ARK Research Updates

Below is a listing of all the ARK Research Updates dating from 1999, all of which are available in PDF format. Many of the Research Updates have been presented as seminars and where possible these seminars have been recorded onto video and can be viewed within your web browser here.image of Research Updates

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Robinson, Gillian and Devine, Paula, 2017, Bonfires, flags, identity and cultural traditions, ARK Research Update 119, Belfast: ARK <http://www.ark.ac.uk/publications/updates/update119.pdf >

There are over 100 ARK Research Updates available in PDF form for download. You can the search facility below with keywords, a year or month or a name to help find the ARK Research Updates you are interested in.

Total number of items - 157

 

09th Dec 2020
Public attitudes to breastfeeding in Northern Ireland
Marlene Sinclair, Julie McCullough, Rachel Black and Paul Slater

Northern Ireland has the lowest rate of breastfeeding in the United Kingdom.  In this seminar on 9 December 2020, findings from the 2019 Northern Ireland Life and Times survey and the 2019 Young Life and Times survey gave an insight into public attitudes to breastfeeding. The speakers were Marlene Sinclair, Julie McCullough, Rachel Black and Paul Slater.

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10th Nov 2020
Examining the 3 P’s: Personal Safety, Paramilitaries and Policing
Colm Walsh
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24th Sep 2020
Caged and Forgotten - older people's letters to the editor about COVID-19
Gemma M Carney, Stephanie Maguire, Bronagh Byrne and Ann Marie Gray
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update134.pdf363.94 KB
17th Jun 2020
Political attitudes at a time of flux
Katy Hayward and Ben Rosher
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update133.pdf192.89 KB
29th May 2020
Changes in national and religious identity of 16 year olds over time
Charlotte Bradley
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update132.pdf463.55 KB
03rd Apr 2020
Attitudes to migrant workers in Northern Ireland: an improving landscape?
Lucy Michael
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update131.pdf124.73 KB
25th Sep 2019
Our future - no vote: Attitudes to Brexit among children and young people.
Dirk Schubotz, Katrina Lloyd, Martina McKnight and Paula Devine
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04th Sep 2019
Citizenship practices and political literacy in young people
Alan Smith, Una O'Connor, Jessica Bates and Matt Milliken
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14th Jun 2019
The Missing T: Baselining Attitudes Towards Transgender People in Northern Ireland
Dr Gail Neill, Ulster University and Dr Siobhán McAlister, Queen’s University Belfast.

The Missing T: Baselining Attitudes Towards Transgender People in Northern Ireland

The seminar on 14 June 2019 marked the release of the 2018 Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) Survey.  Dr Gail Neill (Ulster University) and Dr Siobhán McAlister (Queen’s University Belfast) explored public attitudes to transgender people.

 

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13th Mar 2019
A sense of belonging
Paula Devine and Dirk Schubotz
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