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Member Profile: Kieran McEvoy

20 June 2019

Kieran McEvoy, a leading figure internationally on societies transitioning from conflict was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.

Kieran McEvoy is professor of Law and Transitional Justice and senior research fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute at Queen’s University Belfast. He is a leading figure internationally on societies transitioning from conflict, most notably on issues such as dealing with the past, human-rights protections and reparations. He is the recipient of awards from the Economic and Social Research Council, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust.

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