Research
Anthropology at Queen’s is internationally renowned for its research strengths in areas including ethnomusicology, art and performance, the study of conflict and borders, religion, cognition, migration and diasporas, Irish studies, human-animal relations, and the cross-cultural study of emotions. Our research engages with a range of stakeholders and beneficiaries, including national and international governmental and non-governmental organisations, cross-border and community groups, arts, music and museum professionals as well as politicians and policy-makers.
Staff are successful in winning large grant awards and some of these recent research projects include sound, music, storytelling and digital media in conflict transformation, migration and forced displacement in Turkey, understanding atheism and secularization, religious belief and self-sacrifice.
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Impact in Anthropology
Centre for Creative Ethnography (CFCE)
The Centre for Creative Ethnography (CFCE), established by anthropologists and ethnomusicologists at the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics in June 2023, seeks to explore creative practices around the world, investigate creative dimensions of ethnographic work, and contribute to theoretical debates about creativity and improvisation.
Research Centres
Institute of Cognition and Culture
Anthropology at Queen’s is home to the (ICC), one of the world's first centres for research in cognitive anthropology, a burgeoning interdisciplinary field of scholars seeking to explain patterns of cultural stability and variation.
Institute of Irish Studies
Our anthropology cohort also heads up public debate on cultural issues in Northern Ireland with the former Director of the Professor Dominic Bryan, co-Chair of the Parliamentary .
Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations
Interdisciplinary research collaborations across Queen’s University feature anthropologists in key roles. The majority of anthropology staff are Fellows of The Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, providing significant work including practitioner-led and academic research projects.
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world-leading/internationally excellent in research environment
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out of 26 UK Departments for research environment
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world-leading/internationally excellent in research impact
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