Dr Brendan Galbraith and Ms Kirsty McManus (Ulster) A key question is how do business models ensure that new high-tech innovations are responsible, benefit society and… Read More »Benefiting a regional economy with societal-driven innovation adoption in high-tech small firms
Ms Michelle Douglas, Prof Karen Fleming and Prof Ian Montgomery (Ulster) In almost all the official Northern Ireland documentation highlighting statistics and reviews for the… Read More »Hide and Seek: Where is design in the creative industries network of Northern Ireland and do we really understand its power in the growth of our economy?
Dr Mark McCann and Dr Dermot O’Reilly (QUB) Research on admissions to care homes for older people has paid more attention to individual and social… Read More »Area of residence and admissions to care homes for older people: data linkage study of factors associated with entry to care
Dr Stefanie Doebler (QUB) This presentation discusses new research findings from a project that analyses effects of providing unpaid care to a family member or… Read More »The Health and Mental Health of Informal Caregivers in Rural and Urban Northern Ireland
Prof Monica McWilliams and Prof Fionnuala Ní Aoláin (Ulster) This presentation broadly addresses issues of gender equality in the context of the Northern Ireland transition.… Read More »Advancing Gender Equality in Northern Ireland: Addressing Domestic Violence and Human Rights Protections for Women
Prof Joan Ballantine, Prof Kathryn Haynes, Dr Melina Manochin and Mr Tony Wall (Ulster) The issue of gender equality at senior levels in the private… Read More »Gender Equality at the Executive Level of the Northern Ireland Public Sector
Dr Catherine O’Rourke (Ulster) This presentation outlines research findings that aim to constructively contribute to the vexed and halting debate in Northern Ireland about dealing… Read More »Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland: Putting Gender on the Agenda
Dr Sharon Mallon (OU) and Dr Karen Galway (QUB) Bereavement is considered to be a common precursor of death by suicide. Studies suggest those bereaved… Read More »Towards an Understanding of the Role of Bereavement in the Pathway to Suicide
Dr Aideen Maguire, Dr Mark McCann, Dr John Moriarty and Dr Dermot O’Reilly (QUB) Mental ill health is a major contributor to the burden of… Read More »Using administrative data to understand mental health in Northern Ireland: results from two exemplar projects
Dr Karl O’Connor (Ulster) If greater powers are to be devolved to our new super councils, what type of institutions will inherit these powers and… Read More »Policy making at the local level: Everyday policy making in our local councils