Bill Rolston
Professor of Sociology at the University of Ulster

Bill Rolston is Professor of Sociology at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. He has researched, written and lectured on Northern Ireland society, politics and culture over the last three decades, beginning with his doctorate from Queen’s University on community development and political conflict. He is also a researcher with the Transitional Justice Institute at the University of Ulster and has published on issues of transitional justice in relation to Northern Ireland, in particular: truth recovery, memory and storytelling, the demobilization of ex-combatants, and the role of public inquiries.
Professor of Sociology at the University of Ulster
Area of Expertise: Law and Human Rights, Media, Minority Rights, Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe
Geographical Expertise - Country: Northern Ireland
Language: English
Field of Work: Academia
City: Ulster
Country: UK
Continent: Europe
Erik Brattberg
Visiting Fellow at Johns Hopkins University

Erik Brattberg is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington D.C. He is also a Research Associate at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm.His research interests include European foreign and security policy, global security governance and transatlantic [...]
Visiting Fellow at Johns Hopkins University
Area of Expertise: Defense and Security, International Relations, Politics and Governance, Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, North America
Geographical Expertise - Country: Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Northern Ireland
Languages: Danish, English, French, German, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Felisa Tibbitts
Founder and Senior Advisor (HREA), Coordinator of Human Rights in Education Initiative, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Felisa Tibbitts is the founder and senior advisor of Human Rights Education Associates (HREA), an internationally recognized non-governmental organization that supports human rights learning and the training of activists and professionals. Felisa also coordinates the Human Rights in Education Initiative at the Kennedy School of Government where she co-teaches a clinical course on human rights practice [...]
Founder and Senior Advisor (HREA), Coordinator of Human Rights in Education Initiative, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Law and Human Rights
Geographical Expertise - Region: Balkans, Europe, North America
Geographical Expertise - Country: China, Northern Ireland, Russia
Language: English
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Finonnuala Nà Aoláin
Dorsey and Whitney Chair in Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. Co-founder and Associate Director of the University of Ulster's Transitional Justice Institute.

Professor Nà Aoláin is concurrently the Dorsey and Whitney Chair in Law at the University of Minnesota Law School and a Professor of Law at the University of Ulster’s Transitional Justice Institute in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is co-founder and Associate Director of the Institute.
Dorsey and Whitney Chair in Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. Co-founder and Associate Director of the University of Ulster's Transitional Justice Institute.
Area of Expertise: Law and Human Rights, Terrorism, War and Conflict, Women's Rights
Geographical Expertise - Region: Balkans, Europe, North America
Geographical Expertise - Country: Northern Ireland
Languages: English, French, Gaelic, Hebrew
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Law, Think tank/Research center
City: Minneapolis
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Henry Patterson
Professor of Politics, University of Ulster

Henry Patterson is a professor of politics at the University of Ulster, where his chief research focus is on the contemporary history of Northern Ireland. He is the author of Ireland since 1939: The Persistence of Conflict (London, 2007), and Unionism and Orangeism in Northern Ireland since 1945 (Manchester, 2007).
Professor of Politics, University of Ulster
Area of Expertise: Religion, Terrorism
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe
Geographical Expertise - Country: Northern Ireland
Language: English
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist
City: Ulster
Country: UK
Continent: Europe
Jennifer Todd

Jennifer Todd is Director of the Institute for British Irish Studies at University College Dublin, Professor in the School of Politics and International Relations and Member of the Royal Irish Academy.
Area of Expertise: Civil Society, Religion, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe
Geographical Expertise - Country: Northern Ireland
Languages: English, French
Field of Work: Academia, Author/Novelist, Think tank/Research center
City: Dublin
Country: Ireland
Continent: Europe
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