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Title: Annual Report 2005-06.pdf Published: July 2006 Author: Institute of Conflict Research View Publication (PDF)

Title: Changing Patterns and Future Planning: Migration and Northern Ireland Published: June 2006 Author: Neil Jarman Details: In June 2004 ICR published a report entitled Migrant Workers in Northern Ireland, the result of a research study commissioned for the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister. Since that time there has been greater awareness about the growing numbers of migrant workers coming to Northern Ireland, of the changing dynamics of patterns of migration, of the local demand that is attracting migrants and of the need to improve information, advice, support and services for people moving to Northern Ireland to take up employment. Migration patterns to Northern Ireland have changed considerably over recent years and this is leading to significant changes both to the size and the ethnic/national background of the overall minority population. The currently available evidence suggests that the patterns of migration are distinctive in relation to the UK as a whole, with larger numbers of Eastern European migrants moving to Northern Ireland and larger than expected numbers of migrants in the manufacturing, food processing and construction sectors. The current focus of attention has been on issues of discrimination, service provision, information and advice for migrants. There has been little overall policy development to address the prominence of migration as a factor in the current and future economic development of Northern Ireland, while most current responses and initiatives appear to be being developed in isolation and with no sense of a coherent or joined-up approach. This is an issue that will need to be addressed if migration is to continue to be an opportunity for Northern Ireland rather than a problem. View Publication (PDF)

Title: Punishing Disorder: Sentencing of Public Order Offences in Northern Ireland Published: June 2006 Author: Neil Jarman View Publication (PDF)

Title: Working at the Interface: Good practice in reducing tension and violence. Published: May 2006 Author: Neil Jarman Details: Violence and disorder have been recurrent problems in many interface areas of Belfast for many years, but these problems have also led to the development of a range of responses by people living and working near interfaces. This brief document highlights some of the current best practice and key learnings of interface workers about how they can respond to violence and reduce further disorder. The report provides a brief overview of the scale and variety of activities developed in response to interface violence in recent years, confirming the value and importance of such work in reducing tensions, preventing conflict and improving inter-communal relations. View Publication (PDF) http://www.belfastinterfaceproject.org/	alt=" image" />

Title: How Public Authorities Provide Services to Minority Ethnic Groups Published: March 2006 Author: Editors: Philip Watt and Fiona McGaughey Details: How public authorities provide services to minority ethnic groups - emerging findings discussion paper. This publication outlines emerging findings from research commissioned by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) in Northern Ireland. The research focuses on public authorities' service provision to minority ethnic (including migrant) groups in three jurisdictions: Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland. The primary focus of the research is to identify how public authorities in the three jurisdictions can learn from the experiences of their nearest neighbours. This includes a brief three-way comparaive analysis, highlighting interesting initiatives and key challenges from each of the jurisdictions. This report outlines emerging findings to date, a more substantial and conclusive final report will be published in August/September 2006. http://www.nccri.ie/

Title: Policing, Accountability and the Black and Minority Ethnic Communities in Northern Ireland Published: February 2006 Author: Katy Radford, Jennifer Betts and Malcolm Ostermeyer Details: The report explores the attitudes of the black and minority ethnic population toward policing structures in Northern Ireland and their awareness of the roles of the Northern Ireland Policing Board and the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, who commissioned the research. View Publication (PDF)	alt=" image" />

Title: Policing, Accountability and the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Community in Northern Ireland Published: February 2006 Author: Katy Radford, Jennifer Betts and Malcolm Ostermeyer Details: The report explores the attitudes of the lesbian, gay and bisexual population to policing structures in Northern Ireland and their awareness of the roles of the Northern Ireland Policing Board and the Office of the Police Ombudsman, who commissioned the research. View Publication (PDF)	alt=" image" />

Title: Anti-social Behaviour & Crime Published: February 2006 Author: Off the Streets Community Youth Initiative Details: Opinions of young people in the Greater Shantallow Area http://www.offthestreets.org/docs/antisocialreport.pdf

Title: Youth participation in the democratic process Published: January 2006 Author: Electoral Commission Details: New youth research published by the Electoral Commission looking at young people's attitudes towards the democratic process in Northern Ireland has revealed that 41% of 16-24 year olds feel that politicians do not listen to their views. However, 67% said they would vote for a politician who listened and responded to their concerns. Drawing on research by the Institute for Conflict Research (ICR) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the report found that half of 16-24 year olds expressed an interest in politics but many are disengaged from mainstream politics. View Publication (PDF) http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/templates/search/document.cfm/14304

