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Minority Ethnic People
Questions
on minority ethnic people were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) survey in 2005,
2006, 2007,
2008, 2009,
2010, 2012,
2013, 2014,
2015, 2016,
2017, 2018,
2019, 2020,
2021, 2022,
2023 and 2024.
Questions on race and immigration were asked
in 2002 within the Community/Good
Relations questions.
Other relevant questions were also asked within the Community
Relations, Cross
Community Contact and Attitudes
to Minority Ethnic Groups questions of the Young Life and Times (YLT)
survey of 16-year-olds.
ARK
Resources
- Ethnic diversity and environmental leadership in Northern Ireland (Policy Brief 36) by Jonny Hanson, Ann Marie Gray, Lori Gatsi-Barnett and Takura Makoni is based on a policy roundtable held with ACSONI at ArtsEkta in March 2025.
- Race and Ethnicity Research in Northern Ireland: challenges and opportunities (Feature 20) by Paula Devine, Dina Belluigi, Yvonne Moynihan, Amit Anand and Dirk Schubotz was based on a symposium held at QUB in 2024.
- Attitudes to immigration in Northern Ireland (Research Update 160) by Katy Hayward and Paula Devine uses data from the 2023 Northern Ireland Life & Times survey.
- Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring Report - A team led by ARK produced the Fifth and Sixth Peace Monitoring Reports which chart peace, political and social policy in Northern Ireland.
- Young People's Attitudes to Minority Ethnic Groups and Asylum Seeking, by Md Salah Uddin and Dirk Schubotz (Research Update 148), explores data from the Young Life and Times survey.
- To mark Refugee Week and World Refugee Day in June 2021, ARK collaborated on a short video with Conflict Textiles. The film presents public attitudes data to refugees and asylum seekers in Northern Ireland from the 2020 Northern Ireland Life and Times survey and illustrates this through a selection of textiles relating to refugee issues.
- Black Lives Matters? Attitudes to minorities and migrants in Northern Ireland, by Lucy Michael (Research Update 136), is based on data from the 2019 Life and Times and Young Life and Times surveys.
- A video of the Black Lives Matters? Attitudes to minorities and migrants in Northern Ireland webinar held on 27 January 2021 is available. The speaker was Lucy Michael, and Raquel McKee (African and Caribbean Support Organisation for Northern Ireland) gave a response.
- Attitudes to migrant workers in Northern Ireland: an improving landscape? (Research Update 131) and video by Lucy Michael
- A welcoming Northern Ireland? Understanding sentiment towards asylum seekers and refugees by Lucy Michael and Paula Devine (Research Update 124) is based on data from the 2017 Life and Times and Young Life and Times surveys.
- Attitudes to minority ethnic groups in Northern Ireland, 2005-2016 by Paula Devine (Research Update 122) focuses on Life and Times data from 2005 to 2016.
- Racism and intolerance towards minority ethnic groups in Northern Ireland by Lucy Michael (Research Update 112) is based on data from the 2015 Life and Times Survey.
- Attitudes towards minority ethnic people and migrant workers in 2014, by Philip McDerrmot (Research Update 103) is based on data from
the 2014 Life and Times Survey.
- A
'Shared Society'? Attitudes on immigration and diversity,
by Philip McDerrmot (Research Update 86) is based on data from
the 2012 Life and Times Survey.
- Prejudice
and Tolerance in Northern Ireland, by Neil Jarman (Research
Update 63) is based on data from the 2005-2008 Life and Times
Surveys.
- Migration
and Migrant Workers in Northern Ireland,
by Chris Gilligan (Research Update 53) uses data from the 2006
Life and Times Survey. As part of
the ESRC
Festival of Social Science in 2008, this Update was translated
into the following languages: Polish and Lithuanian.
- Racial
Prejudice in Northern Ireland, by Chris Gilligan and Katrina
Lloyd (Research Update 44) uses data from the 2005 Life and
Times Survey.
- Surveys
Online includes tables of results for questions
on race from the 1994 Northern Ireland Attitudes Survey.
- Surveys
Online also includes tables of results for questions
on immigration asked in the 2002 European Social Survey.
Links
- The mission
of the Equality
Commission for Northern Ireland is to combat discrimination
and promote equality of opportunity through advice, promotion
and enforcement. Their remit includes race, and their website
has a section on publications
related to this topic.
- Racial equality falls into the remit of The Executive Office in Northern Ireland. Racial
Equality Strategy 2015-2025 establishes a framework for government departments (and others) to tackle racial inequalities, to eradicate racism and hate crime and to promote good race relations and social cohesion.
Maintained
by Paula
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