Ms Louise O’Boyle (Ulster) This presentation will discuss the findings from evidence-based research into the effectiveness of a partnership between Louise O’Boyle (Ulster University) and… Read More »Promoting community well-being through partnerships and co-production
Dr Sharon Mallon (OU) The signing of the Good Friday agreement effectively brought an end to the widespread violence associated with the ‘Troubles’. However, communities… Read More »The role of paramilitary punishment attacks and intimidation in death by suicide in post agreement Northern Ireland
Prof Cahal McLaughlin (QUB) Three official reports in Northern Ireland have each recommended storytelling as one of the methods to address the legacy of the… Read More »The role of oral history in societies emerging from conflict
Dr Nat O’Connor (Ulster) Economic inequality is rising in the developed world and influential research has found major risks to economic growth and population health;… Read More »Assessing the risks of economic inequality; the impact on societal wellbeing and economic development
Dr Lisa Bunting, Dr Gavin Davidson and Claire McCartan (QUB) Child welfare systems in the UK are under profound stress because of growing demand and… Read More »Child Welfare Inequalities
Prof Keith Attenborough and Dr Shahram Taherzadeh (OU) Noise barriers are a common method of combating noise (mentioned under ‘environment’ in the KESS hot topics list)… Read More »Environmental methods of surface transport noise reduction
Dr Linda McElduff (Ulster) Coastal communities on the island of Ireland face a range of structural and locational challenges, including changing environmental parameters and the… Read More »Planning for Coastal Community Resilience
Dr Brídín Carroll (University College Dublin) This presentation reports on a current EU research project, TRANSMANGO, which focuses on the vulnerability and resilience of European… Read More »TRANSMANGO EU research project: a case study of scenario methodologies applied to food system planning
Dr Wayne Foord (QUB) This presentation provides an introduction to scenario planning, its increasing application to food system planning, and reports on the QUB Nexus… Read More »Nexus project: a case study of scenario planning methodology applied to food system planning
Dr Gillian Prue, Dr Olinda Santin, Dr Lesley Anderson, Dr Donna Graham and Prof Mark Lawler (QUB) Prevention of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancers is an… Read More »Making the case for universal HPV vaccination