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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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R9232CHC: Glasgow/Belfast Collaboration - Social network research and social network intervention development
23/02/2016 → …
Project: Research
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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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R4731CHC: Variation and Determinants of Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) use
Higgins, K., Campbell, A., Clarke, M., O'Hara, L., O'Neill, T., O'Neill, N. & O'Neill, F.
18/09/2015 → …
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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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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Re-contacting participants from the longitudinal Belfast youth development study (BYDS) after a decade using electronic tracing
Kelly, G., Jordan, J-A. & Higgins, K., 25 Jun 2021, (Early online date) In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Northern Ireland Alcohol and Drugs Alliance: Service users experience during lockdown
Higgins, K., Kelly, G. & Campbell, A., 17 Nov 2020, Belfast. 17 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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School bonding and ethos in trajectories of offending: Results from the Belfast Youth Development Study: Results from the Belfast Youth Development Study
Higgins, K., Perra, O., Jordan, J-A., O'Neill, T. & McCann, M., 17 Feb 2020, (Early online date) In: British Journal of Educational Psychology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BULLYING VICTIMIZATION AND PSYCHOSIS AND THE MEDIATING ROLE OF PEER AND FAMILY SOCIAL SUPPORT
Shannon, C., Jordan, J-A., Higgins, K., Kelly, G. & Mulholland, C., 18 May 2020, In: Schizophrenia Bulletin. 46, Supplement 1, 1 p., S146.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review
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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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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START 360 (External organisation)
Kathryn Higgins (Advisor)
01 Jan 2021 → 01 Jan 2024Activity: Membership types › Membership of board
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The International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO) (External organisation)
Kathryn Higgins (Board Member)
31 Jan 2021 → 01 Jan 2024Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
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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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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
Press / Media
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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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