Department of Children and Youth Affairs Research Scholarship Programme
An abstract is provided below for each study funded under the DCYA Research Scholarship Programme, since its inception in 2001. For studies completed and for which a PhD or Masters award has been made, a briefing note based on the research is provided.
2012
PhD research
The impact of parenting processes on the wellbeing of children and young people with chronic illnesses (Abstract)
PhD research
“I am me”: Investigating the social experiences of adolescents with Intellectual disability (Abstract)
PhD research
Neonatal Medical Research: A Children’s Rights Approach (Abstract)
2011
PhD research
2010
PhD Research
A critical social analysis of Irish youth crime prevention with a special focus on the Garda Youth Diversion Projects (Abstract)
PHD Research
Where do I fit in here? Investigating children's experiences of transitions in early childhood care and education settings (Abstract)
Phd Research
DEIS in the Dock: Can our lads get a good Leaving Cert?(Abstract)
Phd Research
Sounds from within: exploring children's musical cultures in Ireland (Abstract)
2009
Phd Research
Diversity, Identity and Belonging: The critical role of the Home-School relationship in the inclusion of Migrant Children in Irish Primary Schools (Abstract)
Phd Research
Feeling heard and validated: _Children and Adolescents Experiences of Self Harm and Suicidal Behaviour within the framework of their Life Stories (Abstract)
Phd Research
The Body, Masculinities and Racism: Social relations between migrant and dominant boys in three inner city primary schools in Dublin (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
2008
Phd Research
A Study of Social Inclusion and Children's Perspectives on the Organisation of their Learning in Irish Primary School (Abstract)
Phd Research
Toward an understanding of the Information Seeking Behaviour and Knowledge Utilization of Social Workers (Abstract)
Masters Research
Child first, Sibling second: The experience of children who have a brother or sister with a congenital heart condition (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
Masters Research
Teaching Autistic Children Through Interactive Communication; An Educational Design Solution (Abstract)
2007
Phd Research
Rules of Engagement: What we want to know. Giving young people a voice in sex education curriculum development (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
Phd Research
Children and Contact in the Private Family Law Setting: Resolving disputes in practice (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
Masters Research
Fostering Resilience: An Exploration of the link between Resilience, Outcomes and Foster Care in Ireland (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
2006
Phd Research
Mainstreaming of Deaf Education in the Republic of Ireland:Language, Power , Resistance (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
Masters Research
Using computers to promote creativity, learning strategies and problem-solving behaviours in children (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
Phd Research
Qualitative Research with Children:The Perspectives of Elite Researchers (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
2005
Phd Research
Education, language and disadvantage: The Role of Drama in Education in the acquisition and development of pupils' language skills (Abstract)
Phd Research
Who I Am: Exploring the nature and meaning of children’s active and social selves (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
Phd Research
The Information Worlds of Ethnic Minority Adolescents in Ireland (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
2004
Phd Research
Governing Young Citizens: Discourses of Childhood in Irish Social Policy (Abstract) ( Briefing Note)
Phd Research
Social and Physical Ecologies of Childhood: A case study of children’s perspectives on their neighbourhood (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
Phd Research
Food, Obesity and Families: Practices in Irish Housholds With Young Children (Abstract)
Phd Research
Place, Teenagers and Urban Identities - A New Social Geography of Young People in Cork (Abstract)
Masters Research
The Evaluation of a Teen Parent Support Programme (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
2003
Phd Research
‘Visible-ness’: The nature of communication between children and health professionals in a specialist children’s hospital in the Republic of Ireland. An ethnographic inquiry (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
Phd Research
The place of the outdoors in constructions of a ‘good’ childhood: An interdisciplinary study of outdoor provision in early childhood care and education in urban settings (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
Phd Research
Consuming Talk: Youth Culture and the Mobile Phone (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
Masters Research
Understanding Children's Experiences of Bullying in Schools- A Child-Centred Project (Abstract)
2002
Post Doctoral Research
Children's Experiences of GP Consultation:A Child-Centered Perspective.(Abstract)
Phd Research
Negotiating changed contexts and challenging circumstances: The experiences of unaccompanied minors living in Ireland (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
Phd Research
Schooled Bodies: Adolescents encountering complexities in the pursuit of embodied validation (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
Phd Research
The nature and scope of Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 and the extent to which it has been implemented under international law (Abstract) (Briefing Note)
2001
Masters Research
Children's Experiences of Break-time in a Primary School in Ireland (Abstract)
Phd Research
Acculturation, Adolescent Mental Health & Youth Suicide in Modern Ireland (Abstract)
