Academic and Postgraduate Research Fellowships
Congratulations to the following academics and postgraduate students who have been awarded a TRiSS Research Fellowship for 2024/25!! The Research Fellowships aim to support academic and postgraduate research projects from within and across TRiSS member schools.
Do check in regularly for updates on their research projects
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| Alexander Held | Political Science | Registgration 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 | |
| Susan McCormick | Education | UDL in practice in second-level schools | |
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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 the underlined 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 |