Academic and Postgraduate Research Fellowships
The Research Fellowships aim to support academic and postgraduate research projects from within and across TRiSS member schools.
Please click on the underlined names below for updates on their research projects.
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| Alexander Held | Political Science | Registration Rules, Eligibility Uncertainty, and Minority Youth Voter Mobilization | |
| Christiane Ahlborn | Law | Global Corporations in the International Legal Order | |
| Julia Zimmerman | Economics (CEPH) | Roots of Revolution | |
| Leigh-Ann Sweeny | Social Work Social Policy | FOST-WELL: A Biographic Narrative Study of Foster Carers' Wellbeing, Experiences of Stressors and Social Supports during Placement Breakdown in Ireland | |
| Paula Maycock | Social Work Social Policy | The Complex Recovery Experiences of Homeless Service Users with Substance Use Disorder: A Public Engagement and Dissemination Event | |
| Richard Franke | Economics (CEPH) | Wrecking their hopes? – The Effect of Travel Risk Assessment on Migration Decisions | |
Postgraduate |
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| Alexus McNally | Law | Fair Trial Rights for Children in Conflict with the Law | |
| Bruno Spadi | Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences | Clitic distribution and verb movement in the languages of Sicily | |
| Gabriel Opare | Sociology | Trinity Black History Month Library Exhibition 2024 | |
| Irene Barbotti | Religion, Theology and Peace Studies | Exploring Beatitudes and Woes in the Synoptic Tradition. The Hypothesis of an Apocalyptic Q-Catalogue of Opposite Sayings | |
| Kelly Donegan | Psychology | Characterising distinct psychiatric correlates of habit expression | |
| Ruben Ruf | Business | The impact of foreign stock markets on mental health | |
| Tooba Nadeem Akhtar | Psychology | A mental health, development and psychosocial support intervention for children in natural disaster-affected areas, with a focus on Pakistan's flood-affected areas. | |
Below are last year's Fellowship recipients, click on their names to read how their TRiSS Fellowships have helped their research.
2023/24 TRiSS Academic and Postgraduate Research Fellowship Awardees
Academic
| Eman Abboud | Political Science | Decolonizing Data: mapping pre-colonial patterns of ethnopolitical exclusion in sub-Saharan Africa |
| Donatella Camedda | Education | Breaking Barriers: A Photovoice Project on the Experiences of College Students with Intellectual Disabilities |
| Bronagh Catibusic | Linguistics, Speech and Communication Sciences | Nurturing networks through the Trinity English Conversation Classes for refugees |
| Catherine Elliot O'Dare | Social Work Social Policy | Ageism and intergenerational relations in the workplace in Sweden and Ireland – a scoping review of extant literature and trade union policy |
| Susan Flynn | Social Work Social Policy | Coping with complex intersections of child protection risk, the internet and disability: Towards informing and understanding professional responses |
| Elizabeth Nixon | Psychology | Parents' mental state talk and associations with children's development |
Alejandra Ramos & Selim Guelsci |
Economics | Telenovelas with LGBTQ+ characters in Latin-America: which type of representation matter? |
Postgraduate
| Simone Arrigoni | Economics | Who gets the flow? Financial Globalisation and Wealth Inequality |
| Vitalis Bengano | Social Work Social Policy | An exploration of the built environment in/accessibility among disabled students in higher education in Zimbabwe: A New Materialist Perspective. |
| Enrico Cavalloti | Economics | A Criminal Blog-buster: Blogging, Media Coverage and Cartel Tactics in Mexico |
| Lucas daSilva | Political Science | Media Matters: Depictions of Party Positions and Voting Behaviour among Cross-Pressured Voters |
| Salam Jabbour | Psychology | Developing a Community-Level Mental Health Program for Adolescents or Young Adults in Lebanon |
| Michael McRae | Economics | Mass media effect on gender norm perceptions |
| Marina Schenkel | Political Science | Effects of populist rhetoric related to health crises on political preferences |
2022/23 TRiSS Academic and Postgraduate Research Fellowship Awardees