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Egypt Activists Exasperated at Fading EU Support
BLOG | 30 April, 2025

Professor Brian Dooley

USAID Freeze Hits Ukraine Independent Media
BLOG | 30 April, 2025

Professor Brian Dooley

LINAS Seminar Series - Celebrating Interdisciplinary Research
SEMINAR SERIES | 14 April, 2025

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

Observing the Cosmos Under Chilean Skies
BLOG | 26 March, 2025

Dylan Magill, Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar

AI, Astronomers, and AI Astronomers: The Next Decade in Space
BLOG | 6 February, 2025

Joshua Weston, Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar

Everyday Life Peacebuilding and Family
BLOG | 4 February, 2025

 Motherhood During and After ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland 

PTSD and Politics: Lessons from the ‘Troubles’ – Part Two
BLOG SERIES | 3 January, 2025

Dr Ciaran Mulholland and Dr Michael Duffy

Reflections on the US Presidential Election from an American Student in Belfast
BLOG | 3 January, 2025

Siddhi Salunke

Gerhard Gundermann’s Songwriting in the Context of Deindustrialisation & Globalisation in the 1990s
BLOG | 19 December, 2024

Dr David Robb

Wanted: AI Ethics Conference in a fun and exotic location!
BLOG | 18 December, 2024

Marc Elliott, LINAS Doctoral Scholar

PTSD and Politics: Lessons from the ‘Troubles’ - Part One
BLOG SERIES | 29 November, 2024

Dr Ciaran Mulholland and Dr Michael Duffy

Travelling in a Land Down Under…
BLOG | 27 November, 2024

Michael Maguire, Honorary Professor of Practice

Armed Groups, Transition and Dealing with the Past
BLOG | 1 November, 2024

Professor Kieran McEvoy

Oasis Ticket Scandal
BLOG | 30 October, 2024

Katherine Pittalis, LINAS Doctoral Scholar

Borderculture.net Goes Live!
BLOG | 29 October, 2024

Dr Garrett Carr

Youth and Truth in Northern Ireland: What Modern ‘Derry Girls’ (and other Teens) Can Teach Us
BLOG | 29 October, 2024

Dr Jocelyn Dautel

Transatlantic peacemaking: The role of the US in peacemaking in Ireland, north and south
BLOG | 28 October, 2024

Dr Peter McLoughlin

Rethinking human rights: critical insights from Palestinian youth
BLOG | 29 September, 2024

Dr Erika Jiménez

LINAS End of Year Event
BLOG | 23 July, 2024

Anna Hollis (LINAS Doctoral Scholar, QUB)

My Time at the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute: A Reflection
BLOG | 29 May, 2024

Tomas McInerney

LINAS Conference April 2024
BLOG | 29 May, 2024

Anna Montgomery, Year 2 LINAS Doctoral Scholar

President Biden’s Latest Reading on Conflict Transformation
BLOG | 12 April, 2024

Martin Burns, MA on Conflict Transformation and Social Justice Graduate

How the Conditional Immunity Scheme of the ICRIR will work (or not)
BLOG | 26 February, 2024

Rather than promoting reconciliation, the conditional immunity scheme runs the risk of entrenching divided narratives of the past and undermining trust in public institutions says Professor Louise Malinder.

Belfast event on ‘Academic Freedom under Threat: Global and Local Perspectives’
BLOG | 23 February, 2024

Professor Dina Belluigi, Mitchell Institute Fellow: Legacy

Dispatches from Berkeley
BLOG | 23 February, 2024

Darren Colbourne, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

Understanding the American Involvement in Afghanistan: A Memoir Provides Key Perspective
BLOG | 22 February, 2024

Martin Burns, MA on Conflict Transformation and Social Justice Graduate

Challenging hegemonic conditions for democratising universities in India
BLOG | 22 February, 2024

Introducing Mitchell Institute Visiting Scholars Dr Nandita Banerjee Dhawan and Dr Asha Achuthan

Turbulent Religions, Alternative Futures Blog Series - No. 6
BLOG | 22 February, 2024

Religion, Politics, and the Orange Order in Northern Ireland: Defending Protestant Britain in the Age of Secularism

How Do You Structure a Peace Process Under Conditions of Authoritarianism? 
BLOG | 14 February, 2024

Professor Michael Semple

Turbulent Religions, Alternative Futures Blog Series - No. 5
BLOG | 6 February, 2024

Reframing the Past and Imagining the Future of Post-Brexit Northern Ireland

Hamas: The Efficacy of Terrorism?
BLOG | 1 February, 2024

It is responses to non-state terrorism, rather than the brutal violence itself, which has tended to change history and politics the most, says Professor Richard English.

Turbulent Religions, Alternative Futures Blog Series - No. 4
BLOG | 1 February, 2024

Modern “Derry Girls”: How Teens Navigate Polarization in a Post-conflict Society

Researching Human Rights in Ukraine
BLOG | 29 January, 2024

Institute Honorary Professor of Practice: Dr Brian Dooley, Senior Advisor at Human Rights First

To Understand International Politics: Go Local
BLOG | 29 January, 2024

Martin Burns, MA on Conflict Transformation and Social Justice Graduate

Turbulent Religions, Alternative Futures Blog Series - No. 3
BLOG | 24 January, 2024

Christian Zionism and the Apocalyptic Landscape of Gaza

Turbulent Religions, Alternative Futures Blog Series - No. 2
BLOG | 18 January, 2024

The Political Theology of Traditionalism: Steve Bannon, the Far Right, and the End of Days

Turbulent Religions, Alternative Futures Blog Series - No. 1
BLOG | 15 January, 2024

