Global Visitors Programme

SHINE Global Scholars are typically faculty members from outside Ireland who spend up to four weeks in residence at the UL Centre for the Study of Hate and Inequalities working with a faculty member in developing a scholarly research output. Our Global Scholars are also expected to deliver a graduate student seminar (recorded for uploading on our 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.

Our current SHINE Global Scholar is Dr Gizem Yardimci, who is with us for the AY 2025-2026.  

Previous SHINE Global Scholars have included:

• Dr Mika Hagerlid, Malmö University, with a visit in Spring 2026
• Dr Beatriz Souto, University of Alicante who visited in Spring 2025
• 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 SHINE 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. If you would like more information on the programme, please email us at SHINE@ul.ie.

To apply as a SHINE Global Scholar, please fill in this application form, and send it along with your academic CV to SHINE@ul.ie 

SHINE is dedicated to supporting early career researchers in developing their portfolios and engaging in research related activities which amplify and support their scholarship. 

In 2026, we introduced the SHINE Global Fellowship programme. SHINE Global Fellows will have recently completed their graduate programmes, and will be supported during their time with us to develop innovative knowledge exchange and dissemination strategies, enhance the impact of their work, develop their research careers, and expand their professional networks.

SHINE will fund and host at least one Global Fellow per year, for a period of up to six months. 

There is limited funding available to support SHINE Global Fellowships. 

To apply to be part of the SHINE Global Fellowship programme, please fill in this application form, and send it along with your academic CV to SHINE@ul.ie and we will get back to you. 

In 2024, the UL Centre for the Study of Hate and Inequalities introduced a new programme, the SHINE Global Practitioners programme. SHINE Global Practitioners will typically work in civil society, or be on secondment from a government department. They will engage with SHINE 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, SHINE Global Practitioners can expect to have co-produced a SHINE Research for Action Report with a SHINE faculty member. The SHINE is particularly interested in hosting Human Rights Defenders as SHINE Global Fellows.

Our current SHINE Global Practitioner is:

• Luna Lara Liboni, Transgender Equality Network Ireland

Previous SHINE Global Practitioner has included:

• Dr Christina Jura, European Commission against Racism and Intolerance  

Other Fellowship Activities

Visitors on the SHINE 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 SHINE member;
• Present their work at an SHINE lunchtime seminar;
• Write a short account of their time at UL for including in the Centre Blog and Newsletter.

To apply as an SHINE Global Practitioner, please fill in this application form, and send it along with your academic CV to SHINE@ul.ie 

If you would like more information on the programme, please email us at SHINE@ul.ie. 

SHINE is proud to host students and doctoral 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 SHINE Global Interns have included:

• Laura Dellagiacomo, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Network scholar
• Emma-Marie 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, of Dalhousie University, who supported the development of the ECSH during the Covid pandemic

If you would like to apply for a SHINE Global Studentship, please fill in this application form, and send it along with your academic CV to SHINE@ul.ie along with a letter of support from your supervisor/home institution.