Title: Troubled Youth? Published: November 2005 Author: Ulf Hansson Details: This report focuses on young people's experiences of various forms of violence and anti-social behaviour. Based on fieldwork in a number of communities in Belfast and Derry Londonderry, the report looks at the relationships between communities on either side of the sectarian divide and the role of young people in defining these as antagonistic, hostile and suspicious. The report also considers forms of intra-communal violence, the different experiences of young men and young women and the relationship of young people to the diverse structures of social authority such as the police, paramilitaries and community workers. The role of young people in street violence, rioting and anti-social behaviour is more easily observed than understood or analysed. This study aims to increase the understanding of the behaviour of young people and their attitudes to the use of violence within their daily lives. This research was funded by the Community Relations Council through the European Special Support Programme for Peace and Reconciliation. View Publication (PDF)	alt=" image" />

Title: Interface Violence in East Belfast during 2002 Published: October 2005 Author: Jonny Byrne Details: Throughout 2002 there was persistent and recurrent violence in the interface areas of East Belfast around the Short Strand. This report draws upon a number of interviews with residents, community workers, elected representatives and statutory and voluntary organisations who provide their experiences and perspectives of the violence and disorder that affected both communities. View Publication (PDF)	alt=" image" />

Title: Interface Issues - An Annotated Bibliography Published: August 2005 Author: Mary Conway and Jonny Byrne Details: Much has been written about interface areas and issues by researchers, academics, community and statutory agencies and others. This body of work represents a considerable store of knowledge and experience, insight, theory and opinion in this area gathered over many years. View Publication (PDF)	alt=" image" />

Title: Young People's experience of Policing, Violence and Community Safety in North Belfast Published: June 2005 Author: Jonny Byrne, Mary Conway and Malcolm Ostermeyer View Publication (PDF)	alt=" image" />

Title: New Migrant Communities in East Tyrone Published: June 2005 Author: Jennifer Betts and Jennifer Hamilton Details: The towns of Dungannon and Cookstown and the surrounding areas including Coalisland have seen an influx of migrant workers in the last five years. Initially the workers were from Portugal or were Portuguese speakers, but now include migrant workers from Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, the Ukraine, Romania and East Timor. In light of these changing demographics East Tyrone College commissioned ICR to conduct research to assess the impact on the College of the growing ethnic minority population in the area. Report available on College website http://www.etcfhe.ac.uk/Publications

Title: No Longer a Problem: Sectarian Violence in Northern Ireland. Published: March 2005 Author: Neil Jarman View Publication (PDF)

Title: Sectarianism in Armagh City and District Council Area Published: January 2005 Author: Jennifer Hamilton Details: The Community Relations Council commissioned the Institute for Conflict Research (ICR) to conduct a short research project within the Armagh City and District Council area. This research report is not intended to be comprehensive in nature, but instead provides a general overview of past and current levels of sectarianism within the Council area. The research aimed to: - Document current and past levels of sectarianism: - Examine how Armagh Council along with public/community organisations have responded to the issue of sectarianism: - Indicate what further support may be required.

Title: Young People in Community Conflict Published: January 2005 Author: Jonny Byrne, Jennifer Hamilton and Ulf Hansson Details: The project aimed to research the role of young people (12-17 years old) in local communities in the Northern Health and Social Services Board (NHSSB) area experiencing conflict and disorder, and how these actions affect the health and social wellbeing of the people living within these areas. The research was funded by the NHSSB Investing for Health. The project aims were to: 1 Investigate the role played by young people in inter and intra community disorder and violence; 2 Explore the factors facilitating their participation in disorder and violence; 3 Determine the nature of their attitudes towards their own and neighbouring communities. The research approach was collaborative involving meetings and verbal reports with a representative from Investing for Health Team. The methods adopted were both quantitative and qualitative. It was agreed that there would be two stages to the research project. Stage one would examine six areas within the NHSSB to provide an overall impression of the community life of young people. The six areas selected included Antrim, Ballymena, Carrickfergus, Coleraine, Larne and Newtownabbey. At the conclusion of this stage, three areas were selected by the Investing for Health Team based on the findings presented and a more detailed research analysis was conducted, these included Larne, Antrim and Coleraine. In addition a self-completion questionnaire was designed in conjunction with the Investing for Health Team for administration within the NHSSB area.

