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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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.
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Is anywhere safe? Security challenges after the terrorist attacks in Tunisia
Following the terror attacks in Tunisia, Dr. Debbie Lisle asks why terrorists target Western tourists abroad and whether there is anything global security efforts can do to prevent further attacks.
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Lines of attack for the wicked problem of Human Trafficking
Dr Mariana Bogdanova argues that, in the fight to prevent human trafficking, it is vital that institutional actors in government and the voluntary sector are better organised than the criminals they are up against.
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Expanding Heathrow: Bad for competition and bad for passengers
As the Airports Commission reports today on where to locate London’s new runway, Edward Mills and Dr Chris Colvin explain why expanding Heathrow could be bad for its competitors, and bad for London’s air passengers.
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Academia: A dream profession?
According to surveys, plenty of people would like to be an academic. Dr Kate Kenny and Dr Sarah Gilmore ask whether these people understand the reality of academic life in 2015?
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How might TTIP affect the UK?
Amidst divisive debate over the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), Dr Sergey V. Popov examines what this could mean for the UK in the context of a previous free trade agreement.
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FIFA: What can the investigations really achieve?
Professor Jack Anderson looks at the roots of the recent FIFA corruption allegations and considers the prospects of the US and Swiss investigations.
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The Unionist Pact: Did it work?
Now that the dust has settled following #GE2015, Dr Christopher Raymond examines the ‘Unionist Pact’ in Northern Ireland and asks whether it was successful.
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Brexit: Free Movement of Persons and Equal Treatment
As part of an ongoing series looking at the possible implications of a ‘Brexit’, Professor Dagmar Schiek asks how important the equal treatment of migrants in the host state is for the principle of free movement in the EU. What would be the implications of a ‘minor’ UK exception?