Author: QPol at Queen’s
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Beyond hospital waiting lists: the need for accountability and reform in our health system
The health system in Northern Ireland is at a critical juncture but what can be done to stop the NHS from being consigned to history asks Professor Ciaran O’Neill.
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More than ‘lovely girls’: revisiting Ireland’s Housewife of the Year competition
A dismissal of the competition from today’s vantage point ignores the otherwise unmarked lives of Irish women in those decades says Dr Shonagh Hill, Dr Trish McTighe and Dr Gemma Carney.
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Countering the normalization of the violent German Far Right: Heinrich XIII and the threat by anti-democratic Reichsbürger (Reich Citizens)
The recent arrest of leading Reichsbürger Heinrich XIII gives some indication of how far the normalization of irrational points of view and extremist perspectives might have come in 21st century Germany says Dr Ulrike M Vieten.
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The Passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
A message from President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Greer.
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No break-up, but break out: upheaval in Northern Irish borderlands
Some aspects of this blog were presented as a talk at the Social Scientists Against Hostile Environment (SSAHE) 17 May Webinar: Brexit, hostile environment, and the breakup of the United Kingdom.
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Coronavirus might become endemic – here’s how
Dr Grace C Roberts looks at whether the virus that causes the coronavirus will eventually become part of everyday life.
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How do coronavirus researchers avoid catching COVID-19?
Dr Grace C Roberts looks at how virologists stay safe from pathogens such as those causing coronavirus.
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Brexit: Challenges and Opportunities with Mary Lou McDonald
The latest in its series of keynote addresses on Brexit will see Sinn Féin President, Mary Lou McDonald, visit Queen’s University.
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It is grim and not a fairytale: Mutti Merkel and ‘the Alternative for Germany’
Angela Merkel was able to hold ground for another term as chancellor but it may be difficult for her to stay in government following the rise of the AfD says Dr Ulrike Vieten.
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‘Safe return’ plan for refugees after five years undermines the idea of integration
Dr Ulrike Vieten and Dr Fiona Murphy look at the recent UK government’s safe return review and the human implications for refugees and asylum seekers seeking to integrate.