Dr. Paula Mayock

• Mayock, P., Sheridan, S. & Parker, S. , "It's just like we're going around in circles and going back to the same thing ...": The dynamics of women's unresolved homelessness., Housing Studies, 30, (6), 2015, p877 - 900Journal Article, 2015, DOI
• Mayock, P., Cronly, J. & Clatts, M.C., The risk environment of heroin use initiation: Young women, intimate partners and "drug relationships"., Substance Use and Misuse, 50, (6), 2015, p771 - 782Journal Article, 2015, DOI
• Mayock, P., Parker, S. & Murphy, A., Young People, Homelessness and Housing Exclusion, Dublin, Focus Ireland, 2014Book, 2014, URL
• Mayock,P., Sheridan, S. & Parker,S, The Dynamics of Long-term Homelessness among Women in Ireland, Dublin, Dublin Regional Homeless Executive, 2015Report, 2015, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Mayock,P., Parker, S. & Sheridan, S, Mapping Services for Homeless Women in Dublin, Dublin, Dublin Region Homeless Executive, 2013Report, 2013, URL
• Mayock, P., Parker, S. & Murphy, A., Executive Summary: Young People, Homelessness and Housing Exclusion, Dublin, Focus Ireland, 2014Report, 2014, URL
• Learning to live with 'Big Fat Words'? An Exploration of the Dominant Concepts Applied to Problem Drug and Alcohol Use in, editor(s)Kolind, T,, Thom, B. and Hunt, G. , The SAGE Handbook of Drug and Alcohol Studies, London, Sage, 2016, pp383 - 393, [Butler, S. & Mayock, P.]Book Chapter, 2016
• Bryan, A. & Mayock, P. , Supporting LGBT Lives? Complicating the Suicide Consensus in LGBT Mental Health Research, Sexualities, 20, (1-2), 2017, p65 - 85Journal Article, 2017
• Introduction in, editor(s)Mayock, P. & Bretherton, J. , Women's Homelessness in Europe, London, Palgrave MacMillan, 2016, pp1 - 12, [Bretherton, J. & Mayock, P.]Book Chapter, 2016
• Women's Homelessness and Domestic Violence: (In)visible Interactions in, editor(s)Mayock, P. & Bretherton, J. , Women's Homelessness in Europe, London, Palgrave MacMillan, 2016, pp125 - 152, [Mayock, P., Bretherton, J. & Baptist, I.]Book Chapter, 2016
• Mothers who Experience Homelessness in, editor(s)Mayock, P. & Bretherton, J. , Women's Homelessness in Europe, London, Palgrave MacMillan, 2016, pp177 - 206, [van den Dries, L., Mayock, P., Gerull, S., van Loenen, T., van Bente Hulst, B. & Wolf, J.]Book Chapter, 2016
• Long-term and Recurrent Homelessness among Women in, editor(s)Mayock, P. & Bretherton, J. , Women's Homelessness in Europe, London, Palgrave MacMillan, 2016, pp207 - 231, [Pleace, N., Bretherton, J. & Mayock, P.]Book Chapter, 2016
• Conclusions in, editor(s)Mayock, P. & Bretherton, J. , Women's Homelessness in Europe, London, Palgrave MacMillan, 2016, pp263 - 283, [Mayock, P. & Bretherton, J.]Book Chapter, 2016
• Mayock, P. & Bretherton, J., Women's Homelessness in Europe, 1st, London, Palgrave MacMillan, 2016, 1 - 283ppBook, 2016
• Parker, S. and Mayock, P., "They're Always Complicated but That's the Meaning of Family in My Eyes": Homeless Youth Making Sense of "Family" and Family Relationships, Journal of Family Issues, 2018, p1-31Journal Article, 2018, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Mayock, P. & Parker, S., Living in Limbo: Homeless Young People's Paths to Housing, Dublin, Focus Ireland in collaboration with Simon Communities of Ireland, Threshold, Peter McVerry Trust , 2017, 1 - 162ppBook, 2017
• Parker, S. & Mayock, P., "They're always complicated but that's the meaning of family in my eyes": Homeless youth making sense of 'family' and family relationships, Journal of Family Issues, 2018, phttps://doi.org/10.1177/019251Journal Article, 2018
• Glynn, N. & Mayock, P., "I've changed so much within a year": Care leavers' perspectives on the aftercare planning process, Child Care in Practice, 2018, pDOI: 10.1080/13575279.2018.152Journal Article, 2018
• Mayock, P., Butler, S. & Hoey, D., "Just Maintaining the Status Quo?" The Experiences of Long-term Participants in Methadone Maintenance Treatment, Dublin, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Drug and Alcohol Task Force, 2018, p1 - 121Report, 2018
