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Danielle Blaylock is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at Queen's University Belfast (QUB), where she has been since 2017. Her work focuses on intergroup relations, social identity theory, and contact theory in divided societies, with a particular emphasis on Northern Ireland. She leads research projects funded by grants such as the ESRC and Spencer Foundation, exploring shared education initiatives, policing dynamics, and national identity.
Blaylock holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Maine (2001), an MA and PhD in Applied Social Psychology from Claremont Graduate University (2006 and 2010), and has held postdoctoral positions at QUB's Institute for Irish Studies and Centre for Shared Education. Her teaching spans undergraduate and postgraduate modules, including quantitative analysis, evidence-based interventions, and identity studies.
Her research highlights applied interventions to reduce conflict, such as school-based contact programs and evaluations of policing models. Key themes include cross-group friendships, identity formation in post-conflict contexts, and policy implications of social cohesion strategies. She has published extensively on these topics, with over 75 peer-reviewed works since 2006.
Awards and Grants: Blaylock has received the British Academy Small Grant (2020), Innovation in Teaching Fund (2022-2023), and was shortlisted for the QUB Staff Excellence Award (2023). She collaborates with organizations like the Northern Ireland Policing Board and the PSNI to evaluate initiatives addressing social division.
Advising and Grants: She supervises PhD applications in identity and intergroup relations, and her grants include projects on shared education in Balkan countries and Northern Ireland's policing reforms.
