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Successful first symposium held by ISS21 Crime and Social Harm research cluster
The first symposium, hosted by the ISS21 research cluster Crime and Social Harm (CSH) in association with the Department of Sociology and Criminology, UCC, took place on Tuesday, November 5th.
CSH brings together researchers from across UCC who share an interest in critical and impactful research on crime and social harm.
The event titled Queer Justice: Violence, Victimisation, and Protection in LGBT+ Communities explored the challenges and harms experienced by LGBT+ communities, focusing on violence, victimisation, and the presence (or absence) of systemic protection.
The well attended symposium was a resounding success for the research cluster. Speakers included Dr Matty Kennedy, University of Southampton; Dr Angela O’Connell, Development Worker for OSSCork; Ms Deirbhle Nic An Aoire, School of Psychology; Dublin City University; and Dr Kevin Hosford, Chairperson of Gender Rebels.
After the event, Dr Kevin Hosford said: “As chairperson of Gender Rebels and a lecturer in Criminology at UCC, it was incredibly rewarding to see our first Crime and Social Harm (CSH) research cluster event come to life with such energy.
“The strong participation from academics, researchers, and LGBT+ support organisations highlights the importance of these conversations. We hope this event will launch further collaboration and foster essential research on social harms within LGBT+ communities.”
Professor Maggie O’Neill, Director of ISS21 and UCC Futures-Collective Social Futures was one of the symposium attendees. She said: “I was delighted that the first event of the research cluster explored the challenges and social harms experienced by the LGBT+ community including the importance of gender affirming health care. This is such important work. The speakers made clear that the social sciences are key to understanding and addressing the complex challenges and harms discussed at the symposium, in collaboration with civil society organisations, practitioners and policy makers.”
Dr James Windle, CSH Cluster Leader, was also pleased with the cluster’s first event. He said: “It is fantastic that our first ISS21 CSH research cluster event was such a success with about 50 in-person participants, including students, members of UCC staff, practitioners and members of the public.
“It is an honour to promote such exciting and important research being conducted in an area which is both under and over-researched. We hope the symposium will serve as a springboard for further collaboration and research.”
Keep an eye out for future CSH research cluster events. To learn more about the cluster click here