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2024

Senator George J. Mitchell Masterclass
MASTERCLASS | 30 September, 2024

Teaching the art of compassionate inquiry: involving survivors from 9/11 in social work education
ARTICLE | 30 September, 2024

Professor Joe Duffy

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

Dr Erika Jiménez

Mitchell Institute Co-Hosts Major Conference with Harvard University
CONFERENCE | 28 September, 2024

The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice recently co-hosted a major international conference at Queen's 'Leaders Making Peace: Incentives towards Post-Conflict Peacebuilding'.

First in-person meeting of the IMAGIN_IRL project at Université de Lille
BLOG | 25 September, 2024

Report by Dr Síobhra Aiken & Dr Mark O’Rawe

The End of the World is Nigh? Researching Apocalypses in Heidelberg
BLOG | 25 September, 2024

Dr Tristan Sturm

Visiting Student summer research exchange
BLOG | 15 September, 2024

Peyton Marone

Implementing "Two Peoples One Future": Conceptualizing Mutual Self-Determination in Israel-Palestine
ARTICLE | 13 September, 2024

Professor Brad R. Roth

The Protocol/Windsor Framework and the 2024 Democratic Consent Vote
BLOG | 12 September, 2024

Professor David Phinnemore

Reconceptualising acts of ‘academic freedom’ post-Cold War
PAPER | 12 September, 2024

Professor Dina Belluigi

Rocket attack kills 12 children in Golan Heights – who are the Druze who live there?
ARTICLE | 11 September, 2024

Dr Erika Jiménez

State Impunity in Northern Ireland
PODCAST | 9 September, 2024

Professor Brian Dooley features in the latest LawPod podcast

Series 3 / Episode 7 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 9 September, 2024

Speaking Up and Pushing Back – Is There Space for Civic Resistance in Afghanistan?

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Activists in Kharkiv Fight for Truth Against Russian Disinformation
BLOG | 3 September, 2024

By Professor Brian Dooley and Maya Fernandez-Powell

Professor Kieran McEvoy Delivers Plenary Address at the British Criminology Conference in Glasgow
LECTURE | 2 August, 2024

The Amnesties, Conflict and Peace Agreement Database
DATABASE | 30 July, 2024

LINAS End of Year Event
BLOG | 23 July, 2024

Anna Hollis (LINAS Doctoral Scholar, QUB)

Sabbatical Fellowship Scheme 2024-25
APPOINTMENTS | 9 July, 2024

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice Sabbatical Fellowships for 2024-25.

Tory wipeout delivers landslide Labour victory: what the experts say
ARTICLE | 8 July, 2024

Dr Peter McLoughlin

Election 2024: the view from the UK’s most marginal constituency
ARTICLE | 4 July, 2024

Dr Peter McLoughlin

Richard English Podcast on Does Counter-Terrorism Work?
PODCAST | 3 July, 2024

A podcast by Mitchell Institute Director Professor Richard English, on the arguments and approach of his new book Does Counter-Terrorism Work?

“Not just a place where I studied but a place that shaped me”- inspiring Japanese student earns PhD
GRADUATION | 3 July, 2024

Yumi Omori is graduating today with a PhD in Sociology from the Mitchell Institute at Queen’s and a deep love for the island of Ireland after 10 years of living here.

The Mitchell Institute hosts its 2024 Postgraduate Conference
EVENT | 24 June, 2024

Annual Harri Holkeri Lecture 2024
EVENT | 21 June, 2024

Recording now available

Series 3 / Episode 6 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 21 June, 2024

Doha 3 Conference – Opportunity or Distraction

Queen's Co-Hosts Major Conferences with the University of Notre Dame
SOCIETY | 19 June, 2024

Queen's recently co-hosted two international Conferences in Belfast with the University of Notre Dame.

Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela wins the 2024 Templeton Prize
PRIZE | 4 June, 2024

Symposium - Love & War 1914-2024
EVENT | 4 June, 2024

15-17 May 2024

The June 2024 edition of the Mitchell Institute monthly Newsletter is now available
NEWSLETTER | 3 June, 2024

My Ten-Year Journey in Ireland 2014-2024
BLOG | 29 May, 2024

Yumi Omori

Talk4Peace: Innovative Strategies in Transformative Mediation and Inclusive Dialogue
BLOG | 29 May, 2024

Seminar - 29 April 2024

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

Queen’s Mitchell Institute Professor officially admitted into Royal Irish Academy
APPOINTMENT | 28 May, 2024

The RIA is an independent, all-island learned society which elects a small number of members each year for their distinguished contributions to scholarship and research.

