The Irish North/South Criminology Conference took place in Belfast between the 17^th and 19^th of June across the Ulster University Belfast and Queen’s University Belfast Campus’s. The conference began in Ulster University with a Postgraduate Researcher Day with a welcome address from Dr Conor Murray from Ulster University and a keynote address from Professor Shadd Maruna. Talks from Dr Kevin Hearty and Dr Jane Healy, amongst others, discussing tips regarding academic writing for journals and ethics were held in two parallel sessions. This day ended with a walking tour of Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter and a drinks reception.

Days two and three of the conference took place in the co-hosting institution, Queen’s University Belfast. On the 18^{th of} June, day two was opened with an excellent plenary session on ‘Witnessing Harm and Ascribing Responsibility in Ongoing Asymmetrical Conflicts’ chaired Dr Amanda Kramer. This plenary focused on the ongoing genocide in Gaza at the hands of Israeli State with insightful presentations from speakers Tamara Tamimi, Professor Justin Piché, and Dr Alice Panepinto. This plenary was followed by parallel sessions on a wide range of issues such as ‘Historical criminology’ and ‘Exploring criminology’. After the conference broke for lunch, a fantastic second plenary was held focusing on Institutional Abuse with incredible and thoughtful presentations from Dr James Gallen, Dr Meave O’Rourke and Professor Phil Scraton, chaired by Dr Linda Moore. This plenary was followed by a range of exceptional panels ranging from critical criminology to criminology, conflict, and war. Day two was capped off with a beautiful conference dinner in Ulster University’s Academy restaurant. The inaugural Vicky Conway award for Best Postgraduate Paper at the conference was awarded to Chloe Carragher from Technological University Dublin. Chloe presented a fantastic paper on ‘Everyday Security: Minority experiences within communities on the island of Ireland’. Congratulations Chloe!!

The closing day of the conference was opened with a parallel session with a range of energetic papers in wonderful panels on crime, conflict and harm and technology and ethics. These panels were followed by insightful panels on a wide range of criminological issues such as ‘Southern and postcolonial criminology’ and ‘Issues in transitional justice’. These panels were followed by a stellar range of roundtable discussions on issues such as ‘Quiet Testimonies’ and ‘Prison Inspection’. The conference was drawn to climatic close with a brilliant closing plenary on ‘Borders, State Crimes, and Harm’ with fantastic presentations from Professor Vicky Canning, Dr Teresa Degenhardt, and Professor Kristian Lasslett, chaired by Professor Kieran McEvoy. Finally, throughout the conference there was four amazing poster presentations from Lily Graham (University of Central Lancashire), Kelly Razey (Queen’s University Belfast) Timothy G. Wykes (Wilfrid Laurier University) and Scott Ronis (University of New Brunswick).

The Plenary Sessions are available in the embedded playlist above.