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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All work that refers to an ARK Research Update should acknowledge it using the appropriate bibliographic citation. For example:

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 - 161

 

25th Mar 2021
Good relations: an urban issue?
Paula Devine and Martina McKnight
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25th Mar 2021
Location matters? Young people and good relations
Martina McKnight and Paula Devine
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update140.pdf217.95 KB
16th Mar 2021
Changing identities in Northern Ireland
Paula Devine
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update138_0.pdf197.92 KB
27th Jan 2021
Black Lives Matter? Attitudes to minorities and migrants in Northern Ireland
Lucy Michael and Raquel McKee

This event on 17 January 2021 explored public attitudes to minorities and migrants in Northern Ireland, using data from the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey and Young Life and Times survey.  The presenter was Lucy Michael, followed by a response by Raquel McKee (African and Caribbean Support Organisation Northern Ireland).

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Slides
Lucy Michael, Powerpoint slides 27 January 2021850.88 KB
Raquel McKee, Powerpoint slides 27 January 202182.47 KB
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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Slides
Powerpoint slides, 9 December 2020 seminar866.72 KB
10th Nov 2020
Examining the 3 P’s: Personal Safety, Paramilitaries and Policing
Colm Walsh
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update135.pdf472.9 KB
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