Allely Albert is a Research Fellow at the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work and a Legacy Fellow at the Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice.

Her work broadly focuses on community-based approaches to safety, justice, and peacebuilding. Allely's current Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship explores the way that lived experience influences practitioner positions in restorative justice contexts in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the US. This aligns with a wider focus on 'everyday security' within communities, highlighting local agency and bottom-up contributions to safety landscapes. Her past research has examined sivil society safety practices in border regions on the island of Ireland, as well as ex-prisoner involvement in community-based restorative justice efforts in Northern Ireland and the United States, analysing the impact of ex-prisoner leadership on the micro-dynamics of restorative processes and the mechanisms involved in wider societal peacebuilding.

Originally from California, Allely has been involved in justice and peacebuilding mechanisms in a wide variety of settings and systems. She holds multiple certifications related to restorative justice, including certifications in mediation, victim-offender dialogue, and restorative practice, and has served as an accredited practitioner at a leading restorative justice organisation in Northern Ireland.

Allely earned her PhD in Law from Queen's University Belfast, where she was the recipient of a Postgraduate Research Studentship, and additionally holds an MA in Conflict Transformation and Social Justice.

Criminology, Restorative Justice, Lived Experience, Community-Based Approaches, Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, Prisoner Re-entry, Informal Policing, Human Rights

Current Teaching

CRM3008: Reintegration after Prison, Learning Together Module (Lecturer)

Past Teaching

CRM1004: Crime and Society (Convenor)

CRM2008: Policing and Society (Convenor)

CRM3001: Punishment, Penal Policy and Prison (Tutor)

SSESW SWAN Committee

Student Voice Project Lead

Personal Tutor

PhD Secondary Supervisor

QUB Human Rights Centre

QUB Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice

QUB Peace Negotiation, Implementation & Legacy Committee Lead