Mitchell Institute Director Delivers Cambridge Seminar
EVENT | 27 May, 2024

UK ‘Taking Back Control’ of Its Borders Risks Rolling Back Human Rights Protections
22 May, 2024

Professor Katy Hayward

What Israel Can Learn From the Troubles
ARTICLE | 20 May, 2024

Professor Richard English

Series 3 / Episode 5 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 20 May, 2024

Have the Taliban Really Succeeded in Developing Sustainable Armed Forces for Afghanistan?

Gaza Campus Protests: What Are Students’ Free Speech Rights and What Can Universities Do?
16 May, 2024

Dr Suzzanne Whitten

QPol - Professor Marie Coleman
ARTICLE | 15 May, 2024

A critical response to plans for a ‘public history’ of British Policy in Northern Ireland during the Troubles

Reconciliation and the Legacy Act: A Human Rights Perspective
BLOG | 3 May, 2024

Professor Anna Bryson and Professor Louise Mallinder

The May 2024 edition of the Mitchell Institute monthly Newsletter is now available
NEWSLETTER | 1 May, 2024

Mitchell Institute Academics Speak at Yale University Conference
VISIT | 1 May, 2024

Four academics from Queen's were recently invited speakers at a Yale University Colloquium, 'Building Peace Across Generations'.

The End of Peacekeeping: Gender, Race, and the Martial Politics of Intervention
BOOK | 30 April, 2024

Queen’s hosted Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie G. Bunch III
EVENT | 30 April, 2024

Queen’s welcomed Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Lonnie G. Bunch III, for an ‘In Conversation’ discussion exploring the vital role museums play in dealing with difficult pasts and divided presents.

Renowned Experts Discuss Policing and Politics in Divided Societies at Queen’s
EVENT | 30 April, 2024

Queen’s hosted an event on ‘Policing and Politics in Divided Societies’ with guest speakers Dr Barbara Stephenson and Sir Hugh Orde

Mitchell Institute Sabbatical Fellows
VISIT | 29 April, 2024

Professor Debbie Lisle

Annual Postgraduate Research Conference 2024
CALL FOR PAPERS | 29 April, 2024

CALL FOR PAPERS - Movements and Their Discontents: Approaches to Contentious Politics and the Challenges to the Status Quo

QUB Innovation Zones Colloquia, South Africa
EVENTS | 26 April, 2024

Innovative Justice Responses for Non-recent Institutional Abuses
POLICY PAPER | 19 April, 2024

Restorative, Transitional and Transformative Justice

Series 3 / Episode 4 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 19 April, 2024

Life in Struggle, a Conversation with Dr. Sima Samar

Professor Louise Mallinder delivers a public lecture at the University of Chicago
EVENT | 18 April, 2024

New PhD opportunity with QUB Innovation Zones and National Museums NI
PHD OPPORTUNITY | 18 April, 2024

Renowned Experts Discuss Policing and Politics in Divided Societies at Queen’s
EVENT | 16 April, 2024

Queen’s hosted an event on ‘Policing and Politics in Divided Societies’ with guest speakers Dr Barbara Stephenson and Sir Hugh Orde

Series 3 / Episode 3 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 16 April, 2024

Exploring Taliban Political Culture – The Andiwal System or Taliban Comrade Networks

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

Martin Burns, MA on Conflict Transformation and Social Justice Graduate

The April 2024 edition of the Mitchell Institute monthly Newsletter is now available
NEWSLETTER | 8 April, 2024

The Importance of BDS for Decolonial Feminist Peace in Palestine
EVENT | 8 April, 2024

A conversation between Shaimaa Abdelkarim (University of Birmingham) and Nicola Pratt (University of Warwick)

Mitchell Institute Director Publishes New Book on Counter-Terrorism
BOOK | 28 March, 2024

Does Counter-Terrorism Work?

