As part of its policy on disseminating information from research as widely as possible, the CCRU sponsors research seminars in addition to conferences. The following page provides details of the seminars conducted between 1994 and 1998 and also provides links to further information on the research reports that were discussed. Many of the seminars were conducted as lunch-time seminars in association with the Linen Hall Library.
Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconcilliation:
Monitoring and Evaluation
Special Seminar, 17 February 1998, Bankmore House
Research in a Divided Society
Special One-Day Seminar, 22 October 1997, Malone House, Belfast
[Papers available at INCORE's Internet Site {external link}]
Service Delivery in a Divided Society
Special Seminar, 22 May 1997, Templeton Hotel, Templepatrick
Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey (NISAS) Data
Dr Lizanne Dowds, Centre for Social Research, The Queen's University of Belfast
Lunch-time Seminar Series, 11 December 1996, Linen Hall Library
Them and Us:
The View for the Pew
Prof. Fred Boal, The Queen's University of Belfast
Dr Margaret Kean, St Mary's College, Belfast
Prof. David Liningstone, The Queen's University of Belfast
Lunch-time Seminar Series, 27 November 1996, Linen Hall Library
Researching Policy Implications in a Mixed Area:
Education and Community Relations
Barbara McCabe, Centre for the Study of Conflict, University of Ulster
Lunch-time Seminar Series, 13 November 1996, Linen Hall Library
The Development of the Race Relations Issue in Northern Ireland
Gregory Irwin, Centre for the Study of Conflict, University of Ulster
Lunch-time Seminar Series, 30 October 1996, Linen Hall Library
Ethnic Minorities Study
Prof. Seamus Dunn, Centre for the Study of Conflict, University of Ulster
Lunch-time Seminar Series, 15 May 1996, Linen Hall Library
Changing Attitudes through Inter-Group Contact
Prof. Ed Cairns, School of Behavioural and Communications Sciences, University of Ulster
Lunch-time Seminar Series, 1 May 1996, Linen Hall Library
Inter-Community Attitudes in a Rural Interface
Dr. Brendan Murtagh, Housing Research Center, University of Ulster
Lunch-time Seminar Series, 16 April 1996, Linen Hall Library
Dimensions of Social Identity:
National, Political and Religious Identies in Northern Ireland
by Karen Trew, School of Psychology, The Queen's University of Belfast
Lunch-time Seminar Series, 27 March 1996, Linen Hall Library
Attitudes to Higher Education in Northern Ireland
Prof. RD Osborne, Prof. RJ Cormack, and Dr AM Gallagher
Centre for Research on Higher Education, The Queen's University of Belfast and the University of Ulster
Lunch-time Seminar Series, 13 March 1996, Linen Hall Library
Researching Sectarian Segregation:
Preliminary Findings in Derry/Londonderry
Marie Smyth, Templegrove Action Research Ltd.
Lunch-time Seminar Series, 22 November 1995, Linen Hall Library
Peacemaker or Protagonist?
The Role fo the Church During a Period of Rapid Change
Liz Fawcett, Centre for Social Research, University of Ulster
Lunch-time Seminar Series, 8 November 1995, Linen Hall Library
Constitutional Preferences, Socio-Economic Status and Preceptions of Disadvantage
Among Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland
Prof. Richard Breen, Centre for Social Research, The Queen's University of Belfast
Lunch-time Seminar Series, 25 October 1995, Linen Hall Library
Social and Economic Influences on Voting in Northern Ireland
Prof. Colin Knox, School of Public Policy, Economics and Law, University of Ulster
Lunch-time Seminar Series, 11 October 1995, Linen Hall Library
"Responsibility Sharing" in Northern Ireland Local Government
Dr Colin Knox, School of Public Policy, Economics and Law, University of Ulster
Seminar, 10 October 1994, Maynard Sinclair Pavilion, Stormont