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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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.
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Tánaiste Simon Coveney Lecture: Maintaining the Habit of Cooperation. JANUARY 2019
As part of the Queen’s University Policy Engagement Lecture Series, the Tánaiste joined more than 300 people in January 2019 for meaningful discussion, engaged debate and open dialogue on ‘Maintaining the habit of Co-operation’.
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Building Peace: The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement 20 Years On. APRIL 2018
Key figures from the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement gathered at Queen’s University Belfast on Tuesday, 10 April 2018 for a public event to mark 20 years on from the signing of the peace agreement.