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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
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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
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Katy Radford (Research Officer)
Katy has a PhD in Social Anthropology and is an associate member of CIPD with a commendation for training. She was instrumental in developing the award-winning diversity training resource 'Think of Me, Think of You' in 2004, now used for teacher training purposes in NI colleges of further education.
She is a special advisor to the Research and Policy department of the CVSNI and sits on the arts Council for Northern Ireland's steering group for older people, the all party assembly group on Race and Ethnicity and is a departmental appointment to OFMDFM's Race Equality Forum.
Currently she is working with the South Education and Library Board on a project which aims to develop a strategic approach to community relations issues among young people in Lurgan and to improve relations between young people and workers in the town as part of the wider process of peacebuilding in Northern Ireland.
Email: k.radford@conflictresearch.org.uk
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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
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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, and research into the nature of substance misuse among older people. Orna is currently working on projects pertaining to ethnic minorities, shared education, as well as young people and conflict transformation in interface areas.
Email: orna@conflictresearch.org.uk
Tarrin-Rae Graham (Intern)
Tarrin-Rae holds an MPhil in Criminal Justice from the University of Cape Town and has been an intern at ICR since February 2012. Her areas of interest include: prisoners' rights, victimology, fear of crime, crime statistics, youth justice and crime prevention. She has worked as a researcher for the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention in South Africa and as a junior researcher for the Institute for Security Studies.
She is currently working on projects pertaining to youth identity and segregation.
Email:TarrinG@conflictresearch.org.uk
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