Dr Johanne Devlin Trew (Ulster) Between 2004 and 2008, immigration to Northern Ireland rose to unprecedented numbers and the issue of how the newcomers could… Read More »‘Lost generations’? Taking the longer view on Northern Ireland migration
Dr Philip O’Sullivan (OU) This seminar will focus on environmental economics and policy. It will present the case that, despite the recent global economic downturn… Read More »Carbon, economic growth and unsustainability: the inevitable transition to a low carbon economy beyond GDP
Professor Greg Lloyd and Gavan Rafferty (Ulster) With the emerging Local Government (Reform) Bill, Community Planning offers an innovative way to consider how public services… Read More »Creating A Constructive Interface Between Community Planning and Land Use (Spatial) Planning
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
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