Crime and Society Foundation, UCL London.