Tag: Northern Ireland

Ulster U: Research Associate for Youth Impact (UK)

“JobResearch Associate for Youth Impact, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, UK. Deadline: 9 February 2025.

The Youth Impact project is supported by the PEACEPLUS Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). The Youth Impact Partnership is to provide a quality assurance and impact support role for the work and workers in the 3.2 PEACEPLUS Youth Programme (PPYP), delivering peace-building programmes for young people aged 14-24 across Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland.

The post holder will collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative data related to the Youth Impact Project and will be responsible for designing, developing, distributing and analysing and writing up research on the effectiveness and impact of the Youth Impact project. They will also be responsible for the development and delivery of accredited training modules for the Youth Impact workers and will support the research team in the preparation of a final report and contribute to the writing and publication of academic papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Queens U Belfast: International Relations (Northern Ireland)

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Professor of International Relations, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland. Deadline: 22 April 2024.

The School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics (HAPP) at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to recruit a talented Professor of International Relations. They conceive of IR as a dynamic intellectual space that is transforming itself in the face of global challenges that both trouble and exceed familiar disciplinary conventions. These challenges include, but are not limited to: irreversible climate breakdown; the rise of global pandemics; new forms of capitalist extraction; increased reliance on technological and algorithmic governance; the collapse and remaking of global financial institutions; the imperatives of decolonialisation; the interlocking dilemmas of security, mobility, and liberty; transforming contexts for protest and resistance; the messy aftermath of entrenched conflict; and the blurring of war, policing, and occupation, all within a context of faltering global governance and multilateral cooperation.

Derry Café Tackling Loneliness in the Migrant Community

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Maria Cassidy and Mike McBride. (29 December 2022). Derry café tackling loneliness in the migrant community. BBC News NI.

The North West Migrants Forum in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, has organized the Social Connection Café. Director of programmes at the forum, Lilian Seenoi-Barr, said the café gave people from all backgrounds an opportunity to connect with others.

We wanted to tackle loneliness and isolation by providing a space where people feel welcome and at home. We wanted to create a connected Derry, where people can feel like they are home, even if they are originally from far away.     -Lillian Seenoi-Barr

People who attend the café can get food, hot drinks, play board games and also have the opportunity to speak to people from different cultures and backgrounds.

The North West Migrants Forum (NWMF) is a network of individuals working together to tackle racial inequality and prejudice. Based in Derry/Londonderry, NWMF was first founded in 2012 with the fundamental goal of supporting and advising members of black and minority ethnic (BAME) communities who reside in Northern Ireland.

Queen’s U Belfast: TESOL & Applied Linguistics (Northern Ireland)

“JobLecturer in TESOL and Applied Linguistics, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. Deadline: 11 July 2022.

The School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work (SSESW) at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Lecturer in TESOL & Applied Linguistics.

The successful applicant will undertake research relevant to Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and Applied Linguistics in line with the school’s research strategy, to teach at postgraduate level, undertake scholarly activity and to contribute to the school’s administration/outreach activity, in the subject area of (TESOL) and Applied Linguistics and particularly in relation to the School’s TESOL, Language Education, and Applied Linguistics courses.

CFP BAAL 2022: Innovation and Social Justice in Applied Linguistics (N Ireland & Online)

ConferencesCall for papers: British Association of Applied Linguistics: Innovation and Social Justice in Applied Linguistics, 1-3 September 2022, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Hybrid format). Deadline: 31 March, 2022.

BAAL 2022 will be hosted by Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The conference’s theme Innovation and Social Justice in Applied Linguistics reflects an increasing interest in research that responds to real-world concerns within and beyond the field. In the face of a global health crisis and rising socio-racial awareness, this theme invites discussions around innovative and socially just practices in a field that is experiencing the multilingual, spatial, and social justice turn all at once. The current times are transformative and organizers hope that the conference theme will enable proposals from across disciplines and sub-disciplines of applied linguistics to stimulate conversations about the field’s responses to global turbulence and shifts. They also invite proposals to generate meaningful dialogue around current issues in language research.

