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Cyberviolence as Domestic Abuse – Human Rights Responses.
Advances in technology, although often very beneficial, can also have the potential to be used in such a way as to increase risk levels for victims of domestic abuse says Dr Ronagh McGuigg.
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Lassa fever detected in the UK – here’s what you need to know
Dr Connor Bamford looks at the recent cases of Lassa fever detected in the UK.
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Podcast – Mitchell Institute Conversations Episode 7
Episode 7 is now available to listen to or download from Apple or Spotify.
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Managing a harder border: The bare essentials for an independent Scotland
In a new report launched last week, Professors Katy Hayward and Nicola McEwen consider the prospect of an independent Scotland within the EU and what that might mean for Scotland’s borders. in this blog, Katy gives an insight into the report, examining what border management might look like for Scotland in that scenario.
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The political foundations of Northern Ireland are at risk of crumbling
Not for the first time in recent memory, Northern Irish politics is in flux, the UK government’s Brexit deal is causing ructions and the power-sharing institutions are on the brink of collapse. Guest contributor Alan Whysall assesses the current crisis and argues that the foundations of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement are at serious risk of…
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Belfast (2021): Orange and Blue Remembered Hills
Dr Gordon Gillespie offers some critical reflections on Kenneth Branagh’s much talked about new film ‘Belfast’.
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Can there be an ‘official’ history of the ‘Troubles’?
Professor Marie Coleman looks at some of the challenges in compiling a government-sponsored official history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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Podcast – Mitchell Institute Conversations
Episode 5 is now available to listen to or download from Apple or Spotify.
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Centenary of Dublin Castle handover a chance to take stock of Irish state development
Professor Muiris MacCarthaigh takes a look at a century of bureaucratic development since the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.
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State of Stormont: can Northern Ireland trust in Truss?
As Liz Truss takes on the Brexit portfolio, Dr Peter McLoughlin asks whether she will finally reach an accommodation with the EU that resolves the issue of the protocol and other outstanding matters.