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Digital Investigations Lab (Part 2)

23 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Learning, Trauma, and Truth: A Student Perspective on Digital Investigations What does it mean to learn law by documenting real harm in real time? ...

Digital Investigations Lab (Part 1)

16 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Open Source Investigations, AI, and Accountability in Conflict What happens when war crimes are filmed in real time — but truth itself becomes co...

Adoptee Rights and Access to Records in Northern Ireland (Part II)

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Alice Diver hosts a follow‑up LawPod conversation with Sharon, Maeve, and Brigid from Adopt NI, continuing the discussion on adoptee rights, trut...

Inside QUB Law’s Student Skills Assistants Programme

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Nora Burns speaks with PhD students and long-serving Student Skills Assistants (SSAs) Seanin Little and Aislinn Fanning about the Student Skills As...

Don’t Look Down: Dr Evelyn Collins CBE on Equality, Leadership and Careers in Law

09 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this International Women's Day special, LLM student Sofia Debernardi speaks with Dr Evelyn Collins CBE, former Chief Executive of the Equality...

Womens Aid – Frontline Support to Legislative Change with Sonya McMullen

08 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this powerful and wide-ranging conversation, LawPod host Justine Van Essen speaks with Sonya McMullan, who has worked with Women’s Aid for almost...

Adoptee Rights and Access to Records in Northern Ireland

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Alice Diver hosts LawPod with fellow adult adoptees Anita, Richard/Michael, and Michelle to discuss adoptee rights amid Northern Ireland law refo...

AI, Accountability, and Civilian Harm

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Mae Thompson speaks with Prof Luke Moffett, Dr Jessica Dorsey, and Chris Rogers about how artificial intelligence is already resh...

From Obligation to Opportunity: Rethinking the UK’s Approach to Civilian Harm

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Mae Thompson speaks with Dr Kaleigh Heard, Dr Haim Abraham, and Dr Conall Mallory about how the UK could strengthen its approach ...

Corporate Governance and Board Diversity: Navigating Inclusion and Equality with Karen McShane

12 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Host Dr Ciara Hackett, SWAN Champion at the School of Law, discusses corporate governance and board diversity with a focus on gender and sexuality. Sp...

Civilian Harm: Tracking, Investigating, and Acknowledging the Impact of Military Operations

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, hosted by Mae Thompson from Ceasefire, panellists Dr Elizabeth Stubbins Bates, Mark Lattimer, Executive Director, Ceasefire and Dr Co...

Episode 9 - Gina Cabarcas Macia On Records And Transitional Justice In Colombia

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Part 3, Julia Viebach speaks with Gina Cabarcas Maciá, co-founder and director of the Political and Criminal Justice Lab in Bogota...

Episode 8: Amr Khito, Alan Woo, Prisons Museum

08 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode introduces the accountability project ISIS Prisons Museum. In her conversation, Dagmar Hovestädt explores the origins and methodology of...

Seeds, Science, and Law: How Intellectual Property Shapes Our Food Future

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when the law meets the natural world? In this episode of LawPod, Dr Jocelyn Bosse joins Dr Ciarán O'Kelly to explore the fascinating int...

Episode 7 - Nataliia Gladkova On The Ukrainian Archive

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this opening episode of Part 3, Ulrike Lühe talks to Nataliia Gladkova about preserving digital evidence of human rights violations in Ukraine. Na...

Student Wellbeing and Belonging in Legal Education: Insights from Professor Lydia Bleasdale

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of LawPod, Professor Lydia Bleasdale from the University of Leeds joins Dr Norah Burns to share her journey and insights in the field ...

Episode 6 – Ahmed Abouful On The Difficulties Of Preserving Evidence Under Occupation

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode invites you to a conversation Ulrike Lühe has with Ahmed Abouful, international human rights lawyer at the Palestinian NGO Al-Haq. Speak...

Transforming Legal Education: A Conversation with Professor Warren Barr

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Law Pod, host Kenneth Elo interviews Professor Warren Barr, the new head of the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast. Profes...

