At the heart of the ECSH is the ECSH Global Visitors Programme. This programme brings people working against hate in the academy, practice, and policy, to the University of Limerick for mutual learning opportunities. There are two types of ECSH Global Visitors: ECSH Global Scholars, and ECSH Global Fellows:
ECSH Global Scholars
ECSH Global Scholars are typically faculty members from outside Ireland who spend up to four weeks in residence at the ECSH at the University of Limerick working with a faculty member in developing a scholarly research output. ECSH Global Scholars are also expected to deliver a graduate student seminar (recorded for uploading on the ECSH website), and engage in cognate research activities with faculty members, such as those set out below. Following the completion of the residency, it is expected that a co-authored publication will be at a developed stage, with the aim of submission to a high profile peer reviewed journal within six months of the completion of the visit.
Previous ECSH Global Scholars have included:
- Professor Barbara Perry, which resulted in the publication of Schweppe, J., Perry, B. A continuum of hate: delimiting the field of hate studies. Crime Law Soc Change 77, 503–528 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-021-09978-7
- Professor Jon Garland, which resulted in the publication of Haynes, A., Schweppe, J., & Garland, J. (2023). The production of hate crime victim status: Discourses of normalisation and the experiences of LGBT community members. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958231160252
- Dove Wimbish, Fulbright Scholar
There is limited funding available to support the visits of ECSH Global Scholars, and those applicants from the Global South will be given priority. Scholars who are self-funded, or can secure funding through the Erasmus programme are particularly welcome. To apply as an ECSH Global Scholar, please send your academic CV along with a two page application which details what you would like to work on while a Scholar at the Centre to Professor Jennifer Schweppe at jennifer.schweppe@ul.ie.
If you would like more information on the programme. please email us at ECSH@ul.ie.
ECSH Global Fellows
In 2024, the ECSH introduced a new programme, the ECSH Global Fellows programme. ECSH Global Fellows will typically work in civil society, or be on secondment from a government department. They will engage with the ECSH on policy issues of mutual interest, and utilise facilities in the Lab to support their work to produce evidence-based policy recommendations. At the end of their time, ECSH Global Fellows can expect to have co-produced a ECSH Research for Action Briefing Paper, or have initiated work on an ECSH Research for Action Policy Report with an ECSH faculty member. The ECSH is particularly interested in hosting Human Rights Defenders as ECSH Global Fellows.
Previous ECSH Global Fellows have included:
- Dr Christina Jura, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
Other Fellowship Activities
Visitors on the ECSH Global Visitors Programme may additionally engage in one or more of the following activities:
- Deliver a seminar to undergraduate students, and/or a masterclass to graduate students;
- Record a lecture in the UL studio to be uploaded to the Centre website;
- Participate in a podcast with a UL ECSH member;
- Present their work at an ECSH lunchtime seminar;
- Write a short account of their time at UL for including in the Centre Blog and Newsletter.
To apply as an ECSH Global Fellow, please send your academic CV along with a two page application which details what you would like to work on while a Fellow at the Centre to Professor Jennifer Schweppe at jennifer.schweppe@ul.ie.
If you would like more information on the programme. please email us at ECSH@ul.ie.
Other ECSH Global Positions
Occasionally the ECSH will host self-funded researchers who wish to spend time to develop research skills with faculty members. This may be as part of their undergraduate or postgraduate educational programme, as an Erasmus scholar, or through an internship. Previous ECSH Global Interns have included:
- Laura Dellagiacomo, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Network scholar
- Emma MacIntosh, which resulted in the publication of Schweppe, J., Haynes, A. & MacIntosh, E.M. What is Measured Matters: The Value of Third Party Hate Crime Monitoring. Eur J Crim Policy Res 26, 39–59 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-018-9403-4
- Siobhan Quigg, which resulted in the generation of a range of research reports used to support the work of the Hate Crime in Northern Ireland
- Josie Bauman, who supported the development of the ECSH during the Covid pandemic
If you wish to spend time at the Centre engaging in research with faculty members, please send the following to Professor Jennifer Schweppe at Jennifer.Schweppe@ul.ie:
- a two page CV
- a two page application which sets out what work you would like to engage on at the centre, and with whom
- a letter of support from your supervisor/home institution.
If you would like more information on these positions, please email us at ECSH@ul.ie.