Written evidence submitted by Prof. Dominic Bryan, Dr. Andrew Thomson and Dr Brendan Sturgeon, Queen’s University Belfast, relating to Reconciliation

Bryan, D. (Contributor)
Thomson, A. (Contributor)
Brendan Sturgeon (Contributor)

Activity: Consultancy types › Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups

Description

This paper was submitted as evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee relating to their inquiry in reconciliation. The paper suggests that a broader model of Positive Peace is a more useful way of understanding 'good relations' in Northern Ireland than the idea of reconciliation.

Period	01 Jul 2026
Work for	Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, United Kingdom
Degree of Recognition	National

Keywords

positive peace
reconciliation
Northern Ireland
Negative Peace
Shared Future
Ethnic conflict

Documents & Links

Positive Peace Evidence to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee 2026
File: application/pdf, 218 KB
Type: Text

https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/120/northern-ireland-affairs-committee/publications/written-evidence/?page=2

Written evidence submitted by Prof. Dominic Bryan, Dr. Andrew Thomson and Dr Brendan Sturgeon, Queen’s University Belfast, relating to Reconciliation

Description

Keywords

Documents & Links

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Activities

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Research output

Measuring, monitoring, and evaluating good community relations: a report for the together: building a united community (T:BUC) review

Co-designing positive peace: a refreshed and evolved approach to good relations (discovery phase). A report for the NI Executive Office and NI Civil Service

Understanding the persistence of armed/paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland: more shared and more divided