Dr. Catriona O’Toole’s projects

Dr. Catriona O’Toole’s current projects include ‘Where the Light Enters: Hope and Healing through trauma-informed education’, funded by the Irish Research Council; ‘Education for Human Flourishing’ with the UNESCO Mahatma Ghandi Institute for Peace and...

Working with adult migrants and ethnic minorities

Dr. Rebecca Murphy’s work focuses on amplifying and integrating the knowledge of Experts by Experience in both our health and research systems. She has extensive experience of conducting participatory methodologies with ‘minoritized’ communities, including people from...

The ‘Montessori and Childhood Trauma’ Project

Bernadette Phillips is a PhD student who received an IRC postgraduate scholarship in 2020. Bernadette holds a BA and MA in English Language and Literature from UCD as well as Diplomas and Certificates in Montessori education from the London Montessori Centre, (now...

The “ learning to learn” project

Shane Owen is a PhD student in the CMCHR and graduate tutor in the Department of Psychology. Shane’s principal supervisor is Professor Sinead McGilloway with Dr Jonathan Murphy acting as co-supervisor.  Shane holds BAs in Social Care, Social Studies and Psychology. He...