Episode 5: Marija Ristic On The Power Of Digital Evidence

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The next episode in the series “Can the record be trusted?” explores the prospects and challenges of human rights documentation and archives in th...

Beyond Consent: Rape Law Reform in Academia and the Courtroom

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of LawPod, Dr Eithne Dowds, a senior lecturer in law at Queen’s University Belfast, is joined by Professor Julia Quilter from the Un...

Episode 4 Raji Abdul Salam On Turning Records Into Evidence

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Ulrike Lühe speaks with Raji Abdul Salam, Chief Legal Data Archive Analyst at the Reckoning Project. In this conversation, Raji r...

Episode 3: Robert Petit – Managing Evidence For Future Accountability In Syria

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The 3-part series “Can the record be trusted?” explores the prospects and challenges of human rights documentation and archives in the digital age...

Episode 2: Trudy Huskamp Peterson – The Challenge Of Preserving Transitional Archives

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The 3-part series “Can the record be trusted?” explores the prospects and challenges of human rights documentation and archives in the digital age...

Episode 1: Babacar Ndaye – Building Digital Archives at the UN

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The 3-part series “Can the record be trusted?” explores the prospects and challenges of human rights documentation and archives in the digital age...

The Dutch Approach to Civilian Harm Accountability

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the third episode of the mini-series on Civilian Harm in Conflict, host Mae Thompson is joined by Erin Bijl (PAX, Dutch NGO) and Major Steven van ...

River Faughan: The Struggle for Legal Personhood

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode Katie O’Doherty delves into the illegal waste dumping scandal at the Mobuoy dump near the River Faughan in Northern Ireland,...

Civilian Harm in Yemen

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the second episode of the mini-series on Civilian Harm in Conflict, host Mae Thompson from Ceasefire, the Center for Civilian Rights, explores the ...

Innovation in the High Street with Philip Armstrong

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode of QUB LawPod, host Taylor Montgomery interviews Philip Armstrong, a solicitor, founder of Armstrong Solicitors and Chair ...

Interview with Professor Máximo Sozzo: Decolonising Criminology and Penal Policy in Argentina

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of LawPod, hosts Alessandro Corda and Teresa Degenhardt interview Professor Máximo Sozzo, a distinguished academic in criminolog...

Uncovering the Past with Shari Eppel

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, clinical psychologist and forensic anthropologist Dr Shari Eppel discusses her work finding, exhuming and identifying the remains of ...

Navigating Sport and The Law with Professor Jack Anderson

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

LawPod host Maddy Kowalenko discusses the intricate relationship between sport and the law with Professor Jack Anderson. A distinguished scholar in sp...

Addressing Civilian Harm: Accountability and Redress

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast is the first in a series of episode on Civilian Harm in Conflict - hosted by Mae Thompson, advocacy officer at Ceasefire. The p...

Navigating Law School: Insights from Student Ambassadors

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of LawPod, your host Kenneth Elo sits down with three dynamic second-year law students at Queen’s University Belfast ...

Human Rights in Conflict: A Conversation with Brian Dooley

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of LawPod, hosted by law student Alexandra Morar, marks the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Alexandra speaks with B...

Women in Law: A Celebration of Support and Empowerment

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special International Women's Day episode of LawPod, host Katie O'Doherty interviews Olivia Ferran and Jenna Mullan, co-chairs of Queen's Univ...

Empowering Safety: The Rise of Walkie Talkie Girlies at Queen’s

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special International Women's Day episode of LawPod, host Ellie Blair sits down with Aisling Cannon and Shauna McKey, members of the Walkie Ta...

Critical and Emerging Directions in International Justice – Astrid Reisinger-Coracini

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr. Yassin Brunger converses with Dr. Astrid Reisinger-Coracini (University of Vienna) about the challenges and implications surround...

Critical and Emerging Directions in International Justice - Priya Pillai

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode of LawPod, Dr. Yassin Brunger (Queen’s University Belfast) interviews Dr. Priya Pillai, Executive Director of the Asia Justi...

Insight into the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC): Interview with John Curtis and Johanna Higgins

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of LawPod, hosts Kane Miller and Ella Murphy, both law students, interview Northern Ireland Commissioner Johanna Higgins and John Curt...