The current plan is to hold the conference in-person with limited virtual options for participation. They will monitor the situation closely and reassess the situation in March 2022 and make a final decision as to whether the conference will be held in person or if it will have to move to an online format.

Ulster U PHD Studentships (Northern Ireland)

“Studentships“Funded PhD Opportunities, Ulster University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Deadline: February 7, 2020.

Opportunities include:

Discourse and Social Interaction
Linguistics
Multilingualism
Languages, Multiculturalism and Education
Language Policy and Planning in Post-Conflict Societies

among others.

Queen’s U Belfast: International Relations (Northern Ireland)

“JobLecturer in International Relations, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics (HAPP), Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. Deadline: 27 May 2019.

The School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy & Politics at Queen’s University Belfast is seeking Lecturer in International Relations (Equivalent of Assistant Professor Fixed term for 10 Months) available from 1st September 2019. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of undergraduate and Masters programmes in International Relations and play a full role in the research culture of the School. Applications welcomed from candidates with research interests in any area of International Relations, which will broaden coverage in new areas, or strengthen existing research specialisms. Candidates will contribute to teaching and research in areas which map on to expanding graduate programmes, including the MA in International Relations, MA in Conflict Transformation and Social Justice, MA in Violence, Terrorism and Security and MA in Global Security and Borders. The successful candidate will also contribute to undergraduate teaching, support our student learning environment, and contribute to the research culture in the School.

Queen’s U Job Ad: International Relations (Northern Ireland)

“JobProfessor of International Relations, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. Deadline: 22 February 2019.

The School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics seeks to appoint a Professor of International Relations of the very highest international standing. The appointment is to undertake high quality research, deliver excellent teaching, enhance international connectivity and provide significant academic leadership in line with the School’s research strategy. The Professor will make significant contributions to the mentoring and development of early-career staff, support and enable the development of large-scale externally funded research projects, and support and enhance the ongoing production of significant and impactful research outputs of the highest quality.

Study Abroad in Northern Ireland: Peacebuilding through Storytelling & Dialogue

Study AbroadSpecial Opportunity for short term study in N. Ireland: Peacebuilding through Storytelling and Dialogue in Northern Ireland. Application deadline: November 30, 2017.

This unique course is designed to learn how communication through storytelling and dialogue can lead to Peace in a highly divided society. Students will work with former combatants to share stories and to develop healing and ethical remembering in the process to transforming the culture of Northern Ireland.

Building on Transmedia Skills including, photography, blogging, journaling and interviewing, students will be engaged in documenting this arduous but transformative process.  This cultural immersion process will have many take-away skills including intercultural competence and communication skills enhancement, peace and conflict negotiation, healing and ethical remembering.

Open to all undergraduate and graduate students

Class meetings will take place in Derry, Northern Ireland December 31, 2017 – January 15, 2018.  Course materials will be placed online with discussion opportunities and there will final material due at the conclusion of the course

CFP International Pragmatics Conference (Northern Ireland)

15th International Pragmatics Conference (Belfast, 16-21 July 2017)

CALL FOR PAPERS

The call for papers for the 15th International Pragmatics Conference, to be held in Belfast, 16-21 July 2017, is now open.

Two important deadlines:
1 June 2016: deadline for panel proposals
15 October 2016: deadline for lectures, posters, and (after panels will have been accepted by the end of June) panel contributions

The special theme of this edition of the International Pragmatics Conferences is “Pragmatics in the real world”. But the conference is open to all topics relevant to linguistic pragmatics in its broadest sense as the interdisciplinary (cognitive, social, cultural) science of language use.

Confirmed plenary speakers:
Peter Auer (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
Deborah Cameron (University of Oxford)
Colleen Cotter (Queen Mary University of london)
John Heritage (University of California at Los Angeles)
Elizabeth Stokoe (Loughborough University)
Li Wei (University College London)
John Wilson (University of Ulster)