News Archive: January-June 2021
Irish Hospice Foundation: Adult Bereavement Care Pyramid
The Irish Hospice Foundation has launched a national framework to guide those working with and supporting bereaved people in Ireland.
The Adult Bereavement Care Pyramid places bereaved people’s needs at the centre and shows the appropriate support/services and competence required to meet basic through to complex bereavement needs.
Dr Erna O’Connor, Assistant Professor in Social Work was a member of the project committee established to develop this framework.
Further information on using the framework is available from the
Adult Bereavement Care Framework Pyramid booklet
22nd June 2021
Congratulations to Adjunct Professor Vivian Geiran on his recent Irish Examiner piece entitled When is enough punishment enough?
Adjunct Professor Vivian Geiran recently published a commentary piece with the Irish Examiner entitled When is enough punishment enough? The full piece can be read here
15th June 2021
Dr Stan Houston and PhD student Calvin Swords publish a co-authored article in the Journal of Social Work.
Dr Stan Houston and PhD student Calvin Swords have published a co-authored article in the Journal of Social Work. It is entitled, ‘Critical realism, mimetic theory and social work’. The article focuses on how critical realism and mimetic theory can be considered and applied in self-directed groupwork with scapegoated groups. By being theoretically informed, social workers can pose critical questions to group members to assist them in linking personal problems to political issues. Available at: https://doi-org.elib.tcd.ie/10.1177/14680173211008806.
14th June 2021
PhD student Alison Spillane and Supervisor Dr Catherine Conlon publish article in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
PhD student Alison Spillane and her supervisor Dr Catherine Conlon have co-authored an article with colleagues in the Irish Family Planning Association entitled, ‘Early abortion care during the COVID-19 public health emergency in Ireland: Implications for law, policy, and service delivery’. Published in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, the article outlines the work undertaken to maintain access to abortion care in early pregnancy during the pandemic through the lens of a single community-level provider and explores what these developments may mean for abortion law, policy, and service delivery. The article is available here.
26th May 2021
PhD Student Calvin Swords and Supervisor Dr Stan Houston publish 'Mental Health Recovery Frameworks Often Marginalize Personal Narratives'
The well-known non-profit organisation ‘Mad in America’ have published a featured piece on a recent article from PhD student Calvin Swords and his supervisor Dr Stan Houston. The featured piece is entitled ‘Mental Health Recovery Frameworks Often Marginalize Personal Narratives’. Mad in America is an organisation which is viewed as a catalyst for rethinking psychiatric care in the United States (and abroad).
This is based on the article co-authored by Calvin and Dr Stan Houston in the Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies. It is entitled ‘Using Social Constructionism to Research the Recovery Movement in Mental Health in Ireland: A Critical Reflection on Meta-theory shaping the Inquiry’. it considers the significance of social constructionism and allied meta-theoretical constructs in exploring personal recovery in mental health practice and service delivery. Available at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijass/vol21/iss1/5
24th May 2021
New Research Opportunity for Parents of a Child or Children with Disabilities
Dr Susan Flynn is pleased to announce a new research opportunity for parents of a child or children with disabilities.
11th May 2021
'Generation Covid' college graduates: New article on their pathways through the pandemic
University graduates are faced with labour markets and future trajectories that have been transformed by Covid. This article by Virpi Timonen (Professor in Social Policy), Jo Greene (Graduate from Masters in Applied Social Research) and Ayeshah Emon (Teaching Fellow in Social Policy) sheds light on how students graduating in summer 2020 in Ireland coped with an altered landscape of personal relationships and uncertainty surrounding the future. We identify sources of support and resilience and point to coping strategies deployed by the graduates. In contrast to media portrayals of ‘selfish youth’, we highlight their striking concern for the vulnerable in society, and solidaristic behaviours such as high levels of compliance with restrictions.
The article – titled “‘We’re Meant to Be Crossing Over … but the Bridge Is broken’: 2020 University Graduates’ Experiences of the Pandemic in Ireland” - is available on Open Access (free for all to read) in YOUNG: Nordic Journal of Youth Research – https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/11033088211004792
7th May 2021
Are you interested in Postgraduate Study in Social Policy and Practice?
