social and policy research institute - University of Ulster

SOCIAL AND POLICY 

RESEARCH INSTITUTE 

ANNUAL REPORT 

1 AUGUST 2007 - 31 JULY 2008

SOCIAL AND POLICY RESEARCH 

INSTITUTE 

ANNUAL REPORT 

1 August 2007 – 31 July 2008

SOCIAL AND POLICY RESEARCH 

INSTITUTE 

Annual Report 

(1 August 2007 – 31 July 2008) 

CONTENTS 

Page No 

1. Foreword by Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation) 2 

2. Foreword from the Director of the Research Institute 4 

3. Social Work & Social Policy Group 5 

3.1 Institute Members 7 

3.2 Research Students Registering in 2007/08 8 

3.3 Research Publication 9 

3.4 Research Funding 15 

4. Politics & International Relations Group 16 


4.2 Transitional Members 17 

4.3 Research Students Registering in 2007/2008 18 

4.4 Research Publications 19 


5. Education Group 21 


5.2 Research Publications 24 


6. Seminars 28 

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1. Foreword by the Pro Vice-Chancellor 

(Research and Innovation) 

It is the responsibility of any institution which conducts 

academic research to do so in a way that makes a significant 

contribution both to the social, political and cultural fabric 

of the community which it serves in particular and to 

society and the economy in general. In reading the annual 

reports from University of Ulster Research Institutes I am 

confident that you will find the research undertaken at 

Ulster to have more than fulfilled expectations over the 

past year. 

The University’s growing reputation for high quality research has enabled us 

to continue to attract additional high-calibre research staff who have assisted 

colleagues in attracting external research and other income and in completing 

work that has led to highly prestigious papers, books and other key performance 

outputs. 

In particular, the University has had a successful year in terms of research grant 

income with £11.5M of externally funded grants. The number of major external 

awards, the value of which exceeds £200k, rose to eight with income totalling 

£3M attracted from prestigious Research Councils. 

In addition to the annual allocation of DEL postgraduate of £3.38M, this year, 

the University received just over £300k in support of 34 new DEL funded PhD 

studentships to be held in research areas that have specific relevance to the 

Northern Ireland economy; thus allowing further development of R&D talent 

essential for innovation in business and the public sector. This funding enables 

Ulster to support 244 full-time research students with a further 161 supported 

from a range of other sources of funding. 

Research staff have made a significant contribution to Northern Ireland’s largest 

every strategic review under the MATRIX programme. A number of colleagues 

contributed significantly as members on the main panel with many other colleagues 

on Horizon panels across all five sectors, ie: Advanced Engineering (Transport), 

Advanced Materials, Agrifood, ICT and Life & Health Sciences. The MATRIX 

recommendations are implemented under the leadership of DETI and Minister 

Arlene Foster and the University will play a significant role in implementing its 

recommendations and model. 

In November 2007 Ulster made its largest submission to the national Research 

Assessment Exercise (RAE2008). Almost 500 staff in 25 Units of Research 

Assessment participated in the exercise and a number of Ulster staff participated 

in RAE Sub-Panels with two members of staff being asked to act as Chair (Professor 

Hugh McKenna – Nursing and Midwifery and Professor Seamus MacMathuna – 

Celtic Studies). 

The RAE2008 outcomes will inform the future research strategy of the University 

and the University’s research strategy document (SUPPORTIVe: Strategy and 

Action Plan for Research, Research Training and Innovation 2006-2009) is to be 

revised during 2008/09. 

There continues to be a very strong flow of research findings coming out of our 

research activities this year, many as new disclosures, adding to our intellectual 

property portfolio. We continue to exploit this asset through knowledge and 

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technology transfer activities managed through our Office of Innovation. 

I trust that you will enjoy reading the Report and commend it to you as evidence 

that University of Ulster research ranks highly amongst UK institutions. 

Professor ND Black 

Pro Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) 

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2. Foreword by the Research Institute Director 

The SPRI is somewhat unusual in the university in having three distinct areas of 

research – Social Policy and Social Work, Education and Politics. Each of these 

areas was submitted to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. The Social 

Sciences at Ulster have a strong track record in both basic and, more especially, 

applied research. Many of the researchers in SPRI not only secure grants and 

awards from prestigious peer reviewed sources but also regard their activity 

in advising policy makers and practitioners as an essential part of their role. 

With devolved government in the UK and now once again in Northern Ireland, 

the potential for this applied role is even stronger than before. Not that our 

research is confined to the UK or Northern Ireland in particular. We have a new 

initiative in Canadian Studies which is bearing fruit in terms of publications and 

seminar work as well as collaboration with colleagues in Canada. We also have 

a significant research stream concerned with Development Studies. This report 

reflects the strengths that the Social Sciences represented in SPRI have in terms 

of outputs and esteem which bodes well for the future. 

Bob Osborne 

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3. Social Policy & Social Work Research 

Social Policy and Social Work 

While much attention during 2007-08 was focussed on the preparation for the 2008 RAE SPRI members in this Unit 

of Assessment continued their high level of research activities. Paul Carmichael organised the Annual Conference 

of the Public Administration Committee in September 2007 with over 100 delegates. Keynote speakers included 

Sir Hugh Orde (Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland) and Mr Edward Goldenberg (former 

advisor to the Canadian Prime Minister). Colin Knox and Paul Carmichael continued work on their ESRC funded 

study concerned with the impact of their original research project also funded by the ESRC on the Review of 

Public Administration. The full report ‘Modernising Local Government in Northern Ireland’ can be found at: 

www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk. Gordon Marnoch commenced work on his Fellowship, which is part of the ESRC’s Public 

Services Programme concerned with the use made of health-related performance indicators by parliamentarians. 

Deirdre Heenan was awarded an ESRC Placement Fellowship for the academic year 2008-09 to investigate 

access to services in rural areas especially in relation to older people. The placement Fellowship means that she 

will be working closely with researchers based in the Office of First and Deputy First Minister. Bob Osborne 

was awarded an extension to his Leverhulme Fellowship to study the implementation of employment equity 

policies in Canada, Northern Ireland and Britain and completed his study of ‘Attitudes Towards Higher Education 

funded by DEL. The report is available at: http://www.delni.gov.uk/index/publications/r-and-s-stats/research-reports-2/ 

afterschool.htm He was invited to address the Parnell Summer School on the theme of ‘Education, the Conflict 

and the Peace Process.’ Mark Bailey completed a study double or single quotes and caps for main words 

Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation, February 2008 (with M. F. Smyth). The report is available at: 

http://www.niaur.gov.uk/news/view/utility_regulator_publishes_paper_on_elasticity_of_demand_for_electricity 

Following studies about counselling people after the Omagh bomb, Michael Duffy has been invited to speak at a number 

of prestige international events (Copenhagen, Chicago) in relation to the treatment of victims of trauma and torture. 

