Professor Allen Thurston
Inclusion, Transformation and Equality
At Queen's
Our Research
The Centre for Inclusion, Transformation and Equality (CITE) is a research institute based at Queen’s which highlights issues of inequality. The centre develops research on promoting inclusion and social justice in a variety of contexts. CITE are committed to doing research in partnership with people with lived experience and key stakeholders locally and globally to drive social change.
CITE also hosts the Disability Research Network and Ark, Northern Ireland’s social policy hub.
Find out more about CITE here.
Research topics
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Critical Perspectives on Ageing in Society
CITE research aims to advance a critical understanding of ageing, engaging with the politics of ageing and the diverse perspectives of older people in society.
- Cross-Disciplinary Research on Disability Issues
The Disability Research Network (DRN), a special interest group within CITE, facilitates disabled people and academics working together on disability research.
- Advancing Mental Health Research, Policy and Practice
Mental health and capacity research in our centre explores the social determinants of mental health and the effectiveness of mental health policy and services.
- Researching Systems of Oppression and Marginalisation
Researching migration, race, ethnicity and minoritised groups is a core theme of the Centre.
- Addressing Social Justice and Inclusion in Education
Our research addresses social justice and inclusion in schools and Universities and focuses on raising attainment for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Exploring Gender Equality in Society
Gender equality across the life course and global contexts is highlighted across our research in the contexts of family, education, work and society.
- Learning from Experts by Experience
We are committed to doing research in partnership with people with lived experience and key stakeholders locally and globally to drive social change.
- Featured Publications
- AHRC IAA : Counter-Archives of Marginality: Storying, Sounding and Visualising Agency in India
- Connecting the challenges of quality and equality in higher education using the collective intelligence approach
- Engendering critical academic development
- Being in shadow and light: academics in post/conflict higher education
- The Far-Right, gender in/equalities and liberal feminism: scrutinising EU narratives of gender equality in Italy, France and Germany
- Data snapshots of the access and participation of ‘women’ academics in UK universities: questioning continued gendered, racialised and geopolitical inequalities
- 'Her life within the home': critically examining domesticity through Ireland's Housewife of the Year competition, 1967-1995.
Our Academics
Professor Alison MacKenzie
Professor Berni Kelly
Professor Bronagh Byrne
Dr Catherine McNamee
Dr Danielle Mackle
Professor Dina Belluigi
Dr Elizabeth Martin
Professor Gavin Davidson
Dr Joanne O'Keeffe
Professor Joe Duffy
Professor Lorna Montgomery
Dr Maria Cockerill
Dr Paula Devine
Dr Sirin Sung
Dr Gemma Carney
Professor Carl Bagley
Dr Danielle McIlroy
Dr Ulrike M VietenDISCOVER MORE
