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Professor John David Brewer
School of Social Sciences, Education and Social WorkThe legacy of conflict – memory, truth recovery, victims and veterans, inter-generational trauma, especially in Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
Emotions and conflict transformation – forgiveness, anger, mercy, compromise.
Universities and higher education in conflict and peace.
The public value of the social sciences and impact.
The history of sociology.
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Research Interests
Current research project;
- Forces in Mind Trust ‘Negative Transitioning of Ex-Service Personnel’ 2018-2021 (£178K)
Public outreach & key achievements
- Former President of the British Sociological Association
- Honorary Professor Extraordinary, University of Stellenbosch
- Member of the United Nations Roster of Global Experts
- Member of Royal Irish Academy
- Fellow of Royal Society of Arts
- Fellow of Academy of Social Sciences
- Fellow of Royal Society of Arts
- Honorary DocSocSci from University of Brunel
Research students
| PhD title | New Social Movement Theory and the Pension Movement in Northern Ireland |
| Name | Paul Gallagher |
| Years of study | 2017-2021 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| PhD title | Women victims in Bosnia |
| Name | Emily Mitchell Bajic |
| Years of study | 2017 - 2021 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| PhD title | Media representation of female ex-combatants |
| Name | Ashleigh McFeeters |
| Years of study | 2015 - 2018 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD title | Religious peacebuilding in South Africa |
| Name | Duncan Scott |
| Years of study | 2014 - 2017 |
| Country | South Africa |
| Current Position | Youth worker, Edmonton, Canada |
| PhD title | Religion, social memory and recovery after mass atrocity |
| Name | Sandra Rios |
| Years of study | 2011 - 2014 |
| Country | Colombia |
| Current Position | Lecturer in Politics, Leiden University, Netherlands |
| PhD title | Catholic Youth Identity in Belfast and Derry |
| Name | Aimee Smith |
| Years of study | 2012 - 2015 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Current Position | PDRF at Queen’s University |
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Honorary Vice President, British Sociological Association