Brian Taylor (together with co-grant holder Brendan McCormack, Professor of Nursing Research) has completed 

a project to develop, pilot and prepare for implementation a Single Assessment Tool for the health and social care 

needs of older people in Northern Ireland, funded by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety. 

John Offer was invited to join the Editorial Board of Sociology citation of jnls needs to be consistent and began work 

on the creation of a ‘Spencer Archive’. His overall work on Spencer has been supported by a further Award from the 

British Academy. Vani Borooah became an elected Fellow of the Royal Irish Academy and served on the Development 

Studies Panel of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Pat McGregor was awarded a grant ‘Predicting Short Run 

Changes in Fertility in Northern Ireland’ by the RDO in full and ESRC. Sile O’Connor continued her comparative 

analysis of convergence in socio-economic policy in the European Union and her collaborative work on convergence 

in health policy in the Balkans. She is in the second year of a three year collaboration on a project funded by the 

Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada. Siddiq Osmani gave invited lectures in Oslo and Dhaka and has 

been invited to be guest editor of the Journal of Human Development in 2009. 

A wide range of seminars was held during the academic year. The Annual Lecture was given by Professor Brian 

Nolan of UCD whose presentation was entitled ‘Poverty and Social Exclusion in the EU’. Other seminar presenters 

included Ms Anne Harrup from the Joseph Rowntree Trust, Professor Ruth Ledwich from Kent State University in 

Ohio, Professor Fred Powell from University College Cork, Alan Trench, University of Edinburgh, Professor Bob 

Deacon, Sheffield University, Dr Rogelio Alonso, University of Madrid and Professor Bill Hunter, University of Ontario 

Institute of Technology. A full day’s workshop organised by Michael Duffy was held on Cognitive Therapy during the 

year. Other seminars held under the Canadian Studies banner are recorded elsewhere in this report. 

Dr Brent Never (University of Illinois, Springfield) was a Visiting Fulbright scholar during the Autumn semester and 

he presented a seminar on his research undertaken during his time with SPRI concerning the role of voluntary 

organisations in the Holy Cross School controversy. 

Canadian Studies Research Programme 

Since its establishment in 2006 the Canadian Studies Research Programme has led the Social and Policy Research 

Institute’s international activities so encouraging excellent relations with Canadian academics and research teams. The 

institute’s work on Canada has once again been supported by the Government of Canada through its Canadian Studies 

Development Program. Further research has been funded too by the Government of Canada and the Foundation 

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for Canadian Studies in the UK through its Sustained Studies in Contemporary Canadian Issues fund. The project 

on “Theoris[ing] Multiculturalism and Social Cohesion in Canada and the UK: Lessons for Policy Implementation 

and Civic Engagement” has involved four SPRI staff (Hodgett, O’Connor, Aughey and Acheson). To this end Dr Susan 

Hodgett is working with Dr David Clark (LSE and Manchester) to develop a research methodology in the area 

of multiculturalism, immigration and human development within Canada. Within the last academic year they have 

spoken on immigrant well-being at the Universities of York, Surrey and the New School, New York City. 

Professor Sile O’Connor has contributed to this multiculturalism project through her research on Precarious 

Employment: Comparative Perspectives with Professor Leah Vosko, York University, Canada on a comparison of 

developments in eleven countries. This team of researchers’ is comparing perspectives on precarious employment 

while seeking to develop common understandings across space, scale and social location. Professor O’Connor has 

also been busy reviewing key Canadian multiculturalism policy and submissions to the Bouchard-Taylor Commission 

in Quebec as part of an analysis of the policy relevant to Ireland north and south. 

Professor Arthur Aughey has been using the project to explore UK policy on Multiculturalism and influences from 

the Canadian policy experience. His study traces the references within that debate to the Canadian experience 

on multiculturalism. At the same time Dr Nick Acheson is working on an examination of the role of the Voluntary 

Sector in Ireland and Canada with colleagues from the University of Ottawa and Carleton University. Both Acheson 

and Hodgett published with the University of Ottawa in their widely circulated public sector management journal 

Optimum Online this year. 

Other SPRI members continue to pursue their research on Canada. For example, Professor Bob Osborne (& 

Professor Carol Agocs University of Western Ontario) have papers in progress on Employment Equity and Equality 

in a comparative context in Canada and Northern Ireland. While Dr Roger Austin, in the School of Education, has 

been researching the use of ICT within Canadian education and is interested in its uses in diverse societies with 

Professor Bill Hunter, University of Ontario, Institute of Education. 

In the last academic year we have arranged several Canadian Studies events open to students, staff and the general 

public. In September 2007, the annual conference of the Public Administration Committee of the Joint University 

Council UK was hosted and organized by the SPRI in conjunction with the School of Policy Studies at University 

of Ulster. Speakers included Mr Eddie Goldenberg, former senior policy advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada. 

An influential conference was held in May 08 supported by SPRI, the Community Relations Council NI and the 

Province of Ontario on Managing Diversity and Respecting Our Differences: Contributions from Canada and Ireland. 

Speakers included Professor Will Kymlicka (Queens University Kingston), Ms Joan Andrew, Deputy Minister, Ministry 

of Citizenship and Immigration, Ontario and Robert Orr, Minister (Immigration), Canadian High Commission, London. 

Local speakers included Duncan Morrow, Chief Executive, Community Relations Council Northern Ireland and Philip 

Watt, Director of the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism, Dublin. Anna Lo, MLA and 

Patrick Yu, Executive Director, Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities also addressed this event. 

Diversity within education was the subject of Professor Bill Hunter’s seminar to the institute on education structures 

in Newfoundland. While Alan Trench, Edinburgh University, contributed to our Canadian seminars by outlining how 

federal Government actually operates in Canadian intergovernmental relations. In February, a colloquium was held 

with Queen’s University Belfast to discuss Governance, Administration and Democracy in Canada. Speakers for 

this event included Professors David Johnson and Andrew Malloy from Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia and 

Professor Ivan Townshend (University of Lethbridge). For a second year, our work with the Eccles Centre at the 

British Library has continued and its Director Professor Philip Davies contributed to our Canadian Studies Seminar 

Series last year. 

