Progress Reimagined: A Generation Z Perspective on Belfast in relation to the UNSDGs.

Authors

Lucy Love HamanFollow
Rebecca F. MacLeodFollow
Emilee E. ErnsterFollow
Camryn MooreFollow
Erin MillerFollow
Daron BaltazarFollow
Ricardo JacksonFollow

Publication Date

Fall 9-20-2023

College

Business, Jack C. Massey College of

Department

Honors Program

BURS Faculty Advisor

Eduardo Lopez

Presentation Type

Oral Presentation

Abstract

This research explores a contemporary outsider view of Belfast, through the eyes of Generation Z visiting college students, in relation to how three United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are carried out (Good Health and Well-Being, Climate Action, and Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions). To learn through firsthand accounts, the researchers utilized ethnographic and phenomenological methods, as interacting with locals to gather community inputs, surveying different groups in the city, Abstract: recording quotes said by citizens and displayed at billboards, and For Peer Review applying personal sensory experiences. It was found that a political deadlock plays a major role in the lack of steadiness. The research shows that Northern Ireland has progressed in many ways but also that it is still being limited by inefficient governmental practices. The rather brief time spent in Belfast barely allowed the researchers to feel and sense its atmosphere but deterred them from making recommendations.

Recommended Citation

Haman, Lucy Love; MacLeod, Rebecca F.; Ernster, Emilee E.; Moore, Camryn; Miller, Erin; Baltazar, Daron; and Jackson, Ricardo, "Progress Reimagined: A Generation Z Perspective on Belfast in relation to the UNSDGs." (2023). Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS). 178.
https://repository.belmont.edu/burs/178

Comments

We will also be preparing a PowerPoint presentation that we will present orally about our research and paper that we completed while studying abroad.