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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So you’re new to… public engagement with research
What do we mean by public engagement and how can universities build a robust public engagement plan? Kevin Fearon and James Dillon explain how Queen’s University has tried to answer those questions.
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Is Brexit Propelling Northern Ireland towards Irish Unity?
This article by Dr Katy Hayward is part of an ongoing blog series ‘Brexit Countdown’ by the Political Studies Association (PSA) and Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI).
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What do the public think about the backstop?
Professor John Garry looks at recent survey results to see what the public in Northern Ireland thinks about the backstop.
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What happens to the border if there’s no deal?
Dr Katy Hayward explains what might happen to the Irish border if no deal is reached on Brexit.
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Tracing the history of Mozambique’s mysterious and deadly insurgency
Lack of information and clashing explanations have led to confusion as to what’s happening in Northern Mozambique and what should be done to reverse the situation says Dr Eric Morier-Genoud.
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What is the backstop?
The ‘backstop’, the ‘Irish backstop’, the ‘Northern Ireland backstop’, the ‘temporary backstop’, the ‘all-weather backstop’… that ‘bloody backstop’. Everybody has heard of the backstop says Professor David Phinnemore.
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Afghanistan: the tensions inside the Taliban over recent US peace talks
Afghanistan is still probably a long way away from a peace deal, but the shift in Taliban calculus is a helpful foundation for the next stage of peacemaking says Prof Michael Semple.
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Hiding in Plain Sight? Unifying and Reconciling a Destabilised Island
There is no better time to start having a mature constitutional conversation about how we share this island together within Europe says Professor Colin Harvey.
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Dyscalculia: ‘maths dyslexia’ or why so many children struggle with numbers
Dr Kinga Morsanyi calls for a greater awareness of mathematical learning difficulties in children in order to improve the prospects of dyscalculic learners.
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January 1919: the Irish Republic, the League of Nations and a new world order
In this centenary year of Dáil Éireann, Dr Darragh Gannon looks at how international recognition of the Irish Republic would become a key battle ground in the Irish war of independence.