Dirk Schubotz
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Dirk Schubotz
Professor
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1040-9200
- Phone+44 (0)28 9097 3947
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Emaild.schubotz@qub.ac.uk
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Room 01.025 - Sociology and Social Work
United Kingdom
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
- Most areas of children’s and young people’s lives\
- Sexuality, gender and sexual health\
- Policy making processes, especially community relations in Northern Ireland
2002Research output 2002: 1Research output 2003: 6Research output 2004: 7Research output 2005: 4Research output 2006: 3Research output 2007: 2Projects 2008: 1Research output 2008: 11Research output 2009: 9Research output 2010: 7Projects 2011: 1Research output 2011: 5Projects 2012: 2Research output 2012: 6Research output 2013: 1Research output 2014: 9Research output 2015: 4Research output 2016: 7Research output 2017: 5Research output 2018: 1Projects 2019: 2Research output 2019: 5Research output 2020: 3Research output 2021: 2Projects 2022: 1Research output 2022: 5Projects 2023: 1Research output 2023: 9Research output 2024: 10Research output 2025: 5Research output 2026: 62026
Research activity per year
Personal profile
Teaching
- Research Methods
- Social Policy
Research Interests
- Research methods (Participatory methods incl. engaged and collaborative research practice; survey methods; qualitative research methods incl. BNIM)
- Young people
- Sexuality, relationships and sexuality education, sexual health, gender and sexual identities
- Mental health
- Community relations
I am a member of ARK, Northern Ireland's Social Policy Hub, and have directed the annual Young Life and Times (YLT) survey (www.ark.ac.uk/ylt)) of 16-year olds since 2003. I am also involved in the running of ARK's annual Kids Life and Times (KLT) survey (www.ark.ac.uk/klt).
I am an active member of the Centre of Children's Rights.
Other
I am a member of the ESRC Peer Review College and have been involved in grant awards panels for the ESRC, AHRC and MRC. I am also a member of the European Sociological Association (ESA) and the European Survey Research Association (ESRA).
Keywords
- H Social Sciences (General)
- social policy
- young people
- research methods
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Projects
- 3 Active
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5 Finished
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R1104SES: B-RADICALb
McAlister, S. (PI), Byrne, B. (CoI), Corr, M.-L. (CoI), Linden, M. (CoI), Lundy, L. (CoI), MacKenzie, A. (CoI) & Schubotz, D. (CoI)
05/12/2023 → …
Project: Research
- UK
- Education
- Youth Work
- Practical Understanding
- Systematic Review
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R3375SES: Youth live experience research on violence against girls
McAlister, S. (PI), Schubotz, D. (CoI) & Templeton, M. (CoI)
29/06/2022 → …
Project: Research
- Focus Group
- Social Attitude
- Survey Analysis
- Policy Making
- Lived Experience
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R4904SES: Children & Young People's Mental Health in Northern Ireland
Bunting, L. (PI), Davidson, G. (CoI), Grant, A. (CoI), McCartan, C. (CoI), Mulholland, C. (CoI) & Schubotz, D. (CoI)
21/03/2019 → …
Project: Research - ### R3026SES: Developing sustainable international partnerships for cost-effective evidence based education and social innovation in Brazil
Cockerill, M. (PI), Schubotz, D. (CoI) & Thurston, A. (CoI)
29/01/2019 → 23/12/2019
Project: Research - ### R1260SSP: Sexual risks and capacities. Developing a peer-led educational resource to address sexual risks among young people
Schubotz, D. (PI)
01/08/2012 → 30/09/2013
Project: Research
- Ecosystem Service
- Educational Resource
Research output
- 44 Article
- 20 Other report
- 20 Paper
- 12 Other contribution
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37 More
- 10 Commissioned report
- 4 Book
- 4 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
- 4 Web publication/site
- 2 Protocol
- 1 Conference contribution
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Not so different: Teenage attitudes across a decade of change in Northern Ireland
Schubotz, D. & Devine, P., Feb 2014, Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing.
Research output: Book/Report › Book - ### Young people's self-reported experiences of sexual exploitation and sexual violence: a view from Northern Ireland
Beckett, H. & Schubotz, D., 2014, In: Journal of Youth Studies. 17, 4, p. 430-445 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Interviews
- Attention
15 Citations (Scopus) - ### The Self-Conscious Researcher - Post-modern Perspectives of Participatory Research with Young People
McCartan, C., Schubotz, D. & Murphy, J., 2012, In: Forum: Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research. 13, 1
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
- Perspective
- Research Worker
- Participatory Research
- Researcher
- Young People
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Recruitment and capacity-building challenges in participatory research involving young people in Northern Ireland
McCartan, C., Burns, S. & Schubotz, D., 2012, Community Research for Participation: From theory to method. Goodson, L. & Phillimore, J. (eds.). Bristol: Policy Press, p. 283 15 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
- UK
- Recruitment
- Participatory Research
- Capacity Building
- Research Process
5 Citations (Scopus) - ### A Shared Future? Exclusion, Stigmatization, and Mental Health of Same-Sex-Attracted Young People in Northern Ireland
Schubotz, D. & O'Hara, M., Jan 2011, In: Youth & Society. 43, 2, p. 488-508 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Mental Health
- Behavior
- Health
- Gay
- Sex Education
13 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
Durrer, V. (Recipient) & Schubotz, D. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Other distinction
- Queen
- Universities
- Schools
- Belfast
- UK
Activities
- 38 Participation in conference
- 15 Invited talk
- 12 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
- 9 Public lecture/debate/seminar
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46 More
- 6 Publication peer-review
- 6 Hosting an academic visitor
- 6 Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
- 5 Membership of peer review panel or committee
- 3 KTP & Consultancy in kind
- 3 Work on advisory panels for social community and cultural engagement
- 2 Membership of network
- 1 Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
- 1 Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
- 1 Editorial activity
- 1 Membership of external research organisation
- 1 Membership of national or international committees and working groups
- 1 Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
- 1 Hosting a school group or open day
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ARK Round table on LGBTQIA+ youth work on the island of Ireland
Hawkins, J. (Organiser), Gray, A. M. (Organiser) & Schubotz, D. (Organiser)
05 Feb 2026
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course - ### Screens, Safety and Social Media
Butler, M. (Invited speaker) & Schubotz, D. (Invited speaker)
27 Jan 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
File - ### American Conference for Irish Studies
McNamee, C. (Presenter), Devine, P. (Contributor) & Schubotz, D. (Contributor)
26 Sept 2025
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference - ### Screens, Safety and Social Media
Butler, M. (Presenter), Schubotz, D. (Chair) & McKnight, M. (Contributor)
08 Sept 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
File - ### YLT/KLT 2025 Launch: Respecting People and Nature
Hanson, J. (Organiser), Schubotz, D. (Organiser) & McKnight, M. (Organiser)
05 Sept 2025
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Press/Media
McAlister, S., Neill, G. & Schubotz, D.
19/09/2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research - ### Research highlights widespread violence against women and girls in Northern Ireland
McAlister, S., Neill, G. & Schubotz, D.
08/09/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research - ### Extent of violence experienced by women and girls revealed in new reports
McAlister, S., Neill, G. & Schubotz, D.
08/09/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research - ### Interview for Tagesschau24.de
14/04/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment - ### The police are accused of ‘harrassment’ over worrying use of stop and search
26/05/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research