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School of Social Sciences, Law, and Education

School of Social Sciences, Law, and Education

2024

Hanlon, N. (2024). Caring with relational pedagogy in social care education. Irish Journal of Academic Practice, 12(1).

Darcy, C., (2024). From focus groups in community settings, to in-depth interviews in pubs: A case study on researching Irish men, masculinities, and illicit drug use. In Sage Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research. SAGE Publications.

Dolan, P., Vertigans, S., & Connolly, J. (2024). Theorising political legitimisation: From stasis to processes. European Journal of Social Theory, 27(1), 22-40.

Hanlon, N. (2024). Relational pedagogy in social care education: a model for relational justice. Social Work Education, 1-17.

Hanlon, N. (2024). Caring with Relational Pedagogy in Social Care Education, Irish Journal of Academic Practice (in-press).

Moore, A. & Lalor, K. (2024). Social care managers’ perspectives on statutory registration of social care workers in Ireland. Administration, 72(2), 53-71.

2023

Behan, C. (2023). The Summer of Discontent: The British Prisoners’ Strike of 1972. In V. Canning, G. Martin & S. Tombs (Eds.), International Handbook of Activist Criminology (pp. 123-136). Emerald Publishing.  

Behan, C., & Stark, A. (2023). Prisons and Imprisonment: An Introduction. Palgrave Macmillan.

Broughton Coveney, F. & McGowan, D. (2023). Adoption. In M. Harding & D. McGowan (Eds.), Irish Family Law in Context (pp. 285-308.). Clarus Press.

Brown, T. & Lalor, K. (2023). Understanding social care. In K. Lalor, P. Share & T. Brown (Eds.), Social care work: An introduction for students in Ireland (4th ed.) (pp. 3-16). Institute of Public Administration.

Carolan, G. & Schulte, F. (2023). 'What’s law got to do with it? How the degree of legalization affects the durability of post-conflict autonomy agreements. Ethnopolitics.

Carthy, A., Chalmers, W., Guiry, E. and Owende, P. (2023). An analysis of the impact and efficacy of online emotional intelligence coaching as a support mechanism for university students. In L. Kohnke, B. Ulla and H. Xie, H. (Eds.), Digital learning innovations in education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers Media. 

Chalmers, W., Carthy, A., Kenneally, M., Bruce, N., McGuinness, C. and Owende P. (2023). An analysis of the impact and efficacy of an online mindfulness-based intervention as a support for first-year university students. The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 15 (2).

Carruthers, S. (2023). Autobiographical Traces in Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman and Meetings with Anna. CINEJ Cinema Journal, 11(2), 127–148.

Connolly, J., Dolan, P. and Vertigans, S. (2023). Rational and emotional tension balances in the organization of political hunger strikes. Sociological Research Online 28(1), 3–20.

Darcy, C. (2023). From larceny and concealed births, to indecent assault and attempted suicide: An analysis of rural crimes committed in three small Irish villages between 1941-1943. International Journal of Rural Criminology, 8 (1), 82-106.  

Darcy, C. and Tuite, E. (2023). Drug misuse in social care practice. In K. Lalor, P. Share & T. Brown (Eds.), Social care work: An introduction for students in Ireland (4th ed.) (pp. 233-243). Institute of Public Administration.

Hanlon, N. & Gahan, F. (2023) Masculinities and caring men in social care work. In K. Lalor, P. Share, & T. Brown (Eds.), Social care work: An introduction for students in Ireland (4th ed.) (pp. 155-166). Institute of Public Administration.

Harding, M. & McGowan, D. (2023). Family law in context. Clarus Press.

Jameson, A. and Ratcliffe, S. (2023). Knowing and minding the self: The proficiency which enhances all others. In K. Lalor, P. Share & T. Brown (Eds.), Social care work: An introduction for students in Ireland (4th ed.) (pp. 113-128). Institute of Public Administration.

Lalor, K., Share, P. & Brown, T. (Eds.) (2023). Social care work: An introduction for students in Ireland (4th ed.). Institute of Public Administration.

Larkin, G. (2023). Positive mental health. In K. Lalor, P. Share & T. Brown (Eds.), Social care work: An introduction for students in Ireland (4th ed.) (pp. 205-218). Institute of Public Administration.

McGarr, J. & Fingleton, M. (2023). Evaluating the integrative framework for practice teaching with social care educators and students. Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 20(1), 67-89.

McGarr, J. (2023). Adopting a trauma-informed approach, skills and strategies for social care intervention. In K. Lalor, P. Share & T. Brown (Eds.), Social care work: An introduction for students in Ireland (4th ed.) (pp. 99-112). Institute of Public Administration.

Murphy, K. (2023). Experiencing Dyslexia through the Prism of Difference. [Electronic version] REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 36, 112-124.

Murphy, K. (2023). The [DIS] Advantage of Studying Higher Education (HE) with Dyslexia. [Electronic version] Journal of Franco-Irish Studies, 7, 64-80.

Ó Rálaigh, C. (2023). A contribution to the critique of Irish sociology. Irish Journal of Sociology, 0(0).

Ó Rálaigh, C. (2023). From Constructive Ambiguities to Structural Contradictions: The Twilight of the Good Friday Agreement? Peace Review, 35 (3), 404-421.

Seymour, M. (2023). Enhancing the online student experience through the application of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to research methods learning and teaching. Education and Information Technologies.

