Linking data and lived experience to shape policy on children’s social care and homelessness in Northern Ireland
On 3 March 2026, ADR Northern Ireland hosted an event at Parliament Buildings,…
Children's social care and homelessness in Northern Ireland: Connecting data, changing futures
Homelessness among young people is often treated as a sudden crisis or an individual failure. The…
New research by ADR Northern Ireland on care leavers and homelessness informs the NI Executive’s New Foundations Programme
New research by ADR Northern Ireland (ADR NI) has played a central role in…
Data Insight: Homelessness among young people leaving care in Northern Ireland
This study used linked administrative data to examine the risk of homelessness among young people aging out of care…
Predictors of positive life-course trajectories for children in contact with social services in Northern Ireland
This project aims to investigate the long-term outcomes of children in contact with…
Early involvement and recurrent intervention: Antenatal/postnatal contact, repeat referrals, and successive removals in Northern Ireland’s child welfare system
This project is using linked…
Policy brief: Understanding the impact of students' health on educational attainment: New evidence from linked administrative data in Northern Ireland
This policy brief explores the impact of…
Data Insight: Childhood contact with social services, self-harm and suicidal or self-harm ideation in young adulthood
This Data Insight uses population-wide data in Northern Ireland (NI) to quantify…
Introduction to the Education Outcomes Linkage dataset (National Centre for Research Methods)
This short online course provides an introduction to the Education Outcomes Linkage (EOL) 2018/19-2021/22…
Predictors of positive life-course trajectories for children in contact with social services in Northern Ireland
This project aims to investigate the long-term outcomes of children in contact with…
