Multi-stakeholder workshop event be hosted at Queen’s Management School, Riddel Hall, for any business, policy and research stakeholders with an interest in critical minerals across the value chain. The event will hear a keynote presentation from the Director of British Geological Survey, Dr Karen Hanghøj.

Led by academics from Queen’s Management School as part of a commissioned research for the Department for the Economy, a project is considering and exploring a range of perceptions of critical minerals in the economy of Northern Ireland, and how that activity fits within green growth, energy transition and climate adaptation. 

The research comprises an exploratory focus group that aims to encourage open consideration, discussion and sharing of opinions on considering responsible critical (re)sourcing in Northern Ireland.

The findings from the research will presented in a report to the Department for the Economy to inform policy in this area.

A second workshop event will be hosted at the Armagh Planetarium to elicit the different community perceptions of critical minerals in the economy of Northern Ireland. Significantly, this event will hear a keynote presentation from Dr Sarah Gordon – CEO and Co-founder Satarla, and Co-founder Responsible Raw Materials.

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