The Global Scholars Network on Identity and Conflict (GSNIC) is a partnership between the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and the Mitchell Institute at Queen's University Belfast that seeks to connect scholars and practitioners from around the world to advance its mission of overcoming intergroup conflict and fostering more inclusive, peaceful coexistence.

The network is led by Professor Melani Cammett, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University, Director of the Weatherhead Centre and Honorary Professor at the Mitchell Institute and Professor Richard English, Mitchell Institute Fellow and Professor of Politics at Queen's University Belfast.

GSNIC is made possible through the generous financial support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.  We are deeply grateful for their commitment to fostering global peace and understanding.

Professors Cammett and English host a series of Global Partner Interviews with people whose experience and expertise in peacebuilding and conflict resolution offer insights of global significance.

In one of the most recent Interviews, Professor English interviewed Mitchell Institute Interim Director Professor Louise Mallinder about her research and the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to studying peace and conflict.

Watch the podcast here.

Podcasts in the series

Richard English and Dženana Šabić Hamidović

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Interview with Dženana Šabić Hamidović, social behaviour change professional with Institut Mentis in Sarajevo which provides counseling to families and facilitates dialogical practices with community groups.

Melani Cammett and Laia Balcells 

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Interview with Laia Balcells, Professor of Government at Georgetown University.  They discuss Balcell's research on transitional justice museums in Chile, Northern Ireland and the US.

Richard English and Rory Montgomery

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Interview with Rory Montgomery, former Ambassador and diplomat, and participant in the negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland that led to the Good Friday Agreement.  Rory is an Honorary Professor of Practice at the Mitchell Institute.

Richard English and Avila Kilmurray

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Interview with Avila Kilmurray, longtime peace and social activist from Belfast.  Avila is an Honorary Professor of Practice at the Mitchell Institute.

Melani Cammett and Farhan Siddiqi 

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Interview with Farhan Siddiqi from Quaid I Azam University on his research on Pakistan's blasphemy laws and their recent politicisation.