Caring and Inclusive Relations

HIA-IM

This project aims to strengthen intersectoral policy and practice in tackling health inequalities through the development of an enhanced health impact assessment (HIA) implementation model. Specifically, the implementation model will be developed by taking an action research methodological approach to the conduct of two HIAs in Ireland – one at a local policy level, addressing the Cork City Development Plan, and a second at a national policy level, addressing the Irish Government’s Climate Action Plan. A key component of the HIA implementation model will be a Community Engagement Toolkit to facilitate meaningful community engagement in the conduct of HIAs.

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The DICES project seeks to unlock the potential of the social economy to foster social inclusion and provide access to high quality care and care work. A key objective will be to assess and make policy recommendations to strengthen working conditions in the social economy and best practice care organisations will be identified and strategies to scale these will be developed. The project will have practical outcomes, such as the piloting of innovative care organisations and initiatives co-designed with key stakeholders. 

Funded through Horizon Europe, the DICES project will focus on optimising the potential of Europe’s social economy organisations to enhance social inclusion at both the local level, particularly in 'left behind places,' and within organisations, with a specific emphasis on care provision.

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CareVisions

CareVisions is an interdisciplinary research project reflecting on care experiences during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic in order to re-imagine future care relations, practices and policies in Ireland and internationally. Working with caregivers, care receivers, practitioners and policymakers, we aim to advance knowledge about the meaning of care in people's lives, and stimulate critical public debate about how we can envision alternative care futures.

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TOGETHER: Collaborating across prison walls and borders

The aim of this project is to develop a user-led framework for university-prison education partnerships distinct to the island of Ireland context. TOGETHER will move beyond imported UK and US models of prison-university education, contributing to improved quality of education and learning on the island of Ireland and producing an all-island toolkit for convivial learning co-produced with prison based students and university based students.

We are a team of  researchers from Queen's University Belfast and University College Cork, working with those with lived experience of the criminal justice system.

This project is funded by the HEA North-South Research Funding Programme running from  September 2022 to September 2024. 

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