• Mayock, P., Review of Women Rough Sleepers in Europe: Homelessness and Victims of Domestic Abuse, by Moss, K. & Singh, P. , European Journal of Homelessness, 11, (2), 2017, p187-190Review, 2017
• Natalie Glynn and Paula Mayock, 'I've changed so much within a year': care leavers' perspectives on the aftercare planning process, Child Care in Practice, 25, (1), 2019, p79 - 98Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Ceatha, N., Mayock, P., Campbell, J., Noone, K. & Browne, K. , The power of recognition: A qualitative study of social connectedness and wellbeing through LGBT sporting, creative and social groups in Ireland, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, (19, 3636), 2019, p1 - 18Journal Article, 2019
• Parker, S., & Mayock, P. , "They're always complicated but that's the meaning of family in my eyes": Homeless youth making sense of "family" and family relationships. , Journal of Family Issues, 40, (4), 2019, p540 - 570Journal Article, 2019, URL
• Mayock, P., & Parker, S., Homeless young people 'strategizing' a route to housing stability: Service fatigue, exiting attempts and living 'off grid', Housing Studies, 35, (3), 2020, p459 - 483Journal Article, 2020
• Mayock, P. & Sheridan, S. , Women negotiating power and control as they 'journey' through homelessness: A feminist poststructuralist perspective. , European Journal of Homelessness, 14, (2), 2020, p17 - 47Journal Article, 2020
• Mayock, P. & Sheridan, S. , Women negotiating power and control as they 'journey' through homelessness: A feminist poststructuralist perspective., European Journal of Homelessness, 14, (2), 2020, p17 - 47Journal Article, 2020, URL
• Young people narrating the meaning of homelessness and home. in, editor(s)L. Moran, K. Reilly, & B. Brady , Narrating childhood with children and young people: Diverse contexts, methods and stories of everyday live, London, Palgrave MacMillan, 2021, pp35 - 61, [Mayock, P. & Parker, S.]Book Chapter, 2021, URL
• Mayock, P., Parker, S. & Murphy, A, Family 'turning point' experiences and the process of youth becoming homeless, Child and Family Social Work, 2021, p10.1111/cfs.12823Journal Article, 2021, URL
• Mayock, P., & Butler, S. , Pathways to 'recovery' and social reintegration: The experiences of long-term clients of methadone maintenance treatment in an Irish drug treatment setting., International Journal of Drug Policy, 90, 2021, p10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.103092Journal Article, 2021, URL
• Mayock, P. & Butler, S., "I'm always hiding and ducking and diving": The stigma of growing older on methadone, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 29, (2), 2022, p139 - 149Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Finn, M. & Mayock, P., The Housing Experiences of Immigrants in a 'New Immigrant Gateway': An Exploration of Process in an Era of 'Super-Diversity', International Journal of Housing Policy, 22, (3), 2022, p174 - 197Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Bretherton, J. & Mayock, P., Women's Homelessness: European Evidence Review, Brussels, FEANTSA, 2021Report, 2021, URL
• Mayock, P. & Neary, F., Domestic Violence and Family Homelessness, Dublin, Focus Ireland, 2021Report, 2021, URL
• Glynn, N. & Mayock, P., Housing after care: Understanding security and stability in the transition out of care through the lenses of liminality, recognition and precarity, Journal of Youth Studies, 2021, pDOI: 10.1080/13676261.2021.198Journal Article, 2021, URL
• Stapleton, A. & Mayock, P., Structured ethical reflection as a tool to recognise and address power: A participatory action research study with separated young people in France, Educational Action Research, 2022, p1 - 21Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Youth in, editor(s)Bretherton, J. & Pleace, N. , The Routledge Handbook of Homelessness, London, Routledge, 2023, pp169 - 179, [Mayock, P. & Parker, S.]Book Chapter, 2023
• Homelessness and Substance Use in, editor(s)Bretherton, J. & Pleace, N. , The Routledge Handbook of Homelessness, London, Routledge, 2023, pp244 - 255, [Mayock, P. & O'Shaughnessy, B.]Book Chapter, 2023
