Dr Sinéad Ring acted as a judge for the Inaugural PhD Competition organised by the All-Ireland Network for Sexual Violence Research

    Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 12:30

    Dr Sinéad Ring acted as a judge for the Inaugural PhD Competition organised by the All-Ireland Network for Sexual Violence Research. The participants were:
     

    •        Ciara Buckley (DCU), Understanding and Responding to Sexual Violence in the LGBTQ+ Community.
    •        Niamh Burns (The University of Brighton), The invisibility of sexual, and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Northern Irish conflict (between 1968 and 1998) and the implications of shedding light on this phenomenon on social policy and policy processes.
    •        Chloe Hanna (QUB), He Who Shall Not be Named? Rethinking Northern Ireland’s Approach to Defendant Anonymity.
    •        Daniel Kane (RCSI), Sexual Assault Treatment Units: The Irish Experience.
    •        Kirsten McGregor (QUB), Assessing the feasibility and viability of a victim-led Restorative Justice system for cases of serious sexual violence in Northern Ireland.
    •        Ann Ryan (UCD), An Exploratory Human Rights Informed Study of CASP as Experienced by those who have made Adult Disclosures of Child Sexual Abuse.

    Congratulations to the winner Niamh Burns.

    The Network is convened by Dr Susan Leahy (UL) and Dr Eithne Dowds (QUB). To find out more or to join the Network, see: https://ainsvr.org