Joanne Hughes

2025

Consequences of academic selection for post-primary education in the United Kingdom: A systematic literature review

Cantley, I., Loader, R. & Hughes, J., 19 May 2025, (Accepted) In: Review of Education.

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The educational response to ethnic and cultural diversity in transitional Northern Ireland: a critical review of policy and research

Loader, R., Jiménez, E., Hughes, J. & O'Boyle, A., 16 Apr 2025, (Early online date) In: Irish Educational Studies. 21 p.

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Written submission to the Curriculum Review of Northern Ireland

Loader, R., Hughes, J., O'Boyle, A. & Jimenez, E., 30 Jan 2025, (Unpublished) 7 p.

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2024

Is academic selection in Northern Ireland a barrier to social cohesion?

Hughes, J. & Loader, R., 03 May 2024, In: Research Papers in Education. 39, 3, p. 420-438 19 p.

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The primary curriculum for religious education in Northern Ireland: making a case for epistemic justice

Loader, R., Hughes, J., Jimenez, E. & O'Boyle, A., 04 Nov 2024, The BERA guide to decolonising the curriculum. Moncrieffe, M., Fakunle, O., Kustatscher, M. & Olsson Rost, A. (eds.). Leeds: Emerald Publishing, p. 31-39 9 p.

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2023

Evaluation of the controversial and sensitive issues teacher professional learning programme

Loader, R. & Hughes, J., 31 Jul 2023, (Unpublished) 29 p.

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Experiences of education among minority ethnic groups in Northern Ireland

Loader, R., Jimenez, E., O'Boyle, A. & Hughes, J., 20 Jun 2023, Belfast: Queen's University Belfast. 88 p.

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Migrant families’ experiences of choice and access in the Northern Ireland education system

Loader, R., Jimenez, E., Hughes, J. & O'Boyle, A., 12 Sept 2023.

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Shared education: a case study in social cohesion

Hughes, J. & Loader, R., 01 May 2023, In: Research Papers in Education. 38, 3, p. 305-327

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Teaching controversial and sensitive issues: evaluating a school-youth work partnership approach

Loader, R. & Hughes, J., 10 Oct 2023.

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Who knows? (De)Valuing migrant parents’ knowledge in Northern Ireland’s schools

Loader, R., Hughes, J., Jimenez, E. & O'Boyle, A., 23 Nov 2023, In: Research Intelligence. 157, p. 13

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2021

Building bridges: Dialogue and interaction between teachers from divided communities involved in a shared education project

Hughes, J. & Loader, R., 15 Oct 2021, Language and Social Interaction at Home and School. Caronia, L. (ed.). John Benjamins, p. 295-316 22 p. (Dialogue Studies).

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Nothing of Benefit: A Response to ‘The Rise and Fall and Rise of Academic Selection: The Case of Northern Ireland’ by Martin Brown et al.

Hughes, J., 01 Sept 2021, In: Irish Studies in International Affairs . 32, 2, p. 499-502 3 p.

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Shared Education as a Contact-Based Intervention to Improve Intergroup Relations Among Adolescents in Postconflict Northern Ireland

Reimer, N. K., Hughes, J., Blaylock, D., Donnelly, C., Wölfer, R. & Hewstone, M., 16 Dec 2021, (Early online date) In: Developmental Psychology. 58, 1, p. 193–208

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Teacher Relationships in a Shared Learning Programme in Israel: Intergroup Contact Theory and the Importance of Friendships

Jost, D. & Hughes, J., 09 Oct 2021, In: Psychology: Science and Practice. V, 9-10, p. 9-26 17 p.

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2020

Can shared education improve intergroup relations in Northern Ireland? Evidence from a large-scale longitudinal study

Reimer, N., Hughes, J., Blaylock, D. & Hewstone, M., 2020

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Collaboration in Sharing Education: Year 1 Qualitative Report

Loader, R., Hughes, J., Blaylock, D. & Turner, R., 2020, 19 p.

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Education in divided societies: Developing and researching shared education in the Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia

Hughes, J., Turner, R., Blaylock, D. & Jost, D., Mar 2020, 11 p.

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Teaching about the Past in Northern Ireland: Avoidance, Neutrality, and Criticality

Donnelly, C., McAuley, C., Blaylock, D. & Hughes, J., 15 Sept 2020, (Early online date) In: Irish Educational Studies. 2020, 1, p. 1 16 p.