Also worthy of note in 2008, Ulster Director of Canadian Studies, Dr. Susan Hodgett, took over the role as President 

of the British Association for Canadian Studies and ex officio a seat on the Board of Directors, of the International 

Council for Canadian Studies in Ottawa. The highlight of the year however was award of an honorary degree in the 

July 2008 graduations to the High Commissioner to the UK, Mr James Wright, in recognition of his, and Canada’s, 

important contribution to the social and economic development of Northern Ireland. 

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3.1 INSTITUTE MEMBERS 

Surname Forename Title Position 

Acheson Nick Dr Lecturer in Social Policy 

Birrell Derek Professor Professor of Social Administration and Policy 

Borooah Vani Professor Professor of Applied Economics 

Carmichael Paul Professor Head of School of Policy Studies 

Duffy Michael Dr Lecturer in Social Work 

Heenan Deirdre Professor Professor of Social Policy 

Hodgett Susan Dr Lecturer in Sociology 

Knox Colin Professor Professor of Comparative Public Policy 

Lundy Patricia Dr Senior Lecturer in Sociology 

McGregor Pat Dr Senior Lecturer in Economics 

Marnoch Gordon Dr Reader in Public Policy 

Monaghan Rachel Dr Lecturer in Policy Studies 

Offer John Professor Professor of Social Theory & Policy 

Osborne Bob Professor Director - Social and Policy Research Institute 

Osmani Siddiq Professor Professor of Developmental Economics 

O’Connor Sile Professor Professor of Social Policy 

Taylor Brian Dr Senior Lecturer in Social Work 

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3.2 RESEARCH STUDENTS REGISTERING 2007/08 

Name 

Title of Project 

Grant Source 

Country of Origin 

bethany Bradley 

Representing Ethnic Minorities in the Policy Process: Examining the Consultative Role 

of the Voluntary and Community Sector in NI 

DEL 

UK 

Name 


Grant Source 


bronagh McGahan 

An Exploration of the Development of Racism Policy in NI with reference to Migrant 

Workers an Access to Health 

DEL 

UK 

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3.3 RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS 

Acheson 

JOURNAL ARTICLES 

Acheson N., C. Milofsky (2008) Peace Building and Participation in Northern 

Ireland: Local Social Movements and the Policy Process since the ‘Good Friday’ agreement, 

Ethnopolitics 7 (1) 63-80 

Acheson, N. (2008) Private Concerns and Public Action: A Conceptual Framework and an Irish Aside, Optimum online: the 

Journal of Public Sector Management, University of Ottawa 38 (2). 

Birrell 


Birrell, D (2007) ‘The Reform Agenda in the Northern Ireland Civil Service: The Influences of Parity. Integration, 

Devolution and Direct Rule,’ Public Policy and Administration, 22.3, pp 275-288 

Birrell, WD. (2007) ‘Northern Ireland Business in Parliament: the impact of the suspension of devolution in 2002,’ 

Parliamentary Affairs, 60. 2, pp 297-312. 

Birrell, D. (2007) ‘The Role of Local Government in the Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland,’ Local 

Government Studies, 33.5, pp 657 - 675 

Birrell, WD. (2007) ‘Discrete Capital Values and Local Taxation: Divergence in Policy between Great Britain and 

Northern Ireland.’ Public Money and Management, 27.5, pp 323 - 330 

Birrell, WD. (2008) ‘Devolution and Quangos in the United Kingdom: The implementation of principles and policies 

for rationalisation and democratisation,’ Policy Studies, 29.1, pp 35-49 

Borooah 

CHAPTER IN EDITED BOOKS 

“Births, Infants and Children: An Econometric Portrait of Women and Children in India”, in Abusaleh Shariff and 

Maithreyi Krishnaraj (edited), States, Markets, and Inequalities: Human Development in Rural India, Hyderabad: Orient 

Longman, 2007. 

“The Unequal Treatment of Voters Under a Single Transferable Vote: Implications for Electoral Welfare with an 

Application to the 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly Elections”, in Jose Casas Pardo and Pedro Schwartz (edited), 

Public Choice and the Challenges to Democracy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2007. 


“Living here, born there: The economic life of Australia’s immigrants”, European Journal of Political Economy 

(Special Issue on Immigration), vol. 23, pp. 486-511, 2007 (with John Mangan). 

“Why is the World Short of Democracy: A Cross-Country Analysis of Barriers to Representative Government”, 

European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 23, pp. 582-604, 2007 (with Martin Paldam). 

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“The Effectiveness of Jobs Reservation: Caste, Religion, and Economic Status in India”, Development & Change, 

vol. 38, pp. 423-455, 2007. (with Amaresh Dubey and Sriya Iyer). 

“Measuring economic inequality: deprivation, economising and possessing”, Social Policy and Society (Special 

Issue on Equality), vol. 6, pp. 99-109, 2007. 

“Health and Wealth in the North of Ireland: is there a social gradient to health outcomes?” Economic and Social 

Review, vol. 38, pp. 85-105, 2007. 

“Love Thy Neighbour: How Much Bigotry is There in the Western World”? Kyklos, vol. 60, pp. 295-317, 2007 (with 

John Mangan). 

“What Underpins Occupational Success? Race, Access, and Reward in Professional and Managerial Jobs in Australia,” 

Labour, vol. 21, pp. 837-869, 2007 (with John Mangan). 

“Measuring Regional Backwardness: Poverty, Gender, and Children in the Districts of India”, Margin – The Journal 

of Applied Economic Research, vol. 1, pp. 403-440, 2007. (with Amaresh Dubey). 

Duffy 


Duffy, M & Gillespie, K. Treating PTSD in the context of civil conflict, terrorist violence and on-going threat - Cognitive 

Therapy experiences from Northern Ireland (Eds.) Ehlers, A., Clark, D.M., Hackmann, A., McManus, F., Fennell, M. and 

Grey, N. Cognitive Therapy for PTSD: a Guide for Trauma Therapists (in press). 

TRAUMA FOCUSED COGNITIVE THERAPY IN THE CONTEXT OF ONGOING CIVIL CONFLICT AND 

TERRORIST VIOLENCE (Ed.) Grey, N. A Casebook of Cognitive Therapy for Traumatic Stress Reactions (in press). 

