Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology

Maynooth University is delighted to host the 16th Irish North/South Criminology Conference between Monday 23rd and Wednesday 25th June, 2025. The theme of this year's conference is: 

No one can deny the increased visibility of the far right across the island in recent years. In 2023 this culminated in rioting in Dublin, the worst in modern history, followed in 2024 by anti-migrant violence in Belfast, bringing loyalists and a minority of Irish nationalists together for the first time. Against this background, and a global context increasingly dominated by various iterations of the radical right, the conference will ask important questions about the implications of these new political alliances for criminological research. The conference will feature plenaries and keynotes from academics in criminology and other disciplines on the messaging and strategies pursued by the far right, the role played by crime and security issues, and how we should best interpret and respond to this phenomenon. 

While multidisciplinary submissions that align with the overarching conference focus are particularly welcome, we are open to receiving papers, posters, symposia and roundtable proposals on a wide range of criminological themes. 

Both the PhD training day and the main conference will be located in the TSI building in the North Campus of Maynooth University. 

Further details on speakers, travel and accommodation are available on the conference website. Please note that there will be no fee for conference registration. Any queries can be directed to [email protected]

To submit an abstract for consideration or find out more details, click here

Deadline for submission of abstracts: Friday 4th April 2025