Supporting academics and policymakers in sharing evidence-based research and ideas on the major social, cultural and economic challenges facing society regionally, nationally and beyond. Our over-arching vision is to share the University’s independent expertise with policymakers so they can make informed decisions about the most effective and sustainable ways to tackle these challenges, now and in the future.


By Niamh O’Kane and Ruth Hunter

Professor Anne-Marie McAlinden (QUB), Professor Marie Keenan (UCD) and Dr James Gallen (DCU) look at the meaning of ‘justice’ for non-recent institutional abuses and some of the underlying challenges of delivering effective justice processes.


By Dr Eithne Dowds, School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast.

By Dr Peter Doran, School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast,

Dr Ulrike Vieten takes a look at the recent election results in Germany, particularly the electoral success of the AfD.


We need to call violent misogyny exactly what it is: an extremist ideology that is already present and operating in society says Dr Aishling McMorrow.

Professor Laura Lundy shares a new infographic she has developed that shows what meaningful participation by children could and should look like.

A special joint contribution from representatives from VOYPIC, NIACRO, Children’s Law Centre and Include Youth.