• Durand, L., Keenan, E., Boland, F., Harnedy, N., Delargy, Í., Scully, M., Mayock, P. ... Cousins, G., Consensus recommendations for opioid agonist treatment following the introduction of emergency clinical guidelines in Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national Delphi Study, International Journal of Drug Policy, 106, 2022, p1 - 8Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Mayock, P., (Re)assembling the self: Young people's identity journeys and the search for ontological security, Child Care In Practice, 2023, p1 - 23Journal Article, 2023
• Mayock, P. & Vekic, K., Understanding and Responding to Youth Homelessness, Dublin, National Children's Office, 2006Report, 2006
• Mayock, P., Kitching, K. & Morgan, M., Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) in the Context of Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE): An Assessment of the Challenges to Full Implementation of the Programme in Post-Primary Schools, Dublin, Crisis Pregnancy Agency, 2007Report, 2007
• Mayock, P., Scripting risk: young people and the construction of drug journeys, Drugs: education, prevention and policy, 12, (5), 2005, p349 - 368Journal Article, 2005
• Butler, S. & Mayock, P., . Harm reduction and Irish drug policy: a case study in ambiguity, International Journal of Drug Policy, 16, 2005, p415 - 422Journal Article, 2005
• Binge drinking and the consumption of pleasure in, editor(s)M. McLachlan & C. Smith , Binge Drinking and Youth Culture: Alternative Perspectives, Dublin, Liffey Press, 2004, pp113 - 141, [Mayock, P.]Book Chapter, 2004
• Mayock, P. & Byrne, T., A Study of Sexual Health Issues, Attitudes and Behaviours: The Views of Early School Leavers, Dublin, Crisis Pregnancy Agency, 2004Report, 2004
• Mayock, P., Drug pathways, transitions and decisions: the experiences of young people in a Dublin inner- city community, Conternporary Drug Problems, 29, (1), 2002, p117 - 156Journal Article, 2002
• Social issues and public attitudes associated with drug misuse in, editor(s)R. Moran, M. O'Brien, L. Dillon & E. Farrell , Overview of Drug Issues in Ireland, Dublin, Health Research Board, 2001, pp79 - 90, [Mayock, P. & Moran, M.]Book Chapter, 2001
• Engaging 'difficult to reach' young people in a study of inner-city drug use in, editor(s)J. Fountain , Understanding and Responding to Drug Use: The Role of Qualitative Research, Luxembourg, Office for Official Publication of the European Communities, 2000, pp273 - 278, [Mayock, P.]Book Chapter, 2000
• Mayock, P., Choosers or Losers? Influences on Young People's Choices about Drugs in Inner-City Dublin, Dublin, Children's Research Centre, 2000Report, 2000
• Ireland in, editor(s)Arnett, J. , International Encyclopedia of Adolescence, New York, Routledge, 2006, pp481 - 489, [Greene, S., Mayock, P.]Book Chapter, 2006
• Mayock, P. O'Sullivan, E., Lives in Crisis: Homeless Young People in Dublin. Dublin: The Liffey Press. , Dublin, The Liffey Press, 2007Book, 2007
• O'Sullivan, E. and P. Mayock, Youth Homelessness in Ireland: The Emeregence of a Social Problem, Youth Studies Ireland, 3, (1), 2008, p15 - 29Journal Article, 2008
• Researching 'New' Heroin Users in Ireland: An Ethno-epidemiological approach in, editor(s)Zsolt Demetrovics, Jane Fountain, Ludwig Kraus , Old and New Policies, Theories, Research Methods and Drug Users Across Europe, Lengerich, Germany, Pabst Science Publishers, 2009, [Mayock, P., Cronly, J.& Clatts, M]Book Chapter, 2009
• De Vries J., Mayock P., Higgins A., Sherlock L., Doyle L., Andrews L. and Sheaf G., A review of the international literature on the role of outside facilitators in the delivery of school-based sex education, Dublin, Crisis Pregnancy Agency, December, 2009, p1 - 190Report, 2009, DOI
• Mayock, P., Corr, M.L. and E.O'Sullivan, Homeless young people, families and change: family support as a facilitator to exiting homelessness, Child and Family Social Work, 16, (4), 2011, p391 - 401Journal Article, 2011, URL
• Mayock, P., E.O'Sullivan and M.L. Corr, Young People Exiting Homelessness: An Exploration of Process, Meaning and Definition, Housing Studies, 26, (6), 2011, p803 - 826Journal Article, 2011
