Transitional Justice Institute

Transitional Justice Institute

The institute's logo which encompasses the University logo(left) and the Institute's logo(right).
Established	2003
Focus	Transitional Justice, Conflict, Human Rights Law, and International Law
Director	Professor Rory O'Connell
Faculty	Faculty of Social Sciences
Staff	15-20 staff
Subsidiaries	4 research streams
Owner	Ulster University
Location	Ulster University at Jordanstown Magee College, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Website	transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk/

The Ulster University's Transitional Justice Institute (TJI), is a law-led multidisciplinary research institute of Ulster University which is physically located at the Jordanstown, and Magee campuses. It was created in 2003, making it the first and longest-established university research centre on this theme. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) Law at Ulster University was ranked 4th overall in the UK. Ulster was ranked first for impact in law with 100% of impact rated as world-leading, the only University to achieve this in law.

Within the Institute, there are over 15 researchers based on the Jordanstown and Magee campuses of the university. In addition, the TJI has approximately 15 doctoral students researching and studying towards their chosen topics. Visiting scholars and visiting professors are often closely involved in research.

The institute is internationally recognised, receiving recognition from the American Society of International Law in 2006 with TJI scholars being awarded top book and article prize for creative and outstanding contributions to international legal scholarship. Staff have been awarded the 2009 Hart SLSA Early Career Award and jointly awarded the 2009 British Society of Criminology Book Prize as well as the 2010 Basil Chubb Prize for the best PhD produced in any field of politics in an Irish university. The Institute is associated with the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI).

In line with the University's rebranding in October 2014 the institute updated its logo; the old logo can be found here.

The TJI undertakes world-leading research on transitional justice, conflict, international law, human rights and gender equality. The TJI model of research is based on an innovative real-world oriented research strategy, involving external mentoring of early career staff, the development of a key theoretical conceptual foundation, the nurturing of research clusters within the Institute, a strong interdisciplinary focus, and a collaborative leadership mode.