Professor Stephen Farry

Professor of Strategic Policy In Practice & Co-Director of the Strategic Policy Unit

The Strategic Policy Unit

Belfast campus

Room BA-02-033,
2-24 York Street,
Belfast,
BT15 1AP,
Professor of Strategic Policy In Practice & Co-Director of the Strategic Policy Unit

Professor Stephen Farry


Overview

Stephen Farry is a Professor of Strategic Policy in Practice at Ulster University. He was educated at the Queen’s University of Belfast and holds a PhD in International Relations. He was a Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace, 2005-06.

Professor Farry has served as an elected representative in various levels between 1993 and 2024, including holding office as local government councillor, Mayor, member of the Northern Ireland Assembly and a Member of Parliament.

Between 2011 and 2016, he was the Minister for Employment and Learning on the Northern Ireland power-sharing Executive.

He participated in the negotiations that resulted in the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement (1998) and has been involved in many subsequent negotiations in relation to the Northern Ireland peace and political process. He has also been a consultant for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.