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Research Interests

Research Interests and Expertise

Research AreaStaff Members
AssessmentKay Maunsell
BullyingIrene White | Audrey Bryan | Bernie Collins | Seline Keating | James O'Higgins Norman
Care and educationMaeve O'Brien | Paul King
Catholic EducationGareth Byrne | Sandra Cullen | Amalee Meehan
Chaplaincy StudiesMary Coffey
Childhood StudiesAndrew O'Shea | Ashling Bourke
Children's RightsKay Maunsell | Andrew O'Shea | Seline Keating | Bernie Collins | Anne Marie Kavanagh | Ashling Bourke
Citizenship EducationAudrey Bryan | Bernie Collins
Climate Change EducationAudrey Bryan
Combatting PrejudiceAudrey Bryan | James O'Higgins Norman | Maeve Dupont | Niamh McGuirk
CreativityMaeve O'Brien | Irene White | Andrew O'Shea | Sandra Cullen
DialogueMaeve O'Brien | Sandra Cullen | Irene White | Thomas Grenham | Andrew O'Shea | Paul King
DisabilityGer Scanlon
DiversityAnne Marie Kavanagh | Thomas Grenham | Audrey Bryan | Niamh McGuirk
Education Disadvantage / EqualityGer Scanlon | Kay Maunsell | Audrey Bryan | Maeve O'Brien
EmbodimentKay Maunsell | Eileen Brennan | Maeve O'Brien | Majella McSharry | Ashling Bourke
Empowering pedagogiesBernie Collins | Cora O'Farrell | Seline Keating
EthicsGer Scanlon | Anne Marie Kavanagh | Andrew O'Shea | Eileen Brennan | Niamh McGuirk
GenderMajella McSharry | Maeve O'Brien
Gender and Sexuality StudiesKay Maunsell | Audrey Bryan | Maeve O'Brien | Ashling Bourke
Guidance CounsellingPaul King
HermeneuticsEileen Brennan
Holistic EducationIrene White | Kay Maunsell | Paul King | Cora O'Farrell | Andrew O'Shea
Human DevelopmentMaeve O'Brien | Irene White | Kay Maunsell | Audrey Bryan | Andrew O'Shea | Paul King | Sandra Cullen | Amalee Meehan | Ashling Bourke
Human Rights EducationGer Scanlon | Anne Marie Kavanagh | Kay Maunsell | Audrey Bryan | Seline Keating | James O'Higgins Norman | Niamh McGuirk | Ashling Bourke
IdentityAndrew O'Shea | Bernie Collins | Eileen Brennan |Paul King | Maeve O'Brien
InclusionGer Scanlon | Maeve Dupont
Intercultural EducationSandra Cullen | Anne Marie Kavanagh | Thomas Grenham | Audrey Bryan | Niamh McGuirk
JusticeEileen Brennan
LeadershipPaul King
Media EducationSeline Keating
MindfulnessPaul King | Kay Maunsell | Bernie Collins | Seline Keating
Pastoral workMary Coffey
Pedagogy and CurriculumIrene White | Andrew O'Shea | Sandra Cullen | Cora O'Farrell
PhenomenologyEileen Brennan
PhilosophyAndrew O'Shea | Eileen Brennan
Philosophy for Children (P4C)Cora O'Farrell | Andrew O'Shea
PluralismAnne Marie Kavanagh | Thomas Grenham | Audrey Bryan | Sandra Cullen | Eileen Brennan | Niamh McGuirk
Political TheoryEileen Brennan
Practical TheologyThomas Grenham | Cora O'Farrell | Gareth Byrne | Amalee Meehan
PsychologyKay Maunsell | Maeve Dupont | Paul Downes | Ashling Bourke
Relationship and RelationalityMaeve O'Brien | Irene White | Kay Maunsell | Audrey Bryan | Paul King | Ashling Bourke
Relationships and Sexuality EducationKay Maunsell | Ashling Bourke
Religious EducationSandra Cullen | Anne Hession | Thomas Grenham | Cora O'Farrell | Gareth Byrne | Amalee Meehan
ResilienceIrene White | Ashling Bourke
Restorative PracticesPaul King
Self/ OtherKay Maunsell | Andrew O'Shea | Eileen Brennan
Social ClassAudrey Bryan | Maeve O'Brien
Sociological PerspectivesJames O'Higgins Norman | Audrey Bryan | Maeve O'Brien
SociologyAudrey Bryan | Maeve O'Brien | Marie Flynn | Majella McSharry
Special EducationGer Scanlon
SpiritualityAnne Hession | Cora O'Farrell | Mary Coffey | Gareth Byrne | Thomas Grenham | Sandra Cullen | Amalee Meehan
Teacher Education / Professional DevelopmentSandra Cullen | Kay Maunsell | Paul King | Cora O'Farrell | Seline Keating | Irene White | Maeve O'Brien | Amalee Meehan | Ashling Bourke
Teaching Difficult KnowledgeAudrey Bryan
TransitionsMaeve O'Brien | Ger Scanlon | Kay Maunsell | Ashling Bourke
Well-beingMaeve O'Brien | Irene White | Kay Maunsell | Audrey Bryan | Bernie Collins | Andrew O'Shea | Paul King | Cora O'Farrell | Seline Keating | Amalee Meehan | Ashling Bourke