Hodgett 

EDITED BOOK 

Susan Hodgett, David Johnson and Stephen A. Royle (eds.) (2007) Doing Development Differently: Regional 

Development on the Atlantic Periphery, University of Cape Breton Press, Sydney, ISBN-13: 978-1-897009- 

19-2. 


Susan Hodgett, Daring to Do Development Differently (2007) in Susan Hodgett, David Johnson and Stephen A. 

Royle (eds.) Doing Development Differently: Regional Development on the Atlantic Periphery, 

University of Cape Breton Press, Sydney, pp. 9-18. 

David Johnson, Susan Hodgett and Stephen A. Royle (2007) Regional Development and the Development of Theory 

in Susan Hodgett, David Johnson and Stephen A. Royle (eds.) Doing Development Differently: Regional 

Development on the Atlantic Periphery, University of Cape Breton Press, Sydney, pp. 19-41. 

Susan Hodgett and David Johnson Troubles, Partnerships and Possibilities, in Susan Hodgett, David Johnson and 

Stephen A. Royle (eds.) (2007) Doing Development Differently: Regional Development on the 

Atlantic Periphery, University of Cape Breton Press, Sydney, pp. 112-131. 


Susan Hodgett (2008) Sen, Culture and Expanding Participatory Capabilities in Northern Ireland, Journal of Human 

Development 9(2) 165-183. 

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Susan Hodgett (2008) Unintelligent Accountability: Government, culture and the killing off of optimism? Optimum Online 

the Journal of Pubic Sector Management 38 (2) http://www.optimumonline.ca/frontpage.phtml 

Susan Hodgett and Stephen A. Royle (2007) British Journal of Canadian Studies 19 (2) Governance, Culture 

and Identity in Contemporary Canada pp.141-151. 

Knox 


Colin Knox (2007) ‘Symbolism or Substance? The Mayoralty in Northern Ireland’ in J. Garrard Heads of Local State: 

Mayors, Provosts and Burgomasters since 1800. Aldershot: Ashgate Press. pp 47-62 


Colin Knox & Zhang Qun (2007) ‘Building Public Service Oriented Government in China’, The International 

Journal of Public Sector Management Vol, 20 (5) 449- 464. 

Lundy 


Lundy, P. & McGovern, M. (2008) ‘The Role of Community in Participatory Transitional Justice’, in K. McEvoy & 

L. McGregor (eds) Transitional Justice from Below: Grassroots Activism and the Struggle for 

Change, Oxford: Hart, 99-120. 

Lundy, P. & McGovern, M. (2008) ‘Telling Stories, Facing Truths: Memory, Justice and Post-conflict Transition in Northern 

Ireland’, in Colin Coulter & Michael Murray (eds) Northern Ireland after the Troubles? A Society in 

Transition, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 29-48. 

Lundy, P. & McGovern, M. (2008) ‘Embedding Justice: Truth-telling and Transitional Justice from Below’, Liam O’Hagan, 

(ed) Stories in Conflict: Towards Understanding and Healing, Yes! Publications 


Lundy, P. & McGovern, M. (2008) ‘Whose Justice? Rethinking Transitional Justice from the Bottom-up’, Journal of 

Law and Society, 35:2, 265-292. 

Lundy, P. & McGovern, M. (2008) ‘A Trojan Horse? Unionism, Trust and Truth-telling in Northern Ireland’, International 

Journal of Transitional Justice, 2:1, 42-62. 

Lundy, P. & McGovern, M. (2008) ‘Truth, Justice and Dealing w Lundy, P. & McGovern, M. Dealing with the Legacy of the 

Past in Northern Ireland’, Ethnopolitics, 7:1, 117-133. 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS 

Lundy, P. & McGovern, M. (2008) ‘Attitudes Towards a Truth Commission for Northern Ireland’, in A Sustainable 

Peace: Research as a Contribution to Peace-Building in Northern Ireland, Belfast:CRC, 117-136. 

Lundy, P. & McGovern, M. (2008) ‘Community, Truth Recovery and Conflict Transformation from Below’, in A 

Sustainable Peace: Research as a Contribution to Peace-Building in Northern Ireland, 

Belfast:CRC, 155-172. 

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McGregor 


McGregor P and O’Neill, C. (2007). Comparing Utilization of Health Services on the Island of Ireland, in B. Nolan (ed.) 

The Provision and Use of Health Services, Health Inequalities and Social Gain, ESRI: Dublin. 


McGregor P, McKee P, O’Neill C. (2008). The role of non-need factors in individual GP utilization analysis and its 

implications for the pursuance of equity: a cross country comparison. European Journal of Health Economics, vol. 9, 

pp.147-56. 

Marnoch 


Jahrami, H., Marnoch, G., & Gray, A. (2008). Leadership competencies in the context of health services . Health 

Services Management Research , 21 2 117-130. 

Marnoch, G. (2008). A Comparison of the Annual Reports Presented by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and 

the English National Health Service. Public Performance & Management Review, 31 4 567–601. 

Monaghan 


‘Community-Based Justice in Northern Ireland and South Africa’, International Criminal Justice Review, Vol. 18(1) 

2008, pp. 83-105. 

O’Connor 


O’Connor, J.S. and Robinson, G. (2008) ‘Liberalism, Citizenship and the Welfare State’, in W. Van Oorschot, 

M. Opielka and B. Pfau-Effinger (eds) Culture and Welfare State: Values and Social Policy in Comparative Perspective, 

pp. 29-49, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 

Offer 


‘Bernard and Helen Bosanquet’, in A Dictionary of Liberal Thought, (ed) Brack, D. & Randall, E. (2007) Politico’s/ 

Methuen, London, 40-42. 

‘Auberon Herbert’ in A Dictionary of Liberal Thought, (ed) Brack, D. & Randall, E. (2007) Politico’s/Methuen, 

London, 164-166. 

‘Herbert Spencer’ in A Dictionary of Liberal Thought, (ed) Brack, D. & Randall, E. (2007) Politico’s/Methuen, 

London, 391-394. 

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“Internalist” ethics, communitarianism and T.H. Green: a reply to Dimova-Cookson’, British Journal of Politics and 

International Relations, (2007), 9 (3), 527-532 

Osborne 


Emerging Equality Policy in Britain in Comparative Context: A Missed Opportunity?, Public Money and Management, 

(2008), 28,5,305-312. 


