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?
Mike Tomlinson (QUB) Suicide rates in Northern Ireland have risen sharply since the late 1990s, contrary to trends in the Republic of Ireland and in… Read More »Dealing with Suicide
Dr Tracy Irwin & Dr John McCord (UU) Education is a fundamental right of all children and young people and although education within custody is… Read More »A New Vision for the Education of Children and Young People in Custody
Dr Una Convery & Dr Linda Moore (UU) This seminar will consider the findings and recommendations relating to the custodial detention of children put forward… Read More »The Custodial Detention of Children and the Youth Justice Review
Dr. Jennifer Hamilton (UU) This seminar will examine the mushroom industry in Northern Ireland and discuss the issue of forced labour within the sector. The… Read More »Forced Labour and the Mushroom Industry in Northern Ireland