Category: Community and Society
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Old Arguments Die Hard: Drumcree and Northern Ireland’s Unfinished Peace
The return of the Orange Order’s Parade from Drumcree Church in County Armagh along the Garvaghy Road raises questions beyond Drumcree itself, says Peter Donnelly.
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New Policy Paper – Religions During a Public Health Emergency: European Commission Report
This policy briefing offers evidence-based perspectives and recommendations stemming from a three-year, social scientific research project ‘RECOV-19: Religions in Societies Emerging from COVID-19 (2022-2025).
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Beyond the Absence of Violence: Building Positive Peace in Northern Ireland
Queen’s University Belfast and the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) have published the first Northern Ireland Peace Index (NIPI).
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New Policy Papers – Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic – Religions and Public Policy
Two new policy papers from Prof Gladys Ganiel and Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill on Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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Boys want to challenge harmful ideas about manhood – working with them, not lecturing them, is the key
Article, by Prof Maria Lohan, originally appeared in The Conversation.
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Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility – Three Wee Lads
Rev Chris Bennett talks about the fire that devastated his church, how it was a shock to find out that the fire was started by three young children and how he came to realise that criminalising the children was the wrong way to go.
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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.