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October 2019
When aid is not enough: integrating conflict prevention in humanitarian resilience programmes
Join us for the Belfast launch of the Christian Aid/Mitchell Institute report, “Integrating Conflict Prevention in Humanitarian Resilience Programmes,” based on preliminary fieldwork conducted in Burundi, DRC, South Sudan, and Myanmar. This research was designed to assess the integration of conflict sensitivity and prevention in humanitarian resilience programmes with the aim of building resilience in conflict settings. Findings indicate that conflict analysis can help to enhance the conflict sensitivity of resilience programmes by contributing to understanding of how the conflict…
Find out more »‘Have you got what it takes to start a revolution or are you a sheep!!’ QUB Sustainability Lecture with Sir Tim Smit
Tim Smit is Executive Vice-Chair and Co-founder of the multi award-winning Eden Project in Cornwall.
Find out more »November 2019
Northern Ireland’s place in Europe post-Brexit
Queen’s University Belfast academics from a range of disciplines explore what Brexit will mean for Northern Ireland and its place in Europe.
Find out more »The Arts: Forms of engagement, questions of value
Researchers, policymakers and practitioners explore the ways in which people engage with the arts, and how we can value that engagement.
Find out more »The art of health and well-being
How can the arts improve health, wellbeing and community? Researchers, health professionals and people living with illness share thoughts
Find out more »Creating our sustainable future
An interactive workshop that will allow participants to engage creatively with climate action and ideas for a greener, sustainable future
Find out more »Social enterprises in Northern Ireland: Promoting business for social good
How can businesses help society? We explore Northern Ireland's growing social enterprise sector.
Find out more »Climate Jobs and a Just Transition: Responding to our Climate Emergency
As a society we have passed a ‘tipping point’ on addressing the climate and ecological crisis; politicians and decision-makers globally are ‘playing catch up’ with recent mobilisations demanding greater and faster action on our climate crisis. The most recent climate science stresses the scale and urgency of reducing greenhouse emissions. In order to meet the goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement to stay below two degrees warming, global emissions will have to peak less than a year from now and…
Find out more »Sex work and the law: The implementation of the Nordic Model in N. Ireland
Everything you wanted to know about sex work, but were afraid to ask!
Find out more »December 2019
GE2019: Post-election Analysis and Brexit Clinic
Why not come along for some post-election dissection with a side of Brexit analysis thrown in.
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