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Miss Stephanie Burns

Research Assistant

Room 22
6 College Green
School of Education
Queen's University Belfast

Email: stephanie.burns@qub.ac.uk
tel: +44 (0)28 9097 3809
Fax: +44 (0)28 9097 5066

Research

Areas: Education and Social Psychology
Substantive Topics: Differential educational achievement; shared education; respect for diversity; community engagement & participation.
Methods: Focus groups, interviews and creative methods with children and adults; factor analysis; multivariate statistics.

Research Project

Understanding differential educational achievement within and between areas of multiple deprivation in Northern Ireland: a case study approach. A project funded by Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM), based within the Centre for Shared Education at the School of Education.

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications:

  • McCartan, C., Burns, S., & Schubotz, D. (2012). Recruitment and capacity building challenges in participatory research involving young people. In L. Goodson & J. Phillimore (Eds.), Community Research: From Theory to Method. Bristol: Policy Press
  • Burns, S., & Schubotz, D. (2009). Demonstrating the merits of the peer research process: A Northern Ireland case study. Field Methods, 21 (3), 309-326


Reports and non-peer-reviewed publications: