Joseph Ruane Editor & Author

Joseph Ruane is Professor at the Department of Sociology, University College Cork. He is a historical sociologist who has written extensively on Irish historical development, the Northern Ireland conflict and settlement, and on Protestant minorities in contemporary Europe. Jennifer Todd is Professor at and Director of the Institute for British Irish Studies at the School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin. She has written extensively on the Northern Ireland conflict and settlement, and more generally on issues of identity (including ethno-national identity) and identity change.