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Borders in Dispute

Borders in Dispute: Making Multilevel Cooperation an Effective Means of Conflict Transformation in the European Union

Project Description

During her time as an IRCHSS Research Fellow in the Institute of British-Irish Studies from 2005-07, Katy Hayward furthered her study of multilevel cooperation and conflict transformation on the island of Ireland. The hypothesis behind this research is that the EU has unique potential for supporting conflict transformation across disputed borders not just through direct funding but in strengthening local structures of multilevel partnership.

Publications (Borders in Dispute)

Publications from the project

Recycling the State: The politics of adaptation in Ireland (Contributing co-editor with Muiris MacCarthaigh). Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2007, including ‘The politics of adaptation in Ireland’ (pp.1-17) and ‘Conclusions’ (co-author with Muiris MacCarthaigh, pp. 223-33). For further information see the Irish Academic Press website link (opens in a new window)here

‘Building on the EU’s legacy: Cross-border cooperation in Ireland’, Administration (Journal of the Institute of Public Administration) Vol. 55 (3), 2007: 51-74

Journal of Common Market Studies Vol. 45 (3), 2007: 675-93. An early version of this paper is available on the IBIS website; the definitive version of this paper is available at (opens in a new window)Wiley Interscience

‘PEACE and cross-border reconciliation: A beginning not an end’, Bordering on Peace? Learning from the Cross-Border experience of PEACE II. Learning from PEACE II, Vol. 4. Belfast: Community Relations Council, 2006: 8-13

, (joint author with Kevin Howard) chapter in B. Fanning (ed.) Immigration and social change in Ireland. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2006: 47-62. An early version of this paper is available on the IBIS website

European Journal of Political Research (Blackwell), Vol. 45 (6), 2006: 897-920. An early version of this paper is available on the IBIS website; the definitive version of this paper is available at (opens in a new window)Wiley Interscience

Cooperation and Conflict Vol. 41 (3), 2006: 261-284. An early version of this paper is available on the IBIS website; the definitive version of this paper is available at (opens in a new window)http://cac.sagepub.com/

Select Conference Papers

, Learning from Sunningdale: conflict resolution in Northern Ireland conference, Institute for British-Irish Studies, Clinton Auditorium, UCD, 15 June 2006. An early version of this paper is available on the IBIS website.

‘Northern Ireland as a case of Contested Compliance: The limits of the EU in conflict transformation and policy coordination’, (with Antje Wiener, QUB) Contested Compliance in International Policy Coordination, Portaferry, Co. Down, 17-18 December 2005. Draft available at: (opens in a new window)http://www.euborderconf.bham.ac.uk/publications/files/EUBorderConf%20Ireland%20final%20report.pdf