Prof Johnston McMaster served as lecturer and co-ordinator of the Education for Reconciliation programme, Irish School of Ecumenics, Belfast. Johnston has been involved in the development of a community education programme for Northern Ireland and the Border Counties.He has also been engaged as consultant with statutory and voluntary sectors in Northern Ireland and chairs a number of initiatives as well as working collaboratively with community relations networks. His areas of interest and on-going research include reconciliation and peacebuilding, socio-political hermeneutics. He makes programmes for BBC4,