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Enacting citizenship research at The Open University's (OU) Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG) is helping to re-define the idea of citizenship by contributing to policy and public debates across Europe. These research ideas are being used by European policymakers to reform European citizenship policies. Activists across Europe are increasingly using the research to give them a vocabulary through which they can understand their collective activism as European citizenship.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) regulates a central domain of current biotechnological practice: fertility treatment and embryo research. Appointed as the only philosopher on an Authority of 12 members and as Deputy Chair of the HFEA's Ethics and Law Advisory Committee Archard has provided ethical advice on all new biotechnological developments affecting those tens of thousands of prospective parents seeking fertility treatment. As Chair of its Statutory Approvals Committee he has developed guidelines for the licensing of Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) that allows thousands of couples to avoid transmitting serious genetic conditions to their children.
Based on its internationally recognised reframing of transitional justice (TJ) theory and practice, TJI demonstrates singular influence on the tone, language, framing and outcomes of key debates, policies and advocacy in Northern Ireland (NI) since 2003. TJI research has informed political debate and influenced official recommendations on institutions to address the legacy of the conflict; shaped the policy positions and enhanced the capacity of local non- governmental organisations (NGOs); shared in the production of cultural knowledge in a unique law-led artistic collaboration; raised public awareness of the intergenerational aspects of the conflict's legacy; and empowered marginalised individuals. TJI's critiques of local TJ approaches and our development of the TJ Toolkit have demonstrable global applicability. The impact has been primarily regional, with national and international dimensions.