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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The 2017 Eaton Lecture – Universities and Urban Regions: A Partnership for Prosperity
The Eaton Lecture will take place at Queen’s University (on the Lanyon campus) on Thursday 23 March 2017.
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Martin McGuinness: the IRA commander who walked down a political path
Following the death of former Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, Dr Peter McLoughlin takes a look back over his path from IRA Commander to political negotiator and leader.
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Northern Ireland: how will the political stalemate end, and will there be a referendum to leave the UK?
Northern Ireland likely to have no government for the foreseeable future? Will direct rule from London be implemented? And are demands for a referendum on leaving the UK and uniting with the Republic of Ireland becoming harder to resist in the context of Brexit? Professor John Garry gives an overview of how events could unfold.
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Referendum in Ireland to Extend Voting Rights
In light of Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s recent announcement to hold a referendum to allow Irish citizens resident outside the state the right to vote in Irish presidential elections, Professors John Garry and Colin Harvey look back at their input into the 2013 Constitutional Convention that made the recommendation for this right to be extended.
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Community-University Research Engagement: How Can We Do It Better?
Following a recent workshop, Dr Julie Norman asks how can university researchers and community partners better collaborate to deliver high-impact research, especially in communities affected by conflict or social divisions?
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Liquidity risk and political instability in Northern Ireland banking
Dr Barry Quinn looks at the challenges facing Northern Ireland’s banking industry and the pressures on both business and consumer lending as a result of the recent political instability.
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Escaping the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice for the European Union by EUXIT?
In a new occasional paper under QUB’s Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “Tensions at the Fringes of the European Union”, Professor Dagmar Schiek analyses the extent to which the EU’s association agreements, in particular with states within its neighbourhood, and the new generation of its global trade agreements inaugurated with the Canadian EU Trade Agreement…
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Sinn Féin gains and the prospect of direct rule: the NI election fallout explained
Professor John Garry reviews the results of last week’s Northern Ireland elections and asks what’s next for the Assembly as negotiations begin.
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Scorpions in a bottle: the fight between Northern Ireland’s two main parties defines another election
Despite fresh elections tomorrow, stalemate and instability loom again with the likely result that Sinn Féin and the DUP will once more be elected the leading parties in their respective communities says Dr Peter McLoughlin.
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Advice for Colombia from countries that have sought peace – and sometimes found it
After 55 years of civil conflict that killed some 220,000 citizens, Colombia is indubitably on the path to peace. As such, the Conversation Global invited several scholars to reflect on recent peace processes from around the globe and to offer lessons that Colombia could take away from other nations’ transitions from civil war to peace.…