INTRODUCTION TO ICR

The Institute for Conflict Research is an independent not-for-profit organisation with charitable status. ICR is managed by a Board of Directors drawn from the statutory, voluntary community and academic sectors.

ICR has been based in North Belfast since 1996, when the Cost of the Troubles project was established. The name Institute for Conflict Research was adopted in 2001 to reflect the increasingly diverse scale of the organisation and its work.

ICR undertakes work for, and with, a wide range of organisations. Recent projects include work with: Armagh College; Atlantic Philanthropies; Belfast City Council; Belfast Interface Project; Community Relations Council; Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; East Tyrone College; Eastern Health and Social Services Board; Electoral Commission; Groundwork NI; Groundwork UK; Larne YMCA; Limavady Borough Council; LINC Resource Centre; Mediation Northern Ireland; Nerve Centre; NIACRO; North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust; Northern Health and Social Services Board; Northern Ireland Housing Executive; Northern Ireland Policing Board; Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister; PHAB; Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland; Save the Children.

The Institute for Conflict Research previously operated under the names of Community Conflict Impact on Children (1999-2001), The Cost of the Troubles Study (1996-99) and Templegrove Action Research (1994-96), and as such conducted a number of significant pieces of research and produced a range of books, reports and other publications.

Several publications are available from each of the above projects.