About this Event
CONFERENCE
Institute 10th Anniversary Conference
To mark its 10th anniversary, the Queen's Institute for Peace, Security and Justice is hosting a special one-day conference bringing together leading academics, policymakers and practitioners to reflect on the most pressing challenges facing peace, security and justice today.
Looking back on a decade of interdisciplinary research and impact, the conference will explore how the Institute's work has contributed to understanding and addressing local, national and global issues, while looking ahead to the opportunities and challenges of the next decade.
Through a keynote address and four interdisciplinary panel discussions on peace, security, justice and gender, peace and security, the event will showcase innovative research, highlight the value of collaboration between academia and practice, and foster dialogue on how research can inform policy and contribute to more peaceful, secure and just societies.
Beginning at 9am on Thursday 19th November 2026, the Institute 10th Anniversary Conference will open with a series of introductory remarks from Professor Richard Miles, Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor Matthew Moran, the Institute’s Director.
The Keynote Lecture will then be delivered by Joe McVey OBE, Commissioner for Victims and Survivors
The conference will then feature four panel discussions, arranged around core themes of the Institute’s work, featuring a range of experts. These will be:
- ‘Peace’ chaired by Professor Louise Mallinder and featuring Emeritus Professor John Brewer, Dr Maria-Adriana Deiana, Emerita Professor Christine Bell, Lord John Alderdice, Emerita Professor Monica McWilliams, Dr Shelley Deane
- ‘Security’ chaired by Professor Debbie Lisle and featuring Professor Richard English, Dr Allely Albert, Dr Teresa Degenhardt, Dr Matthew O’Neill, Andrew Heyn, Dr Michael Maguire
- ‘Justice and Remembering the Past’ chaired by Professor Kieran McEvoy and featuring Dr Lauren Dempster, Dr Des O’Rawe, Dr Stefanie Lehner, Damien Rea and Lesley Veronica.
- ‘Interdisciplinary approaches to gender, peace and security’ chaired by Professor Marsha Henry, and featuring Emerita Professor Christine Chinkin and Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin.
The conference will be closed with an address from Professor Matthew Moran, and followed by a reception. Lunch and light refreshments will be provided throughout the day.
This conference is supported by the ARINS Project - www.arinsproject.com
Event venue & nearby stays
Great Hall, Queen's University Belfast, University Road, Belfast, United Kingdom
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