• Young People Exiting Homelessness: The Role of Family Support in, editor(s)Lynch, D. and Burns, K. , Children's Rights and Child Protection: Critical Times, Critical Issues in Ireland, Manchester, Manchester University Press., 2012, pp184 - 201, [Mayock, P., M.L. Corr and E. O'Sullivan]Book Chapter, 2012
• Mayock, P., Corr, M.L. & O'Sullivan, E , Moving on, not out: When young people remain homeless, Journal of Youth Studies, 16, (4), 2013, p441 - 459Journal Article, 2013, URL
• Neale, J., Hunt, G., Lankenau, S., Mayock, P. et al. , Editorial: Addiction journal is committed to publishing qualitative research, Addiction, 108, (3), 2013, p447 - 449Journal Article, 2013, URL
• Bryan, A. & Mayock, P, Speaking back to dominant constructions of LGBT Lives: Complexifying 'at riskness' for self-harm and suicidiality among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth, Irish Journal of Anthropology, 15, (2), 2012, p8 - 15Journal Article, 2012
• Mayock, P., Sheridan, S. & Parker, S., Migrant women and homelessness: The role of gender-based violence, European Journal of Homelessness, 6, (1), 2012, p59 - 82Journal Article, 2012
• The meaning of drug use among homeless young people: A longitudinal pathways analysis in, editor(s)M. Wouters, J. Fountain & D.J. Korf , The Meaning of High: Variations According to Drug, Set, Setting and Time, Berlin, Pabst Science Publishers, 2012, pp132 - 148, [Mayock, P. & Corr, M.L.]Book Chapter, 2012
• Aftercare not afterthought: Supporting the transition to adulthood for children in care in, editor(s)D. Lynch & K. Burns , Keeping Children Safe: Critical Times, Critical Issues, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2012, pp202 - 221, [Doyle, A., Mayock, P. & Burns, K.]Book Chapter, 2012
• Mayock, P., Corr, M.L. & O'Sullivan, Young People's Homeless Pathways, Dublin, The Homeless Agency, 2008Book, 2008
• Mayock, P. & Corr, M.L., Young People's Homeless and Housing Pathways: Key Findings from a Six-year Qualitaitve Longitudinal Study, Dublin, Department of Children and Youth Affairs, 2013Report, 2013, URL
• Ireland in, editor(s)Hadfield, P. , Nightlife and Crime: Social order and Governance in International Perspective, London, Oxford University Press, 2009, pp77 - 98, [Seymour, M. & Mayock, P.]Book Chapter, 2009
• Young people negotiating abusive home situaitons: Some implications for child protection and welfare in, editor(s)D. Lynch & K. Burns , Child Protection and Welfare Social Work: A Changing Profession in a Changing Ireland, Cork, Cork University Press, 2008, [Carr, N. & Mayock, P.]Book Chapter, 2008
• Cocaine use in Ireland: An exploratory study in, editor(s)R. Moran, L. Dillon & M. O'Brien , A Collection of Papers on Drug Issues in Ireland, Dublin, Health Research Board, 2001, pp80 - 152, [Mayock, P.]Book Chapter, 2001
• K. Lalor, F. Ryan, M. Seymour, & C. Hamilton(ed.), Young People and Crime: Research, Policy and Practice, 'Scripting' risk: Young people and the construction of drug journeys, Dublin, Sept 12-13, 2005, Dublin Instittue for Technology, 2007, 1-23 pProceedings of a Conference, 2007
• Association of Criminal Justice Research & Development(ed.), Exit from Custody: Through-care, Resettlement & Related Issues, The role of incarceration in prolonging young people's homelessness, Dublin, Oct 12 2012, 2012Proceedings of a Conference, 2012
• Mayock, P., Bryan, A., Carr, N. & Kitching, K., Supporting LGBT Lives: A Study of the Mental Health and Well-being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People, Dublin, Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN) and BeLonG To Youth Service, 2009, p1 - 186Report, 2009
• Young people's pathways through homelessness: The offender-victimisation nexus in, editor(s)D. Downey , Perspectives on Irish Homelessness: Past, Present and Future, Dublin , The Homeless Agency, 2008, pp76 - 86, [Mayock, P.]Book Chapter, 2008
• Mayock, P. & Sheridan, S., 'At Home' in Prison? Women and the Homeless Incarceration Nexus, Irish Probation Journal, 10, 2013, p118 - 140Journal Article, 2013

