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Professor Bronagh Byrne, Director of the Centre for Children's Rights

Professor Emerita Laura Lundy 

Dr Elizabeth Agnew

Dr Mary-Louise Corr

Dr Alice Driver

Professor Jannette Elwood

Ms Lesley Emerson

Dr Montse Fargas

Dr Erika Jimenez

Dr Evie Heard

Dr Leanne Henderson

Professor Berni Kelly

Dr Mark Linden

Dr Mandi MacDonald

Dr Alison MacKenzie

Dr Gerry Marshall

Dr Siobhan McAlister

Dr Paul McCafferty

Dr Conor McCormick

Dr Jennifer McKinney

Dr Cate McNamee

Dr Suzanne Mooney

Professor Dirk Schubotz

Dr Gift Sotonye Frank

Dr Rachael Stockdale

Professor Karen Winter

 

CURRENT DOCTORAL STUDENTS

NAME   RESEARCH AREA PHD SUPERVISOR(S)
Suzy Agnew  Deaf children and young people's access to key supports and provisions across health and education: A rights based approach Professor Bronagh Byrne & Dr Cate McNamee
Sinead Boyce Children and young people’s (CYP’s) participation in child protection social work decision-making in Northern Ireland. The perspectives of professionals Dr Paul McCafferty
Pinar Celik Parents’ Attitudes, Perceptions, Experiences, and Recommendations Regarding the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse of Children with SEND  Professor Dirk Schubotz & Professor Alison MacKenzie
Karina Dyliaeva

Does assessment legitimise ableist supremacy in higher education? A participatory investigation of assessment experiences of students with disabilities 

Professor Alison MacKenzie & Professor Janette Elwood
Evie Gibson 

 

Professor Alison MacKenzie
Elizabeth Graty-Hood

Developing a Child-Informed Measure of Child Poverty

Dr Mary-Louise Corr & Dr Cate McNamee
Lucy Holland 

Alternatives to Detention or Alternative forms of Detention? Exploring Accompanied Migrant Children's Perspectives 

Dr Mary-Louise Corr & Professor Laura Lundy
Aideen Howard 

 

Professor Aoife McGrath, Professor Alison MacKenzie & Professor Laura Lundy
Melissa Irvine 

Improving Support for Care-Experienced Young Mothers in Northern Ireland

Professor Bronagh Byrne
James Lunn 

 

Dr Paul McCafferty
Rhona Matheson 

The Realisation of Babies’ Rights in Scotland in Light of UNCRC Incorporation into Domestic Law 

Professor Bronagh Byrne & Professor Alison MacKenzie

Caoimhe McCormick 

 

Dr Paul McCafferty
Karena McErlean 

Capturing Nationality Through the Lens of Statelessness: A Critical Analysis of the Child’s Right to Nationality, Belonging and Injustice in the Context of Rising Sea Levels

Professor Colin Harvey & Dr Conall Mallory
Ailbhe McGowan 

 

Professor Bronagh Byrne & Professor Dirk Schubotz
Alan McKinstry 

Analysing child criminal exploitation as a form of modern slavery through critical victimology in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Belfast, Northern Ireland

Dr Siobhán McAlister & Dr Mary-Louise Corr
Krittesbas Paul 

To what extent is Inclusive Education Possible for Children with Disabilities? Analysing the Perceptions of Stakeholders in Bangladesh 

Professor Bronagh Byrne & Professor Berni Kelly
Kelly Razey 

Lived experience of a ‘Last Resort’: Young people’s experiences of youth custody in Ireland

Dr Colm Walsh
Megan Turner 

Towards Better Sexual Health Revisited 

Professor Dirk Schubotz & Professor Andrew Percy
Valerie Weisler 

Children's Rights to Seek, Receive and Impart Information

Professor Alison MacKenzie, Dr Mary-Louise Corr & Professor Laura Lundy
Yufei Yang 

Exploring the Impact of Exposure to Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) in Childhood on Women's Intimate and Family Relationship Trajectories in Rural China

Dr Suzanne Mooney & Dr Cate McNamee