Hate Studies

The field hate studies examines the causes and consequences of hate crime as well as the means by which hate crime can be combated.

Thus, it spans many of the areas of specialisation of the CCJVS, incorporating analyses, for example, of the form and utility of legislation as a means to combat hate crime, the manner in which hate is evidenced in both the investigation and prosecution of a crime, the European and international frameworks that impact on national contexts, and the impact that hate has on its victims.

The European Centre for the Study of Hate is affiliated to the CCJVS and led by Professor Jennifer Schweppe, also a member of the CCJVS along with Professor Amanda Haynes of the Department of Sociology.

International Network for the Hate Studies

The ECSH is proud to be affiliated to the International Network for the Hate Studies. The INHS was set up in 2013, and seeks to not only promote understanding about the root causes of hate and hate crime, but to understand ways in which it can be combated in society. ECSH co-director Dr Jennifer Schweppe is also co-director of the INHS with Professor Mark Walters of the University of Sussex. The INHS runs a biennial conference, and the HHRG was privileged to host the second of these conferences in May 2016 at the University of Limerick Campus.