• Mayock, P. & Sheridan, S. , Women and Long-term Homelessness, Homeless in Europe, Summer 2016, 2016, p4 - 5Journal Article
• Mayock, P., Women's Homlessness and Domestic Violence, Childlinks: The Journal of Barnardos, (3), 2016, p12 - 17Journal Article
• Mayock, P., O'Sullivan, E. & Corr, M.L., Young people's pathways through homelessness, Homeless in Europe, Autumn 2010, 2010, p4 - 6Journal Article
• Sinead Tobin, Young People's Experiences of Foster Placement Breakdown: A Qualitative Study, Masters in Applied Social Research, 2013Thesis, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Mayock, P., Young people and drugs: the need to target 'high risk' groups, Drug Network News, 2, (1), 2000, p1 - 2Journal Article
• Mayock, P. , A 'career' in youth homelessness?, Cornerstone - the magazine of the Homeless Agency, 30, 2007, p20 - 22Journal Article
• Mayock, P. & Sheridan, S., Women's Homeless 'Journeys': Key Findings from a Biographical Study of Homeless Women in Ireland, Dublin, School of Social Work and Social Policy & Children's Research Centre, 2012Report
• Mayock, P. & Sheridan, S., Migrant Women and Homelessness: Key Findings from a Biographical Study of Homeless Women in Ireland, Dublin, School of Social Work and Social Policy & Children's Research Centre, 2012Report
• Mayock, P. & Carr, N., Not Just Homelessness ... A Study of 'Out of Home' Young People in Cork, Cork, Health Service Executive, 2008Report
• McCrystal, P., Mayock, P. & Hannaford, S. , A Study of Cocaine Use in Northern Ireland, 2009, Belfast, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, 2010Report

