Research Interests

Research Area	Staff Members
Assessment	Mathias Urban | Marlene McCormack | Geraldine French | Sandra O'Neill | Eithne Kennedy | Niamh Watkins | Gillian Lake  | Jacqueline de Brun | Cora Gillic
Autism Spectrum Disorders	Sin¨¦ad McNally
Child Development	Sin¨¦ad McNally | Gillian Lake | Grainne McKenna | Geraldine French | Clare Halligan
Children's rights	Therese Farrell | Sin¨¦ad McNally | Niamh Watkins | Grainne McKenna | Aishling Silke | Sandra O'Neill | Cora Gillic | Clare Halligan
Communities of Practice	Mathias Urban | Marlene McCormack | Geraldine French | Eithne Kennedy | Conall ? Breach¨¢in | Aishling Silke | Jacqueline de Brun | Lorraine N¨ª Gh¨¢irbhith
Creativity	Tara Concannon-Gibney | Sandra O'Neill | Eithne Kennedy | Fiona Giblin | Niamh Watkins | Lorraine N¨ª Gh¨¢irbhith
Digital Learning	Sandra O'Neill | Fiona Giblin | Clare Halligan
Disciplinary Literacy	Eithne Kennedy | Niamh Watkins | Aisling N¨ª Dhiorbh¨¢in
Diversity	Tara Concannon-Gibney | Mathias Urban | Eithne Kennedy | Grainne McKenna | Aishling Silke
Early Childhood Education	Tara Concannon-Gibney | Mathias Urban | Marlene McCormack | Geraldine French | Gillian Lake | Sandra O'Neill | Therese Farrell | Sin¨¦ad McNally | Eithne Kennedy | Fiona Giblin | Grainne McKenna | Aishling Silke | Cora Gillic | Clare Halligan
Early Childhood Mathematics	Cora Gillic
Education Disadvantage / Equality	Mathias Urban | Geraldine French | Sin¨¦ad McNally | Eithne Kennedy | Niamh Watkins | Gillian Lake | Grainne McKenna | Aishling Silke
Education Policy	Mathias Urban | Geraldine French | Sandra O'Neill | Therese Farrell | Sin¨¦ad McNally | Eithne Kennedy | Gillian Lake | Grainne McKenna | Aisling N¨ª Dhiorbh¨¢in | Aishling Silke | Cora Gillic | Clare Halligan
Identity	Mathias Urban | Lorraine N¨ª Gh¨¢irbhith | Jacqueline de Brun
Initial Teacher Education	Tara Concannon-Gibney | Marlene McCormack | Therese Farrell | Lorraine N¨ª Gh¨¢irbhith | Fiona Giblin | Gillian Lake | Aisling N¨ª Dhiorbh¨¢in | Conall ? Breach¨¢in | Cora Gillic | Clare Halligan
Inquiry Based Learning	Mathias Urban | Sandra O'Neill | Fiona Giblin
Language Acquisition & Learning	Gillian Lake | Sin¨¦ad McNally | Fiona Giblin | Niamh Watkins | Grainne McKenna | Aisling N¨ª Dhiorbh¨¢in | Conall ? Breach¨¢in | Jacqueline de Brun | Lorraine N¨ª Gh¨¢irbhith
Leadership	Mathias Urban | Eithne Kennedy | Aishling Silke | Clare Halligan
Literacies	Gillian Lake | Tara Concannon-Gibney | Fiona Giblin | Niamh Watkins | Aisling N¨ª Dhiorbh¨¢in | Conall ? Breach¨¢in | Jacqueline de Brun
Partnerships	Eithne Kennedy | Gillian Lake | Aishling Silke
Pedagogy and Curriculum	Mathias Urban | Gillian Lake | Geraldine French | Tara Concannon-Gibney | Sandra O'Neill | Therese Farrell | Eithne Kennedy | Fiona Giblin | Grainne McKenna | Aisling N¨ª Dhiorbh¨¢in | Conall ? Breach¨¢in | Jacqueline de Brun | Lorraine N¨ª Gh¨¢irbhith | Marlene McCormack | Cora Gillic | Clare Halligan
Reading Comprehension	Tara Concannon-Gibney | Aisling N¨ª Dhiorbh¨¢in | Jacqueline de Brun
Reflective Practice	Mathias Urban | Marlene McCormack | Tara Concannon-Gibney | Lorraine N¨ª Gh¨¢irbhith | Conall ? Breach¨¢in | Cora Gillic | Clare Halligan
Social-emotional Development	Sin¨¦ad McNally | Geraldine French | Clare Halligan
Special Education	Sin¨¦ad McNally
Teacher Agency	Conall ? Breach¨¢in
Teacher Education / Professional Development	Mathias Urban | Marlene McCormack | Geraldine French | Tara Concannon-Gibney | Therese Farrell | Lorraine N¨ª Gh¨¢irbhith | Sin¨¦ad McNally | Eithne Kennedy | Fiona Giblin | Aisling N¨ª Dhiorbh¨¢in | Conall ? Breach¨¢in | Cora Gillic | Clare Halligan
Teagasc na Gaeilge	Lorraine N¨ª Gh¨¢irbhith | Aisling N¨ª Dhiorbh¨¢in