Gillian Robinson is Emeritus Professor of Social Research and ARK Associate at Ulster University. Based in the School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Gillian worked with colleagues to establish ARK as a cross-university resource (with Queen’s University Belfast) providing access to social and political information on Northern Ireland in 2000.  She has been involved in the monitoring of social attitudes in Northern Ireland since 1989 and was co-director of the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey series. She led the ARK Ageing Programme at Ulster University.

Gillian co-ordinated the Accounts of the Conflict project www.ulster.ac.uk/accounts, a digital archive of personal accounts of the conflict in and about Northern Ireland. This archive is a valuable new addition to the CAIN (Conflict Archive on the Internet www.cain.ulster.ac.uk) web resource. Gillian worked closely with INCORE (International Conflict Research Institute www.ulster.ac.uk/incore) where she was Director 2003-2008.

Her research interests include peace monitoring, social attitudes, gender roles, policy development in transition and research methodology including issues around researching violent societies and comparative methods.  She has published extensively on these issues and has led teams that have developed over 40 online publicly accessible databases. She is the 2003 Eisenhower Fellow from Northern Ireland.

Mike began his career at Ulster University in 1990 as a Research Assistant on the Ulysses Project at Magee, a role he held until 1993 following the completion of his first degree at the age of 31.

He later joined the Faculty of Engineering as a Computer Officer and was subsequently seconded to the Interactive Systems Centre (ISC) from 1993 to 1997. During this time, he served as a Research Officer and ICT Manager on the TALENT Project, also based at Magee.

In 1997, Mike was seconded to INCORE/ARK, where he worked until 2007. At that point, he transitioned into a permanent role as ICT Manager.

Over the years, he has contributed to several publications and undertaken a wide range of responsibilities, including system administration (Unix), database administration, website design and development, graphic and multimedia design, audio/visual production, systems programming, and providing technical support to colleagues.

Currently, Mike is actively involved in several projects for ACCOUNTS of the CONFLICT,  INCORE, ARK, and CAIN, bringing his expertise to a variety of initiatives.