What have we been up to?

  • Image shows a library with a wall of book shelves on the right, with tall windows above it. To the left, there are tables with lamps and three chandeliers.

    Research

    A small sample of previous commissioned research projects:

    • If Everybody Helps: an Evaluation of Domestic Violence Support Workers (Women’s Aid)

    • Cost-Benefit Analysis of Primary Healthcare Provision to Individuals with no Recourse to Public Funds (NI Strategic Migration Partnership)

    • Systematic Literature Searching in Social Work: A Practical Guide with Database Appraisal (Published in the Journal of Social Work)

    • A Systematic Methodology for Mapping Available Services to Hidden or Hard to Reach Populations (Published in the Voluntary Sector Review)

    • The relationship between political integration and voter engagement amongst BME groups in the UK (NI Strategic Migration Partnership)

    • Adolescent anxiety related to help-seeking for emotional and mental health problems (in Sociology of Health and Illness)

    • The Northern Ireland Veterans’ Health and Wellbeing Study (Forces in Mind Trust)

  • image shows a light bulb laying on its side against a dark background. Reflections of light are visible in the bulb.

    Strategy

    Some examples of the strategic work our team has led:

    • Building BME and Migrant Confidence in the Criminal Justice Sector (NI Strategic Migration Partnership)

    • A Case for a Regional Immigration Strategy for Northern Ireland (The Executive Office)

    • Co-Designing a Manifesto for Ethical Technology Design (University of Waterloo)

    • Ethical use of Automation in Recruitment - a roadmap (European Network Against Racism)

    • Oral and written evidence to the Defence Committee, Westminster (invited) on Mental Health Service for Veterans

    • Oral evidence to the Executive Office (invited) on the Racial Equality Strategy

    • Oral evidence to the Orieachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Integration, Disability and Youth (invited) on Human Rights and AI

  • Training and Facilitation

    Inequalities and AI in the Public Sector: an online, international workshop featuring Genius Award winner, Safyia Noble and Professor Virgina Eubanks, Author of Automating Inequalities

    A series of separate but related workshops on technology and social sciences for Ulster University and the Imagine Festival

    Creating Policy Impact without (too much) compromise, for the British Psychological Society

    Fair and Ethical Technology in Public Health: a panel for the NI Public Health Research Network

  • Image shows a drop of water falling into a larger pool of water creating several rings rippling out from the impact

    Impact and Evaluation

    • Acceptability of use of a patient-held communication tool for people living with dementia (Royal College of GPs and Western Health and Social Care Trust)

    • Evaluation of the Veteran’s Gateway online Self-Help Portal (Veteran’s Gateway Consortium, including the Department of Defence and the Royal British Legion)

    • Evaluation of Domestic Violence Support Workers in Northern Ireland (Women’s Aid and PSNI)