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Dr Caitlin Donnelly

BA, PGCUT, PhD
Lecturer

Room 02.009
20 College Green
School of Education
Queen's University Belfast


Tel: 028 9097 5943
Fax: 028 9097 5066
Email: caitlin.donnelly@qub.ac.uk

 

Leadership Roles:

Deputy Director, Centre for Shared Education,
PhD Coordinator & Chair of School Postgraduate Research Committee


Current Teaching:

EdD/MEd


Research/Scholarship

I joined the School of Education in 2005 and my research interests lie broadly in the field of school ethos, faith schools and group relations in schools. I have attracted research income and published widely within these fields. Current research projects include an analysis of the impact of school collaboration on intergroup relations in Northern Ireland and an exploration of intergroup contact in post primary schools in Northern Ireland.  I have also attracted research income and published on the ethos of integrated schools in Northern Ireland and undertaken comparative research on these themes within bi-lingual schools in Israel. I would be especially interested in supervising doctoral research in the broad areas of faith schools, school ethos or school leadership/ governance  


Research/Scholarship Interests:

  • School Ethos
  • Faith schools
  • Leadership/governance 


Current Research/Scholarship Projects:

  • Collaboration and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland [with J Hughes, M Hewstone, and T Gallagher]


Selected Awards

  • UNICEF (2010) [Building Intergroup Relations in Schools:  Study Tour and Education of Macedonian Educational Officials £96,500 [with J Hughes, C McGlynn and L McEvoy]
  • Collaboration between schools in Northern Ireland [with Professor Tony Gallagher] (£120,000)
  • The Atlantic Philanthropies Foundation (2010) Intergroup Contact in Northern Ireland post Primary  schools [with J Hughes and M Hewstone]
  • The Atlantic Philanthropies Foundation (2008) Collaboration and Sharing Schools in Northern Ireland:  £220,000 [with J Hughes and T Gallagher] Selected Recent


Publications:

  • Donnelly, C School [2012] Collaboration in the divided society: Opportunities for Reconciliation Policy Futures in Education
  • Hughes J & Donnelly C (2012) Promoting Good Relations: The role of Schools in Northern Ireland in McGrattan, C and Meehan, E (2012) Everyday Life after the Conflict Manchester University Press
  • Donnelly, C and Hughes J (2010) Promoting Reconciliation through schools in Northern Ireland in J Quinn (ed) Reconciliation(s) Toronto: McGill-Queens
  • Donnelly, C (2008) The Integrated School in a Conflict Society The Cambridge Journal of Education 38:2 June
  • Donnelly, C (2004) Constructing The Ethos of Tolerance and Respect in an Integrated School: The Role of Teachers British Journal of Educational Research Journal 30 (2) April pp264-278
  • Donnelly, C (2000) In Pursuit of School Ethos British Journal of Educational Studies 48 (2) pp 134- 154;  


Edited Books

  • Donnelly, C McKeown, P and Osborne, RD [Eds]  [2006)  Devolution and Pluralism in Education in Northern Ireland  Manchester University Press


Recent Commissioned Reports

  • Hughes, J and Donnelly, Hewstone, M  and Carlisle, K  (2010) School Partnerships and Reconciliation: An evaluation of school collaboration in Northern Ireland  
  • Donnelly, C & Gallagher , T (2008) School Collaboration in Northern Ireland: Opportunities for Reconciliation.  Report to Atlantic Philanthropies http://www.schoolsworkingtogether.co.uk/reports.html