Dr Muiris MacCarthaigh (QUB) As governments across the globe grapple with the effects of the global financial and economic crises, the issue of public service… Read More »Where to next with the RPA?: Lessons from international developments in public service reform
Grainne McKeever (Ulster) The process of welfare reform highlights the pressures on government agencies to deal with an increased number of claims, which has inevitably… Read More »Access to Justice Through Better Decision-Making
Dr Aideen Hunter, Dr Jessica Bates, Dr Alan McCully and Dr Una O’Connor (Ulster) This presentation will offer insight into the potential for co-operation between… Read More »Rural Primary School Partnerships, Sustainability and Social Cohesion
Professor John Wolffe (OU) This presentation will examine the assumption that although the Northern Ireland community divide has been ‘sectarian’, it has not been ‘religious’.… Read More »Beyond the ‘dreary steeples’? Reassessing the role of religion in Northern Ireland community divisions
Dr Ian Shuttleworth and Professor Frank Gaffikin (QUB) It is often assumed that residential segregation in Northern Ireland always increases through time. However, early analyses… Read More »New and Shifting Populations in Belfast: Analysis and Impact
Professor Mike Tomlinson (QUB) For all the discussion around the needs of victims and survivors, there are few established facts on the impact of the… Read More »Legacies of Conflict: the evidence
Professor Alan Trench (Ulster) The funding of the Northern Ireland Executive (and other devolved governments) has always been central to their ability to provide the… Read More »Fiscal Devolution Debates and the Future of the Barnett Formula
Sally Shortall (QUB) & Roisin Kelly (NIA) The current Rural Development Programme (RDP), 2007-2013, is worth £540 million pounds to rural areas in Northern Ireland. … Read More »Reviewing the EU Rural Development Programme
Dr Ann Marie Gray (UU) Most countries are facing similar challenges with regard to ageing populations and financial pressures on social care. The need to address… Read More »Transforming Adult Social Care in Northern Ireland
Andy Percy & John Moriarty (QUB) Andy and John present different views on the question of teenage drinking. John highlights potential harms of an individual’s… Read More »Is drinking good for teenagers?
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