Peace and Conflict Research Group |
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Overview
The Peace and Conflict Research Group addresses issues related to cross-community contact, sectarian attitudes and forgiveness in Northern Ireland. This work brings together cutting-edge theorising on intergroup relations with sophisticated methodology to illustrate how psychology can contribute to improving life for the citizens of Northern Ireland and more generally address the pressing global problem of intergroup conflict. Currently the work of the Conflict and Peace Research group is being funded by the ESRC (UK), The Russell Sage Foundation, the Community Relations Council (NI) and Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, Northern Ireland.
Within the University of Ulster the research group has close links with the United Nations University through INCORE, and group members play an active part in both the management and programmes of INCORE. Members of the research group also collaborate with colleagues from the Centre for Media Studies and the Institute for Social and Policy Studies.
Externally the research group also has established research collaborations with the Universities of Oxford, Bangor and University College London in addition to international programmes with colleagues in the United States (Notre Dame, the University of Pennsylvania, Seattle Pacific University) and at universities in Australia, Canada, Israel, and New Zealand.
The research group has an active and enthusiastic group of funded postgraduate students working on applied topics such as bullying, segregation and mental health, contact and community relations.
The group has published in a variety of prestigious scientific journals, and has also produced a range of practical reports on real-world issues pertaining to peace and conflict.
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