Governments often struggle to keep up with the huge amount of scientific research being published. Important findings can be hard to find or too complex to use in time-sensitive decisions. Our experts are leading an AI-driven project to change this, transforming how governments use research evidence to inform global #policymaking by: 🔴 Using #AI to speed up how research is gathered, analysed, and summarised.  🔴 Creating easy-to-understand tools that help policymakers use this evidence.  🔴 Launching pilot projects in key areas like education, justice, international development and the environment.  🔴 Building global networks to support evidence-based decision-making.   Find out more ➡️ ow.ly/TLuF50X07c3 #LoveQUBResearch #SocialPolicy #SocialScience @QUBSSESW @UKRI_News @ESRC @NERCscience @SciTechgovuk @ucl @CampbellReviews @PACE_evidence

“During active conflicts, #Education delivered even in the most makeshift circumstances can provide some form of continuity for young people. “Even during the worst years of conflict here in #NorthernIreland, our education infrastructure remained intact, and, with very few exceptions, there was little or no interruption to young people’s education. “We do however have considerable experience in exploring the role of education in building a better future for all young people. “Drawing on our collective experience of researching and working in conflict affected societies, and accepting the monumental scale of the task ahead, we're delivering a programme devised for #Palestinian educators from #Gaza who are exiled in Egypt. “The aim is simply to stimulate conversation around what might be the priorities for rebuilding education in Gaza and the support needs of educators. “We hope that in sharing our collective knowledge and expertise, we can at least provide a space for discussions that will speak to their identities as fellow educators, helping them to imagine a more hopeful future. “What we're doing is drop in the ocean of what is needed, but it's a privilege to be able to use our professional expertise as a platform for this most human engagement. “These educators find themselves having faced the most unimaginable loss of loved ones and every semblance of the lives they knew. “Based on reports from International aid agencies, including the UN and UNICEF, conservative estimates are that 16,000 children in Gaza have lost their lives in the conflict since October 7, 2023, more than 95% of the educational infrastructure has been destroyed, including #Nurseries, #Schools, #Universities and #VocationalColleges, 22,000 #Teachers have been affected and/or #Displaced, there are severe shortages of books, stationery, and digital tools, due to restrictions on imports and ongoing insecurity, and temporary learning spaces (like tents) lack basic facilities such as electricity, sanitation, and furniture. “The situation in Gaza underlines the importance of Universities of #Sanctuary like Queen’s. A generation of young people has been denied formal education for almost two years, highlighting a vital role for universities internationally to support local #Refugee, #AsylumSeeker and #Migrant communities, and to help them to overcome the obstacles they face. “In some ways it feels like my career long work in seeking to understand the role of education in transforming conflict affected societies, reflected in professional accolades such as the @UNESCO Chair, has never been more relevant.” Find out more about the important work @QUBSSESW's Professor Joanne Hughes and her team are doing this week: ow.ly/5Jaw50WIaoA