Academic biography

Louise Hopper is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology in Dublin City University (DCU). Louise is the Chair of the BSc in Psychology and Mathematics and  Chair of the School of Psychology Ethics Committee. She coordinates and delivers courses in Psychology Research Skills on the three undergraduate psychology programmes and the Critical Psychology and Wellbeing in the Community module on the MSc. Psychology and Wellbeing course. 

Louise is the Principal Investigator on a number of projects including the H2020 Erasmus+ INTenSE project (simulation of dementia experience; www.intenseprojectdementia.eu), the H2020 CAPTAIN project (e-coaching for older adults; www.captain-eu.org) and the National Dementia Registry Model Development (DoH, HSE funded) and a member of the Centre for eIntregrated Care (http://www.dcu.ie/ceic). She is also co-founder and co-chair of the Alzheimer Cafe Leixlip (www.alzheimercafeleixlip.ie).