Whether you are interested in social work, social policy, social care, or social change this course will provide you with new knowledge and perspectives. The programme attracts individuals from the public, private and community and voluntary sectors who want a sound grasp of the principles that underpin social policy and social service provision. This includes those:
- delivering and managing social service provision e.g. housing, health, child and family and disability services
- designing, developing, or funding social policy
- advocating for social policy change
- who require an understanding of social problems and social policy responses to fulfil their organisation’s corporate social responsibility commitments
- seeking career change or career development
- interested in further study
Please register here https://bit.ly/SPPTCD2021
6th May, 2021
Graduate Outcomes Survey
Calling all 2020 Social Work and Social Policy graduates! We’ve sent you a link to participate in our online Graduate Outcomes survey – check your TCD email account or find it in your account at https://my.tcd.ie/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_lgn. The Graduate Outcomes Survey captures insights from recent graduates and gives current and future students key information on career destinations and development. @GradSurveyIRL @HEA_irl #graduateoutcomes
5th May, 2021
Dr. Mairéad Finn and Associate Professor Paula Mayock publish article in the International Journal of Housing Policy
“The housing experiences of immigrants in a 'new immigrant gateway': An exploration of process in an era of ‘super-diversity’”, published recently in the International Journal of Housing Policy, presents new evidence on the housing pathways of immigrants in a rural Irish town.
Situated in the west of Ireland, the study was quasi-ethnographic and included the conduct of in-depth interviews with a diverse sample of immigrants. The analysis highlights the intersecting influences of gender, ethnicity, employment and family situation on immigrants’ movements into and through housing – principally in the private rented sector.
This research was part-funded by the Residential Tenancies Board, Ireland.
Dr. Mairéad Finn completed a BA in Sociology and Social Policy and a PhD at the School of Social Work and Social Policy. She is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Leadership, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin.
The article is available here.
27th April, 2021
NEW Upcoming ONLINE Practice Teacher Workshops - May 2021
The School will be running new online practice workshops in May 2021.
22nd April, 2021
New Open Access article on interviewing
School staff (Dr Catherine Conlon & Prof Virpi Timonen), Dr Geraldine Foley (Assistant Prof, School of Medicine, TCD) and Dr Catherine Elliott O’Dare (Geary Institute, UCD) have just published a new article on interviewing in Grounded Theory, drawing on multiple research projects that were conducted at the School of Social Work and Social Policy. The article contains detailed examples of interviewing in projects that cover research topics as diverse as accessing abortion care services, grandparenting, living with motor neurone disease, intergenerational solidarity and friendship, and long-term care service use. Even if you do not use Grounded Theory in your research, the article will be thought-provoking and help to understand contrasts and commonalities between interviewing techniques in different qualitative methods. Last but not least, the article is indispensable reading for anyone who is setting out to conduct a Grounded Theory study that involves interviewing or focus groups. The article is available for free to all through Open Access via 10.1177/1609406920980957
20th April, 2021
PhD student Calvin Swords co-authors article with his supervisor Dr Stan Houston in the Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies.
This article is entitled ‘Using Social Constructionism to Research the Recovery Movement in Mental Health in Ireland: A Critical Reflection on Meta-theory Shaping the Inquiry’. Reflecting on Calvin’s PhD journey thus far, it considers the significance of social constructionism and allied meta-theoretical constructs in exploring personal recovery in mental health practice and service delivery. Available at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijass/vol21/iss1/5.
19th April, 2021
Professor Robbie Gilligan co-authors paper with Associate Professor Riikka Korkiamäki, Tampere University in Children and Youth Services Review on the concept of misrecognition
A new paper published by Associate Professor Riikka Korkiamäki and Professor Robbie Gilligan investigates experiences of misrecognition among a sample of 18 young asylum seekers in Finland. The study identifies different strategies the young people used to negotiate experiences of misrecognition in their encounters with professionals, peers and ordinary citizens in Finland. The findings offer insights into how young people may respond to challenging circumstances and draws lessons for practice by social workers and other professionals. Dr Korkiamäki was a Visiting Research Fellow in our School for the academic year 2017-18.
The citation for the paper is as follows: Korkiamäki, R., & Gilligan, R. (2020). Responding to misrecognition–A study with unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors. Children and Youth Services Review, 119, doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105687
19th April, 2021
Research on Long-term Methadone Maintenance Treatment Generates Policy Debate
Two recent research articles by Associate Professor Paula Mayock and Fellow Emeritus Shane Butler, have attracted media attention (Irish Times and Irish Examiner), generating public and policy debate about long-term methadone treatment.
Published in the International Journal of Drug Policy and Drugs: education, prevention and policy, the articles present findings that draw strong attention to long-term methadone patients’ lack of social reintegration and the extent to which the experience of stigma permeates their everyday lives.
