Seven MU researchers working on projects ranging from the challenges of mental and physical health, human rights and citizenship, education and media have received awards under Research Ireland's ‘New Foundations’ programme.
The projects bring together researchers and civil society organisations to share knowledge, develop new insights, and devise evidence-based strategies and policies to address societal issues.
Six projects were awarded a total €71,446 funding under the theme of Enhancing Civic Society within a national context. An additional project was awarded €9,730 under the theme of A Better World in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Irish Aid).
These projects support research, networking and collaboration for the purpose of increasing public awareness and understanding of issues such as mental health, global inequality, injustice, gender and film heritage.
The Maynooth University awardees are:
Dr Etain Quigley, School of Law and Criminology and ALL Institute, Neurodiversity and Mental Health Literacy Programmes for International Protection Applicants and Other Immigrant Populations in Ireland: An International Evidence Based Exploratory Study, funding €11,776
Dr Bríd Ní Ghráínne, School of Law and Criminology, Criminalising Asylum in Ireland, funding €11,991
Dr Ian Marder, School of Law and Criminology, Enabling victim access to restorative justice by exploring information sharing across Europe, funding €11,764
Dr Clíodhna Murphy, School of Law and Criminology, The Role of Medical Evidence of Torture in the Irish International Protection Process, funding €11,932
Dr Sarah Arnold, Department of Media Studies, Ireland’s missing film heritage: Early animation and the work of Flora Kerrigan, funding €11,998
Dr Cian Ó Concubhair, School of Law and Criminology, The Role of Crime and Security Journalism in Our Democracy, funding €11,985
Dr Thomas Delahunty, Department of Education, Mapping heteroactivist resistance to childhood education on gender and sexualities as core to global citizenship, funding €9,730
Announcing the funding awards, Celine Fitzgerald, Interim CEO of Research Ireland, said:“The New Foundations programme exemplifies how research can be a powerful tool for societal change. By supporting collaboration between academic researchers and those working on the frontlines of community development and public policy, we can co-create knowledge that directly benefits people’s lives. We are proud to support these new projects, which will contribute to a more inclusive, sustainable and evidence-informed Ireland.”