The 2021 Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) survey recorded the attitudes of 1,397 people living across Northern Ireland to key social issues, including mental health, COVID, criminal justice system, and good relations.

Results from all questions, as well as the questionnaire, dataset, technical report and publications are now available on the NILT website.

Three Research Updates were published to accompany events to mark the launch of findings from the 2021 Northern Ireland Life and Times survey. Videos from these events are available on our website.

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CAIN is a comprehensive collection of information and source material on 'the Troubles' and politics in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the present.

The question of whether or not to hold a referendum on the constitutional position of Northern Ireland, intensified following the result of the Brexit referendum in the UK in 2016. Demographic changes in Northern Ireland and social reforms across Ireland have also had an impact on the debate.

The CAIN section on unification provides background information on this issue, along with links to polls, reports, studies, political initiatives and other source material.

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The Northern Ireland Elections site provides detailed information on candidates and results of the full range of elections since 1885. These include elections to local councils, the Northern Ireland Assembly, Westminster and the European Parliament.

The 2022 election to Northern Ireland's Assembly was held on 5 May 2022. It was the seventh election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998. 90 MLAs were elected across the 18 constituencies. Full results are now available on Northern Ireland Elections.

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Three new Research Updates explore data from the 2021 Northern Ireland Life and Times survey:

• Attitudes to mental health and suicide in Northern Ireland (Research Update 145), by Siobhan O'Neill, Margaret McLafferty and Paula Devine
• The Other Division in Northern Ireland: public attitudes to poverty, economic hardship and social security (Research Update 146), by Sabrina Bunyan, Mark Simpson, Goretti Horgan and Ann Marie Gray
• Political Attitudes in Northern Ireland after Brexit and under the Protocol (Research Update 147), by Katy Hayward, Milena Komarova and Ben Rosher

ARK produces a range of publications, including Research Updates and Policy Briefs. Most of these are available online. For a full list of publications, as well as links, visit our Publications page.

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ARK is Northern Ireland's social policy hub. Established in 2000 by researchers at Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University, its primary goal is to increase the accessibility and use of academic data and research. Most of our dissemination is via our website at www.ark.ac.uk, which is divided into five main areas:

• Surveys
• Projects
• Resources
• Publications
• Events