Queen’s Policy Engagement is the ‘front door’ for public policy engagement at Queen’s University Belfast
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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Facing and fixing the democratic deficit in post-Brexit Northern Ireland
Dr Katy Hayward looks at a new report on Brexit, the Protocol and the governance challenges they pose for Northern Ireland
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How important were British intelligence operations in the IRA’s decision to end its campaign?
Guest contributor Dr Thomas Leahy from Cardiff University takes a look at his new book which argues that the intelligence war did not force the IRA into the peace process.
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Queen’s Social Charter Podcast – Episode 5: Cancer Research and Mental Health
In episode five of the series, we focus on health, both physical and mental.
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Queen’s Social Charter Podcast – Episode 4: Knitstanbul and Social Enterprise
In episode four of the series we look at the potential of the social and solidarity economy as a way of empowering marginalised people and of achieving goals that go beyond the realm of the economic.
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Karlsruhe 5 May 2020 – spelling the “end of the EU” or indicating distrust in judicial dialogue?
Prof Dagmar Schiek shares some thoughts on the German Federal Constitutional Court’s recent ruling on the EU’s PSP Programme.
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Disabled people’s rights during the COVID-19 crisis
Dr Ivanka Antova looks at how disability rights in the UK have fared under the myriad of COVID-19 related legislation and guidelines and calls for disability rights protection and enforcement to be a priority during the pandemic.
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Cancer Care in the Era of COVID-19 – Online Panel Discussion
Queen’s University Belfast has been playing a leading role in the fight against COVID-19, particularly in the cancer domain.
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Home cooking means healthier eating – there’s an opportunity to change food habits for good
Lockdown may mark the start of a healthier relationship with food for many people says Dr Danielle McCarthy.
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Randomly Responding to Covid-19
Science is quite rightly seen as systematic and based on logic and reason. Counter-intuitively, a core tool used by scientists is the opposite: randomness, says Professor John Garry.
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COVID-19 and Older People: a Queen’s University podcast
Professor Stuart Elborn, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, hosts a discussion about the impact on older people and their families of the current coronavirus pandemic.