May 2019

Prof Siobhan O’Neill, Ms Margaret McLafferty, Ms Coral Lapsley and Dr Elaine Murray (Ulster) Suicidal behaviour and mental health problems are increasingly common among college… Read More »Mental health, self-harm and suicide in university students in Northern Ireland

Dr Gavin Davidson, Dr Berni Kelly and Dr Lorna Montgomery (QUB) Making decisions about your own life is a key aspect of independence, freedom and… Read More »Supported decision making – experiences, approaches and preferences

Prof Sarah Edge (Ulster), Dr Helen Jackson (Ulster) & Dr Caroline O’Sullivan (DKIT) This presentation is based on research that used both quantitative and qualitative… Read More »Young People, Mental Health and Modern Media

Prof Gillian Robinson, Prof Helen Dolk, Dr Joanne Given and Ms Lizanne Dowds (Ulster) Government and other organisations gather information about people under assumptions that… Read More »Public attitudes to data sharing in Northern Ireland

Dr Markus Ketola and Dr Ciaran Hughes (Ulster) This presentation presents findings from new research that investigates the independence of voluntary, community and social enterprise… Read More »Independence of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector in Northern Ireland: Lessons for government-voluntary sector relations

Prof Ann Marie Gray (Ulster) A relatively new and common feature of the devolved administrations in the UK has been the emergence of outcome based… Read More »The Problems with Outcome Based Accountability (2)

Prof Derek Birrell (Ulster) A relatively new and common feature of the devolved administrations in the UK has been the emergence of outcome based frameworks… Read More »The Problems with Outcome Based Accountability (1)

Prof Ciaran Connolly, Prof Noel Hyndman and Dr Mariannunziata Liguori (QUB) The charity sector is significant socially and economically, with the activities of charities being… Read More »The Charity Sector in NI: The Importance of Regulation, Accountability and Trust