Dr Nuala Whelan

Lecturer
Biography
Research Interests
Research Projects
Project | Role | Funding Body / Program | Description | Start Date | End Date | Award (€) | |
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ACA PES: A Collaborative Approach to building Public Employment Services | Post-Doctoral Researcher | Irish Research Council (IRC) / | 01-APR-19 | 30-JUN-21 |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | 'The enabling role of employment guidance in contemporary public employment services: A work-first to life-first typology'
Whelan N.;Murphy M.P.;McGann M. (2021) 'The enabling role of employment guidance in contemporary public employment services: A work-first to life-first typology'. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 49 (2):200-212 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2021 | 'Family Talk versus usual services in improving child and family psychosocial functioning in families with parental mental illness (PRIMERA-Promoting Research and Innovation in Mental hEalth seRvices for fAmilies and children): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial'
Furlong M;McGilloway S;Mulligan C;McGuinness C;Whelan N; (2021) 'Family Talk versus usual services in improving child and family psychosocial functioning in families with parental mental illness (PRIMERA-Promoting Research and Innovation in Mental hEalth seRvices for fAmilies and children): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial'. Trials, 22 (1) [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2021 | 'Opening the black box of implementing activation in Ireland'
Whelan N. (2021) 'Opening the black box of implementing activation in Ireland'. Administration, 69 (2):87-106 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2020 | 'Workfare redux? Pandemic unemployment, labour activation and the lessons of post-crisis welfare reform in Ireland'
McGann M.;Murphy M.P.;Whelan N. (2020) 'Workfare redux? Pandemic unemployment, labour activation and the lessons of post-crisis welfare reform in Ireland'. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 40 (9/10):963-978 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2018 | 'EEPIC - Enhancing Employability through Positive Interventions for improving Career potential: the impact of a high support career guidance intervention on the wellbeing, hopefulness, self-efficacy and employability of the long-term unemployed - a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial'
Whelan N;McGilloway S;Murphy MP;McGuinness C; (2018) 'EEPIC - Enhancing Employability through Positive Interventions for improving Career potential: the impact of a high support career guidance intervention on the wellbeing, hopefulness, self-efficacy and employability of the long-term unemployed - a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial'. Trials, 19 (1) [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
Published Reports
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | THE ‘HIGH ROAD’ BACK TO WORK: Developing a Public Employment Eco System for a Post-Covid Recovery.
Murphy, M., Whelan, N., McGann, M., Finn, P (2020) THE ‘HIGH ROAD’ BACK TO WORK: Developing a Public Employment Eco System for a Post-Covid Recovery. Maynooth University, Maynooth University. [Details] |
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2015 | Lessons from the Ballymun Youth Guarantee Pilot: A focus on Employment related Career Guidance.
Duggan, C., Whelan, N. & Togher, S. (2015) Lessons from the Ballymun Youth Guarantee Pilot: A focus on Employment related Career Guidance. Department of Social Protection, Department of Social Protection. [Details] |
Guidelines for Practice
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | The MEEG (Model of Enabling Employment Guidance) Practitioner Toolkit.
Whelan, N (2021) The MEEG (Model of Enabling Employment Guidance) Practitioner Toolkit. Guidelines for Practice [Details] |
Magazine Article
Year | Publication | |
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2018 | Enhancing Employability through Positive Interventions for improving Career potential (EEPIC).
Nuala Whelan (2018) Enhancing Employability through Positive Interventions for improving Career potential (EEPIC). Magazine Article [Details] |
Newspaper Articles
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | What's the psychological impact of pandemic-related unemployment?.
Nuala Whelan (2020) What's the psychological impact of pandemic-related unemployment?. Newspaper Articles [Details] |
Presentation
Year | Publication | |
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2018 | 2018 Presentation on labour market activation to Oireachtas Social Protection and Employment Committee.
Murphy M.P. Whelan N and Finn P (2018) 2018 Presentation on labour market activation to Oireachtas Social Protection and Employment Committee. Presentation [Details] |
Manual
Year | Publication | |
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2019 | Participatory Action Research: A Human Rights and Capability Approach. A PAHRCA Handbook for NGOs and Vulnerable Groups. Re-InVest.
Hearne, R., Murphy, M.P. and Whelan, N. (2019) Participatory Action Research: A Human Rights and Capability Approach. A PAHRCA Handbook for NGOs and Vulnerable Groups. Re-InVest. Manual [Details] |
Honours and Awards
Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
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2013 | IRC Scholar | Irish Research Council | |
2020 | Peter Saville Award for Advances in Organisational Psychology | Psychological Society of Ireland Division of Work and Organisational Psychology |
Professional Associations
Association | Function | From / To | |
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The Psychological Society of Ireland | Chartered member | 01-JAN-08 / | |
Division of Work and Organisational Psychology, Psychological Society of Ireland | Chartered member | 01-JAN-08 / |
Committees
Committee | Function | From / To | |
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Science and Public Policy Committee (SPPC), PSI | Chair | 2021 / |