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Research Matters

Governance Blog Archive

Here you will find an archive of Governance Blog articles published before 1 May 2022, divided into their relevant categories.

Brexit

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Brexit and Northern Ireland: Reading List #27

  Please note: This version of the Brexit and Northern Ireland reading list has now been superseded. For the very latest version, please see here. The Assembly’s Research and…
A photograph over Cuilcagh in County Fermanagh: a protected site that spans the border

What next for the environment, Brexit and cross-border co-operation?

Environmental regulation currently experienced by Northern Ireland (NI) and the Republic of Ireland (RoI) is greatly influenced by European Union (EU) policy frameworks. While some frameworks, such as the…
An image of the Peace Bridge in Derry/Londonderry

A comparison of the planning systems in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland

This blog article examines the similarities and differences between the planning systems north and south of the border on the island of Ireland. It is based on a more…

Democracy and Government

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The courts and the EU Referendum: a week of action

The past seven days have seen significant developments in relation to EU referendum related action in the courts at both local and UK level. This article provides an update…
Image of a blackboard, with the words 'Is prevention better than cure?'

What are the key obstacles to introducing a preventative approach in Northern Ireland?

In recent years ‘Preventative Expenditure‘ (PE) has gained a high level of political consensus. There are many definitions, and this imprecision has resulted in departments sometimes claiming that all…
A map showing the constituencies of Northern Ireland.

Should the Assembly break the constituency link with Westminster?

The May 2016 election was the last at which 108 Members would be returned to the Assembly. At the next Assembly election there will be a reduction in the…

Justice

Planning

Statistics and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Multiple Deprivation Measure 2017 at SOA level and Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries

Multiple Deprivation in Northern Ireland: Latest results

Measures which show the spatial distribution of deprivation have been used in Northern Ireland since the 1990s, and play a prominent role in terms of informing the targeting of…
A photograph showing a selection of titles from the 100 classification in the Assembly Library; in the Dewey Decimal system, 100 is used to classify philosophy and psychology

Research Matters at 100

Our blog has just published its 100th article. The Assembly Research and Information Service launched Research Matters in May 2016 in order to provide short, topical articles on recent…
Map2. The service areas of the cancer centre in Northern Ireland, prior to the opening of the North West Cancer Centre.

The Geographic Information Service at the Northern Ireland Assembly

To mark World GIS day, this article will look at how the Northern Ireland Assembly uses GIS to communicate data in effective and engaging ways. What is Geographic Information…

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