Category: Community and Society
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NI Universities Come Together for the Festival of Social Science 2021
Queen’s University and Ulster University come together once again for the annual Festival of Social Science 2021.
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Ireland’s Shame: Reforming an Adoption System Marked by Secrecy and Trauma
Recent events in Ireland have the potential to significantly reform an adoption system historically marked by secrecy, shame and the trauma arising from institutionalisation says Dr Clara Fischer.
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Community Wealth Building: Belfast’s Missed Opportunity
In this special long read article, guest contributor Mary McManus looks at how the Community Wealth Building model has been used in the fight against worsening levels of poverty across the UK.
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Six tips for looking after your new puppy, according to science
Dr Deborah Wells shares her top six tips that every new puppy owner should know.
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Can Ireland’s Churches be Something Other than a Building?
Dr Gladys Ganiel shares her latest research which looks at religion during the pandemic.
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ESRC NI Festival of Social Science 2020
Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University have once again come together to present our annual Festival of Social Science, but this time it’s virtual!
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Social Enterprises and Social Science: An Introduction to Collaboration
The slides and recording of the recent event at Queen’s are now available.
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Why We Need a Sign Language Act in Northern Ireland
The collapse of the power-sharing Executive in January 2017 means that progress towards the legal recognition of BSL and ISL has stalled says Dr Bronagh Byrne.
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Northern Ireland: how some of the ‘agreement generation’ are drawn into paramilitary groups
Some of those who grew up after the 1998 Good Friday Agreement are still being drawn into violence by self-proclaimed paramilitary groups says Dr Siobhan McAlister.
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Conversations Around Death: Are We Ready to Die?
Dr Heather Conway looks at whether we’re ready for our own deaths or the deaths of those we love.