The latest KESS Seminar takes place on 24 February 2016 at 1.30pm in the Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings. The seminar will look at how to improve Northern Ireland's competitiveness and speakers include Prof Rob Gilles from the Queen's School of Management.
An Information Evening on the MSc in Public Policy at Queen's University will take place on Thursday 25 February 2016 from 18:30 to 20:00.
Organised by the Northern Ireland Ethics Forum and QPol, as part of the Imagine! Festival of Ideas and Politics 2016. Join Professor Jo Wolff as he looks at the relationship between the right to health and the right to health-care.
A political system in which ordinary (randomly selected) citizens make crucial political decisions using their imagination.
Join historian, author and playwright, Philip Orr as he talks about the fascinating life and work of Francis Hutcheson, suggesting ways in which his distinctive philosophy has relevance today as we seek to form ‘a politics of kindness.’
Come along and join in this interactive seminar, led by Professor John Barry from Queen’s University Belfast, who will seek to lift the veil behind our understanding of the word "economics" and uncover the hidden truths behind our taken for granted views of economics.
Join in the debate and listen to the panel of speakers as they discuss the Opt-out approach to organ donation that has recently been taken up in Wales and give your views as to whether Northern Ireland should adopt the same approach.
Join Geoff Mulgan, CEO of NESTA, as he shares some ideas he has gathered from his travels around the world on how politics can be organised differently in in the future.
The 2016 Annual Gibson Lecture at the Gibson Institute, Queen’s University, will be delivered by the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Phil Hogan.
On Friday 13th May, as part of the biennial Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) Postgraduate Conference, a plenary event will take place in conjunction with QPol, Queen's University's public policy engagement initiative.
