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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.
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Queen’s Social Charter Podcast – Episode 6: Mapping Greenways and Urban Regeneration
In episode six of the series, we focus on geography at work.
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A levels and GCSE Results 2020: a (inequality) virus in the examinations system?
Following the cancellation of this year’s A level and GCSE examinations due to the pandemic, Professor Jannette Elwood looks at how qualification regulators across the UK have had to fall back on alternative systems of awarding which only serve to make the inequalities in examination outcomes more evident.
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What would John do?
Joseph Ireland follows up on his recent call for a Climate Act and a supporting Citizens’ Assembly for Northern Ireland.
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Why urban density is good for health – even during a pandemic
The spread of COVID-19 in some of the world’s most populous cities has raised concerns about density but are these concerns well founded asks Dr Deepti Adlakha and guest contributor Prof James F Sallis from the University of California San Diego.
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Public consultation on unification referendums on the island of Ireland
The Constitution Unit is leading a Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland. Alan Renwick, Conor Kelly, and Charlotte Kincaid outline the purposes of the group’s work and the kinds of questions that it is asking.
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Waking up to Climate Change
The day, the hour, the minute, the very second, has come for us all to take conscious responsibility for how our behaviour is contributing to climate change says Joseph Ireland.
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Changes to Work Patterns during Covid-19 – New Podcast
As part of a new series of #InConversation Podcasts by Slugger O’Toole and Queen’s, Dr John Moriarty talks about changes to work patterns during Covid-19.
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The UK Government’s approach to the UK internal market: what Northern Ireland needs to know
Dr Katy Hayward analyses the UK Government’s White Paper on the UK Internal Market, and the particular issues it raises with respect to Northern Ireland.
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Negotiating a settlement in Northern Ireland, 1969-2019
In their new book, Professor Jennifer Todd and Professor John Coakley trace the roots and outworkings of the Good Friday Agreement, focussing on the British and Irish governments, their changing policy paradigms and their extended negotiations from the Sunningdale conference of 1973 to the St Andrews Agreement of 2006.
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Brexit 2020: Where are we now?
Who better to tell us than Dr Katy Hayward who has produced this short summary following a recent online event with community workers and leaders across Northern Ireland.