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		Neil Jarman (Director) He has carried out research on such issues as street violence, disputes over parades, management of public order, police reform, racist and homophobic violence and human rights in a number of countries including Northern Ireland, South Africa, USA, Israel/Palestine, Kosova, and Nepal. He was an advisor to the Secretary of State for NI during the disputes over Orange Order parades in 1990s and a specialist advisor to the NI Affairs Committee for their inquiry into Hate Crime in NI (2004-5). He is currently working with the Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) at the Organisation of Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) as a member of an international panel tasked with drafting guidelines relating to law and practice on freedom of assembly. Email: n.jarman@conflictresearch.org.uk
		Maureen Graham (Finance & Office Manager) Maureen is responsible for managing the Institute's finances, office and administration. She has a background in administration, in both the private and voluntary sectors. Like her research colleagues, Maureen is highly committed to ICR and the important work they carry out. Working in this sector inspires high levels of motivation and pride, the work is invariably interesting and challenging and ICR is the most progressive and fulfilling of workplaces offering exceptional work-life balance. Email: m.graham@conflictresearch.org.uk
		Katy Radford (Research Officer) Katy has a PhD in Social Anthropology and is an associate member of CIPD. She was instrumental in developing the award-winning diversity training resource 'Think of Me, Think of You' for Save the Children, now used for teacher training purposes in NI colleges of further education. Katy specialises at working with children and young people, victims of the conflict including former combatants, and with those from minority communities. Her areas of interest include good relations, social inclusion, the arts and media Email: k.radford@conflictresearch.org.uk
		John Bell (Research Officer) John has carried out several projects covering issues such as immigration, parades and segregation. He earned an MA in Politics at Queen's University Belfast, and has been a researcher with ICR since 2005. His previous work with ICR includes an extensive review of literature pertaining to interface issues, for the Belfast Interface Project (2007), as well as being part of the ICR team that conducted a large scale qualitative study of the impact of sectarianism and segregation in people's everyday lives and routines (2008). In 2010, John worked alongside 42 community based organisations, many of which were based in interface areas, to conduct an evaluation of Belfast City Council's Cultural Network programme (previously, the Bonfire Management programme). Since 2006, John has worked with the Institue of Irish Studies at Queen's University Belfast, on a Flags and Good Relations Monitoring project for OFMDFM, which has involved the use of SPSS to create, manage and analyse data for report and presentation purposes on issues pertaining to political symbolism and good relations. Email: j.bell@conflictresearch.org.uk
		Orna Young (Research Officer) Orna holds a PhD in Politics from Queen's University of Belfast, where she researched the nature of peace-building efforts at the interfaces of North Belfast. Her wider research interests have centred around social capital theory, urban conflict and group identities. Since joining the ICR team in March 2011, she has worked on the "Divided We Stand?" project, in conjunction with the Nerve Centre and the University of Ulster,a project identifying the needs of those individuals from the Horn of Africa now living in Northern Ireland as well as the ACSONI report on African images and their impact on public perception. She is currently working on projects relating new media and young people in interface areas; ‘shared’ education; contested spaces; and hate crime.Orna also currently acts as an advisor to Transconflict Email: orna@conflictresearch.org.uk Jenny Young (Research Assistant) Jenny holds an MA in Comparative Ethnic Conflict from Queen’s University Belfast where she focused on the role of physical barriers in deeply divided societies. She is interested in inter-faith and cross-cultural dialogue, ethnic minority rights, and international approaches to peace-building. She became an intern with ICR in July 2012. Email: j.young@conflictresearch.org.uk Jo Sloane (Research Assistant) Joanne recently graduated from the University of Ulster with a BSc (Hons) in criminology and criminal justice. During her final year at University Joanne carried out research into the recent phenomenon of Wikileaks and further linked this to international state crime. She has a keen interest in the Northern Ireland Prison Service, in particular the treatment of juvenile and female prisoners, immigration detention and the treatment of minority groups in Northern Ireland. Since joinging ICR in September 2012, Jo has been assisting in research with the Irish Football Association and also an integrating communities programme. Email: j.sloane@conflictresearch.org.uk Michael McCluskey (Research Assistant) Michael joined ICR in October 2012. He recently graduated with a first class Honours in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Ulster. In his final year he carried out research for his dissertation into the effectiveness of short custodial sentences in Northern Ireland. He is interested in local contentious issues surrounding; Parading, Flags, segregated communities, as well as alternative measures to traditional crime punishment. Michael is currently working on projects pertaining to shared education, hate crime, and peace-building in interface areas. Email: m.mccluskey@conflictresearch.org.uk

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