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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Queen’s Social Charter Podcast – Episode 3: Climate Action with PCAN
Maurice Macartney talks to Professor John Barry and Dr Amanda Slevin about the work of the Place-based Climate Action Network (PCAN).
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Queen’s Social Charter Podcast – Episode 2: Building Sustainability with Cityzen and Case
Maurice Macartney talks to Professor Greg Keeffe of the School of Natural and Built Environment about his CityZen project, and to Sam McCloskey, Director of the Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy (CASE) about her team’s work in pioneering new technologies.
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Is Ireland turning to religion during the COVID-19 crisis?
It may not be a “devotional revolution”, but religion may play a greater than expected role for many in Ireland as the crisis unfolds says Dr Gladys Ganiel.
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Belfast/Good Friday Agreement Anniversary Event – Panel 3. APRIL 2018
Chaired by Senator George J Mitchell, Chancellor Emeritus of Queen’s University Belfast and former United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland.
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Belfast/Good Friday Agreement Anniversary Event – Panel 2. APRIL 2018
Chaired by Jonathan Powell, former Chief of Staff to Tony Blair and Honorary Professor at the Mitchell Institute at Queen’s.
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Belfast/Good Friday Agreement Anniversary Event – Panel 1. APRIL 2018
Chaired by Peter Sheridan from Cooperation Ireland.
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Senator George Mitchell Keynote – Building Peace: The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. APRIL 2018
Senator George J Mitchell delivered the keynote address at the anniversary event to mark 20 years since the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement.
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The Rt Hon Peter Robinson Lecture: Negotiating the way forward: restoring government in Northern Ireland. JUNE 2018
The lecture was part of the Queen’s Policy Engagement series and Mr Robinson’s first public lecture as part of his honorary professorship at the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice.
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Sinn Féin Vice-President Michelle O’Neill Lecture: What does the Future Hold for the North? OCTOBER 2018
Michelle O’Neill, Sinn Féin Vice-President and Northern leader, addressed the legacy of the Agreement of 1998 and the challenges of Brexit as part of the Policy Engagement Lecture series in October 2018.
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Former Ulster Unionist Leader Robin Swann Lecture: Unionism; Not for Sections or Factions but for All. NOVEMBER 2018
Robin Swann, former Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, called for a unionism “not for sections or factions, but for all” for his Queen’s Policy Engagement Leader’s Lecture in November 2018.