Series 2

Professor Derek Birrell (UU)  Much has been said about the extent to which Northern Ireland is over-governed with the solution generally seen in terms of… Read More »Is the idea that Northern Ireland is over-governed a myth?

Ian Shuttleworth (QUB) This seminar, based upon data from the NI Census of Population and the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study, will examine residential segregation and… Read More »NI Census of Population and the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study will examine residential segregation and population change

Jack Anderson (QUB) In September 2011, a partnership between the NI ombudsman, the Law Centre (NI) and the School of Law at Queen’s University led… Read More »Promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution in Northern Ireland

Dr Jonny Byrne, Dr Cathy Gormley Heenan & Gillian Robinson (UU) This seminar presents finding from new research examining the public’s attitudes and awareness of peace… Read More »Public Attitudes to and Awareness of Peace Walls: impacting on policy

Maria Lohan, Áine Aventin & Peter O’Halloran (QUB) This seminar will describe the development of an educational resource designed to increase young people’s intention to… Read More »How to reduce teenage pregnancy in Northern Ireland? A movie-based educational approach

Professor Colin Knox & Professor Vani  Borooah (UU)   Shared education refers to schools from different sectors working together in a sustained process ranging from… Read More »Delivering Shared Education

Goretti Horgan (UU) This seminar looks at the implications arising from the Welfare Reform Bill and assesses what can be done within the constraints of… Read More »Welfare Reform: Implications and Options

Mary Daly (QUB) This presentation focuses on parenting support, which has become a major interest on the part of policy makers and the site of… Read More »Parenting Support – A New Policy Domain in Northern Ireland and Elsewhere