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February 2016
Northern Ireland’s Fuel and Energy Insecurity: The Bio-Energy Contribution
Join us for this exciting event that brings together major stakeholders in the bio-energy sector in Northern Ireland, with particular attention on the use of natural gas and renewable natural gas as a fuel for transport and energy.
Find out more »KESS Seminar: Improving Northern Ireland’s Competitiveness: Innovation, Skills and Marketing
The latest KESS Seminar takes place on 24 February 2016 at 1.30pm in the Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings. The seminar will look at how to improve Northern Ireland's competitiveness and speakers include Prof Rob Gilles from the Queen's School of Management.
Find out more »MSc Public Policy at Queen’s – Information Evening
An Information Evening on the MSc in Public Policy at Queen's University will take place on Thursday 25 February 2016 from 18:30 to 20:00.
Find out more »March 2016
Controversies about the Human Right to Health
Organised by the Northern Ireland Ethics Forum and QPol, as part of the Imagine! Festival of Ideas and Politics 2016. Join Professor Jo Wolff as he looks at the relationship between the right to health and the right to health-care.
Find out more »Imaginative Randomocracy
A political system in which ordinary (randomly selected) citizens make crucial political decisions using their imagination.
Find out more »What about a Politics of Kindness?
Join historian, author and playwright, Philip Orr as he talks about the fascinating life and work of Francis Hutcheson, suggesting ways in which his distinctive philosophy has relevance today as we seek to form ‘a politics of kindness.’
Find out more »Everything you Wanted to Know about Economics but were Afraid to Ask…
Come along and join in this interactive seminar, led by Professor John Barry from Queen’s University Belfast, who will seek to lift the veil behind our understanding of the word "economics" and uncover the hidden truths behind our taken for granted views of economics.
Find out more »An Opt-Out Organ Donor Register – What is it and should Northern Ireland have one?
Join in the debate and listen to the panel of speakers as they discuss the Opt-out approach to organ donation that has recently been taken up in Wales and give your views as to whether Northern Ireland should adopt the same approach.
Find out more »Towards a People Powered Politics
Join Geoff Mulgan, CEO of NESTA, as he shares some ideas he has gathered from his travels around the world on how politics can be organised differently in in the future.
Find out more »May 2016
2016 Annual Gibson Lecture at the Gibson Institute
The 2016 Annual Gibson Lecture at the Gibson Institute, Queen’s University, will be delivered by the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Phil Hogan.
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