Paula Devine

Dr. Paula Devine is a Senior Social Survey Officer at Queen's University Belfast's School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, affiliated with the Centre for Inclusion, Transformation and Equality (CITE). She co-directs ARK, a joint initiative between Queen’s and Ulster Universities to disseminate social science data. As director of the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (NILT), she has over 20 years of expertise in recording public attitudes in Northern Ireland. She also leads the ARK Ageing Programme, fostering collaboration between academia, aging sectors, and policy-makers. Her PhD research focused on masculinity and mental health measurement.

Education:

Completed a PhD in methodological studies on masculinity and mental health (not explicitly dated in text).

Research Interests:

Her work spans social gerontology, men’s health, public attitudes, quantitative methods, and social science dissemination.

Grants/Projects:

• Lead PI for projects like 'NILS funding (2020-2025)' and 'Strengthening the evidence base of the Ageing Sector in Northern Ireland (2013-2019)'
• Co-Investigator in multiple research initiatives

Awards:

• Recipient of the ESRC/AHRC Impact Acceleration Account Joint Grant (2025)

Advising:

Supervised Sarah Lawrence’s PhD on 'Inside Ageing', exploring older male prisoners' health and well-being.

Labs/Teams:

Core member of ARK and leading the Ageing Programme, collaborating on interdisciplinary projects like the Dementia Fiction Reading Groups.