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Current Research Students


Student Supervisor Thesis Topic
Audrew Agnew Dr Jim Campbell
Dr Gavin Davidson		 End of life care decision making
Elizabeth Ashurst Dr John Devaney
Dr Dominic McSherry		 Interactive Staff Training Model for SHB Practioners
Aine Aventin Prof Geraldine Macdonald
Dr Stanley Houston		 The therapeutic use of computer simulation games in residential childcare settings
David Jason Brannigan Prof Liam O'Dowd
Dr Dirk Schubotz		 Work and Identity. A generational analysis of the impact of de-industrialisation and globalisation on male Protestant working class identity in Belfast
Brendan Browne Prof Liam O'Dowd
Dr Katy Hayward		 The effect of state management of cultural events in conflicted and divided societies
Maurice Mahon Prof Robert Miller
Dr Matthew Wood		 A critical examination of the role of habitus and class identity in graduate employment
Giulia Carabelli Prof Liam O' Dowd
Prof Madeleine Leonard		 Re(ad)dressing Mostar. Architecture and/of everyday life
Frank Carter Mr George Wilson
Dr Trevor Spratt		 What impact do experiences in practice learning, age and qualifications on entry to the social work degree have on newly qualified child care social workers competence to practice?   
Matthew Conway Dr Myrtle Hill Feminism's role and influence in the current phase of the conflict in the Republican Movement in Ireland
Stephen Coulter Dr Trevor Spratt
Dr Michael Donnelly		 The impact of systemic family therapy as an element of treatment for families following trauma
Ivo Damkat Prof Liam O'Dowd
Dr C McCall		 Discourses of cross-border co-operation in Ireland
Fuseni Dawuda Dr Myrtle Hill 
Prof Madeleine Leonard		 What Are the Socio-Economic and Health Impacts of Micro Credit for Women in the Northern Region of Ghana?
Anne-Marie Doherty Prof Lindsay Prior
Prof Frank Kee		 Improving population health and well-being in Northern Ireland, how health policy gets translated into practice
Laura Duncan Prof Geraldine Macdonald School exclusion, drug use and delinquency
George Dunwoody Prof John Pinkerton
Prof John Barry		 Differences in methodological approaches to participation affect the way young people engage in public decision-making processes; a case study of Northern Ireland
Delyth Edwards Prof Robert Miller
Dr Caroline Skehill		 The Girls of Nazareth House: An (Auto)biographical Approach
Nathan Emmerich Prof Lindsay Prior
Dr Matthew Wood/Dr M Rea		 Medical Ethics and the Older Patient: A Bourdiean Examination of Gerontological Practice
Fay Fernandes Dr Pauline Prior
Dr Chaitali Das		 Health and ethnicity: eastern Europeans in North Ireland   
Kwabena Frimpong Manso Prof John Pinkerton
Dr Emma Larkin		 Indepth study of residential care for children in Ghana
John Gibson

Dr Stan Houston
Dr Karola Dillenburger

 Team Leadership in Residential Child Care
Laura Grant

Dr Jim Campbell
Dr Kathy Higgins

 A study of Drug Prevention Services for Young People
Carole Jean Greer Dr Anne Lazenbatt
Dr Lorna Dunne		 Fear of Childbirth and its Consequences for Mothers, Fathers and Infants
Monika Halkort Prof Liam O'Dowd
Prof Mike Tomlinson		 The spatial anatomy conflict in Tripoli, North Lebanon. Conflict in Cities Programme
Emma Hamenoo Prof Geraldine Macdonald
Dr Ruth Leitch

Child trafficking within the borders of Ghana: A case study of New Bakpa
Suzanne Hammad

Prof Madeleine Leonard
To be confirmed

 The Salience of Place in Popular Resistance: A Case Study of the Contested Palestinian Village of Bilin
Sarah Hannaford Prof Robert Miller
Dr Jim Campbell		 Qualitative study into young people in NI and participating in high risk activities
Jaclyn Harron Dr Andy Percy
Dr Karen McElrath		 Delinquency and antisocial behaviour between the ages of 11 and 16 years. A secondary data analysis of the BYDS
Julie Evelyn Harris Dr Karen McElrath
Dr Sarah Moore		 Female Injecting Drug Users' Risk  Behaviours, Lifestyles and Experiences
Deena Haydon Prof John Pinkerton
Dr Laura Lundy		 Critical analysis of a rights-based approach to children 'at risk of offending' in Northern Ireland
Peter Johnson Prof Madeleine Leonard
Dr Matthew Wood		 Alcohol, adolescents and adults
Lynn Johnston Dr Kathryn Higgins
Dr Laura Dunne		 Intergenerational relations in lower socio-economic North Irish communities: An investigation into the nature of the relationships and impact of discrete, community-based intergenerational practice
Cathriona Kearns Dr Sally Shortall
Dr S Jess/Dr A Murchie		 Pesticide usage in non-agricultural and agriculture areas in Northern Ireland and the associate public perception of pesticide risk
Romana Khaoury Dr Lisa Smyth
P Connolly		 Equality, ethnicity and education: A case study
Sunyoung Lee Dr Richard O'Leary
Dr Laura Dunne		 Chinese School Children’s Cultural Identity in the Context of Northern Ireland
Amanda MacDonald Dr Dominic McSherry
Dr Greg Kelly		 Post-adoption contact
Sarah Machiniewski Dr Sarah Moore
Prof Sally Wheeler		 Social Control: Control of the Night-Time Economy
Maurice Mahon

