The Peace II-commissioned study, Interface Violence in East Belfast, will investigate the effect of sectarian riots and violence in the area, which recently hit the headlines after protests about the murder of local man Robert McCartney.
The eight-month research programme will examine how young people have coped with the effects of riots and violence in the area, which is a small republican area within east Belfast's mainly loyalist popula- tion and has high rates of self-harm and suicide. The study will speak to young people as well as youth workers, political leaders and schools.
Jonny Byrne, researcher for the Belfast-based institute, said: "We will engage in discussions with young people from both sides of the communities in Short Strand and inner-east Belfast. A lot of families on both sides had boarded up their windows and were literally living in darkness because of the conflicts."
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