Can “the Ghosts of Religion Past” Rest in Peace? The Churches and Alternative Futures on the Island of Ireland

Student Focus: Caragh Duffy
BLOG | 5 January, 2024

Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar

Belfast: The Perfect Place to Study Conflict Resolution
BLOG | 5 January, 2024

Martin Burns, MA on Conflict Transformation and Social Justice Graduate

Student Focus: David Mark
BLOG | 30 November, 2023

Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar

“We Stand Together” - National Hate Crime Awareness Week event, October 2023
BLOG | 29 November, 2023

Rombsala Said, Master’s degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Student Focus: Joshua Weston
BLOG | 31 October, 2023

Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar

The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in Light of the Hamas-Israel Conflict
BLOG | 31 October, 2023

Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Research Exchange Visit in Belfast
BLOG | 29 September, 2023

Kyle Seasly, Visiting student

The Importance of Reading Fiction
BLOG | 29 September, 2023

Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Art of Identity: Generation Peace
BLOG | 28 September, 2023

Dr Joceyln Dautel

Cults, Violence, and the Politics of Victimhood in Japan
BLOG | 28 September, 2023

Dr Rin Ushiyama

G’ Day in Australia: Research Visit to the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
BLOG | 28 September, 2023

Dr Ulrike M. Vieten

Talking to Americans about Northern Ireland: A Historical View
BLOG | 29 August, 2023

Dr Shane Brighton

Good Friday Agreement: West Coast Reflections on the Path to Peace
BLOG | 11 August, 2023

Dr Peter McLoughlin

Talking with the Taliban can wait
BLOG | 4 July, 2023

Why dialogue among Afghanistan’s democratic forces is now the priority for peace by Professor Michael Semple

Polish Authorities Continue to Attack Human Rights Defenders Near the Belarus Border
BLOG | 16 June, 2023

Dr Brian Dooley, Senior Advisor at Human Rights First

Putting Afghan Economic Statistics in Perspective
BLOG | 31 May, 2023

Note in Response to Statistics attributed to the Economist

Annual LINAS Conference, May 2023
BLOG | 31 May, 2023

Karli Gibson, Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar

Keep Talking: A Reflection on How Dialogue Keeps Peace Alive
BLOG | 30 May, 2023

Whitney Westbrook, Masters Degree Student: MA Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Boston College Exchange Visit – April 2023
BLOG | 24 May, 2023

Dr Cheryl Lawther, Mitchell Institute Fellow (Legacy) and Reader, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast

Empathy: A Critical Part of Diplomacy and Politics
BLOG | 23 May, 2023

Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Student focus: Jarlath Warner
2 May, 2023

Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions Doctoral Scholar

The Preservation of Peace and a Hopeful Future: The Good Friday Peace Agreement, 25 Years Later
28 April, 2023

Rombsala Said, Master’s degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Reflections on ‘The Victim’s Stories’
27 April, 2023

Mollie Sullivan, Master’s degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Twenty-Five Years After the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement: The Triumph of Hope
25 April, 2023

Martin Burns, Masters degree student: Conflict Transformation and Social Justice

Seven Lessons from Agreement 25
24 April, 2023

Emily Bishko, LLM student, International Human Rights Law, Queen’s University Belfast.

Tracing the History of Unionist Representation in Cinema
28 March, 2023

Dr Richard Gallagher

Northern Ireland’s Civic Initiative
27 February, 2023

The Value of Deliberative and Participatory Processes in Strengthening Democracy and the Social Fabric Emma DeSouza, Civic Initiative Co-Chair and Co-Facilitator

Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Future of the Union
20 February, 2023

Professor Emeritus Graham Walker and Dr James Greer

Blood & Dirt: Encounters with Wilfred Owen
27 January, 2023

Fran Brearton, Professor of Modern Poetry, School of Arts, English and Languages

Collusion vs. Infiltration
17 January, 2023

Exploring the British State-Loyalist Paramilitary Relationship Through a Loyalist Ex-combatant Lens

Trans-Asian networks and Islamic militancy in the new era – reflections from South-East Asia
15 November, 2022

Practitioner Chair, Professor Michael Semple

Comeuppance for the Taliban-US engagement strategy
4 August, 2022

The killing of Ayman Zawahiri in a successful US drone strike on his Kabul safe house showcases the inadequacies of policies pursued in Afghanistan.

Working Papers Series
29 July, 2022

We are delighted to announce the publication of a number of Working Papers on Afghanistan, led by Practitioner Chair, Professor Michael Semple.

Remembering Professor Lord David Trimble
27 July, 2022

Professor Lord David Trimble has been described as a ‘giant of Irish and international politics’ by Lord Paul Bew, Queen’s University’s Professor Emeritus of Irish History, on the sad news of his passing.

The Promise and Perils of a Humanitarian Ceasefire in Ukraine
18 July, 2022

Professor David Connolly is Practitioner Chair at the Mitchell Institute

Why Learning Matters in Preventing Violent Conflict
17 May, 2022

Professor David Connolly is Practitioner Chair at the Mitchell Institute

The Role of Transitional Justice in Ukraine
4 April, 2022

Professor Louise Mallinder, School of Law and Legacy Theme Lead for the Mitchell Institute

Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Peace Processes
25 March, 2022

Professor John D. Brewer

Reassessing Conflict Prevention in an Increasingly Turbulent World
15 March, 2022

Professor David Connolly is Practitioner Chair in the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice (Queen's University Belfast).

War in Ukraine
3 March, 2022

Professor Alister Miskimmon, Head of the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen's reflects on the current conflict in Ukraine

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