Seymour, M. (2023). Supporting children’s compliance on community supervision. Academic Insights 2023/24. HM Inspectorate of Probation.

Wilkins, E., Courtney, E., Lawlor, G. and Cluskey, M. (2023) Embedding Intercultural Competencies in Community Development Education: Reflections on a Virtual Exchange. In Muia, D. & Philips, R. (Eds.),  Connectedness, Resilience and Empowerment: Perspectives on Community (pp.141-154). Springer https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35744-2

2022

Alves De Castro, C., Carthy, A., and O’Reilly, I. (2022). An Ethical Discussion About the Responsibility for Protection of Minors in the Digital Environment: A state-of-the-art review. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal Volume 9(5): 343–370. DOI: 10.14738/assrj.95.12433 

Alves De Castro, C., O’Reilly, I. and Carthy, A. (2022). The Role of Influencers in Adolescents' Consumer Decision-Making Process: A Sustainability Approach. Critical Letters in Economics & Finance Volume 1(1) DOI: 10.21427/azb6-zn63 

Brian Barry, Lucía Morales, Aiden Carthy, An Evidence Review of Behavioural Economics in the Justice Sector, Department of Justice Research Report (2022).  

Brian Barry, “Judicial Impartiality in the Judicial Council Act 2019: Challenges and Opportunities” (2022) Irish Judicial Studies Journal 38. 

Behan, C. (2022). No longer a ‘collateral consequence’: Imprisonment and the reframing of citizenship. European Journal of Criminology, 19(6), 1283–1303. 

Behan, C. (2022). ‘Nothing to Say’? Prisoners and the Penal Past. In L. Black, L. Brangan & D. Healy (Eds.), Histories of Punishment and Social Control in Ireland: Perspectives  from a Periphery. Emerald Publishing.   

Bowden, M. & Harkness, A. (Eds.). (2022). Rural transformations and rural crime: International critical perspectives in rural criminology. Bristol University Press. 

Bowden, M. & Pytlarz, A. (2022) Late modernity and the governance of rural security: From solid to liquid. In Bowden, M. & Harkness, A. (Eds.). (2022). Rural transformations and rural crime: International critical perspectives in rural criminology. (pp. 49-65). Bristol University Press. 

Bowden, M. & Pytlarz, A. (2022) Entering the relational space: Using field-analytic methods in researching rural security. In Weisheit, R., Peterson, J., & Pytlarz, A. (Eds.). Research methods for rural criminologists. (pp. 143-155). Routledge. 

Byrne, D., McGuinness, C. and Carthy, A. (2022). Do educators value the promotion of students’ wellbeing? Quantifying educators’ attitudes toward wellbeing promotion. PLOS ONE 17(8): e0273522.  DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273522 

Carthy, A., Chalmers, W., Guiry, E. and Owende, P. (2022). An analysis of the impact and efficacy of online emotional intelligence coaching as a support mechanism for university students. Frontiers In Education, Volume 7. DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2022.861564 

Costello, A., Maunsell, C., Cullen, C., & Bourke, A. (2022). A systematic review of the   provision of sexuality education to student teachers in initial teacher education. Frontiers in Education, 7, 1-17. DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2022.787966  

Guiry, E. and Carthy, A. (2022). A Qualitative Exploration of the Motivations and Expectations of Lecturers Who Sign-up to Participate in an Emotional Intelligence Coaching Programme. The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 14(3), https://ojs.aishe.org/index.php/aishe-j/article/view/699. 

Hanlon, N. (2022). Masculinities and Affective Equality: The Case of Professional Caring. Gender, Work & Organization. 1–14.

Hanlon, N. (2022). Relational justice and relational pedagogy in professional social care work. Social Work Education, 18. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2022.2123913 

Harkness, A., Peterson, J., Bowden, M., Pedersen, C. & Donnermeyer, J. (Eds.). (2022). Encyclopedia of rural crime. Bristol University Press. 

McLean, L., Gaul, D. & Penco, R.  (2022).  Perceived Social Support and Stress: A Study of 1st Year Students in Ireland. International Journal Mental Health Addiction.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00710-z 

McGowan, G. “Foucault and the Limits of Identity Rights” in Jill Marshall (ed), Personal Identity at the European Court of Human Rights, (Routledge 2022). 

Murphy, K. (2022). The multi-period cairn at Cnoc Raithní, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, Co Galway. Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, 75, 36-45.

Murphy, K. (2022). Creating inclusive universities for different abilities. In Re-imagining higher education through equity, inclusion, and sustainability (RISE). Proceedings of the 2nd. EUt+ International Conference on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. Technical University of Sofia, Sozopol, Bulgaria, (1-22). EUt+ Press.

Ní Chonaill, B., Macnamara, N., & Lawlor, G. (2022). Embedding anti-racism in the community development and youth work programme: the focus on positionality. In Re-imagining higher education through equity, inclusion and sustainability (RISE). Proceedings of the 2nd. EUt+ International Conference on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Technical University of Sofia, Sozopol, Bulgaria, 1-3 September. doi:10.21427/cd2h-wr59 

Pytlarz, A. & Bowden, M. (2022). Crime Talk in the Countryside. In Weisheit, R., Peterson, J., & Pytlarz, A. (Eds.).  Research methods for rural criminologists. pp. 91-102). Routledge.