Rate My Professor Amanda Kramer

Dr Amanda Kramer serves as Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast, where she is affiliated with the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science. She obtained her PhD in Law from Queen's University Belfast in 2017. Kramer's research primarily focuses on two areas: first, Brexit and its implications for Northern Ireland, including impacts on policing, criminal justice cooperation between the UK and EU, human rights, equality, and conflict transformation; second, international law, criminology, and critical legal studies. Her work also addresses postcolonialism, property law in Northern Ireland, and vulnerabilities in security and justice post-Brexit.

Prior to her current lecturing position, Kramer held a Research Fellow role on the ESRC-funded BrexitLawNI project under Professor Colin Harvey. She contributes to collaborative initiatives such as the Bordex project examining post-Brexit security fields and civil society roles on the island of Ireland, and HEAVEN on Venezuelan migration, human rights, and criminal justice. Notable publications include "The Empire Strikes Back: Brexit, the Irish Peace Process, and the Limitations of Law" (Fordham International Law Journal, 2019); "Soldiers as Victims at the ECCC: Exploring the Concept of ‘Civilian’ in Crimes against Humanity" (Leiden Journal of International Law, 2017); "Forgotten, Outdated, and Absent: PSNI Officer’s Training, Experiences, and Confidence with Autism" with N. Maxwell (Policing and Society, 2024); "Degrees of Coloniality: Rethinking Property Law in (Northern) Ireland" with A. Panepinto (2023); and "UK-EU Police and Criminal Justice Cooperation Post-Brexit" (2022). She has authored policy reports like "BrexitLawNI Policy Report: Brexit, Xenophobia and Racism in Northern Ireland" (2018) and workshop summaries on security issues. In 2020, Kramer was a finalist for Queen's University Belfast Vice Chancellor's Research Culture Prize. She supervises PhD students, participates in public lectures, debates, and media contributions on topics including Brexit policing and the European Arrest Warrant.