Category: Community and Society
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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.
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Fr Gerry Reynolds: faith and the peacemaker
A new book about the Limerick-born priest highlights his unsung role in the Northern Ireland peace process says Dr Gladys Ganiel.
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Reflecting on 20 years of Social Attitudes
As ARK celebrates its 20th anniversary, Dr Paula Devine looks back at how the data from its annual surveys have provided important evidence on how people of all ages think about key issues affecting their lives.
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Welcome home? Attitudes towards asylum seekers and refugees
Dr Paula Devine and Dr Lucy Michael look at how welcoming Northern Ireland is to people who arrive here as asylum seekers or refugees.
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Universities host annual ESRC Festival of Social Science
Queen’s University Belfast, Ulster University and the Open University will host the annual Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science.
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Surveying the Papal Visit to Ireland: A Francis Effect?
Following the recent papal visit to Ireland, Dr Gladys Ganiel carried out a survey in conjunction with market research agency Amárach to gauge the views of those who had, and hadn’t, attended events as part of Pope Francis’s first visit to Ireland.
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London is proposing 20mph speed limits – here’s the evidence on their effect on city life
Following the recent decision to lower speed limits in central London to 20mph, Dr Ruth Hunter looks at similar schemes across the UK to see what London can learn from other cities.
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