After School: Attitudes and perceptions of Northern Ireland School Leavers towards higher and further education, 

training and employment. Report to the Department for Employment and Learning, June 2008 (with A Smith and AM 

Gallagher), http://www.delni.gov.uk/index/publications/r-and-s-stats/research-reports-2/afterschool.htm 

Osmani 


“Nepal”, (co-authored with B. B. Bajracharya), in A. Chowdhury and W. Mahmud (eds.) Handbook on the South 

Asian Economies. Edward Elgar: London, 2008. 

“Bhutan”, (co-authored with S. Tenzing and T. Wangyal), in A. Chowdhury and W. Mahmud (eds.) Handbook on the 

South Asian Economies. Edward Elgar: London, 2008. 

“Famines in India”, in K. Basu (ed.) The Oxford Companion to Economics in India. Oxford University Press: 

Delhi, 2007. 


“Employment and Human Development: Promoting the Millennium Development Goals”, Indian Journal of 

Human Development, Vol. 1, No. 2, July-December 2007, pp. 319-348. 

Taylor 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS 

Taylor B, Wylie E, Dempster M & Donnelly M (2007) ‘Systematically Retrieving Research: A Case Study Evaluating Seven 

Databases’ Research on Social Work Practice 17(6): 697-706 

Forbes DA, Forbes SC, Markle-Reid M, Morgan D, Taylor BJ & Woods J (2007) ’Physical activity programmes for older 

persons with dementia (Protocol)’ Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007 Issue 2 [Impact Factor 2007 of the 

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews – 4.65] 


Brown C & Taylor BJ (2008) Tools to Assess Parenting in the Context of Child Protection Part One: Audit of Assessment 

Tools used in the Trust and Perceptions of Staff Ballymena, Northern Ireland: Northern Health and Social Care Trust 

Brown C & Taylor BJ (2008) Tools to Assess Parenting in the Context of Child Protection Part Two: Literature Review, Analysis 

of Tools and Recommendations Ballymena, Northern Ireland: Northern Health and Social Care Trust 

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Brown C & Taylor BJ (2008) Literature Review of Evaluations of Transition Schemes for Younger People with a Physical 

Disability or Sensory Impairment Ballymena, Northern Ireland: Cedar Foundation 

McCormack B, Taylor BJ, McConville J, Slater P & Murray B (2008) The Northern Ireland Single Assessment Tool (NISAT) 

for the Health and Social Care of Older People Belfast: Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety 

McCormack B, Taylor BJ, McConville J, Slater P & Murray B (2008) Guidance Document for the Northern Ireland Single 

Assessment Tool (NISAT) for the Health and Social Care of Older People Belfast: Department of Health, Social Services 

and Public Safety [40 pages] 

McCormack BG, Taylor BJ, McConville JE, Slater PF & Murray BJ (2008) The Reliability of the Complex Component of 

the Northern Ireland Single Assessment Tool (NISAT) for the Health and Social Care of Older People Belfast: Department 

of Health, Social Services and Public Safety 

McCormack B, Taylor BJ, McConville J, Slater P & Murray B (2008) The Usability of the Northern Ireland Single 

Assessment Tool for the Health and Social Care of Older People, Belfast: Department of Health, Social Services and 

Public Safety 

McCormack BG, Taylor BJ, McConville JE, Slater PF & Murray BJ (2008) Implementation Issues for the Northern Ireland 

Single Assessment Tool (NISAT) for the Health and Social Care of Older People Belfast: Department of Health, Social 

Services and Public Safety 

McCormack B, Taylor BJ, McConville J, Slater P & Murray B (2008) Developing the Northern Ireland Single Assessment 

Tool (NISAT) for the Health and Social Care of Older People, Belfast: Department of Health, Social Services and Public 

Safety 

McCormack BG, Taylor BJ, McConville JE, Slater PF & Murray BJ (2008) Training Pack for the Northern Ireland Single 

Assessment Tool (NISAT) for the Health and Social Care of Older People Belfast: Department of Health, Social Services 

and Public Safety [six powerpoint presentations plus exercises, case studies and detailed trainer notes] 

McCormack BG, Taylor BJ, McConville JE, Slater PF & Murray BJ (2007) The Development of Assessment Tools for the 

Health and Social Care of Older People: A Literature Review Belfast: Department of Health, Social Services & Public 

Safety 

McCormack BG, Taylor BJ, McConville JE, Slater PF & Murray BJ (2007) An Evaluation of Assessment Tools Used in 

Northern Ireland for Older People with Complex Health and Social Care Needs Belfast: DHSSPS 

McCormack BG, Taylor BJ, McConville JE, Slater PF & Murray BJ (2007) The Validity of the Core Component of the 

Northern Ireland Single Assessment Tool (NISAT) for the Health and Social Care of Older People Belfast: DHSSPS 

McCormack BG, Taylor BJ, McConville JE, Slater PF & Murray BJ (2007) The Reliability of the Core Component of the 

Northern Ireland Single Assessment Tool (NISAT) for the Health and Social Care of Older People Belfast: DHSSPS 

Moriarty J, Rapaport P, Beresford P, Branfield F, Forrest V, Manthorpe J, Martineau S, Cornes M, Butt J, Iliffe S, Taylor 

B & Keady J (2007) Practice Guide 11: The Participation of Adult Service Users, Including Older People, in Developing Social 

Care London: Social Care Institute for Excellence 

Neill A & Taylor BJ (2007) Perspectives of Tenants, Scheme Managers and Professionals on Supported Housing for Older 

People in the Causeway Locality Ballymena, Northern Ireland: Northern Health and Social Care Trust 

Member of Steering Group for: Simmons L (2007) Social Care Governance: A Practice Workbook Belfast: Department 

of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (Clinical and Social Care Governance Support Team) and London: Social 

Care Institute for Excellence 

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3.4 RESEARCH FUNDING 

Staff Name(s) Title of Award Funding Body Value 

Bailey ILAT – Economics Network The Higher Education £1,553 

Award 

Academy 

Osborne Canadian Studies Development The Foundation for £3,959 

Programme 2007. Canadian Studies Canadian Studies in 

Research Programme. 

the UK 

McGregor Predicting Short Run Changes in E.S.R.C. – R.D.O. £65,125 

Fertility in Northern Ireland 

Marnoch An exploratory Study of E.S.R.C. £68,932 

Parliamentarians and their use of 

healthcare Performance Metrics. 