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The experience and impact of shared education among current teachers in Northern Ireland

Hughes, J., Jost, D., Loader, R. & Turner, R., 2020, (Unpublished) 36 p.

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‘By law, custom or local atmosphere’: Exploring institutional support in school-based contact programmes

Loader, R., Hughes, J. & Furey, A., 18 Dec 2020, In: British Educational Research Journal. 46, 5, p. 1044-1063

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2019

Education in conflict-affected areas: Final report

Gallagher, A., Robinson, G., Hughes, J. & Connolly, D., 10 Apr 2019, London: British Council. 31 p.

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Mainstreaming Shared Education: Practitioners' Perspectives: Report for the Shared Education Learning Forum

Loader, R., Hughes, J. & Turner, R., 2019, (Unpublished) 71 p.

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Mainstreaming Shared Education: Stakeholders' perspectives: Report for the Social Change Initiative

Loader, R. & Hughes, J., 2019, (Unpublished) 54 p.

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PROTOCOL: Protocol for a systematic review: Inter‐school collaborations for improving educational and social outcomes for children and young people

Connolly, P., Hanratty, J., Hughes, J., Chapman, C. & Blaylock, D., 31 Jul 2019, In: Campbell Systematic Reviews. 15, 1-2, 12 p., e1011.

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2018

Circling a conflicted policy landscape: Child poverty and education in Northern Ireland

Gallagher, A., Leitch, M. & Hughes, J., 2018, Resisting Educational Inequality Reframing Policy and Practice in Schools serving vulnerable communities. Gannon, S., Hattam, R. & Sawyer, W. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 70-81 12 p.

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Developing Social Cohesion through Schools in Northern Ireland and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: A Study of Policy Transfer

Loader, R., Hughes, J., Petroska-Beshka, V. & Tomovska Misoska, A., 31 Aug 2018, In: Journal on Education in Emergencies. 4, 1, p. 114-140 27 p.

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Experiences of the new PSNI Local Policing Model

Blaylock, D. & Hughes, J., 2018, 74 p.

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Fostering Harmony and Dealing with Difference in Education: A Critical Review of Perspectives on Intergroup Relations

Hughes, J., Loader, R. & Nelson, J., 31 May 2018, Critical Human Rights, Citizenship, and Democracy Education. Keet, A. & Zembylas, M. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 123-138 16 p.

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Integrating Northern Ireland: Cross-group friendships in integrated and mixed schools

Blaylock, D., Hughes, J., Wolfer, R. & Donnelly, C., 16 Jul 2018, (Early online date) In: British Educational Research Journal.

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Using Technology To Seek The Vulnerable And Marginalised Child’s Voice In Hospital

Clarke, S., Hughes, J. & Birch, M., 2018, Informationization of Continuing Education 2018 (ICE-2018): Proceedings. p. 518-523 6 p.

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2017

Balancing Cultural Diversity and Social Cohesion in Education: The Potential of Shared Education in Divided Contexts

Loader, R. & Hughes, J., 2017, In: British Journal of Educational Studies. 65, 1, p. 3-25 23 p.

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Joining together or pushing apart? Building relations and exploring difference through shared education in Northern Ireland

Loader, R. & Hughes, J., 2017, In: Cambridge Journal of Education. 47, 1, p. 117-134 18 p.

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Social identity and outgroup attitudes amongst Northern Irish school children of mixed denomination and same denomination parents’

Hughes, J., Sept 2017.

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Studying Positive and Negative Direct and Extended Contact: Complementing Self-Reports With Social Network Analysis

Wölfer, R., Jaspers, E., Blaylock, D., Wigoder, C., Hughes, J. & Hewstone, M., 01 Nov 2017, In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 43, 11, p. 1566-1581 16 p.

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The role of shared education in promoting empathy and positive intergroup relations in Northern Ireland

Burns, S., Blaylock, D., Donnelly, C. & Hughes, J., 2017.

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2016

Barriers and Enablers of Education Equality for Transgender Students

Burns, S., Leitch, R. & Hughes, J., 01 Nov 2016, In: Review of Social Studies. 3, 2, p. 11-20 10 p.

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Building Trust in a Post-Conflict Society: An Integrative Model of Intergroup Contact and Intergroup Emotions.

Kenworthy, J. B., Voci, A., Al Ramiah, A., Tausch, N., Hughes, J. & Hewstone, M., Sept 2016, In: The Journal of Conflict Resolution . 60, 6, p. 1041-1070 30 p.

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