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Joanne Hughes is Director of the Centre for Shared Education at Queen’s. She is also Director of Research in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work. Her main research interests are in the role of education in divided societies, and inequalities in education. She has led more than 20 research projects on these themes and has been awarded research grants from the EU, ESRC, British Council, British Academy, Nuffield, UNICEF, Atlantic Philanthropies, and a range of other sources. Current research projects explore longitudinally the effect of inter-group contact between Protestant and Catholic pupils in Northern Ireland, and the development and effectiveness of shared education interventions locally and in international settings, including Israel and the Balkans. In 2016 she was appointed to a prestigious UNESCO Chair on Globalising a Shared Education Model for Improving Intergroup Relations in Divided Societies. In 2019, her work was recognised in a Queen’s Anniversary Prize, awarded to Queen’s University for Shared Education. She has advised Government Officials and Ministers nationally and internationally on the development of policies and interventions to promote good relations in schools. Her research in NI informed the Shared Education Act (2016) and an associated policy framework, and in North Macedonia, the establishment of a state-wide Interethnic Integration in Education Programme, and the development of resources that have been made available to every primary school in the region. In Israel, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo she is working with local NGOs and officials to develop shared education interventions. Relating to research impact, her work is one of 19 Signature Projects supported in Queen’s Social Charter (2017). Recent (2016-present) expert advisor roles include, British Academy, ‘Education in Conflict and Protracted Crises’; Academy of Social Sciences, ‘Making the Case for Education in the UK’- subsequently launched in the House of Lords (2017); Salzburg Global Session 605, ‘Climate Change, Conflict, Health and Education’; Research Review of mid-Sweden University - Chair of the Education Panel. From 2010-2014 she was editor of the prestigious British Educational Research Journal. She served on the Executive Council of the British Educational Research Association from 2012-2017. In 2019 she was appointed to the international Learner Research Network Advisory Board.
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Projects
R1080SES: Network for Education in Divided Societies: Development Award AH/T005491/1
Gallagher, T., Duffy, G., Hughes, J., Purdue, O. & Turner, R.
03/07/2019 → …
Project: Research
R1975SES: Developing and researching shared education in Kosovo
Hughes, J., Blaylock, D. & Turner, R.
29/10/2018 → …
Project: Research
R2182EDU: Shared Education - Institute for Children and Young People
Hughes, J., Connolly, P. & Donnelly, C.
16/12/2014 → …
Project: Research
R1904EDU: Parental Participation in peace education: a comparative study
01/08/2007 → …
Project: Research
Research Output
Collaboration in Sharing Education: Year 1 Qualitative Report
Loader, R., Hughes, J., Blaylock, D. & Turner, R., 2020, 19 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Teaching about the Past in Northern Ireland: Avoidance, Neutrality, and Criticality
Donnelly, C., McAuley, C., Blaylock, D. & Hughes, J., 30 Jun 2020, (Accepted) In : Irish Educational Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
‘By law, custom or local atmosphere’: Exploring institutional support in school-based contact programmes
Loader, R., Hughes, J. & Furey, A., 12 Mar 2020, In : British Educational Research Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Education in conflict-affected areas: Final report
Gallagher, A., Robinson, G., Hughes, J. & Connolly, D., 10 Apr 2019, London: British Council. 31 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open Access
Mainstreaming Shared Education: Practitioners' Perspectives: Report for the Shared Education Learning Forum
Loader, R., Hughes, J. & Turner, R., 2019, (Unpublished) 71 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Prizes
Making the Case for Education: Academy of Social Sciences Advisory Group on 'Making the Case for Education in the UK'
Hughes, Joanne (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Appointment
Queen's Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education
Gallagher, Tony (Recipient), Hughes, Joanne (Recipient), Duffy, Gavin (Recipient), Robinson, Gareth (Recipient) & Loader, Rebecca (Recipient), 20 Feb 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Radcliffe-Brown Award for PhD Research
Hughes, Joanne (Recipient), 1992
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Shortlisted for Vice Chancellor's Impact Award, Queen's University
Hughes, Joanne (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
The Queen's Anniversary Prize for Shared Education
Hughes, Joanne (Recipient), 21 Nov 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
Newton Prize Reviewer: Nominated to the role by UNESCO UK
Joanne Hughes (Advisor)
Mar 2020
Activity: Consultancy types › Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
The Role of Education in Divided Societies: Invited talk to a delegation from Hemetna (Tunisa) and Forward Thinking.
Joanne Hughes (Advisor)
12 Feb 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
QUB Social Charter podcasts: Shared Education
Tony Gallagher (Recipient), , Joanne Hughes (Recipient), & Gavin Duffy (Recipient)
02 Apr 2020
Activity: Other activity types › Other
Consultant to the British Council on: Britain and Ireland: Lives Entwined Shifting Borders, Shifting Identity
Joanne Hughes (Advisor)
24 Feb 2020
Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
Workshop for teachers in collaborating Arab and Jewish schools, Ramle, Israel: Invited speaker
Joanne Hughes (Participant)
18 Dec 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Press / Media
Mapping Northern Ireland's Post-BREXIT Future
28/01/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Sharing works: Reflections on shared education in Northern Ireland
28/10/2018 → 01/01/2020
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Other
Impact
Shared Education: Building Positive Intergroup Relations in Divided Societies
Tony Gallagher (Participant), Joanne Hughes (Participant), Karen Carlisle (Participant) & Caitlin Donnelly (Participant)
Impact: Public Policy Impact, Societial Impact
Thesis
Applying Theory-Based Interventions to Encourage Successful Intergroup Contact Through Shared Education Programme in Northern Ireland
Author: Kinghan, D., 2019Supervisor: Turner, R. (Supervisor), Hughes, J. (Supervisor) & McKeown, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Citizenship education in Northern Ireland and Israel within an educational rights framework
Author: Hanna, H., Jul 2014Supervisor: Hughes, J. (Supervisor) & Langlaude, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Essentially Christian in character? Ethos in integrated schools
Author: Wardlow, M., Jul 2013Supervisor: Hughes, J. (Supervisor) & Donnelly, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Navigating Teacher Identity in Evolving Technological Contexts in Irish Classrooms
Author: Cassidy, D., Jul 2020Supervisor: Hughes, J. (Supervisor) & Nelson, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
File
Shared Education in Northern Ireland: A Qualitative Study of Intergroup Contact
Author: Loader, R., Jul 2015Supervisor: Hughes, J. (Supervisor) & Gallagher, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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