Marginalised youth, youth homelessness, women's homelessness, drug use, adolescent sexuality, LGBT mental health, qualitative research methods, biographical research, qualitative longitudinal research

• Title

  A Study of Cocaine Use in Northern Ireland
  Summary

  The aim of the study was to provide DHSSPS and treatment service providers with a better understanding of cocaine use in Northern Ireland by using qualitative research methods to explore patterns of drug use and the lifestyles of cocaine users. The research incorporated the following: 1.An assessment of drug use patterns and lifestyles of cocaine users in Northern Ireland; and 2.Information prevention treatment options and information needs about cocaine use.
  Funding Agency

  Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS), Northern Ireland
  Date From

  June 2008
  Date To

  August 2009
• Title
  Summary

  Researcher: Responsible for data collection (in-depth individual interviews) with young people aged between 10 and 14 years as part of a multi-method research strategy for evaluating a nationwide strategy for evaluating a national intervention aimed at tackling educational disadvantage.
  Date From

  1998
  Date To

  1998
• Title

  National Study of the Implementation of Relationships and Sexuality Education in Irish Post-primary Schools
  Summary

  This study aimed to build upon research on RSE in Ireland, with a specific focus on the structures and process related to RSE implementation and delivery at a number of levels; these range from national (Department of Education and Science and Department of Health and Children) to local (school) level. Specifically, the study aimed to: 1.Investigate the extent to which RSE policy is implemented and the RSE curriculum delivered in post-primary schools nationwide. 2.Explore the factors and processes that impact on RSE delivery at national, regional and school levels. 3.Identify barriers and facilitators to RSE implementation and delivery at policy and practitioner level.
  Funding Agency

  Department of Education and Science and Crisis Pregnancy Agency
  Date From

  January 2005
  Date To

  June 2006
• Title

  A Exploratory Study of Cocaine Usee in Ireland
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  Health Research Board
  Date From

  June 2000
  Date To

  January 2001
• Title

  Young People's Initiation to Heroin Use: An Ethno-epidemiological Approach
  Summary

  The study adopted an ethno-epidemiological approach in order to more fully explore the contextual factors influencing young people's initiation to heroin use. The specific objectives of the research, which incorporated ethnographic observation and qualitative interviewing techniques, included the development of social and epidemiological descriptions of the types of physical environments and social groups in which young people first use heroin. Methodologically, the research included many of the basic approaches routinely employed in anthropological fieldwork (Mayock et al., 2009) and the study was divided into four components: (1) community assessment process; (2) ethnographic observation; (3) the administration of an 'interceptor' survey; and (4) the conduct of life history interviews. Each of the four components was designed to build on another, both methodologically and theoretically, with the general aim of gaining in-depth understanding of the social course of heroin initiation.
  Funding Agency

  NIDA INVEST Fellowship Scheme and Irish Research Council Doctoral Fellowship
  Date From

  2006
  Date To

  2009
• Title

  Homeless Young People and their Families
  Summary

  This biographical study aims to examine young people's paths to homelessness or housing instability and trace their 'journeys' through homelessness. The study also aims to include a family member of the homeless young person (sibling, parent, carer) and to gain their perspectives on the young person's current living situation.
  Funding Agency

  Focus Ireland
  Date From

  April 2013
  Date To

  June 2014
• Title

  The Process of Youth Homelessness: A Six-year Qualitative Longitudinal Study
  Summary

  This study set out to conduct an in-depth examination of the lives and experiences of homeless young people in the Dublin region. A core aim was to understand transition and change in their lives with a specific focus on their trajectories into, through and out of homelessness. The term 'homeless' was defined and operationalised to include young people who were 'roofless' or sleeping rough as well as those living in homeless hostels or other emergency or temporary accommodation types. It also included a small number of young people who had recently experienced homelessness. The study design was underpinned by a pathways approach, a conceptualisation which recognises the fluid and changeable nature of homelessness and the experiences that surround homelessness. Thus, homelessness is not viewed as static or fixed, but rather is an evolving status that is continually subject to change.
  Funding Agency

  Department of Children and Youth Affairs and Dublin Region Homeless Executive
  Date From

  October 2004
  Date To

  May 2011
• Title

  A Review of the International Literature on the Role of Outside Facilitators in the Delivery of School-based Sex Education
  Summary

  This international literature review of the role of outside facilitators in the delivery or Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) in post-primary school aimed to: (i) develop an evidence base of the range, type, and role of outside facilitators of RSE programmes in post-primary schools; (ii) document RSE programmes internationally that may meet the needs of students and teachers in Ireland, including the range of expertise of facilitators delivering them and how they ideally meet the needs in Ireland; and (iii) feed into formulating 'good practice' guidelines and models for RSE support involving outside facilitators.
  Funding Agency

  Crisis Pregnancy Agency
  Date From

  December 2008
  Date To

  May 2009
• Title

  Women and Homelessness: A Biographical Pathways Analysis
  Summary

  The core aim of this research was to conduct an in-depth investigation of the lives and experiences of homeless women in Ireland with specific attention to their homeless 'pathways', that is, their entry routes to homelessness, the homeless experience itself and, possibly, their exit routes from homelessness. The study, which integrated biographical interviewing and ethnographic observation,aimed to contextualises and locate women's homelessness within a continuum of precipitating, perpetuating and/or enabling factors, crossing both structural and individual factors, that help to explain their homeless/ housing 'careers'.
  Funding Agency

