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ARK is a joint initiative based in Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University. We are based in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen’s University, and in the School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences at Ulster University.

The Co-directors of ARK are Ann Marie Gray (Ulster) and Paula Devine (Queen’s).

 

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