The Scottish Parliament Health 

and Community Care Committee 

Hodgett Managing Diversity and Respecting Community Relations £2,350 

our Differences 

Council 

Hodgett Canadian Studies Development The Foundations for £3,959 

Programme 2007. Canadian Studies Canadian Studies in 

Research Programme. 

the UK 

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4. Politics & International Relations Research 

Professor Aughey was awarded in December 2008 a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship, which funds a 

three-year sabbatical during which he will study the changing politics of Britishness. The award is recognition of 

Professor Aughey’s sequence of publications on the changing architecture of British politics. He has spoken on 

this theme at a number of international conferences this year in Canada, the United States, France, Scotland and 

England. Throughout the year, he contributed to a major research project funded by the Nuffield Foundation 

and coordinated by the Constitution Unit at University College London, which looked at possible constitutional 

changes in the United Kingdom to 2020, and the book from that project, Constitutional Futures 2, is published by 

Palgrave in November 2008. 

Dr. Gormley-Heenan continues to pursue her research interest in political leadership and the politics of 

divided societies. This has resulted in a number of publications in top-rated journals as well as invited contributions 

to the forthcoming International Encyclopedia of Peace Oxford University Press 2009 and to Developments in British 

Politics 9 Palgrave 2009. She has continued to present her work at a number of international conferences in the 

last year, including the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) annual conference, held in Pisa, Italy in 

September 2007 and the International Studies Association’s annual conference, held in San Francisco, USA in March 

2008. She was invited by United Nations Office for Project Services to brief a delegation of Iraqi parliamentarians 

on conflict resolution and peace process in Northern Ireland in March 2008 and contributed to a number of 

Northern Ireland Office hosted events for parliamentary delegations from Nicaragua and Moldova in the spring of 

2008. 

Dr. Paul Hainsworth’s book ‘The Extreme Right in Western Europe’ was published by Routledge in March 

2008 in the series ‘Making of the Contemporary World’. With Aidan McGarry and Chris Gilligan he published a 

report on ‘Elected Representatives/ Political Parties and Minority Ethnic Communities in Northern Ireland’ based 

on a grant (£71,000) awarded by the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation, administered by the Community 

Relations Council (NI). 

Dr. Ashe’s book The New Politics of Masculinity was published by Routledge in November 2008 in the series 

Innovations in Political Philosophy. In Sept 2007 she extended her analysis of gendered nationalisms in a number 

of articles both published and forthcoming. In November 2007 Dr. Ashe was an invited speaker at the Reviewing 

Gender, Security and Protection Conference at Bristol University. She was invited in March 2008 to act as guest 

editor on a special edition of Socialist History due for publication summer 2009. In April 2008 she presented the 

paper ‘Gender and Community-based Restorative Justice’ at the Mid-west Political Science Association Conference 

held in Chicago and in May 2008 was an invited speaker at the Intersections of Gender, Ethnicity and ‘Race’ in Collective 

Violence and Armed Conflict, Seminar at Warwick University. Recently, two of these papers have been accepted by 

peer-reviewed journals and will be published in 2009. 

Dr. David Roberts new book, Human Insecurity: Global Structures of Violence was published by Zed in January 

2008. He has extended his research further in contributions to three edited books which will be published in 

2008: Advanced Lessons in Statebuilding from Cambodia, David Chandler (ed), Statebuilding and Intervention, London: 

Routledge, 2008; the second is The Superficiality of Statebuilding in Cambodia: Patronage and Clientelism as Enduring 

Forms of Politics, in Roland Paris and Tim Sisk (eds.). Postwar Statebuilding. London: Routledge, 2008; and the third is 

Sex and Statebuilding: Gender and Liberal Inequality in the Peacebuilding Process, in Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, (Ed.), Liberal 

peace: Value-based External Models and Local Alternatives in Peacebuilding, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Dr. 

Roberts has also published four peer-reviewed articles. His international esteem continues to grow, and he was an 

invited paper giver at the University of Birmingham, ‘Millennium – Feminist Futures: Gender, Governance and Power: 

Interdisciplinary Debates’, 5 July 2008 and at the ‘Voices in the Human Security Debate’ conference at the Applied 

Research Centre for Human Security, Coventry University, 23-24 June 2008. 

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Ashe Fidelma Dr Lecturer in Politics 

Aughey Arthur Professor Professor in Politics & Lecturer in International 

Politics 

Gormley-Heenan Cathy Dr Lecturer in Public Policy 

4.2 TRANSITIONAL MEMBERS 


Bailey Mark Dr Lecturer in Economics 

Hainsworth Paul Dr Senior Lecturer in Politics 

Roberts David Dr Lecturer in Politics 

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4.3 RESEARCH STUDENTS REGISTERING 2007/08 

Name 


Grant Source 


Finola Ferry 

The Economic Burden of Mood and Anxiety Disorders in NI 

Staff – University of Ulster 

Northern Ireland 

Name 


Grant Source 


Daniel Kiely 

Migration and the Irish Economy 

Sponsored by Department of Economics - UCC 

Ireland 

Name 


Grant Source 


Conor McGrath 

Lobbyists as Professional Political Communications – (by published works) 

Self Funding 

UK 

Name 


Grant Source 


Peter Munce 

Ulster Unionism and Human Rights 

VCRS 

UK 

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Ashe 

CHAPTERS IN EDITED BOOKS 

F. Ashe (2008) ‘Gender and Ethno-nationalist Politics’ in C. Coulter and M. Murray (eds) Northern Ireland After the 

Troubles (Manchester: Manchester University Press) pp 156-174 

Aughey 


‘A British national culture?’ Renewal 16:2 2008 65-71. 