RTE’s Drivetime featured the research on April 14th, 2021, interviewing Dr. Shane Butler about the study’s findings and getting responses from drug treatment professionals and service users.
Listen back here.
19th April, 2021
Associate Professor Paula Mayock Co-Authors European Evidence Review on Women’s Homelessness, published by FEANTSA, the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless
Associate Professor Paula Mayock has co-authored an evidence review on women’s homelessness in Europe with Dr. Joanne Bretherton, Research Fellow, Centre for Housing Policy, University of York.
Key Findings of the Evidence Review were presented at a Webinar on March 26th 2021 by Paula Mayock and Joanne Bretherton. Mary Collins, Senior Policy and Advocacy Coordinator at the European Women’s Lobby, responded to the findings and Dalma Fabian, Policy Officer at FEANTSA, provided an overview of a newly published Guide for developing effective gender-responsive support and solutions for women experiencing homelessness.
This evidence review is linked to the ongoing work of the Women’s Homelessness in Europe Network (WHEN), founded by Dr. Paula Mayock in 2012 with funding support from the Irish Research Council’s ‘New Ideas’ Award.
Link to the Evidence Review is here.
12th April, 2021
We are Hiring! Assistant Professor in Social Work/or Social Policy (HCI) - 50% Post 4 Year Contract.
The School is delighted to announce that we are hiring an Assistant Professor in Social Work/or Social Policy (HCI) - 50% Post 4 Year Fixed Term Contract. Full details can be found here
27th March, 2021
We are Hiring! Assistant Professor in Social Work - Tenure Track.
The School is delighted to announce that we are hiring an Assistant Professor in Social Work. This is a tenure track post. Full details can be found here
23rd March, 2021
Online training course launched in response to rise in domestic violence
A new fully online training course for child protection and welfare practitioners is to launch in the coming weeks in direct response to the rise in domestic violence cases over the course of the pandemic.
The organisers of the course — Stephanie Holt, Associate Professor and Head of School at the School of Social Work & Social Policy in Trinity College Dublin, and Sonya Bruen of legal firm Mason, Hayes & Curran — said there had already been more than 100 expressions of interest in attending, including from social workers, public health nurses, and gardaí. Further details here
23rd March, 2021
Article by Dr Simone McCaughren entitled Adoption and denial of basic human rights
Congratulations to Dr Simone McCaughren on her recently published article entitled Adoption and denial of basic human rights. The full article can be found here
18th March, 2021
Dr Catherine Conlon contributes to a feature in Sunday Independent on Solo Motherhood
Going solo: As more Irish women choose solo motherhood, it's time for Irish society to catch up
Solo motherhood is becoming increasingly common in Ireland. So, is it time that, as a state and a society, we reassessed our attitude to lone parents?
Further details here
15th March, 2021
Course Structure & Content
The School of Social Work and Social Policy and the online unit in Trinity College have collaborated with MHC LLP solicitors to create this new course to meet the need for specialised training for a range of practitioners who work with families and children experiencing domestic violence. Full details on the course are available here
12th March, 2021
Invitation to Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
As part of the Horizon 2020 project, SoCaTel, Virpi Timonen and Luciana Lolich would like to invite you to visit the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) developed as part of the project. The SoCaTel project aims at creating a multi-stakeholder ICT platform which facilitates the co-creation of better and more accessible long-term care services.
This course was prepared to promote the incorporation of co-creation content in social work studies.
Pleas click on the following link:
https://www.socatel.eu/mooc/
Please send any feedback/comments to lolichl@tcd.ie
10th March, 2021
Social Policy performs strongly in QS World University Subject Rankings 2021
Trinity College Dublin has reinforced its reputation as Ireland’s leading university with a strong performance in the QS World University Subject Rankings 2021.
Trinity has been named as one of the world’s leading universities in 34 subject areas. We are delighted that Social Policy has been ranked in the top 100 highlighting the excellence of the School's social policy team and their commitment to teaching and research. Further details can be found here
9th March, 2021
Three Full-Time PhD Positions funded through the Provost’s PhD Project Awards
The School of Social Work and Social Policy is delighted to announce three full-time PhD positions, funded through the Provost’s PhD Project Awards. The funding covers the fees (EU/non-EU) plus a €17,316 annual stipend. Deadline for receipt of applications is 1st May 2021.