Title: Sectarian and Racist Chill Factors in Armagh College Published: January 2005 Author: Jennifer Hamilton Details: Armagh College commissioned the Institute for Conflict Research (ICR) in partnership with Trademark to investigate the perception of sectarian and racist chill factors among the staff and employees within the college. The fieldwork for the study was carried out among staff between October and December 2005. The college is located in Armagh City an area which although experiencing an increasing amount of mixed residential areas in the east still remains predominantly segregated. This segregated housing has according to the local population provided a comfort zone for people to live in an area with the same values (Shared Future Consultation, 2003). Research in Armagh has highlighted sectarian attitudes within the area especially in rural districts where there is a strong tradition that land should not be sold to 'the other side'; (Morrow, 1996). This research ascertained if these attitudes in the wider community have impacted upon the college.

Title: Young People and Armed Violence in Northern Ireland Published: January 2005 Author: Marie Smyth and Patricia Campbell Details: The study presents contextual comparisons of organised armed groups, and the involvement of children and youth within them, in ten countries across four continents. The history, structure and functioning of the groups themselves are discussed, as are the motivations, desires and day-to-day realities of their child and youth members, as well as the common threads in public policy used to deal with the problem. In so doing, the study is a starting point for the much needed discussion of a situation that is too often addressed by state force and repression. View Publication (PDF)

Title: Community Cohesion: Applying Learning from Groundwork in Northern Ireland Published: January 2005 Author: Neil Jarman, Libby Keyes, Jenny Pearce and Derick Wilson View Publication (PDF)

Title: Ballysillan Residentsâ€™ Attitudes towards Church Participation, Community Involvement... Published: January 2005 Author: Mary Conway Details: This paper documents a project undertaken by the Ballysillan Bridgebuilding Forum in collaboration with researchers from the Institute for Conflict Research (ICR) examine community attitudes towards local churches and participation in both secular and non-secular Church functions. The report provides a description of the research procedures and contains a summary of the main findings from the survey.

Title: Migrant Workers in Northern Ireland. In Labour Market Bulletin No. 18 Published: November 2004 Author: Dept of Employment and Learning View Publication (PDF)

Title: Report on the Consultation about proposals for a Chinese Community Centre on Donegall Pass, Belfast Published: October 2004 Author: Neil Jarman View Publication (PDF)

Title: Migrant Workers in Northern Ireland. Published: September 2004 Author: Kathryn Bell, Neil Jarman and Thomas Lefebvre View Publication (PDF)	alt=" image" />

Title: Racist Harassment in Northern Ireland Published: September 2004 Author: Neil Jarman and Rachel Monaghan Details: Commissioned by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister. View Publication (PDF)

Title: Sectarianism in the Larne District Council Area Published: August 2004 Author: Jonny Byrne Details: The Community Relations Council commissioned the Institute for Conflict Research (ICR) to conduct a short research project within the Larne District Council area. This research report is not intended to be comprehensive in nature, but instead provides a general overview of past and current levels of sectarianism within the Council area. The research aimed to: · Document current and past levels of sectarianism; · Examine how Larne Council along with public/community organisations have responded to the issue of sectarianism; · Indicate what further support may be required.

Title: Community Relations, Community Cohesion and Regeneration Published: July 2004 Author: Neil Jarman and Paul Hutchinson Details: Commissioned by Groundwork NI.

Title: Demography, Development and Disorder: Changing Patterns of Interface Areas Published: July 2004 Author: Neil Jarman Details: Commissioned by Community Relations Council. View Publication (PDF)	alt=" image" />

Title: Legislative Provisions for Hate Crime across EU Member States Published: July 2004 Author: Rebecca Thomas Details: Across the EU, States have far more measures to confront discrimination than hate crimes. Although measures are increasingly being introduced, in the main the legislation focuses on racial hatred at the expense of other forms of hatred such as religion and sexual orientation. Few countries provide for hatred against homosexuals as a group. Certain States perhaps understandably focus their hate laws in the context of right-wing extremism and National Socialism. There is a widespread problem of the reporting and recording of hatred incidents, in particular those of an anti-Semitic nature. View Publication (PDF)

Title: Out of Sight: Young People and Paramilitary Exiling in Northern Ireland Published: June 2004 Author: Jonny Byrne Details: This report focused on the needs and rights of young people who have been directly or indirectly affected by paramilitary exiling within Northern Ireland. The research aimed to identify current service provision for exiles, and to consider when developing future policies, services and community action plans, that the needs of siblings and children are incorporated into any response. Commissioned by Save the Children and NIACRO. Not available to the public at present.

