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Patricia Bartley

Protective Fellowship Coordinator

Wendy Burns

Programme Administrator

Research interests:

  • Norms compliance in armed conflict
  • Actorhood(s) and international law
  • Economic, social and cultural rights
  • Law and religion

Pippa Cooper

UNESCO HRD Hub Coordinator

Claire Fox

Centre and Programmes Manager

Oliver Harris

Centre Administrator

Samantha Holmes

Research Associate and Generating Respect Hub Coordinator

Research interests:

  • Children in armed conflict
  • Mental health and human rights
  • Southeast Asia
  • Lawfare

Dr Ruth Kelly

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Cultural politics
  • Engaged political theory
  • Citizenship practices
  • Feminist theory

Lianna Merner

Research Director

Research interests:

  • Indigenous peoples' rights
  • Protection and self-protection practices in armed conflict
  • International human rights mechanisms
  • Colombia

Hyunjung Park

Research Fellow

Associate staff

Emilie Flower

Co-Investigator, Art Rights Truth research project

Ezequiel Heffes

Director of Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict

Dr David Hickman

Dr Victoria Hoyle

Director of IPUP and Senior Lecturer

Professor Paul Johnson

Simon Robins

Senior Research Fellow

Professor Lars Waldorf

Professor, Northumbria Law School