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Professor
Room 07.024 - Main Site Tower
United Kingdom
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Professor Mallinder's research interests relate to the fields of international human rights law, international criminal law, and law and politics in political transitions. Within these areas of research, she has a longstanding and internationally recognised expertise in amnesty laws, and in recent years, she has worked on projects relating to the role of lawyers as transitional actors, dealing with the past in Northern Ireland, and socio-legal research methods related to transitional justice. As part of multiple collaborative research projects, she has carried out fieldwork in a number of transitional contexts including Cambodia, Chile, South Africa, Israel, Palestine, Tunisia, Argentina, Uruguay, Uganda and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Her research has been funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Nuffield Foundation, the Socio-Legal Studies Association, and the Department for International Development.
Professor Mallinder's current teaching focuses on international human rights law, human rights practice, research methods and theories, and constitutional law. She also has extensive experience of teaching transitional justice.
Professor Mallinder is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and the Higher Education Academy. She has been awarded the British Society of Criminology Book Prize (jointly awarded) and the Hart Socio-Legal Studies Association Early Career Prize. She is also a member of the Institute for Integrated Transitions Law and Peace Practice Group, the Royal Irish Academy's Ethical, Political, Legal, and Philosophical Committee, and the ESRC and AHRC Peer Review Colleges. In addition, she was Chair of the Committee on the Administration of Justice, a human rights non-governmental organisation based in Belfast, Northern Ireland from (2015-2020) and is serving as Vice-Chair in 2020.
Louise Mallinder is Professor of Law at Queen's University Belfast, appointed in 2018. She was previously a Professor of Human Rights and International Law at the Transitional Justice Institute, Ulster University. She holds a PhD, an LLM in human rights law, and BA in economic and social history and politics, all from Queen's University Belfast. She also has a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Practice from Ulster University.
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):
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Research output: Other contribution
Mallinder, L. (Creator), The University of Edinburgh, 31 Aug 2020
https://www.peaceagreements.org/amnesties/
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Mallinder, Louise (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Mallinder, Louise (Recipient), 19 Mar 2019
Prize: Election to learned society
Mallinder, Louise (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Bryson, Anna (Recipient), McEvoy, Kieran (Recipient) & Mallinder, Louise (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Other distinction
Louise Mallinder (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
Louise Mallinder (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Louise Mallinder (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
Louise Mallinder (Examiner)
Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
Louise Mallinder (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
31/08/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
08/08/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
20/07/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
07/07/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
17/05/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Anna Bryson (Participant), Kieran McEvoy (Participant) & Louise Mallinder (Participant)
Impact: Public Policy Impact