  Irish Research Council Research Fellowship Scheme, 2009-10
  Date From

  November 2009
  Date To

  October 2010
• Title

  A Study of 'Out of Home' Young People in Cork City
  Summary

  A core objective of this research was to generate in-depth knowledge and understanding of the experiences of homeless young people in the Southern region of the Republic of Ireland with particular attention to Cork city. Cork has consistently recorded one of the highest numbers of ¡¥out of home¡" young people nationally. Despite this, relatively little is known about the factors or experiences that lead to young people becoming homeless in this region or about the impact of housing instability on their lives. In its broadest terms, the research set out to: "X Identify young people¡"s pathways or routes into homelessness. "X Examine the experience of living out of home from the perspective of young people. "X Examine the challenges and difficulties experienced by young people who leave home prematurely. "X Make policy recommendations related to service provision, early intervention and the prevention of negative health outcomes.
  Funding Agency

  Health Service Executive, South
  Date From

  April 2006
  Date To

  September 2007
• Title

  Mapping Services for Homeless Women in Dublin
  Summary

  This mapping exercise was designed to support the commitment on the part of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive to conduct a review of service provision for homeless women. It primarily aimed to collect comprehensive information on the range of accommodation services currently available to women in the Dublin region in order to develop a clearer and more nuanced understanding of the nature of current provision for female service users women. It additionally aimed to gain service providers' perspectives on the adequacy of existing services for homeless women.
  Funding Agency

  Dublin Region Homeless Executive
  Date From

  December 2012
  Date To

  April 2013
• Title
  Summary

  Principal Investigator: Phase I of a community-based ethnographic study of young people's drug use, Children's Research Centre, Trinity College, Dublin. Fieldwork and data collection involved participant observation and the conduct of in-depth interviews and focus group discussionsl
  Date From

  1997
  Date To

  1998
• Title

  A Study of Sexual Health Issues, Attitudes and Behaviours: The Views of Early School Leavers
  Summary

  A core objective of this research was the systematic investigation of the sexual attitudes, behaviours and beliefs of young people aged between 13 and 17.5 years. The research also sought to investigate the processes and mechanisms whereby young people construct, experience and define their sexuality and sexual practice. This study specifically targeted young people who leave school prematurely, that is, before the legal school-leaving age, which is fifteen years in Ireland. It also includes a smaller number of young people who we describe as 'at risk' of early school leaving. Specifically, the research aimed to: 1.Examine the sexual knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of the study's young people. 2.Investigate young people's sexual practices (including their sexual risk-taking behaviour) and to examine the belief systems, concepts and ideas underlying these practices. 3.Identify the different sources and contexts from which young people acquire their knowledge and understanding of sexual issues and sexual health, in particular. 4.Identify the sexual health education and service needs of this group of young people.
  Funding Agency

  Crisis Pregnancy Agency
  Date From

  October 2003
  Date To

  September 2004
• Title

  Supporting LGBT Lives: A Study of the Mental Health and Well-being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth
  Summary

  This research set out to examine mental health and well-being among LGBT people in Ireland with a specific attention to: . The identification of experiences that heighten vulnerability to suicidal behaviour among LGBT people in Ireland, with special emphasis on young people. . The identification of experiences that strengthen resilience in the lives of LGBT people. A core aim of the study was to make policy, service delivery and practice recommendations related to mental health promotion and suicide prevention.
  Funding Agency

  National Office for Suicide Prevention
  Date From

  May 2007
  Date To

  December 2008

Sociology and related studies,

• Irish Research Council (formerly IRCHSS) Senior Research Fellowship Award 2009
• Provost's Project Award 2017
• Government of Ireland Scholar, Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences 2001
• Irish Research Council (formerly IRCHSS) 'New Ideas' Award 2011
• NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA, INVEST POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP Award 2006

• Irish Social Policy Association (IAPA) present
• Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development (ACJRD) present
• Women's Homelessness in Europe Network (WHEN) Present
• European Society for Social Drugs Research (ESSD) present
• Children's Research Network Present

