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.
Latest news and views…
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Is Northern Ireland ageing well?
In this article, Paula Devine and Gemma M. Carney explore what the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey tells us about public attitudes towards Northern Ireland’s ageing population.
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Meeting housing need in Northern Ireland
Dr Jenny Muir explores how housing need is being addressed at a time of increasing austerity and asks whether more could be done.
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Improving human rights accountability in natural and human-made disasters
Dr Dug Cubie examines some of the legal challenges that arise in relation to international humanitarian crises and disasters.
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Presumed consent in organ donation
Nathan Emmerich asks whether we should we presume consent to post-mortem organ donation in Northern Ireland and the UK as a whole?
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TTIP: Investor-state dispute settlement
Dr Sergey V. Popov examines the proposed investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provision of TTIP and asks whether we can balance the interests of governments and private companies.
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What can be done about rising inequality?
Dr Eoin Flaherty examines the issue of rising economic inequality and addresses a few policy options, arising from current international research, that could counteract it.
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Primarily Dysfunctional: The 2016 US Presidential primaries are firmly underway
With just under 500 days to go, the US Presidential campaign is firmly underway. The campaign rhetoric is already heated, and with the long campaign to come, and the large field of candidates, things are only going to get hotter.
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Emotions and EU Referendums: From Grexit to Brexit
Dr John Garry examines the role that emotions play in referenda, and what this might mean for the competing campaigns in the upcoming UK referendum on EU membership.
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Out on its own: what next for marriage equality in Northern Ireland?
Following a resounding public vote in the Republic of Ireland and the Supreme Court ruling in favour of equal marriage in the USA, Dr Nicola Carr asks whether the same could now happen in Northern Ireland.