The Global Impact and Complexities of Intercountry Adoption

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of LawPod, Dr Alice Diver from the School of Law converses with Kyung-eun Lee, director of Human Rights Beyond Borders, about the mult...

Dr. Clara Rigoni – Honour-Based Violence and Forced Marriages

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr. Alessandro Corda and Dr. Elizabeth Agnew sit down with Dr. Clara Rigoni, Maître Assistante at the Faculty of Law, Criminal Justi...

Don’t Forget Us Here: An Interview with Mansoor Adayfi

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Professor of Law at Queen's University, Belfast, and former UN Special Rapporteur on Counterterrorism and Huma...

Amitav Ghosh’s 2024 Seamus Deane Lecture: The Nutmeg’s Curse and Our Ecological Crisis

19 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the 2024 Seamus Deane lecture, acclaimed novelist Amitav Ghosh, hosted by Field Day, the Derry Playhouse, and the School of Law, explores themes fr...

From Taylor Swift to Oasis: Battling Bots and Ticket Touts with Katherine Pittalis

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, host and PhD candidate, Niharika Salar discusses the challenges of buying concert tickets at face value in the digital age. Joined by...

Abolition, Reform, and Justice: Dr Shona Minson on Rethinking Punishment

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this compelling episode, Dr John Taggart from Queen's University Belfast interviews Dr. Shona Minson, a barrister-turned-criminologist, about her ...

Investigating State Sexual Violence: A Discussion with Brenda Mondragón Toledo

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of LawPod, Dr Lauren Dempster talks with Brenda Mondragón Toledo, a recent PhD graduate from UCC, about her research on gender-base...

Exploring Prison Abolition with Professor Justin Piché

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of LawPod, Dr. Amanda Kramer and Professor Justin Piché discuss Piché's new book (co-authored with Rachel Herzing), 'How to Abolish ...

Exploring the Legal Dimensions of Misinformation: Intent, Impact, and Human Rights

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of LawPod, Dr. Lauren Dempster, alongside colleague Dr. Ethan Shattock, explore the nuances of misinformation law. They begin by disti...

Exploring AI and Legal Education with Mark Higgins

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this roundtable podcast, Dr Alice Diver, Dr John Taggart, and Dr Liam Sunner from Queen's University School of Law, engage in a conversation with M...

Law, Psychology, and Emotion with Dr Martin Regan

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, hosts Marian Hill and Mary O'Neill converse with Dr. Martin Reagan, a senior lecturer at Queen's University Belfast School of Law, to...

The Blue Lights Special – with Law School Graduate Declan Lawn

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special edition of LawPod, hosts Peter Doran and Rosie Cowan interview Declan Lawn, writer of the acclaimed series Blue Lights. Declan shares ...

State Impunity in Northern Ireland, with Brian Dooley

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In April of this year, the report, Bitter Legacy: State Impunity in the Northern Ireland Conflict, was published. Written by a panel of international ...

Modern Slavery, Business and Remedy with Dr Fiona McGaughey

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we welcome Dr Fiona McGaughey from the University of Western Australia to discuss business and human rights and the 2018 Modern Slave...

Transitional Justice in the US: Insights and Challenges

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Cheryl Lawther welcomes Dr. Brianne Mc Gonigle Leyh from Utrecht University to discuss her research on transitional justice in the United States. ...

Insight into Europe – MEP Frances Fitzgerald talks to Dr Norah Burns

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Dr Norah Burns as she speaks with Member of the European Parliament Frances Fitzgerald. MEP Fitzgerald is an Irish politician, she is a former Tá...

Rainbow Refugees NI – Supporting LGBTQIA+ refugees and asylum seekers in Northern Ireland

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Niamh and Tolu from Rainbow Refugees NI speak to Lauren Dempster about issues affecting LGBTQIA+ refugees and asylum seekers in North...

Dying Tidily – Your Last Gift

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Dr Rosie Cowan as she talks to Professor Heather Conway and Barrister Sheena Grattan about how to die tidily with your affairs in order. Explore ...

