Prof Orla Lynch is the Dean of Doctoral Studies at UCC. Orla's academic appointment is as a Professor in Criminology. She is the Programme Director of the PhD for Higher Education Professionals and the Ma in Trauma Studies. Until 2015 she was Director of Teaching and a Lecturer in Terrorism Studies at CSTPV at the University of St Andrews. Orla’s background is in International Security Studies and Applied Psychology; her primary training is as a social psychologist. She studied at both the University of St Andrews (MLitt) and University College Cork (Phd). Orla is a fellow with Hedayah, Abu Dhabi and a Board member of RAN, Europe. She is also a RESOLVE Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, an Anniversary Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence and an Academic Advisor for WAVE Trauma Centre Belfast. Orla’s current research focuses on victimisation and political violence in relation to the direct victims of violence, but also the broader psycho-social impact of victimisation and the perpetrator-victim complex. Orla has also examined the notion of suspect communities in relation to the impact of counter terrorism measures on Muslim youth communities. Orla's research interests lie in individual and group desistance from political violence, including issues related to deradicalisation, the role of grand narratives in justifying involvement in violence and psychosocial understandings of the transitions from violence to peace. Her recent books include The Disappeared with Sandra Peake, Applying Psychology and The Case of Terrorism and Political Violence with Carmel Joyce.

• Trauma
• Extremism
• Political Violence/Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Psychology and Crime
• Victims and Victimology
• Methods

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