Leo Varadkar: The Political Backdrop to His Shock Resignation as Ireland’s Prime Minister
ARTICLE | 28 March, 2024

Professor Muiris MacCarthaigh and PhD Candidate, Eoghan Kelly

Professor Kieran McEvoy Takes Up Visiting Scholar Position in New York
APPOINTMENT | 27 March, 2024

Women and the Peace Dividend
EVENT | 26 March, 2024

Women and Peacebuilding: Reflections from Northern Ireland

Mitchell Institute Professor Elected to the Royal Irish Academy
APPOINTMENT | 25 March, 2024

What does the future of peacekeeping hold?
EVENT | 25 March, 2024

Mitchell Institute Hosts Panel Discussion in US Congress
EVENT | 21 March, 2024

Meeting Violence with Non-Violence
EVENT | 21 March, 2024

Responding to Injustice Through Peaceful Interventions in Palestine

Series 3 / Episode 2 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 15 March, 2024

How Inclusive is the Islamic Emirate? - Who Are the Men Running the Taliban’s Administration?

LINAS Doctoral Scholarships for 2024-25 Entry
SCHOLARSHIPS | 12 March, 2024

Call for Applications

Boston College Students Visit Mitchell Institute
VISIT | 8 March, 2024

Professor Louise Mallinder appointed the 2024 Pozen Professor of Human Rights
APPOINTMENT | 7 March, 2024

Mitchell Institute Hosts Professor Michael Kenny on Fractured Union
EVENT | 6 March, 2024

Mitchell Institute Director Delivers Lectures in Paris
EVENT | 4 March, 2024

The March 2024 edition of the Mitchell Institute monthly Newsletter is now available
NEWSLETTER | 1 March, 2024

Fellowship at the Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies
FELLOWSHIP | 27 February, 2024

Dr Tristan Sturm, Mitchell Institute Fellow: Religion, Arts and Peacebuilding

Mitchell Institute Sabbatical Fellowship Scheme 2024-25
FELLOWSHIP | 26 February, 2024

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

Queer Conflict Research: New Approaches to the Study of Political Violence
BOOK | 23 February, 2024

Dr Jamie J. Hagen, Dr Samuel Ritholtz and Dr Andrew Delatolla

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

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

Troubling Rhetoric: Discourse Theory and Irish Republican Army Narratives (1962-1972)
ARTICLE | 21 February, 2024

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

Communicating ‘Truth'
PODCAST | 20 February, 2024

Consumption and transmission of polarized information amongst young people in a divided society

The restoration of power-sharing in Northern Ireland: back to the old routine?
ANALYSIS | 20 February, 2024

Series 3 / Episode 1 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 15 February, 2024

Is Afghanistan Under the Taliban an Authoritarian State? And What Difference Does That Determination Make?

Annual Senator George J. Mitchell Peace Lecture 2024
EVENT | 14 February, 2024

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

Professor Michael Semple

Call for Papers - Celebrating a World of Political Difference
CALL FOR PAPERS | 14 February, 2024

Northern Ireland deal to restore power sharing after two year gap
ARTICLE | 7 February, 2024

How it happened and what comes next

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

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

The Automation Generation: The Societal Implications of AI, Machine Learning and Big Data
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS | 19 December, 2023

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - The Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions (LINAS) Postgraduate Conference 2024

The February 2024 edition of the Mitchell Institute monthly Newsletter is now available
NEWSLETTER | 1 February, 2024

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

Professor John D. Brewer receives Distinguished Service to British Sociology Award
AWARD | 1 February, 2024

The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Modern Ireland
BOOK | 31 January, 2024

Professor Gladys Ganiel and Dr Andrew R. Holmes

Vivek Ramaswamy is the millionaire millennial running for US president.
ARTICLE | 30 January, 2024

Is he running towards a career low?

Populist and Illiberal Politics: Protecting LGBTQ+ People With the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda
ARTICLE | 30 January, 2024

Dr Jamie Hagen

Jumping on the Bandwagon? Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Comes to the UK
BLOG | 30 January, 2024

Dr Marisa McVey

Transforming Justice
PODCAST | 29 January, 2024

An All-Island Examination of Justice Responses to Historical/Non-recent Institutional Abuses

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

Hidden Harm: Ukraine Confronts Psychological Cost of War
REPORT | 24 January, 2024

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

Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring Report - Number Six
PUBLICATION | 23 January, 2024

Dr John Topping

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

Public Seminar - Talk4Peace: Mechanisms for Inclusive Dialogue in Peacebuilding
EVENT | 4 January, 2024

Dr Maria-Adriana Deiana

AHRC Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship Award
AWARD | 3 January, 2024

Series 2 / Episode 15 - Taliban, Turbans and the Smartphone
PODCAST | 3 January, 2024

Afghanistan after the Americans, an overview of the Emirate and Afghan responses to it

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