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SUMMARY:Northern Ireland's place in Europe post-Brexit
DESCRIPTION:At this event\, academics from across Queen’s University Belfast will share their thoughts on the ever-shifting dynamics of Brexit and its impact on key areas. \nWhether your interest is in human rights\, free movement\, the environment\, agriculture or business; this is a great opportunity to hear from and engage with senior researchers and academics from Queen’s. \nPanellists will discuss what has been called the greatest constitutional challenge the UK has faced in generations\, and explore “what next?” for Brexit.
URL:https://qpol.qub.ac.uk/event/northern-irelands-place-in-europe-post-brexit/
LOCATION:Ulster Museum: Belfast Room\, Botanic Gardens\, Belfast\, Northern Ireland\, BT9 5AB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Arts: Forms of engagement\, questions of value
DESCRIPTION:At this event\, arts and culture researchers\, policymakers and practitioners will showcase new research exploring the ways in which people engage with the arts. We’ll also explore approaches to identifying and valuing that engagement. \nThe keynote speaker will be Dr Ben Walmsley\, Associate Professor of Audience Engagement at the University of Leeds. Dr Walmsley lectures on audience engagement\, arts management\, arts marketing\, cultural policy and cultural value. Prior to his academic career\, Dr Walmsley managed a small touring theatre company before working as Producer at the National Theatre of Scotland. \nOther speakers will include Molly Goyer Gorman\, and former and current postgraduate students from Queen’s University Belfast. \nThere will also be a Q&A panel facilitated by Dan Hull\, Senior Researcher for the NI Assembly. \nThe event will be followed by a light reception allowing guests\, students\, researchers\, practitioners and policymakers to mingle with one another.
URL:https://qpol.qub.ac.uk/event/the-arts-forms-of-engagement-questions-of-value/
LOCATION:Brian Friel Theatre\, 20 University Road\, Belfast\, Antrim\, BT7 1NN\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The art of health and well-being
DESCRIPTION:Historically\, the arts have been seen as the remit of the talented few\, with most of us putting down our paintbrushes\, tidying away our dancing shoes and closing our poetry books after we have left school. \nThis event aims to challenge that notion\, showing that not only can everyone engage with the arts\, but that art and creativity can be inherently beneficial to our health and wellbeing. \nWe will showcase the artistic work of both healthcare professionals and people living with chronic illness; who will describe the benefit that the arts have had on their health and wellbeing. \nThe event will include live music performances\, photography and poetry. Additionally\, we will showcase artistic work created by patients during haemodialysis sessions\, produced as part of a research project led by Queen’s University Belfast.
URL:https://qpol.qub.ac.uk/event/the-art-of-health-and-well-being/
LOCATION:Sunflower Public House\, 65 Union Street\, Belfast\, Northern Ireland\, BT1 2JG\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191107T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191107T213000
DTSTAMP:20260430T054055
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SUMMARY:Creating our sustainable future
DESCRIPTION:Climate breakdown is one of the biggest issues facing our socio-ecological world. The complexity of the climate issues facing our planet can often leave us wondering what we can do\, and where to even begin. ‘Creating our Sustainable Future’ is an interactive workshop which offers participants the opportunity to consider these pressing socio-ecological issues in a hands-on\, stimulating environment. \nOpening with a short quiz\, participants will work together to share their knowledge of the environment and society (eco-prizes are available for winners). Through discussion\, group work\, and engaging with ‘Anna’s Journey’ (a new short play about unsustainability co-written and performed by QUB staff and students)\, participants will discuss climate breakdown and other related environmental degradation and socio-economic inequalities; examining causes\, consequences and alternatives to help us move towards a sustainable future. \nFacilitated by staff and students from across the University\, participants will work in small groups to create a piece of art (visual\, poetry\, storytelling\, etc.) to communicate their vision for a greener\, healthier and sustainable future; using the UN Sustainable Development Goals and pressing environmental and social issues as inspiration. The workshop will conclude with a discussion and refreshments.
URL:https://qpol.qub.ac.uk/event/creating-our-sustainable-future/
LOCATION:Canada Room and Council Chamber\, Queen's University Belfast\,  University Road\, Belfast\, BT7 1NN\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191108T153000
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SUMMARY:Social enterprises in Northern Ireland: Promoting business for social good
DESCRIPTION:The social enterprise sector is hugely attractive to people wanting to create innovative solutions to local and global problems. \nIn an increasingly globalised world\, there has been a shift from a pure focus on either the private\, public or non-profit sectors. Social enterprises bridge the gap between these sectors\, providing solutions that serve a social purpose\, while achieving financial sustainability. \nThis event considers why social enterprise organisations that set out to meet societal needs through positive social impact are of such high interest to students\, entrepreneurs\, academics and government policy makers. Using examples from practitioners and research studies\, we will consider what makes a sustainable social enterprise. \nThe session will be a dynamic\, informal and very practical event; designed to inspire\, inform and motivate school leavers and members of the general public wanting to understand more about the positive impact businesses can have on society.
URL:https://qpol.qub.ac.uk/event/social-enterprises-in-northern-ireland-promoting-business-for-social-good/
LOCATION:Riddel Hall\, 185 Stranmillis Road \, Belfast\, Co Antrim \, BT9 5EE\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20191109T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191109T173000
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SUMMARY:Climate Jobs and a Just Transition: Responding to our Climate Emergency
DESCRIPTION: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. \nIn 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 thereafter reduce by more than seven percent annually. If we want to meet the goal of the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that is the lower and safer 1.5 degree warming target\, we require ‘far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society’ with reductions of between 30-50 percent in global emissions by 2030 in energy\, land use\, transportation and agriculture. We desperately need leadership to meet this challenge.If we are serious about creating a green and sustainable economy\, we need to transition to a green economy though policies such as a Green New Deal and a Just Transition. The trades unions have a vital part to play in this transition and struggle for a more sustainable\, climate resilient and less unequal economy. \nSome questions this conference addresses includes: \nAt this time of growing popular and political acceptance of the scale and urgency of the climate crisis\, do we need a ‘wartime mobilisation’ ? \nAnd does this mean nationalisation of the energy system to deliver a just transition? \nHow doe we ensure that in moving from fossil fuels to renewables\, no community is left behind or that working families bear an unfair burden? \nWhat energy technologies do we need?
URL:https://qpol.qub.ac.uk/event/climate-jobs-and-a-just-transition-responding-to-our-climate-emergency/
LOCATION:Canada Room and Council Chamber\, Queen's University Belfast\,  University Road\, Belfast\, BT7 1NN\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20191109T153000
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SUMMARY:Sex work and the law: The implementation of the Nordic Model in N. Ireland
DESCRIPTION:In 2015\, Northern Ireland adopted the ‘Nordic’\, or ‘Criminalisation of the purchase of Sex’ model in regards to sex work. \nThis is a controversial approach to controlling sex work; and is the subject of some debate. Four years after its implementation\, the Department of Justice funded a review of the law. \nAt this event\, the researchers who conducted the review will disseminate their findings. Their presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.
URL:https://qpol.qub.ac.uk/event/sex-work-and-the-law-the-implementation-of-the-nordic-model-in-n-ireland/
LOCATION:Old Staff Common Room\, Queen's University Belfast\, University Road\, Belfast\, BT7 1NN\, United Kingdom
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