Gormley-Heenan 


Gormley-Heenan, C & MacGinty, R. (2008) ‘ Ethnic Outbidding and Party Modernization: Understanding the Demo- 

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Gormley- Disseminating and Evaluating The Higher Education Academy £2,000 

Heenan 

a study skills support package 

Gormley- The Representative Process: The Higher Education Academy £3,000 

Heenan 

Elections and Voting in Britain 

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5. EDUCATION RESEARCH 

The UNESCO Centre, which works within the School of Education under the directorship of Alan Smith, has 

attracted funding of £5.2 million over the five-year period from 2002 to 2007, including £1.4 million from Atlantic 

Philanthropies and a further £3.8 million from a variety of sources including the UK Economic and Social Research 

Council (ESRC), the Nuffield Foundation, NI Department of Education, the Royal Irish Academy, the UK Department 

for International Development (DfID), the European Union, UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank. To date the 

Centre has completed more than 30 research and development projects. In a local context, projects have included 

government evaluations of community relations in Northern Ireland; research into the impact of academic selection 

(with QUB) that has led to plans for the abolition of the ‘eleven-plus’; research into integrated education in NI funded 

by the Nuffield Foundation; the introduction of human rights-based citizenship education to the NI Curriculum for 

all schools from September 2008. 

The UNESCO Centre has also received funding from DfID to establish an International Development programme. 

This includes the establishment of an advisory board, an inter-disciplinary network of research staff in international 

development, networking activities (e.g. a lecture and seminar series), a university portal for international development 

and provision of an undergraduate Minor in International Development,. Highlights this year are: 

• Completion of a three-year research project on Values in Teacher Education funded by the UK ESRC 

• Completion of a four-year evaluation of the introduction of citizenship education to the NI Curriculum 

• A comparative EU research project on the role of education in dealing with the legacies of conflict involving 

children and young people in Northern Ireland and Bosnia Herzegovina 

• Establishment of an international development programme at the University of Ulster funded by DfID 

• Participation in a research capacity-building project between Irish and African universities in Malawi, Mozambique, 

Tanzania and Uganda funded by Irish Aid 

• Participation in the editorial team that led to joint the UNESCO/UNICEF publication A Human Rights Based 

Approach to Education for All 

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001548/154861E.pdf 

• Participation in the Inter Agency Network for Education and Emergencies (INEE) Working Group on Education 

and Fragile States 

• Preparation of an expert paper on Children, Education and Reconciliation as part of a series of UN papers on 

Children and Transitional Justice for the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Florence 

Other highlights of the year included the election of Rosalind Pritchard to membership of the Academy of Social 

Sciences. She joint-organised a conference for the British Association of International and Comparative Education 

(BAICE) at the University of Glasgow that was attended by people from over twenty nations. She completed her 

term of office as Chair of BAICE, and was instrumental in establishing a BAICE prize for an early career researcher. 

In another of her learned societies, the European Association for Institutional Research, she judged and presented 

a prize for the best paper delivered by a younger scholar (an Austrian as it transpired). She continued her work 

on gender in higher education for the Leverhulme Trust. Closer to home she published on the merger that led 

to the foundation of the University of Ulster, and is a contributor to a forthcoming book on the history of the 

University “The University of Ulster: Genesis and Growth”. Lesley Abbott, winner of the Brian Simon prize 

awarded by the British Educational Research Association (BERA), continued her close association with BERA, twice 

publishing in the widely circulated newsletter Research Intelligence, reviewing for BERA, and helping to judge its 

Dissertation Competition. Roger Austin undertook a lecture tour as a visiting professor in North America 

(Toronto, Newfoundland and Ontario) where he delivered keynote speeches on ICT. Funding of £150,000 for his 

Dissolving Boundaries study was provided by the Department of Education to continue the programme until at least 

31 March 2009 when the Education and Skills Authority is due to be set up. Two cross-border conferences were held 

for participants in this project. Linda Clarke, jointly with Valerie McKelvey-Martin and others, landed a substantial 

grant from the Wellcome Trust for the Forward Thinking Project which aims to encourage young people to engage 

with the wider social and ethical implications of science and technological discoveries. Alan McCully presented 

on the theme of school and community history in New York at the American Educational Research Association. This 

was the third of a series of three papers emanating from a Royal Irish Academy research grant. Una O’Connor 

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concluded her major evaluation of the introduction of Local and Global Citizenship for the Curriculum Council for 

Examinations and Assessment of Northern Ireland, and performed other evaluations for the International Fund for 

Ireland whilst continuing her publications on inclusive education. Jackie Reilly performed an evaluation on the 

Global Dimension for the Department for International Development. Gerard McAleavy completed his work 

for the Prince’s Trust on young people at risk, and won money from the Department of Education for a Three Phase 

Teacher Education Project that will align standards of teaching within the formal, training, community and voluntary 

sectors. It will set new parameters for the achievement of qualified teacher education status. 

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Abbott Lesley Dr Lecturer 

Austin Roger Dr Senior Lecturer 

Clarke Linda Dr Lecturer 

McAleavy Gerard Professor Professor of Further and Higher Education 

McCully Alan Dr Lecturer in Education (History & Citizenship) 

O’Connor Una Dr Lecturer 

Pritchard Rosalind Professor Head of School of Education and Research Coordinator 

Reilly Jackie Dr Lecturer in Education 

Smith Alan Professor UNESCO Chair 

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Abbott 

CHAPTER IN EDITED BOOK 

Moran, A., Abbott, L. & O’Connor, U. (2008) Communicating, Co-ordinating and Connecting: integrated 

service provision in Northern Ireland. In: J. Forbes and C. Watson (eds) Service Integration in Schools: 

Research and Policy Discourses, Practices and Future Prospects. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, pp. 65-76. 


Abbott, L. (2007) Northern Ireland Special Educational Needs Coordinators Creating Inclusive 

Environments: an epic struggle, European Journal of Special Needs Education, 22 (4), 391-407. 

Clarke, L. and Abbott, L. (2008) Put posters over the glass bit on the door and disappear: tutor 

perspectives on the use of VLEs to support pre-service teachers, British Journal of Educational Technology, 

13 (2): 169-181. 


Abbott, L. (2008) Brian Simon Educational Research Fellowship 2006-07, Research Intelligence, British 

Educational Research Association (BERA), Issue 102, March, 13-14. 

Abbott, L. (2008) The Journey to Integration: Northern Ireland’s Transformed Schools, Research Intelligence, 

British Educational Research Association (BERA), Issue 103, June, 24. 

Austin 

BOOK 

Austin, R. and Anderson.J, (2008) E-schooling; Global Messages from a Small Island, London: Routledge. 


Austin, R, (2007) Re-connecting Young People in Northern Ireland. In Loader, B. (ed.) Young Citizens in the Digital Age, 

London: Routledge, pp143-157 

JOURNAL ARTICLE 

Austin, R. and Anderson.J, (2008) Building Bridges Online: Issues of Pedagogy and Learning Outcomes in 

Intercultural Education through Citizenship, International Journal of Information and Communication Technology 

Education, 41 (1): 86-94. 

