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Research Statement
Dr Lauren Dempster is a Lecturer in the School of Law.
Lauren's research is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing on the fields of transitional justice, criminology, law, anthropology, and politics in particular. Her research interests include 'dealing with the past' in Northern Ireland, 'disappearances' and transitional responses to 'disappearing,' the construction of victimhood, victim mobilisation, and themes of agency, voice, silence, and memory.
Lauren is Co-Investigator on a DfE-GCRF pilot project exploring the representation of victims and victimhood at sites of so-called 'dark tourism.'
Teaching
International Criminal and Transitional Justice (UG)
Transitional Justice (LLM)
Criminal Justice and Criminology Methods 1 (LLM; module convenor)
Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights (LLM; module convenor)
Rights and Accountability (UG)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Projects
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R3968SES: Whose Voices are Heard? Victimhood and Dark Tourism in Cambodia
Lawther, C., Dempster, L. & Killean, R.
25/09/2017 → 31/03/2018
Project: Research
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Making (In?)visible: Selectivity, Visibility and Authenticity in Cambodia’s sites of Atrocity
Lawther, C., Killean, R. & Dempster, L., 2022, In: Journal of Genocide Research. 24, 1, p. 45-70 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enforced Disappearance, Conflict Textiles and Human Rights 'From Below'
Dempster, L., 13 May 2021, Global Campus of Human Rights.Research output: Other contribution
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Mass Violence, Environmental Harm and the Limits of Transitional Justice
Killean, R. & Dempster, L., 10 Mar 2021, (Accepted) In: Genocide Studies and Prevention.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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'Quiet' Transitional Justice: 'Publicness,' Trust and Legitimacy in the Search for the 'Disappeared.'
Dempster, L., 01 Apr 2020, In: Social and Legal Studies. 29, 2, p. 246-272Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Observations by Queen’s University Belfast Human Rights Centre as amicus curiae on the appeal of Pre-Trial Chamber II’s 'Decision Pursuant to Article 15 of the Rome Statute on the Authorisation of an Investigation into the Situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan' of 12 April 2019: Submission to the International Criminal Court in the Afghanistan Situation
Moffett, L., Dempster, L., Narayan, N., Suarez Vargas, D., Mallinder, L. & Stahn, C., 15 Nov 2019, QUB Human Rights Centre.Research output: Other contribution
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Activities
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Transitional Justice and the Disappeared of Northern Ireland
Lauren Dempster (Advisor)
31 Aug 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Edward Elgar Publishing (Publisher)
Lauren Dempster (Peer reviewer)
2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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British Society of Criminology, Green Criminology Research Network Twitter Conference
Rachel Killean (Contributor) & Lauren Dempster (Contributor)
28 Jan 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Conflict Textiles collection: McClay Library, Queen's University Belfast
Lauren Dempster (Participant)
25 Mar 2021 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in Festival/Exhibition
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British Society of Criminology, Green Criminology Research Network Twitter Conference
Rachel Killean (Participant) & Lauren Dempster (Participant)
2021 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference