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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From Religious Illiteracy to Muslim Prayer Rooms – Exploring Religious Freedom in Northern Ireland
Dr Gladys Ganiel from the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice reports on a recent event which looked at radicalisation and religious freedom on campus and in the community.
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Is there such a thing as a national sense of humour?
We all know there are national stereotypes when it comes to humour, but is humour actually driven by culture to any meaningful extent? Dr Gary McKeown asks is there really such a things as a national sense of humour?
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Church, state and women’s healthcare in the Republic of Ireland
Dr Marie Coleman looks at the controversy in Dublin over the ownership of the proposed new maternity hospital and asks why the Irish state is reluctant to assume responsibility for providing healthcare for its citizens.
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Fighting an election only to refuse a seat: Sinn Féin and Westminster abstention
Dr Marie Coleman looks at the history of the Sinn Féin policy of abstentionism and asks if it’s now time for the party to abandon the policy and to take their seats at Westminster.
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Five myths about the Palestinian hunger strike
Dr Julie Norman busts some of the myths surrounding the current hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
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In case you missed “Inside the Trump White House”…
Catch up on last night’s lecture on Donald Trump with Niall Stanage.
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How Northern Ireland voted in the EU referendum – and what it means for border talks
As the UK seeks to negotiate its way out of the EU, one particularly thorny problem will be the nature of the border the UK will have with the EU, and specifically how this will affect Northern Ireland and Ireland.
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There might not be a ‘Planet Nine’ after all
The discovery of a minor planet orbiting the sun beyond Neptune shows there might not be a ‘Planet Nine’ after all, according to Dr Michele Banister.
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Is Hamas rebranding to orient towards Egypt?
Nearly 30 years after Hamas was founded in the occupied Palestinian territories, it is now revisiting its founding ideals and principles says Professor Beverley Milton-Edwards.
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The roots of Trump’s “travel ban”
Since 9/11, there has been a shift from catching terrorists to policing Muslims says Dr Zaheer Kazmi.