OTHER PUBLIC OUTPUT 

Austin R., Smyth, J., Mallon, M., Rickard, A., Quirke-Bolt, N. and Metcalfe, N. Dissolving Boundaries through 

Technology in Education: Collaborative Learning between Schools, University of Ulster, 2007. 

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Clarke 


Clarke, L. (2008) Voices from South African Education. In C. Harber and J. Serf (eds) Comparative Education 

and Quality Global Learning: engaging with controversial issues in South Africa and the UK. Birmingham: Teachers in 

Development Education (TIDE), pp.11-18. 


Clarke, L. and Abbott, L. (2008) Put posters over the glass bit on the door and disappear: tutor perspectives on 

the use of VLEs to support pre-service teachers, British Journal of Educational Technology, 13 (2): 169-181. 

Clarke, L (2008) Video Reflections in Initial Teacher Education, British Journal of Education Technology. 

http://www3.interscience.wylie.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/121429354/PDFSTART 

McAleavy 

Donegan, H.A. and McAleavy, G.J. (2007) Mathematical Composition in the School Curriculum: a case for the 

reintroduction of logarithm tables, Mathematics Today, February: 25-29. 

Donegan, K., McAleavy, G.J. and Donegan, H.A. (2008) Modelling Household Travel Behaviour to Promote 

Educational Values of Sustainability, Journal of Sustainable Development, 1 (1), 36-53. 

McAleavy, G.J., Adamson, G., Hazlett, D. and Donegan, H.A. and Livesey, G.E. (2008) Modelling the Determinants 

of Vocal Health in Teachers in Northern Ireland: implications for educational policy and practice, Public Health, 122 

(7):691-699. 

McAleavy, G.J. and McCrystal, P. (2007) School-based Health Education Provision for Young People in Northern 

Ireland, Child Care in Practice, 13 (3), 281 – 295. 


McAleavy, G.J. and O’Hagan, C. (2008) An Evaluation of the Impact of the xl Intervention in Schools in 

Northern Ireland. Report to the Prince’s Trust. 

O’Connor 


O’Connor U. (2007) Parental Views on Inclusion: The Northern Ireland Perspective. International Journal of 

Inclusive Education, 11 (5-6): 535-550. 


O’Connor, U., Beattie, K., and Niens, U. (2008) An evaluation of the introduction of Local and Global Citizenship to 

the Northern Ireland curriculum. Belfast; CCEA. 

O’Connor, U. (2007) An evaluation of the Spirit of Enniskillen Schools Together Programme. Funder: International 

Fund for Ireland. 

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Pritchard 


Pritchard, R.M.O. and Williamson, A.P. Long-Term Human Outcomes of a ‘Shotgun’ Higher Education Marriage: 

An Anatomy of a Merger Two Decades Later. Higher Education Management and Policy (OECD). 20 (1): 38-61. 

PRITCHARD, R.M.O. (2007) Gender Inequality in British and German Universities. Compare, 37 (5): 651-669. 

Reilly 


Wilson, J., O’Neill, B., Reilly, J., MacMahon, J. and Bradley, J.M. (2007). Education in Pulmonary Rehabilitation: the 

patients’ perspective. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88 (12): 1704 – 1709. 

Smith 


Smith, A. (2007) Conflict and Education for All. In Jones-Parry, R. (ed.) Commonwealth Education Partnerships 2007, 

London: Commonwealth Secretariat, Nexus Strategic Partnerships. The official publication for the 16th Conference 

of Commonwealth Education Ministers held in Cape Town. ISBN: 9780954962913, Chapter 3, pp.65-91. 

Smith, A. (2007) Education and Conflict: an Emerging Field of Study. In F. Leach and M. Dunne (eds) Education, 

Conflict and Reconciliation: International Perspectives, Oxford: Peter Lang, pp.19-32. 


Editorial Team (2007) A Human Rights-Based Approach to Education For All, UNESCO and UNICEF; Paris and 

New York, 2007 ISBN: 978-92-806-4188-2 

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O’Connor Development Strategy for the Spirit of Enniskillen £8,000 

Spirit of Enniskillen Trust Work 

in Schools 

Austin Dissolving Boundaries Programme Department of Education £150,000 

Pritchard Gender Inequality in British & The Leverhulme Trust £29,383 

German Universities 

Clarke Forward Thinking, Northern Ireland The Wellcome Trust £155,877 

Austin Dissolving Boundaries Citizenship Project Department of Education £20,000 

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6. SOCIAL & POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE SEMINAR SERIES 2007/08 

DATE TITLE SPEAKERS 

03/09/07 PAC Annual Conference 2007 

28/09/07 ‘Re-entry Trauma – Asian Students Return Home After Prof Rosalind Pritchard 

Studying in the West’ 

02/11/07 ‘The Knowledge Society’ Dr Roger Austin 

23/11/07 ‘Understanding and Influencing Global Social Policy’ Prof Bob Deacon 

28/11/07 ‘Negotiating with Terrorists: The Spanish Experience’ Dr Rogelio Alonso 

05/12/07 Ending Religion-Based Education: The recent experience Prof Bill Hunter 

in Newfoundland 

06/12/07 The Involvement of Community Organisations in bringing an Assistant Prof Brent Never 

end to the Holy Cross Dispute 

31/01/08 ‘Ottawa does make a difference: the impact of the Conservative Alan Trench 

Federal Government on Intergovernmental Relations’ 

01/02/08 ‘Joining up Government? Intergovernmental Relations and the Alan Trench 

Second Phase of Devolution’? 

15/02/08 ‘Canadian Studies, the Eccles Centre & the British Library – some Philip Davies 

of the opportunities’ 

29/02/08 ‘The Politics of Civil Society’ Prof Fred Powell 

03/03/08 ‘Poverty and Social Exclusion in the EU’ Annual Lecture Prof Brian Nolan 

10/04/08 ‘Evidence Based Policy Making Anne Harrop 

22/05/08 “Using Factorial Survey Methods in Social Sciences and Health Prof Ruth Ludwich 

to Study Decision Making” 

23/05/08 Managing Diversity and Respecting our Differences: Prof Will Kymlicka & 

Contributions from Canada 

Mr Bob Orr 

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