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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Why the US oil majors may end up doing more for the green transition than their (slightly) more progressive European rivals
Article originally appeared in The Conversation.
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25 Years of Devolution in Northern Ireland: Politics, Not Administration
This blog, by Muiris MacCarthaigh and Ka Ka Katie Tsang, is part of an IPPO series looking at how policymaking across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland has been shaped by devolution since 1999.
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Public Policy-making in the Contested Context of Northern Ireland
This blog, by Muiris MacCarthaigh and Ka Ka Katie Tsang, is part of an IPPO series looking at how policymaking across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland has been shaped by devolution since 1999.
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A critical response to plans for a ‘public history’ of British Policy in Northern Ireland during the Troubles
Professor Marie Coleman shares some thoughts following the latest developments in the public history of British policy during the conflict in Northern Ireland.
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Women theatremakers in Northern Ireland – New Podcast Now Available
In a new podcast series, Queen’s University researcher Dr Shonagh Hill generates a conversation across generations of women theatremakers in Northern Ireland that celebrates their work, as well as highlighting the challenges they face.
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The Catholic Church has gotten better at saying sorry – but is anyone listening?
For many years, apologies from the Catholic Church have been received as hollow, even insincere says Professor Gladys Ganiel and Dr Caoimhe Ní Dhónaill.
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Affirmative consent campaign calls for sexual assault law change in England and Wales – but this approach has pitfalls, too
Article originally appeared in The Conversation.
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Innovative Justice Responses for Non-recent Institutional Abuses: Restorative, Transitional and Transformative Justice
Much of the literature indicates that current legal systems premised on retributive justice are not adequately responding to the needs of victim/survivors.
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How the Conditional Immunity Scheme of the Independent Commission on Reconciliation and Information Recovery will work (or not)
Rather than promoting reconciliation, the conditional immunity scheme runs the risk of entrenching divided narratives of the past and undermining trust in public institutions says Professor Louise Malinder.
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Post-Brexit Clinic at Queen’s February 2024
The slides and recording of our February 2024 Post-Brexit Clinic are now available.