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.
However, if you require hard copy versions of these documents, please contact us by phone (+44 (0) 2871 675441) or send email us.
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 - 169
14th Jun 2019
The Missing T: Baselining Attitudes Towards Transgender People in Northern Ireland
Dr Gail Neill, Ulster University and Dr Siobhán McAlister, Queen’s University Belfast.
The Missing T: Baselining Attitudes Towards Transgender People in Northern Ireland
The seminar on 14 June 2019 marked the release of the 2018 Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) Survey. Dr Gail Neill (Ulster University) and Dr Siobhán McAlister (Queen’s University Belfast) explored public attitudes to transgender people.
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13th Mar 2019
A sense of belonging
Paula Devine and Dirk Schubotz
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08th Mar 2019
The Genie is out of the Bottle: Self-managed abortions in Northern Ireland using pills
Goretti Horgan
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04th Dec 2018
Volunteering Matters: Young People’s Perspectives
Martina McKnight and Dirk Schubotz
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22nd Nov 2018
A welcoming Northern Ireland? Understanding sentiment towards asylum seekers and refugees
Lucy Michael and Paula Devine
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22nd Nov 2018
A welcoming Northern Ireland? Understanding sentiment towards asylum seekers and refugees
Dr Lucy Michael (Ulster University)
ARK - Seminar Series 2017 - 2018
A welcoming Northern Ireland? Understanding sentiment towards asylum seekers and refugees
In this seminar on 22 November 2018, Lucy Michael (Ulster University) reviewed data from the 2017 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey and Young Life and Times Survey on attitudes to refugees, asylum seekers and ethnic minorities. In addition, considered the extent to which refugees both represent a unique focus for attention within the immigrant population and also offer a proxy for other kinds of views on immigration.
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15th Nov 2018
Attitudes to minority ethnic groups in Northern Ireland, 2005-2016
Paula Devine
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15th Nov 2018
20 years of good relations policy and attitudes
Paula Devine and Gillian Robinson
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13th Jun 2018
Public Attitudes to UK Armed Forces
Professor Chérie Armour and Dr Bethany Waterhouse-Bradley (Ulster University)
ARK - Seminar Series 2017 - 2018
Launch of the 2017 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey
This events marks the launch of the findings of the 2017 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey. This seminar, by Professor Chérie Armour and Dr Bethany Waterhouse-Bradley (Ulster University), reports on the first ever survey of public attitudes to Armed Forces veterans conducted in Northern Ireland.
This seminar took place in the Skainos Centre, Newtownards Road, Belfast on the 13 June 2018.
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23rd May 2018
Young Peoples Experiences of "Stop and Search" Powers in Northern Ireland
by Dr John Topping (Lecturer of Criminology, QUB)
ARK - Seminar Series 2017 - 2018
Launch of the 2017 Young Life and Times Survey
Dr John Topping from Queens University delivers a presentation based on the results of the 2017 Young Life and Times (YLT) Survey focusing on Young Peoples Experiences of "Stop and Search" Powers in Northern Ireland.
The venue for this event was: Room OG/007 Queen’s University 69/71 University Street Belfast BT7 1HL
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