PhD positions available from September 2021 or March 2022:
- Legacy Data: Assembling Three Decades Of Irish Abortion Narratives, under the supervision of Dr. Catherine Conlon Email: CONLONCE@tcd.ie Project Overview
- Virtual Harm: Disability Associated Child Protection Risks and the Internet, under the supervision of Dr. Susan Flynn Email: SFLYNN7@tcd.ie Project Overview
- The Irish Disability and Migration Study, under the supervision of Dr. Edurne Garcia Iriarte Email: iriartee@tcd.ie Project Overview
Detail on how to apply are available here
8th March, 2021
Overcoming Sexism and Racism in Higher Education Webinar
You are warmly invited to an interactive webinar on:
Overcoming Sexism and Racism in Higher Education:
Thursday, 18th of March 2021, 3-5pm GMT
4th March, 2021
Webinar on Disability and Child Protection: Towards a Better Understanding
You are warmly invited to an interactive webinar on:
Disability and Child Protection: Towards a Better Understanding
Friday 26th March 2021, 10:00am-11.00am (Dublin Ireland time),
School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin
Get Your Tickets:
HERE
Or by pasting this link in your browser:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/disability-and-child-protection-toward-a-better-understanding-tickets-144166998373
4th March, 2021
Assistant Professor Paula Mayock and Fellow Emeritus Shane Butler publish article in Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, providing new insights into the Stigma of Growing Older on Methadone
“’I’m always hiding and ducking and diving: The stigma of growing older on methadone”, recently published in the Drug: Education, Prevention and Policy, breaks new ground by directly addressing the stigmatizing experiences – and the ramifications of stigma – for individuals who are long-term patients of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT).
The analysis presented demonstrates the ways in which institutional stigma (associated primarily with the regime of MMT) intersects with public shame to produce what Mayock and Butler describe as “the private burden of stigma”; an experience that is publicly invisible but privately endured. The implications for policy are discussed in detail, with a particular focus on the failure to normalize methadone treatment.
This article is based on data generated from a larger study of long-term methadone maintenance treatment funded by the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Drug and Alcohol Taskforce, supported by Southside Partnership and the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Community Addiction Team.
Link to the article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09687637.2021.1886253
Link to blog on the article by Dr. David McCartney: https://recoveryreview.blog/2021/02/17/growing-older-and-more-stigmatised-on-methadone/
2nd March, 2021
Congratulations to Professor Suzanne Cahill on her newly published book Perspectives on the Person with Dementia and Family Caregiving in Ireland
The book is about dementia and what has and has not been happening in a country where dementia has been a taboo subject for so long. It explores topics including obtaining a diagnosis and its benefits, accessing home care services and other post-diagnostic supports, formal and informal caregiving, moving from home into a nursing home and future directions in relation to public policy on dementia in Ireland. Topics explored although relating to Ireland are discussed against the backdrop of policy, practice and research developments in dementia care in other parts of the world. The book therefore provides the reader with a wealth of information including up to date research evidence, best practice guidelines and international expertise. The book has been written as a resource for academics, researchers, students, policy makers, health and social care professional and other key stakeholders in dementia care. It is available at: https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/72144
2nd March, 2021
Congratulations to Suzanne Cahill on her newly published book Perspectives on the Person with Dementia and Family Caregiving in Ireland
This book is all about dementia in Ireland and what has and has not been happening in a country where dementia has been a taboo topic for so long. In particular it examines the dementia landscape since late 2014, following the launch of Ireland’s first National Dementia Strategy. A lot has happened in Ireland since that time but a lot more needs to happen for people to live well with dementia and have their human rights upheld. There are an estimated 55,000 Irish people living with dementia and these figures are set to triple by 2050. Although topics explored in the book,such as obtaining a diagnosis, accessing home care services and moving from home into a nursing home relate to Ireland, they are discussed against the backdrop of policy, practice and research developments in dementia in other parts of the world. In this way the book provides the reader with a wealth of information including research evidence, best practice guidelines and international expertise. The book has been dedicated to Mnánah ’Éireann, in recognition of the hard physical and emotional work, caregivers,mostly women do behind closed doors. Throughout the book, an appeal is made for more state support to be given to these formal and informal caregivers.
