Katy Hayward is a Northern Irish academic and writer based at Queens University, Belfast.
[2] She completed her undergraduate degree in Peace and Conflict Studies at Magee College in 1999.
[1] She was awarded a PhD in 2002 by University College, Dublin on the impact of European integration on cross-border relations in Ireland.
[1] She has fellowships including at ‘’UK in a Changing Europe’’, an ESRC-funded initiative, as well as at the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queens.
[6] Hayward is a trustee of Conciliation Resources,[7] an independent organisation working with people in conflict to prevent violence and build peace.