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Marcello Marcello
I studied Law at the Pontifical Lateran University, the university of the Holy See (Vatican City), where I received my master’s degree in 2022. My thesis focused on analyzing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission established at the end of the conflict in East Timor, a country I visited as a volunteer and field researcher in 2017. After my graduation, I attended the Hague Academy of International Law and I served as an intern at the Diplomatic Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations in New York. In 2024 I went to Northern Ireland to carry on my research on post-conflict societies and transitional justice. I am glad of my experience at UISCE that allowed me to explore the entire local political and social spectrum. There, I helped in organizing workshop with American students and teachers and I researched on the transitional justice process and effective strategies for engaging 3.5% of the population in peacebuilding education and processes. In the coming months I will start a PhD in Law at the Catholic University of Portugal, focusing on transitional justice in East Timor and the Pacific area.
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Melissa Clement
I am a Masters of Anthropology student from Leipzig University, Germany, but am originally from Canada. I was at the Clinton Centre over the fall of 2021 to work on both my Masters thesis and to research for UISCE’s Youth Leadership program.
I am currently in the second year of my masters degree with a focus on political anthropology and transitional justice studies. In Northern Ireland, I am studying the post-conflict generation’s experience with reconciliation and the struggles between community and personal identity. For UISCE, I am focusing on the school system to determine what the challenges and resistances are to teaching and learning about peace building and reconciliation. This is a continuation of Jason Gappa’s research and will be used in the upcoming Youth Leadership program.
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Alberto Vidal Guerrero
During the summer of 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, I spent three months as a volunteer at the Clinton Center in Enniskillen where I collaborated in maintenance and research tasks, accompanying the first steps of UISCE. I returned to Fermanagh in the summer of 2021, this time to focus on Irish historical-cultural and social research and reflection on the island's past, present and future.
Born in Castellón (Spain) in 1991, I completed my first studies in Valencia. In 2014 I spent six months training with the Spanish Navy. 2016, I graduated in History (University of Valencia). In 2017 I served two years as an infantryman in the Spanish Army and in 2019 I moved to Madrid where I combined the specialization in Early Modern History (Master of History of the Hispanic Monarchy) with my collaboration in the YouTube channel Academia Play (Visual Academy). I currently reside in Castellón where I work as a teacher and collaborate with other historical-cultural entities.
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Daniel “Ike” Sherr
I was born in Great Malvern, Worcestershire on 8 November 1998 to a Finnish mother and a South African-Israeli father. However, I have lived a relatively international life, having lived in Israel, Tanzania and Finland at different points in my life.
I stayed at the Clinton Centre from 17 April to 25 July 2021. This is my second time volunteering for UISCE, the first being in late 2018, also together with Mai. I have researched and written about various subjects in Irish history, ranging from the 17th Century to the Good Friday Agreement.
I am currently studying Drama and Acting in UWE Bristol. I also partook in a foundation theatre course in Finland from 2019 to 2020. My other interests include, history, geography, culture, mythology, linguistics, literature and film.
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Mai Westerlund
I am 22 years old. Originally Finnish, grew up in Israel and I have been living in Austria for the past few years, where I study Tourism Management in the IMC Krems university of applied sciences.
I stayed at the Clinton Center from March 2021 until July 2021. I researched and wrote a series of papers covering the span of Irish history.
I'm interested in History, Folklore, Theology, Languages and Art.
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Niamh O’Neill
I am a recent graduate from College Dublin. I am very interested in culture, politics and current affairs, I love to travel, and I speak four languages (English, German, Irish and French). Before coming to the Clinton Centre in summer 2021, I just finished my degree in European studies. Now I’m living in Switzerland, doing an MA in European Global Studies at the University of Basel.
In Enniskillen, I worked on a paper about Brexit and its potential benefit for Ireland and Europe. More recently, I have been looking at the Northern Irish memory discourse and the memorialisation of the ‘Troubles’, in particular the Enniskillen bomb, which killed twelve people on Remembrance Day in 1987.
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Jason Gappa
One paper, currently in process, written by Jason Gappa (Berkshire School), presents research on how schools in Ireland, from all backgrounds, are engaging with the Peace Process and the "other side". This will be a timely and significant work for UISCE, helping it develop its future programs and informing schools, educators and policy advisors.