It provides a government research function delivering a research programme anchored on the NI Programme for Government (PfG). The ARU team continuously engage with departmental policy leads to identify novel data linkage opportunities to take forward timely and policy-relevant research.
Most recently, the ARU research team collaborated closely with Queen’s university to publish research on socio‑demographic, household, and health factors in relation to knowledge of Irish/Ulster-Scots languages in Northern Ireland.
Other published research included analysis of:
- Covid-19 mortality by equality and health (December 2021);
- Other Covid-19 related mortality reports (July 2020 - February 2022);
- Mental health status of the population in employment (September 2021)
- Alcohol related deaths (March 2021); and
- Drug-related deaths (March 2020)