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Research Interests
My research interests cut across sociology, victimology, social psychology and peace studies, though coalesce around critical, feminist analyses of how societies respond to and recover from violent conflict. I focus in particular on complex, intractable social processes which impact the practice of building peace including the construction and representation of victimhood, identity and intergroup relations. I am keen to develop further in-depth qualitative research on local civil society contributions to peacebuilding and transitional justice, and gendered experiences of conflict and peace. My applied work around dealing with the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland informs my commitment to practice-oriented, participatory research, with a view to enabling a more reflexive peacebuilding praxis in Northern Ireland and further afield.
Research Statement
Prior to joining Queen’s University Belfast, I was a postdoctoral researcher on two projects:
War in Peacetime: Urban Violence and Social Trauma, a Max Batley funded Peace Studies Fellowship at the University of Sheffield which explored civic capacities to reduce violence and build peace in four cities: Belfast, Malmo, Sarajevo and Sheffield.
The Art of Reconciliation: Do reconciliation-funded arts projects transform conflict?, an AHRC funded project based across the University of Liverpool, Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University. The interdisciplinary project combined social sciences and creative methods to interrogate the impacts of the arts on peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland, the way funding infrastructures inform and/or constrain arts-based activity and the obstacles to long-term evaluation.
My doctoral research was based at Trinity College Dublin and involved several years of in-depth study on the impacts of group perceptions of victimhood in processes of dealing with the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland. This research is presented in my book, The Order of Victimhood: Violence Hierarchy and Building Peace in Northern Ireland (2018), published in the Palgrave Macmillan series Compromise After Conflict and winner of the first annual British Association of Irish Studies book prize. It explores how highly politicised, unresolved narratives of violence and a so-called ‘hierarchy of victims’ in Northern Ireland expose many of the inherent paradoxes of victimhood in conflict. The book develops the argument that exclusive, narrow attitudes about victims and perpetrators undermine the relationship building processes core to societal reconciliation, and that peacebuilding scholarship and praxis require more inclusive, nuanced approaches to victimhood.
Teaching
I am a Lecturer on the BA in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work. I convene the second year core module:
CRM2005 Crime & Society (1st semester)
I also contribute lectures and tutorials on several other modules including:
CRM1001 Introduction to Criminology (1st semester)
CRM1002 Exploring Criminology (2nd semester)
Particulars
Education/Academic qualification
Trinity College Dublin at Belfast
2011 → 2015
Trinity College Dublin
2010 → 2011
American University
2006 → 2009
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Research Output 2016 2018
Intergroup struggles over victimhood in violent conflict: The victim-perpetrator paradigm
Jankowitz, S., 01 Sep 2018, In : International Review of Victimology. p. 259-271Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Safety & Security
Jankowitz, S., Atkinson, R. & Ferrazzi, D., 2018, State of Sheffield 2018. Sheffield: Sheffield City Partnership Board, p. 50-64Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
The 'Hierarchy of Victims' in Northern Ireland: A Framework for Critical Analysis
Jankowitz, S., 01 Jul 2018, In : International Journal of Transitional Justice. p. 216-236Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The Order of Victimhood: Violence, Hierarchy and Building Peace in Northern Ireland
Jankowitz, S., 2018, Palgrave Macmillan. 218 p. (Compromise After Conflict)Research output: Book/Report › Book
Sociopolitical implications of exclusive, intergroup perceptions of victims in societies emerging from conflict
Jankowitz, S., 29 Sep 2016, In : Peacebuilding. 5, p. 289-304 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Activities 2016 2019
Contested victimhood and the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland
Sarah Jankowitz (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Complex victims, responsibility and transitional justice in Northern Ireland
Sarah Jankowitz (Invited speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
A pragmatic approach to complex victimhood
Sarah Jankowitz (Invited speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
The Politics of Emotions: Interrogating the Everyday
Sarah Jankowitz (Participant)Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Representation and Transitional Justice
Sarah Jankowitz (Participant)Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course