2nd March, 2021
Congratulations to Órlaith Hennessy on her authored report for the NESC entitled The impacts of Covid 19 on ethnic minority and migrant groups in Ireland
The School congratulates our graduate Órlaith Hennessy (BA Sociology and Social Policy 2020) on the publication of a report that she authored under the auspices of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) while completing an internship at the NESC last summer. The title of this timely report is The impacts of Covid 19 on ethnic minority and migrant groups in Ireland and it can be accessed here
The Director of the BA in Sociology & Social Policy , Professor Virpi Timonen, in collaboration with Edna Jordan of NESC, recently announced the exclusively availability of these summer internship opportunities to our students again in 2021, and an email on this has been sent to all our 3rd and 4th year students. Students across all year groups on the BA in Sociology and Social Policy have also been offered exclusive internship opportunities with organisations in Belgium, through collaboration with the Irish College Leuven with the assistance of Joseph Doherty. All relevant student groups have received emails about the applications being open for these opportunities.
22nd February, 2021
Congratulations to Prof Timonen & Dr Lolich whose article is one of Emotions and Society's top five most read articles published in 2020
An article by Luciana Lolich and Virpi Timonen titled ‘Fortunate and fearful: emotions evoked by home-care policies for older people in Ireland’ was one of the most downloaded articles published in Emotions and Society in 2020. This article has been made free to read as part of the publisher’s ‘most read collection’. This collection will be free to access until 28 February. The article can be accessed here
16th February, 2021
Assistant Professor Paula Mayock, Sarah Parker and Andrew Murphy publish article in Child & Family Social Work, providing new insights into the process of youth becoming homeless
“Family ‘turning point’ experiences and the process of youth becoming homeless”,recently published in Child & Family Social Work, examines the family ‘turning point’ experiences associated with youth becoming homeless based on an in-depth analysis of the ‘life stories’ of 40 young people experiencing homelessness in Ireland.
The research, which is biographical and longitudinal, was led by Dr. Paula Mayock. Her co-authors, Sarah Parker and Andrew Murphy, are graduates of the Masters in Applied Social Research (School of Social Work and Social Policy, TCD). Sarah Parker is currently a doctoral researcher at the School of Social Work and Social Policy and Andrew Murphy works for the Irish Foster Care Association.
The research from which the data presented in this paper are drawn was funded Focus Ireland (Phase 1) and Focus Ireland in collaboration with Simon Communities of Ireland, Threshold, Peter McVerry Trust and Society of St. Vincent De Paul (Phase 2).
The article can be accessed here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cfs.12823
9th February, 202
Dr Catherine Conlon is awarded Provost PhD award.
Entitled Legacy Data: Assembling Three Decades Of Irish Abortion Narratives, Dr Catherine Conlon's project brings together a unique data archive she holds to conceptualise Ireland’s evolving legal, policy and cultural positions on abortion based on narratives of women from Ireland seeking abortion generated at three points in time. Qualitative research interviews with women from Ireland seeking abortion care in Britain on two occasions (1994-6 and 2003-4) and seeking abortion care in Ireland since legalisation (2019-21) offer a unique vantage point on the effects of the specific and evolving legal, policy and cultural treatment of abortion in Ireland on women’s sense of their reproductive citizenship, positionality and subjectivity. This is a rich, unique legacy dataset and the project will curate, archive and deposit the dataset as a ‘big qualitative data’ corpus. A breadth and depth analysis of the corpus will generate grounded, emergent conceptualisation of how changing policy and laws impact on sexual and reproductive health and rights, the constitutional and public policy landscape and most broadly on women’s positionality, subjectivity and citizenship. The project will provide the Doctoral student training in legacy, qualitative data-set curation and management and in big qualitative data analysis methods with a dataset of ample breadth to allow them to carve out a unique thesis topic.
5th February, 2021
Dr Susan Flynn is awarded Provost PhD award.
This study comprehensively investigates internet-based child protection risks associated with disability. There have been substantial increases in Irish internet usage over recent decades with one of the most comprehensive international comparison studies placing Irish children’s internet usage above the European average (Livingstone et al., 2011). Central Statistics Office (CSO) evidenced in 2019 that 97% of students in the Republic of Ireland use the internet every-day, whilst in the 16 to 29 years age group, 96% of internet users accessed the internet daily (CSO, 2019), and 82% of 15 to 16 year olds have a social networking profile (Livingstone et al., 2011). In this context, disability is associated with unique vulnerabilities that relate to child abuse. The internet is also recognised as a key platform that mediates child abuse (Good and Fang, 2015; Haber, 2020; Powell, 2008). With a view to addressing this area, this study will seek to answer the question, how does the internet present child protection and welfare risk related to disability?
3rd February, 2021
Dr Edurne Garcia Iriarte is awarded Provost PhD award.
