November 2018

Dr Katy Hayward (QUB) A key conundrum facing policymakers is how to realise a central ambition of the Brexit campaign (i.e. hardening the UK’s borders… Read More »The Implications of Brexit for the Irish Border: Challenges and Options

Dr Lee McGowan and Dr Viviane Gravey (QUB) Many aspects of public policy in Northern Ireland involved an EU dimension, being shaped in Brussels and… Read More »EU Policy Competences after Brexit: Issues for Northern Ireland

Dr Graham Brownlow (QUB) The vote for Brexit has created a situation where economic policy, to a certain extent, is developing faster than textbook theory.… Read More »Opportunity Brexit? Institutional Economic Implications for Northern Ireland

Prof John Garry (QUB) Politics in Northern Ireland is typically dominated by the ethno-national divide between Catholic nationalists and Protestant unionists. The EU referendum presents… Read More »The EU referendum Vote in Northern Ireland: Implications for our understanding of citizens’ political views and behaviour

Prof Geraint Ellis (QUB) The Northern Ireland planning system is now primarily seen as a mechanism for coordinating and facilitating development, with the aim of… Read More »Using the planning system to secure health and well-being benefits

Dr Stephen McKay (QUB) The Northern Ireland planning system has witnessed major reform in 2015, with key responsibilities being transferred to new local authorities. There… Read More »Enhancing the effectiveness of planning enforcement in Northern Ireland

Dr Alice Diver (Ulster) The recent statutory cap on Housing Benefit in England and Wales is commonly known as the ‘bedroom tax’ or the ‘spare… Read More »Putting dignity to bed? The taxing question of the UK’s housing rights relapse

Dr Caroline Linse (QUB) As of 2011 there were over 50,000 migrants, who speak a language other than English or Irish at home, residing in… Read More »Formal and informal translation and interpretation for immigrants and asylum seekers

Dr Piotr Blumczyński (QUB) and Prof John Gillespie (Ulster) Culture revolves around values: they hold the cultural community together and underpin the mutual interests. A… Read More »Translating Values: Insights from Multilingual and Multiethnic Focus Groups in Northern Ireland