ARINS Podcast 48: Beyond Identity and Ideology: how deliberation can reframe constitutional debate
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ARINS Podcast 48: Beyond Identity and Ideology: how deliberation can reframe constitutional debate
In this month’s ARINS podcast, host Rory Montgomery discusses the Irish Studies in International Affairs article, Beyond Identity and Ideology: how deliberation can reframe constitutional debate with its authors Dr Shelley Deane (DCU), Professor Joanne McEvoy (Aberdeen) and Professor Jennifer Todd (UCD).
The article discusses a series of grassroots cross-border, cross-community deliberative cafes conducted by the researchers to discuss potential future constitutional change. The broader project considers how deliberation and engaging with ordinary people - in this case, women - an reframe the constitutional agenda.
Read the summary report: https://www.ria.ie/assets/uploads/2025/11/30.10.30-ARINS-Conference-A4-flier.pdf
A forthcoming article in Irish Studies in International Affairs will be available open access, as are all ARINS publications, which can be read on our website: https://www.ria.ie/research-programmes/arins/#latest-arins-articles
This podcast series provides evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south.
Host Rory Montgomery, MRIA, talks to authors of articles on topics such as cross border health co-operation; the need to regulate social media in referendums, education, cultural affairs and constitutional questions and the imperative for good data and the need to carry out impartial research.
ARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South brings together experts to provide evidence-based research and analysis on the most significant questions of policy and public debate facing the island of Ireland, north and south. The project publishes, facilitates and disseminates research on the challenges and opportunities presented to the island in a post-Brexit context, with the intention of contributing to an informed public discourse. More information can be found at www.arinsproject.com
ARINS is a joint project of The Royal Irish Academy, an all-island body, and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs.
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