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Kathryn Higgins is the Director of the cross Faculty Queen's Communities and Place Initiative and professor of Social Science and Health in the School of Social Science Education and Social Work Queen’s University Belfast. Kathryn is an experienced research leader having previously led the Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation and the Institute for Child Care Research. Kathryn has an established research reputation in the areas of substance use and addictive behavior and also has been active in the field of programme evaluation/implementation science. She continues to lead the now 18-year longitudinal study, known as the Belfast Youth Development Study, which has acted as a focal point for collaborations with external partners and for new, policy led research. She has developed a cadre of work over the past ten+ years on Public Engagement Programme evaluation & implementation Science, evaluating interventions designed to improve child and adolescent development. These include RCTs of school- and community-based interventions. Her research programmes, publications and international conference contributions have examined the policy and evidence base for interventions including substance misuse, mental health, alcohol prevention and the mechanisms for implementing evidence based practice and policy more generally. She has attracted funding from prestigious sources such as the National Institute for Health Research, MRC and ESRC. Kathryn teaches on the MSc on Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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R4748CHC: Parenting Northern Ireland 'Odyssey: Parenting your teen': A Pilot Non-Randomised Trial
18/02/2016 → …
Project: Research
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R4604CHC: Parental Alcohol Use and Resilience
McLaughlin, A., Higgins, K., Percy, A. & Perra, O.
01/08/2012 → …
Project: Research
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R4484CHC: Cochrane Developmental, Psychosocial & Learning Problems Group
01/08/2008 → …
Project: Research
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A causeway to impact: a proposed new integrated framework for intergenerational community‐based participatory action research
Loudon, E., Neary, J., McAteer, B., Higgins, K. & Chapman, C., 22 Nov 2023, (Early online date) In: Children & Society. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring an innovative method for objectively assessing the social value of university-community engagement and research
Higgins, K., Kelly, G., Munck, R., Kelly, U. & Grounds, A., 15 Nov 2023, (Early online date) In: Methodological Innovations. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“We must dissent”: How a Belfast urban community is building critical consciousness for spatial justice
Robinson, G., Hargey, F. & Higgins, K., 25 Apr 2023, In: Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review. 2023, 36, p. 33-50 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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PROTOCOL: The support needs of families living with parental mental illness: A qualitative systematic review
Loudon, E., Davidson, G., Higgins, K. & Grant, A., 08 Sep 2022, In: Campbell Systematic Reviews. 18, 3, e1267.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New psychoactives within polydrug use trajectories—evidence from a mixed‐method longitudinal study
Higgins, K., O'Neill, N., O'Hara, L., Jordan, J-A., McCann, M., O'Neill, T., Clarke, M., O'Neill, F., Kelly, G. & Campbell, A., 27 Jan 2021, (Early online date) In: Addiction. 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Qstep teaching set competition
Higgins, Kathryn (Recipient), 09 Jan 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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The Lancet (External organisation)
Kathryn Higgins (Advisor)
04 Apr 2023Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Department for Communities (External organisation)
Kathryn Higgins (Advisor)
03 Jan 2022Activity: Membership types › Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
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Centre for Engaged Research Online Conference and Launch
Kathryn Higgins (Keynote/plenary speaker)
13 Dec 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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National Institute for Health Research (External organisation)
Kathryn Higgins (Advisor)
01 Dec 2021Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Dr Gregory Jones
Kathryn Higgins (Host)
15 Oct 2021Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
Press/Media
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QCASTS: Cost of Living Crisis in Schools
Gareth Robinson, Kathryn Higgins & Eimear Rafferty
28/02/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Podcast Best of Belfast Addiction Mini Series
02/02/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Tackling the harms of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) – We need to look at the bigger picture. Blog 1 NIHR 29th January 2020
29/01/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Motives, experiences of young people using New Psychoactive Substance
21/08/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Academics warn of the serious impact of legal highs
22/08/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Thesis
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An exploration of a new heroin outbreak
Author: Higgins, K., Jul 2007Supervisor: Kilpatrick, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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