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The School offers an opportunity unique in Ireland to study a combined programme of political science and sociological studies.
Since our foundation in 1967, we have developed an extensive and highly-reputed teaching and research expertise. The School prides itself on its accessible, inclusive and stimulating learning environment for all students.
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Listening to practitioners talking about child to parent violence and abuse: Some findings from an action research project
(Irish Assocation of Social Workers, 2016)Contemporary debates about violence within the family are usually limited to the dynamics and prevention of adult-initiated violence. This largely ignores other kinds of challenges that social workers and other practitioners ... -
The longest negotiation: British policy, IRA strategy and the making of the Northern Ireland peace settlement
(SAGE Publications, 2013-11-24)This article offers a new analysis of the Northern Ireland peace settlement through an examination of the pivotal relationship between two key actors: the British state and the Provisional Republican movement that included ... -
Consuming distance or (all) consuming work? The case of telework
(Routledge, 2014)The reality of anthropogenic climate change and the consequences for society and environment is of growing concern to many worldwide. Sustainable Development - development which addresses existing human needs while ... -
Solidarity, equity and rights-based to health provision
(Commonwealth Secretariat, 2015)This brief contribution addresses the central, but neglected principle of solidarity in universal health coverage reforms. Solidarity is the key to understanding rights-based approaches to health, while ensuring a good fit ... -
Does the work role of Catholic clergy contribute to the disenfranchisement of their grief?
(Sage, 2015-09-01)While bereavement-related compassion fatigue and burnout have been studied in many helping professions, this researcher has found no peer-reviewed articles based specifically on bereavement experiences of Roman Catholic ... -
Sustainable knowledge transformation in and through higher education: a case for transdisciplinary leadership
(UCL IOE Press, 2017-03-01)This article explores inter and transdisciplinarity, given the need for more complex, relevant and transformative knowledge to shift society toward more sustainable futures. It connects practical questions about economic, ... -
Students-as-producers: Developing valuable student-centered research and learning opportunities
(Consortia Academia Publishing, 2017-07-19)The desire to connect teaching and research to create a productive and progressive framework for student learning has become one of the most significant spaces for academic development in Higher Education over the recent ... -
At a crossroads: investigating automobility and its implications for local urban transport policy design
(MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), 2017-05-05)More people than ever before are living in urban settlements, increasing competition for living space, employment, food, water, and energy. Urbanisation poses many challenges, most notably meeting the basic health and ... -
Youth-adult relationships as assets for youth: promoting positive development in stressful Ttmes
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'We are all like a family here’: Qualitative insights on the role of youth cafés in supporting the health and well-being of young people
(Children's Research Network, 2016-05)While there have been many positive policy developments for young people in Ireland over recent decades – including increased access to and participation in education – issues related to the well-being of young ... -
Connecting research and practice: Perspectives on the role of manualised programmes in youth work
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-05-12)While there is a strong movement in favour of the use of manual based programmes in the arena of social care, there is a view that such programmes are not applicable in the more fluid setting of youth work, which operates ... -
Understanding youth civic engagement: debates, discourses and lessons from practice
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-07-24)While civic engagement provides a rich rationale for intervention, the array of discourses urging a focus on youth engagement or action means that the concept can be confusing, cluttered, and lacking consistent operationalization. ... -
'He told me to calm down and all that': a qualitative study of forms of social support in youth mentoring relationships
(Wiley, 2017-02-22)The worldwide growth in formal youth mentoring programmes over the past two decades is partly a response to the perception that young people facing adversity do not have access to supportive relationships with adults and ... -
Spaces of connection and belonging: Young people's perspectives on the role of youth cafes in their lives
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-04-19)A youth café is a relaxed, drug-free and alcohol-free meeting space for young people. The youth café model has become a prominent form of policy provision for young people in Ireland over the past decade, with in excess ... -
The farm as an educative tool in the development of place attachments among Irish farm youth
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-04-05)This paper focuses on the educative role of the farm in the development of relationships between young people and the homeplace they grew up on. The paper is based on qualitative interviews with a cohort of 30 Irish ... -
Developing (Tele)work? A multi-level sociotechnical perspective of telework in Ireland
(2016)The ubiquitous nature and use of technology in contemporary societies continues to transform lives and work environments. At the same time, transport continues to be a major source of harmful emissions. Telework has been ... -
Interfacing informal and formal help systems: historical pathways to the Meitheal model
(De Gruyter Open, 2016-09)Meitheal is a national practice model which aims to ensure that the needs and strengths of children and their families are effectively identified, understood and responded to in a timely manner. The aim of this article is ... -
Lone parents and activation, what works and why: a review of the international evidence in the Irish context
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2016-09)This research sought to discover those policies, programmes and practices which enable lone parents to engage in employment which will lead to adequate living standards and improved well-being for them and their children. ... -
Review of the Children First Basic Level Training and Keeping Safe Training programmes
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2014-04)TUSLA, the Child and Family Agency (the Agency) is1 committed to ensuring the child protection and welfare training provided is designed and delivered in a responsive and effective manner to all who receive it. Two ... -
Practitioner guide to literature review: permanence and stability for children in care
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, The National University of Ireland, Galway, 2016-06)The purpose of this guide is to provide key messages from the main literature review for practitioners who wish to use the literature for report writing, court, case conferences and similar work processes. This guide ...