Title: Young People in the Greater Shantallow Area Published: June 2004 Author: Ulf Hansson View Publication (PDF)	alt=" image" />

Title: Crime – A Waste of Time. Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour in Sunningdale Published: June 2004 Author: Fabrice Mourlon and Ulf Hansson Details: This paper documents a project undertaken by a group of young people in Sunningdale in collaboration with North Belfast Alternatives (NBA), Local Initiatives for Needy Communities (LINC) and researchers from the Institute for Conflict Research (ICR). The paper provides a description of the research programme and provides a summary of the main findings from the survey, the interviews and the focus groups carried out by the young people. View Publication (PDF)	alt=" image" />

Title: Young Peopleâ€™s Attitudes and Experiences of Sectarianism and Community Conflict in Larne Published: June 2004 Author: Jonny Byrne Details: This short research paper documents the research training conducted by young people from Larne YMCA and researchers from the ICR. The paper discusses the background to the project, outlines the training programme which the young people from Larne YMCA undertook, and provides a summary of the main findings from the research.

Title: Evaluation Report of Diversity Challenges Published: April 2004 Author: Ruth Moore, Brandon Hamber and Neil Jarman Details: Commissioned by Diversity Challenges.

Title: The Impact of Political Conflict on Children in Northern Ireland. Published: March 2004 Author: Marie Smyth with MarieTherese Fay, Emily Brough and Jennifer Hamilton View Publication (PDF)	alt=" image" />

Title: Sectarianism in the Limavady Borough Council Area Published: March 2004 Author: Jonny Byrne Details: The Community Relations Council commissioned the Institute for Conflict Research (ICR) to conduct a short research project within the Limavady Borough Council area. This research report is not intended to be comprehensive in nature, but instead provides a general overview of past and current levels of sectarianism within the Council area. The research aimed to: · Document current and past levels of sectarianism; · Examine how Limavady Council along with public/community organisations have responded to the issue of sectarianism; · Indicate what further support may be required.

Title: Mediation Northern Ireland Policing Project: Interim Evaluation Published: February 2004 Author: Neil Jarman Details: Commissioned by Mediation Northern Ireland. Not available to the public at present.

Title: Sectarianism in the Antrim Borough Council Area Published: February 2004 Author: Jonny Byrne Details: The Community Relations Council commissioned the Institute for Conflict Research (ICR) to conduct a short research project within the Antrim Borough Council area. This research report is not intended to be comprehensive in nature, but instead provides a general overview of past and current levels of sectarianism within the Council area. The research aimed to: · Document current and past levels of sectarianism; · Examine how Antrim Council along with public/community organisations have responded to the issue of sectarianism; · Indicate what further support may be required.

Title: Analysis of Incidents of Racial Harassment Recorded by the Police in Northern Ireland. Published: September 2003 Author: Neil Jarman and Rachel Monaghan Details: This report reviews the scale and nature of racial harassment and violence in Northern Ireland as evidenced by a review and analysis of all the racist incidents recorded by the police between 1996 and 2001. The framework for the research was on one hand the Stephen Lawrence Report published in 1999 and which made a series of recommendations in relation to reporting, recording and responding to racist violence. And on the other hand it was a response to the growing recognition of scale of the problem of racial harassment in Northern Ireland at a time when minority ethnic communities and organisations were growing in size and visibility. View Publication (PDF)

Title: Human Rights and Community Relations: Competing or Complimentary Approaches in Response to Conflict? Published: August 2003 Author: Neil Jarman

Title: An Acceptable Prejudice? Homophobic Violence and Harrassment in Northern Ireland Published: July 2003 Author: Neil Jarman and Alex Tennant Details: The issue of homophobic harassment and violence has come to the fore over the past year with the police seeking assistance from within the gay community in relation to at least two murders in Belfast. But this issue is a much more widespread and varied subject than extreme violent assault. View Publication (PDF)	alt=" image" />

Title: Young People and Politics Published: June 2003 Author: North Belfast Community Research Group Details: This short paper describes the initial work of the North Belfast Community Research Project, a partnership between LINC Resource Centre, the Institute of Conflict Research and individuals from the Protestant, Unionist and Loyalist communities of North Belfast. The aim of this partnership is to train community activists in research methods and to initiate a community based research programme in North Belfast. The paper discusses the background to the project, outlines the training programme and provides a review of the initial research project on the voting habits of young people. View Publication (PDF)

Title: A Review of the Health and Social Care Needs of Victims/Survivors of the Northern Ireland Conflict Published: June 2003 Author: Jennifer Hamilton, Jonny Byrne and Neil Jarman Details: The research focused on the needs of victims and survivors of the Troubles in the EHSSB area. The research aimed to identify perceptions of need and services available to equip the EHSSB and the Trauma Advisory Panel to plan for service development and lobby for funding to develop services. The methods adopted were mainly qualitative, involving focus groups and individual interviews although quantitative statistics were collected from various agencies and relevant data identified and extrapolated. The statistics revealed that on average between 1995 and 2002 the EHSSB area experienced 42% of all deaths, 59% of all shootings, 44% of all bombings, 62% of all Loyalist punishment shootings, 80% of all Republican punishment shootings, 55% of all Loyalist punishment assaults, 57% of all Republican punishment assaults, and 58% of all injuries.