Dr Anne Lazenbatt
Dr John Devaney

 Assessing Men’s Readiness to Engage in Domestic Violence Treatment Programmes (DVTPs) in Northern Ireland
Karla Mason Prof Bob Miller
Dr John Karamichas		 Theory culture identity
Paul Matthews Dr Gary Potter
Dr Karen McElrath		 Examining the Attitudes of Illegal Downloading from a Sample of Internet Users and Downloaders Themselves
Cara McCann Dr Lisa Smyth
Dr Margrit Shildrick		 How do non-heterosexual mothers in the north of Ireland narrate their maternal, sexual and national identities?
Fionntan McCarry Prof Lindsay Prior
Dr M Donnelly		 Narratives and networks in health policies relating to children in Ireland
Stephen McCloskey To be confirmed
Prof Madeleine Leonard		 The social impact of transnational corporate investment: Fruit of the Loom in Ireland and Morocco
Caoimhe McCutcheon Dr Sally Shortall
Dr Una Lynch		 Black or white: Ageing in modern society: problem or opportunity?
Ian McCutcheon Dr Sally Shortall
Dr Karen McElrath		 Ageing ex-prisoners in civil socciety. Learning lessons from shared experiences in Northern Ireland an South Africa
Lian McGavock Dr Trevor Spratt
Dr Emma Larkin		 Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in a University student population
Marlene McGibbon Dr Pauline Prior
Dr Berni Kelly		 Young carers
Jennifer McIlwaine Dr Lisa Smyth
Dr Matthew Wood		 Reproductive politics in Northern Ireland. Medicalisation of pregnancy, labour and childbirth
Patricia McNeilly

Prof Geraldine Macdonald
Dr Berni Kelly

 Participation, empowerment and partnership in services for disabled children and their families
Lori McVay Dr Sally Shortall
Dr Ruth McAreavey		 The Development and Acquisition of Leadership Skills Among Rural Women in Northern Ireland
Suzanne Mooney Dr Anne Lazenbatt
Dr Berni Kelly		 Promoting a sense of coherency and wellbeing in teenagers and young adults with cancer receiving hospital care
John Moriarty Dr Kathy Higgins
Dr Duncan McVicar		 Peer influences on teenage substance use and antisocial behaviour in Northern Ireland
Nicoli Morrison Dr Anne Lazenbatt
Dr Berni Kelly		 Safeguarding in primary care: interdisciplinary understanding, recognition and reporting of child abuse
Christine Mullan-Jensen  Dr Stan Houston
M Kavanagh		 Carer-young person relationships in two European residential care systems
Pauline Murphy Prof Lindsay Prior
Dr Pauline Prior		 Gender differences in young peoples' perception/negotiation of risk and health damaging behaviour
Keerty Nakray Prof Mike Tomlinson
Dr Karen McElrath		 Gender Budgeting and its Implications for Social Policy
Carol Newsom Dr Anne Lazenbatt Familial and Environmental Factors Influencing Teenage Pregnancy
Olga Novozhylova

Prof John Pinkerton
Dr Stan Houston

 A social psychological interpretation of life course trajectories for residential care leavers in Ukraine
Rosemond Ofori-Manteaw Prof John Pinkerton
Dr Berni Kelly		 Support for Deaf Children in Ghana
Leeanne O'Hara Dr Kathy Higgins
Prof Madeleine Leonard		 A Study of the influence of neighbourhood social and leisure facilities on drug taking and antisocial behaviours in adolescence
Christina O'Neill Dr Karen McElrath
Dr Andy Percy		 Drug use among adults in Northern Ireland
Kathleen O'Neill Prof Lindsay Prior
Prof Richard English		 Conflict and Identity
Margaret Parkinson Dr Patrick McCrystal
Dr Dominic McSherry		 An Examination of factors that influence the life chances of young people in residential care in Northern ireland with refernce to drug-taking behaviours
Colletta Peta Dr Caroline Skehill
Dr Trevor Spratt		 Social Work Refugee Relations / The Experiences of Social Workers and Service Users
Linda Rootaam Prof Liam O'Dowd
Dr Lisa Smyth		 Conflict in cities: Berlin
Jorun Rugkasa Prof Mary Daly
Dr Pauline Prior		 Combating Health Inequalities
Justyna Samolyk Dr Richard O'Leary
Prof Robert Miller		 Behavioural analysis of Polish immigrants in Northern Ireland
Carolin Schlenther Dr Azrini Wahidin
Dr Dirk Schubotz		 Homosexuality among teenagers in Northern Ireland
Seaneen Sloan Dr Anne Lazenbatt
Dr Laura Dunne		 Associations between Infant Feeding, Mother-Child Feeding Interactions and Weight Gain
Cynthia Sottie Prof John Pinkerton
Dr Emma Larkin		 School Dropout in Ghana: Experiences, Perspectives and Policy Direction
Adrian Witherow Prof Madeleine Leionard
Dr Katy Hayward		 Who are the people?  Protestant working class male youth subculture in East Belfast