ARK Research Updates

Below is a listing of all the ARK Research Updates, many of which accompany seminars. Where possible, these events have been videoed, and can be viewed 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:

Hayward, Katy and Hanson, Jonny, 2025, Attitudes to climate change in Northern Ireland, ARK Research Update 161, Belfast: ARK < http://www.ark.ac.uk/publications/updates/update161.pdf >

There are over 160 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 - 173

 

04th Jun 2026
Words Matter. Public attitudes to languages in Northern Ireland
Aisling O'Boyle, Lorna Carson and Paula Devine

At a seminar 4 June 2026 at Queen's University Belfast, Dr Aisling O’Boyle (Queen’s University Belfast) and Prof Lorna Carson (Trinity College Dublin) highlighted findings from the 2025 Northern Ireland Life and Times survey. They explored public attitudes to languages in Northern Ireland, as well as the complicated relationship between languages, cultures, and identities. In particular, they highlighted attitudes to, and knowledge of, Irish and Ulster-Scots.

After their presentation, Pól Deeds (Irish Language Commissioner) gave his response, followed by Dr Katy Radford (Director, Office of Identity and Cultural Expression).

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24th Feb 2026
Attitudes on Immigration and Cultural Diversity in Northern Ireland
Philip McDermott
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22nd Jan 2026
Children’s and young people’s understandings and experiences of respect and disrespect
Rosie Adams, Grace Allison, Cara Kerlin, Demilade Olu-Sholanke and the RADICAL team
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19th Jan 2026
Gender-based violence: Safe or unsafe in everyday spaces
Paula Devine and Martina McKnight
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RU169.pdf360.13 KB
03rd Dec 2025
Young people’s attitudes to lynx and wolf reintroductions
Jonny Hanson
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RU168.pdf366.92 KB
10th Oct 2025
Economic Activity, Skills Development and Lifelong Learning in Northern Ireland
Amy Heaps, Marian McLaughlin, Susann Power and Kristel Miller
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17th Sep 2025
Faith in a time of climate chaos: Religion and attitudes to climate change
Jonny Hanson, Gladys Ganiel and Emma Soye
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16th Sep 2025
Bordering on a Poll? Attitudes in Northern Ireland on the Constitutional Question
Katy Hayward and Ben Rosher
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04th Sep 2025
Clean and green: Young people’s attitudes to environmental goals
Jonny Hanson
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RU164.pdf440.87 KB
30th Jun 2025
Everybody’s business? Adult safeguarding in Northern Ireland
Lorna Montgomery and Paula Devine
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