Irish Disability, Ethnicity and Migration Study
This project aims to provide an unprecedented exploration of the intersection between disability, ethnicity and migration in Irish children, by adopting a longitudinal approach to the study of outcomes and by employing a mixed-methods approach to capture the individual experiences of children and their families. A large body of research indicates that disabled children have poorer educational, social, and socio-emotional outcomes than their non-disabled peers. Furthermore, disabled children’s poor outcomes are exacerbated when they have an ethnic minority and/or a migrant background, research has shown. Ireland has experienced a significant increase in the population of ethnic minority and of migrant background in the last 15 years, however, it remains scarcely researched whether disabled children with ethnic minority and/or migrant background fair differently from their non-disabled peers. Specifically, the project objectives are: 1) to explore the longitudinal impact of disability, ethnicity and migration on children’s educational, social and socio-emotional outcomes; 2) to examine the experiences of children with disability and ethnic and/or migrant background and of their families; and 3) to understand the role of services and informal support in the outcomes of disabled children with ethnic minority and/or migrant background. The project aims to use secondary mixed methods analysis of the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) study complemented with primary qualitative research.
1st February, 2021
Professor Eoin O'Sullivan authors article entitled "Mother and baby homes inquiry: now reveal the secrets of Ireland’s psychiatric hospitals".
Professor Eoin O'Sullivan alongside Ian O'Donnell, UCD recently published an article in the University times entitled Mother and baby homes inquiry: now reveal the secrets of Ireland’s psychiatric hospitals, The full article can be found here
28th January, 2021
Assistant Professor Paula Mayock and Fellow Emeritus Shane Butler publish article in the International Journal of Drug Policy
“Pathways to ‘recovery’ and social reintegration: The experiences of long-term clients of methadone maintenance treatment in an Irish drug treatment setting”, recently published in the International Journal of Drug Policy, presents a critical analysis of the experiences of long-term patients of methadone treatment in one area of Dublin in the context of a recent emphasis on rehabilitation and recovery in Irish drug policy. The findings, which highlight a disconnect between policies that ostensibly aim to promote social reintegration and recovery and the experiences of individuals who are long-term clients of MMT, are argued to reflect the marginal status of addiction services within the Irish health system.
This article is based on data generated from a larger study of long-term methadone maintenance treatment funded by the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Drug and Alcohol Taskforce, supported by Southside Partnership and the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Community Addiction Team.
Link to the article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955395920304308
Media Coverage: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news
18th January, 2021
Amy Stapleton Accepted as New Member to the Pool of European Youth Researchers.
The Pool of European Youth Researchers – or PEYR in short – is a unique initiative on the European level and it represents a contribution of both the Council of Europe and the European Commission to evidence based policy-making in the field of youth. Besides providing expertise on demand, PEYR members also meet once a year to discuss broader issues connected to youth research and provide input to policy initiatives of the two partner institutions.
More information is available at: https://pjp-eu.coe.int/en/web/youth-partnership/peyr
15th January, 2021
Congratulations to the Master in Social Work Class of 2020, many of whom graduated virtually in December!
Wishing the Master in Social Work class of 2020 all the very best! Many members of the class graduated virtually in December - some of the class are pictured below! With very best wishes for the future from all of us in the School of Social Work & Social Policy!
11th January, 2021
Congratulations to PhD Graduate Siobán O'Brien Green on her contribution to the Health Service Executive (HSE) National Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Training Resource Manual
In 2015 Siobán was awarded an Ussher Postgraduate PhD Fellowship by Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Her PhD research explored help and safety seeking by women who have experienced domestic violence during pregnancy in Ireland. She has presented on this research in Ireland, Portugal, Austria and was invited to present in Oslo in 2018 at the national conference celebrating 200 years of midwifery education in Norway. Following on from her invited presentation at the ICGP national conference in Dublin in 2019 she wrote an article for the ICGP Journal - Forum based on her PhD research. Its publication was timed to coincide with the16 days of global action on violence against women.
Siobán was delighted to contribute to the Health Service Executive (HSE) National Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Training Resource Manual: Recognising and Responding to Victims of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (DSGBV) in Vulnerable or At-Risk Communities (2019). She has recently been appointed to the Advisory Group of the Study on Familicide and Domestic Homicide Reviews commissioned by the Department of Justice and Equality. Upon completing her PhD she began her new role, Head of Healthcare Programmes in the Irish Hospice Foundation in February 2019."
7th January, 2021