Category: Community and Society
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A century of change in Northern Ireland, 1926-2026
To mark the centenary of the holding of the first Census of Population for Northern Ireland on 18-19 April 1926, the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) has compiled a statistical bulletin comparing the demographic statistics of that census with the most recent 2021 census. In the following essay Professor Marie Coleman (HAPP) looks…
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The lost Northern Ireland census of 1926
On 18 April this year the National Archives of Ireland (NAI) and the Irish Central Statistics Office (CSO) will release the household returns of the 1926 Irish Free State census, the first census of population held after independence.
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Heritage, Creativity and Belonging: A Participatory Approach to Policy Innovation
How can the historic environment contribute to a sense of local belonging? And can community creativity be part of the answer?
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Policy Paper – Domestic Abuse Survivors’ Experiences of Family Courts in Northern Ireland
By Dr Katrina McLaughlin, School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast; Rosalyn Millar, School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast; and Caoilfhionn Hardy, Southern Trust and Women’s Aid.
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The story of the first all-Ireland mapping survey 200 years ago
Article originally appeared on RTE Brainstorm.
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The Catholic Church has gotten better at saying sorry – but is anyone listening?
For many years, apologies from the Catholic Church have been received as hollow, even insincere says Professor Gladys Ganiel and Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill.
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Celebrating the impact of social science research with the ESRC Festival of Social Science in NI
The 2023 ESRC Festival of Social Science in Northern Ireland is now open. Book your place now!
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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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Disability rates in Northern Ireland in a time of unprecedented budget cuts
Guest contributor Anne Devlin from the Economic and Social Research Institute looks at disability rates in Northern Ireland and why they are important in this time of unprecedented budget cuts.
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New Podcast – Racial Equity Champions Network
Part 1 of a Charter Podcast mini-series featuring members of Queen’s University Belfast’s Racial Equity Champions (REC) Network.