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- Dr. Julie ByrneResearch Areas of interest: Use of online learning in higher education; digital pedagogies; human services organisations.
- Dr. Louise CaffreyResearch Areas of Interest: Realist evaluation & Realist synthesis; systems approaches; theory-informed evaluation.
- Dr. Catherine ConlonResearch Areas of interest: Social politics of reproduction policy; fertility and reproduction; policy science research in area of reproductive health.
- Dr. Philip Curry Research Areas of interest: Refugee Policy; migration and children; migration and the family.
- Dr. Catherine Elliott O'Dare Research Areas of interest: Social aspects of ageing (ageism, work and gender) and intergenerational friendship. Health policy analysis. Grounded theory methodology.
- Dr. Michael FeelyResearch Areas of interest: Disability studies; inclusive research; participatory action research; poststructuralism.
- Dr. Susan Flynn Research Areas on interest: Child protection and welfare; disability studies and disability theory; sociological theory.
- Dr. Edurne Garcia IriarteResearch Areas of Interest: Social inclusion of people with disabilities, particularly on the areas of education, community living, and research participation.
- Dr. Stephanie HoltResearch Areas of interest: Domestic violence and abuse, with a particular interest and methodological expertise in engaging children in the research process
- Dr. Paula Mayock Research Areas of interest: Marginalised youth and adult populations, homelessness and housing exclusion; drug use and drug treatment.
- Dr. Simone McCaughren Research Areas of interest: Domestic and international adoption law, policy and practice; children’s rights & the voice of the child; mature student learners & equal access to education.
- Dr. Erna O'Connor Research Areas of interest: Social Work in Health Care; bereavement; trauma informed practice; reflective practice.
- Professor Eoin O'SullivanResearch Areas of interest: Homelessness in Ireland and Europe; housing policy in Ireland; coercive confinement in 20th century Ireland.
- Professor Trevor Spratt Research Areas of interest: The performance of child welfare and protection systems; the effects of adversities experienced in childhood on later life outcomes.
- Professor Virpi Timonen Reserach Areas of interest: Sociology of ageing and the human life course, including analyses of social policies and welfare states; grounded theory method.
- Dr Joe Whelan Reserach Areas of interest: Welfare and work; understanding lived experiences in the context of welfare recipiency, focusing on the processes and effects of welfare conditionality.
- Dr Leigh-Ann_Sweeney Reserach Areas of interest: Feminist social work; critical social work and social justice perspectives; health promotion; the social determinants of health approaches.
- Dr Ann_Nolan Reserach Areas of interest: Global health; HIV, sexual and reproductive health and rights; inclusion health; the regulation of sexuality and other contested policy domains.