Dr Maria Power
Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Theology and Religion
Academic profile
About
Dr Maria Power is a Senior Research Fellow in Human Dignity at the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice at Blackfriars Hall.
Her academic research focuses on the role that religions can play in ameliorating violence and ethnic conflict. Her research on conflict and peace seeks to understand how religious organisations should behave in conflict and post-conflict situations to have a positive impact.
Dr Power has expertise in intra- and inter-faith dialogue and peace-building practices. She is currently working on a project entitled: ‘Witnessing to hope: Catholic Social Teaching and Lay Leadership in Catholic Parishes’ with Thrive Ireland. Her research has been funded by the ESRC, the British Academy, The Spalding Trust and the Porticus Foundation. She is currently working on a study of faith-inspired peacebuilding in post-1998 Northern Ireland.
Expertise
- Roman Catholicism
- Christian nationalism and the far right
- Northern Ireland
- Peace building
- Conflict and war
- Catholic social teaching
Media experience
Dr Maria Power has experience working with broadcast media, including the BBC, Sky News, CNN and TRT World. Dr Power has also been interviewed by numerous print outlets.