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Research Statement
On completion of my PhD in 2008 I began work on a five year ESRC funded interdisciplinary project ‘Conflict in Cities and the Contested State: Everyday Life and the Possibilities for Transformation, Jerusalem and Other Divided Cities’ (www.conflictincities.org). Focusing on Belfast, I explored gender and public space; young people and peacewalls; and religion in urban space. I then contributed to two research projects, one exploring how six neighbourhoods in Northern Ireland were responding to a number of potential stressors, such as, welfare reform and the economic downturn; and the other that assessed the contribution of waterfront regeneration to the economic and social health of cities. In 2014, I joined ARK (www.ark.ac.uk), a joint initiative between Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University which makes social science information widely accessible. In this role I work primarily on the Young Life and Times and the Kids’ Life and Times surveys. These surveys explore the attitudes of sixteen year olds and eleven year olds living in Northern Ireland to a range of social issues. My research interests include children and young people, conflict, gender and research methods.
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Research Output
Exploring young people’s understanding of culture: a study from Northern Ireland
Durrer, V., Kelly, G., McKnight, M. & Schubotz, D., 22 Nov 2019, In : Cultural Trends.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Our future – no vote: Attitudes to Brexit among children and young people
Schubotz, D., Lloyd, K., McKnight, M. & Devine, P., 28 Sep 2019, 4 p. ARK.Research output: Other contribution
Recording Social Attitudes and Informing Social Policy in Northern Ireland: Key Findings from 20 Years of ARK’s Life and Times Surveys
Devine, P., McKnight, M. & Gray, A. M., 27 Nov 2018, 32 p. ARK.Research output: Other contribution
Open Access
Culture Matters: Young People's Perspectives
Kelly, G. & McKnight, M., 01 Sep 2017, ARK.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open Access
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Exploring attitudes to and experiences of sport and physical activity among children and young people in Northern Ireland. A mixed methods project
Schubotz, D., Kelly, G., McKnight, M. & Lloyd, K., 12 Sep 2017, Belfast: Sport Northern Ireland. 56 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open Access
Activities
European Survey Research Association 8th Annual conference, 2019
Paula Devine (Presenter), & Martina McKnight (Presenter)
15 Jul 2019 → 19 Jul 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
‘What Counts as Culture? Understanding Young People’s Views’
Victoria Durrer (Presenter), , Dirk Schubotz (Contributor), , Martina McKnight (Contributor), & Grace Kelly (Contributor)
15 Sep 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
A Question of Sport. Perspectives of Children and Young People.
Dirk Schubotz (Advisor), , Martina McKnight (Advisor), & Katrina Lloyd (Advisor)
14 Dec 2016
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar