Dr. Katy Radford is an anthropologist working on issues of conflict transformation at the Belfast-based charity the Institute for Conflict Research. She is vice chair of the Arts Council for Northern Ireland and a ministerial appointment to the Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition. An invited representative of Northern Ireland’s Jewish Community Council on the government’s Race Equality Sub-group, she was awarded an MBE for her work on intercultural and interfaith work.