• Member, Clinical Advisory Group, Coolmine Therapeutic Community 2010-2014
• Editorial Board Member, Youth Studies Ireland 2007-2012
• Independent Advisor to Review of the Youth Homelessness Strategy, Department of Children and Youth Affairs & Centre for Effective Services 2012-13
• Member of Board of Directors (Vice Chair for a period of one year), EPIC (Empowering Young People in Care) 2009-2013
• Member, International Expert Reference Group to support the development of the Youth Policy Framework, Department of Children and Youth Affairs May 2011-2015
• Founder and Co-Director, Women's Homelessness in Europe Network (WHEN) January 2012-present
• Founder and Co-Director, Women's Homelessness in Europe Network (WHEN) January 2012-present
• Member, International Expert Reference Group to support the development of the Youth Policy Framework, Department of Children and Youth Affairs May 2011-2015
• Assistant Editor, International Journal Addiction 2011 - present
• Member, International Expert Reference Group to support the development of the Youth Policy Framework, Department of Children and Youth Affairs May 2011-2015
• Management Team Member, Growing Up in Ireland (National Longitudinal Study of Children in Ireland) 2013 - 2015
• Member, Clinical Advisory Group, Coolmine Therapeutic Community 2010-2014
• Member, Research Advisory Group, 'Changing Generations': A Study of Intergenerational Solidarity in Ireland (Trinity College Dublin) 2011-2012
• Member of Board of Directors (Vice Chair for a period of one year), EPIC (Empowering Young People in Care) 2009-2013
• Independent Advisor to Review of the Youth Homelessness Strategy, Department of Children and Youth Affairs & Centre for Effective Services 2012-13
• Editorial Board Member, Youth Studies Ireland 2007-2012
• International Mentor, Four-country Study of Street Children (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Kosove), European University of Tirana, Albania July 2012-2014
• Member, International Expert Reference Group to support the development of the Youth Policy Framework, Department of Children and Youth Affairs May 2011-2015
• Member, Research Advisory Group, 'Changing Generations': A Study of Intergenerational Solidarity in Ireland (Trinity College Dublin) 2011-2012
• Member, Clinical Advisory Group, Coolmine Therapeutic Community 2010-2014
• Founder and Co-Director, Women's Homelessness in Europe Network (WHEN) January 2012-present
• International Mentor, Four-country Study of Street Children (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Kosove), European University of Tirana, Albania July 2012-2014
• Editorial Board Member, Youth Studies Ireland 2007-2012
• Member, Research Advisory Group, 'Changing Generations': A Study of Intergenerational Solidarity in Ireland (Trinity College Dublin) 2011-2012
• Independent Advisor to Review of the Youth Homelessness Strategy, Department of Children and Youth Affairs & Centre for Effective Services 2012-13
• Assistant Editor, International Journal Addiction 2011 - present
• Management Team Member, Growing Up in Ireland (National Longitudinal Study of Children in Ireland) 2013 - 2015
• Management Team Member, Growing Up in Ireland (National Longitudinal Study of Children in Ireland) 2013 - 2015
• Founder and Co-Director, Women's Homelessness in Europe Network (WHEN) January 2012-present
• Assistant Editor, International Journal Addiction 2011 - present
• Assistant Editor, International Journal Addiction 2011 - present
• International Mentor, Four-country Study of Street Children (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Kosove), European University of Tirana, Albania July 2012-2014
• Member, Research Advisory Group, 'Changing Generations': A Study of Intergenerational Solidarity in Ireland (Trinity College Dublin) 2011-2012
• Independent Advisor to Review of the Youth Homelessness Strategy, Department of Children and Youth Affairs & Centre for Effective Services 2012-13
• Member of Board of Directors (Vice Chair for a period of one year), EPIC (Empowering Young People in Care) 2009-2013
• Management Team Member, Growing Up in Ireland (National Longitudinal Study of Children in Ireland) 2013 - 2015
• Member, Clinical Advisory Group, Coolmine Therapeutic Community 2010-2014
• Editorial Board Member, Youth Studies Ireland 2007-2012
• Member of Board of Directors (Vice Chair for a period of one year), EPIC (Empowering Young People in Care) 2009-2013
• International Mentor, Four-country Study of Street Children (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Kosove), European University of Tirana, Albania July 2012-2014