Katja Franko : Intersections of Law, Citizenship, and Migration

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a riveting episode of LawPod, where we delve deep into the evolving field of criminology with distinguished guest Professor Katja Franko. ...

International Law in Action: A Reality Check from Gaza to the UN

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of LawPod, Lawpodders Victoria and Nick interview QUB School of Law's Dr Conall Mallory. They explore the effectiveness and challenges...

Transitional Justice and Civil Society in Turkey and Northern Ireland: Dr Nisan Alici

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, ESRC-NINE Post-doctoral Research Fellow Dr Nisan Alici speaks to Dr Lauren Dempster about her PhD research on victim mobilisation and...

Legal Careers in Private Practice

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What is the reality of working as a solicitor within Private Practice in Northern Ireland? Lawpodder Karen Wray, alongside Deirdre Timoney talks to t...

Navigating Exam Preparation

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Organise, Prepare, Conquer. Sadie Sturgeon, alongside Student Skills Assistants Aisling and Adam, delve into the possibly daunting realm of exam prepa...

Intermediaries in the Criminal Justice System – Dr John Taggart

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this enlightening episode of LawPod, hosts Karen Wray and Sarah McMahon are joined by Dr John Taggart, a criminal law lecturer with a keen focus on...

Palestine, Law and Colonialism

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Amanda Kramer leads an insightful exploration into the complex legal and humanitarian issues facing Palestine, she is joined by PhD student Tamara ...

Feminist Constitutional Futures – 3

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

FemCon 3: Learning from transnational feminist struggle for constitutional change. In this episode the FemCon team talk with Luis Eslava and Amaya Alv...

Feminist Constitutional Futures – 2

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

FemCon 2: Imagining feminist constitutional futures through the arts and utopian fiction. In this episode the FemCon team talks with Ruth Houghton abo...

Feminist Constitutional Futures – 1

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

FemCon 1: Introducing FemCon and asking new questions about constitutional change in Northern/Ireland. In this introductory episode the FemCon team ta...

International Student Stories

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this engaging episode, we delve into the lives of international law students at Queen's University Belfast. Hosted by Anjana and Tarra, social...

GenAI Readiness Begins With Humans

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this thought-provoking episode of LawPod, Natalia Barbosa and Anshul Bajaj delve into the transformative role of generative AI in law and technolog...

Holocaust Memorial Day 2024

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Holocaust Memorial Day 2024: Fragility of Freedom and the continued importance of memorialisation. Join Evie Cawte in conversation with Belfast's J...

In conversation with Professor Aoife O’Donoghue

25 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, join Áine McKenna in an insightful interview with Professor Aoife O’Donoghue on her remarkable career in the field of law. Aoife d...

Transforming Justice Responses to Historical/Non-recent Institutional Abuses

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Prof Anne-Marie McAlinden (Queen’s University Belfast), Dr Marie Keenan (University College Dublin), and Dr James Gallen (Dublin Ci...

Citizenship, Counterterrorism and Human Rights post 9/11

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We take our right to citizenship for granted, as an inalienable right, but is it? This episode focuses on the complex interplay between c...

Student Skills Top Tips

24 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode features a roundtable discussion with five Student Skills Assistants from the Law School, focusing on their top tips from last year's wor...

Autism and Policing in Northern Ireland

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the first in our Neurodivergence and the Law mini-series, Sarah McMahon and Dr Lauren Dempster interview Naomi Maxwell and Dr Amanda Kramer about t...

Law, Poetry & Feminism

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Professor Aoife O’Donoghue (QUB School of Law) and Dr Ruth Houghton (Newcastle University Law School) interview poet Julie Morrissy...

International Law and Perceptions of Justice in Palestine

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, QUB School of Law PhD student Tamara Tamimi speaks about her research on international law and perceptions of justice in Palestine wi...

Exploring Health Rights for Migrant Populations: Dr Stefano Angeleri

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, Dr Claire Wright talks with Dr Stefano Angeleri about his experience of conducting research on health rights for migrant populations....

The Global Legal Action Network at Queen’s

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Conor McCormick is in discussion with Dearbhla Minogue, a lawyer from the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), about an exciting new clinical collab...