Title: Policing, Accountability and Young People Published: April 2003 Author: Jennifer Hamilton, Katy Radford and Neil Jarman Details: This report draws on the findings of a survey of 1163 young people and discussions within 31 focus groups to explore their attitudes to and experiences of the various structures of policing in Northern Ireland: the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Police Ombudsman and the Policing Board. This is the most extensive survey of its kind and the first to explore the attitudes of young people towards the reformed policing structures. View Publication (PDF)	alt=" image" />

Title: Creggan Community Restorative Justice: An Evaluation and Suggested Way Forward Published: January 2003 Author: Marie Smyth, Jennifer Hamilton and Kirsten Thomson Details: This evaluation of the CRJ Creggan Project commenced in Feb 2001 and was initiated by St. Columb's Park House (SCPH). A number of young males took part in a focus group discussion. CRJ volunteers also agreed to participate in a discussion but requested that the discussion not be taped. Individual interviews were conducted with other local community based leaders including a school headmaster, a priest and various politicians. SCPH also assisted by conducting individual interviews with victims who had sought CRJ's help. View Publication (PDF)	alt=" image" />

Title: Human Rights and Conflict Management Project Published: November 2002 Author: Various Details: The HRCM project was launched with an international conference in Belfast in November 2002 (link to report Human Rights and Community Relations Aug 2003). Since that time the project has involved a range of activities including conferences, papers, training and networking. The aims of the project are three fold: * To encourage dialogue, discussion and increased understanding between people working within the broad Community Relations and Human Rights sectors within Northern Ireland. * To develop training activities that will help CR workers to integrate human rights principals and practices into their work and vice versa. * To place the inter-relationships between CR and HR in Northern Ireland within a wider international context. The project activities have been developed on a series of small budgets and on a ‘one step at a time’ basis: we have initiated and completed one piece of work, and then assessed what should be involved in the next stage. The activities that have been undertaken as part of the project to date include the following. View Publication (PDF)

Title: The Human Impact of the Troubles on Housing Provision and Policy Published: October 2002 Author: Jennifer Hamilton, Rachel Monaghan and Marie Smyth Details: This study was commissioned by the NIHE to assess their provision and practice in relation to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The following objectives for the study were established: 1. Define the organisational remit of the Executive in relation to victims; 2. Explore and document staff experience of working through the Troubles, including any issues that remain to be addressed within the organisation; 3. Determine current issues in the delivery of services by NIHE to those affected by the Troubles, including the perspective of NIHE staff, other agency staff and service users; 4. Make recommendations about future policy and practice in service provision; 5. Suggest various options for future provision by NIHE for the needs of those affected by the Troubles and for whom NIHE have responsibility; 6. Produce an initial list of service providers in this field.

Title: Caring Through the Troubles Published: August 2002 Author: Marie Smyth, Mike Morrissey and Jennifer Hamilton Details: This study investigated the impact of the Troubles and the potential ‘additionalâ€™ costs associated with the delivery of health and social care in North and West Belfast. A variety of research methods were implemented. Initially, two sets of data collected by the Cost of the Troubles Study (1999) were re-analysed. The first was a data set of deaths related to the Troubles and the second was data generated by a survey, which aimed to ascertain the overall impact of political violence on the Northern Ireland population. Existing data was also collected from the Eastern Health and Social Services Board, North and West Trust and South and East Trust. Data was also obtained from the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. Focus group discussions and in-depth individual interviews were conducted with North and West Trust workers.

Title: Reviewing REAL Provision: Published: November 2001 Author: Jennifer Hamilton, Kirsten Thomson and Marie Smyth Details: The aim of this research was to internally review and evaluate current and past policy, practice and issues in the victimsâ€™ field, in order to assist with mapping the way forward. Individual interviews were conducted with Chief Executives (CEOs) and focus group discussions were carried out with field-workers to obtain information, views and opinions on a range of issues. The findings from this research focus upon the various issues that impact or influence the work within the victimsâ€™ field.