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Research Statement
Dr Lauren Dempster is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law and Fellow of the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice. She is Theme Lead for the School of Law’s Transitional Justice research cluster, a member of the Institute for Criminology and Criminal Justice and QUB Human Rights Centre, and was Director of LawPod – the School of Law’s podcast – for four years. Her teaching includes transitional justice, criminology, and research methods.
Lauren’s research focuses on transitional justice and her research interests include critical approaches to transitional justice, efforts to address the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland, enforced disappearance, the relationship between transitional justice and environmental harm, and victim mobilisation. Lauren’s first monograph, Transitional Justice and the Disappeared of Northern Ireland: Silence, Memory, and the Construction of the Past was published by Routledge in 2019 and shortlisted for the Hart-SLSA Book Prize for Early Career Academics in 2020. Lauren currently holds an AHRC Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship for her research on Forensic Scientists and Knowledge Production in Transitional Justice.
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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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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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LawPod : Transforming Justice Responses to Historical/Non-recent Institutional Abuses
McAlinden, A.-M., Keenan , M., Gallen, J., Dempster, L. & Summerville, R. (Producer), 18 Jan 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Exploring the role of memoir in dealing with the past: narrative victimology, 'quiet transitional justice,' and memory
Hearty, K. & Dempster, L., 2023, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Exploring ‘quiet transitional justice’ as victim-led transitional justice: memoirs, narrative victimology and ‘reimagining’ transitional justice
Dempster, L. & Hearty, K., 07 Sept 2023, (Unpublished).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains
Dempster, L. & Knupfer, G., 25 May 2023, The Encyclopaedia of Transitional Justice. Stan, L. & Nedelsk, N. (eds.). 2 ed. Cambridge University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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'Greening' transitional justice
Killean, R. & Dempster, L., 07 Apr 2022, Beyond transitional justice: transformative justice and the state of the field (or non-field). Evans, M. (ed.). Routledge, p. 54-64 (Directions and Developments in Criminal Justice and Law).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus)216 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice: Sabbatical Fellowship
Dempster, Lauren (Recipient), 24 May 2022
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
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Responding to Disappearance in Chile, Northern Ireland and Turkey
Alici, N. (Invited speaker), Dempster, L. (Invited speaker) & Collins, C. (Invited speaker)
25 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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School of Law Friday Seminar Series
Burns, N. (Organiser), Taggart, J. (Organiser), Diver, A. (Organiser) & Dempster, L. (Organiser)
29 Sept 2023 → 12 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Transitional Justice and Environmental Harm: The Role for Criminology
Lauren Dempster (Presenter) & Rachel Killean (Presenter)
29 Nov 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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University of Sydney
Lauren Dempster (Visiting researcher)
Nov 2022Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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The Role for Criminology in ‘Greening’ Transitional Justice
Lauren Dempster (Presenter) & Rachel Killean (Contributor)
24 Sept 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation