Although NI elected representatives can often be heard urging their political opponents to park constitutional matters and cooperate on policy development, in practice most significant policy areas in Northern Ireland are not divorced from constitutional aspirations.
Queen’s University Belfast academics consider the region’s journey of political impasse and recurrent political crisis and how it has influenced devolved government in Northern Ireland, since devolution in 1999.
IPPO is exploring the Northern Irish and Scottish experiences of economic inactivity and related policy interventions.
In this year and beyond, there are likely to be serious stresses across many parts of society – and governments - as the after-effects of the pandemic combine with high energy prices, likely recession, a cost-of-living crisis, and buckling health services.