On being a law student and a mother

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Louise Rhodes talks to MLaw graduates Tamara Duncan and Lisa McKeown about their experiences of studying while parenting. The conversation track...

Lough Neagh’s Future Ownership

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dr Bróna McNeill and Dr Ciara Brennan (Director of the Environmental Justice Network Ireland) discuss their recent report: Lough Nea...

Invisible Spaces with Dr Báyò Akómoláfé and Dr Peter Doran

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this wide ranging discussion, the School of Law's Dr Peter Doran, meets Nigerian scholar, writer and philosopher, Dr Báyò Akómoláfé. The conte...

More than a Number

29 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Prof Luke Moffett and Dr Kevin Hearty talk with Victims' Commissioner Ian Jeffers and Dr Cheryl Lawther about their recent report on ...

The Right to Strike?

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, LawPod’s Law and Society team participant Aoibhinn Graham interviews Kevin Doherty, the Union Services Officer for the Northern Ire...

Avoiding Origin Deprivation–Episode 2

10 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the second episode of our symposium podcast series, recorded on the final day of the event. In this slightly extended conversation, Dr Alic...

Avoiding Origin Deprivation – Episode 1

23 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Lawpod, recorded on the first day of the 'Avoiding Origin Deprivation and Genetic Identity Losses: a 4-day Interdisciplinary Sympos...

Doing Feminist Legal Work

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode of Lawpod features Professor Aoife O'Donoghue from QUB School of Law and Dr Meabh Harding from UCD Sutherland School of Law, discussing t...

Student focus: reflecting on the LLM experience at QUB

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, host Dr Lauren Dempster chats with three current Master's students from the School of Law, each enrolled on different LLM programmes....

Making the world strange and more with Prof Reuben Miller

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this thought-provoking podcast, Professor Shadd Maruna and Dr Teresa Degenhart welcome Professor Reuben Miller, author of the ground-breaking book ...

Coping with Covid in Prison: The Impact of the Prisoner Lockdown

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Professor Phil Scraton is joined by Professor Shadd Maruna and Dr. Gillian McNaull to discuss their ESRC funded research project, Cop...

LawPod presents: A chat with ChatGPT

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this groundbreaking episode, the collective intelligence of LawPod is pitted against the generative intelligence of ChatGPT to explore the potenti...

The Women and the Law team answer your questions!

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do I qualify as a solicitor? What’s the best way to study for exams? What’s life like at the IPLS? These are just some of the questions ans...

Student Focus-Answering Problem Questions

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode our Student Focus team, Peter and Ciara, talk to two of the Law School's Student Skills advisors, Gary and Sarah-Jane, about how to ta...

Another World is Possible – Professor Geoff Mulgan

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Another World is Possible. That’s the proposition at the heart of this conversation with Professor Sir Geoff Mulgan, University College London, host...

Beyond TJ Mini-Series Episode 4: Beyond Disciplines, Beyond Fields, Beyond Transitional Justice

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this final episode of our mini-series exploring the edited collection Beyond Transitional Justice: Transformative Justice and the State of the...

Beyond TJ Mini-Series Episode 3: ‘Greening’ Transitional Justice

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this special series of LawPod we introduce a recently published edited collection, Beyond Transitional Justice: Transformative Justice and the Stat...

Beyond TJ Mini-Series Episode 2: Citizen Security and Transitional Justice

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this special series of LawPod we introduce a recently published edited collection, Beyond Transitional Justice: Transformative Justice and the Stat...

Beyond TJ Mini-Series Episode 1: Beyond Transitional Justice

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this special series of LawPod we introduce a recently published edited collection, Beyond Transitional Justice: Transformative Justice and the Stat...

Surviving the Climate Crisis with Professor John Barry

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In a frank and open conversation, lawpodders Zoe and Charlotte talk to Professor John Barry about climate change and climate activism in this era of c...

Student Focus – Dr Andrew Godden widening participation

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the latest in a series providing a closer look at the lives and careers of members of the QUB law faculty, LawPod participant Peter L...