Invited presentation: On 15th May 2025, Dr Noel O’Connell presented a paper on “Themes of Resilience Among Hearing Children of Deaf Adults: An Ethnographic Study” at the Community Resilience Conference in Trinity College Dublin (Robert Emmet Theatre).

Invited presentation: On 27 February 2025, Dr Noel O’Connell presented a paper on “Growing up with Deaf parents & the negotiation of stigmatized identities” as part of the Laura Sadlier Lecture Series at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). 

The CODA Festival conference event was held at the Maxima Aula, UCC on 4-5 October 2024. The CODA Festival conference provided a platform for showcasing CODA’s lived experience through presentations, panel discussions, personal storytelling, artwork exhibition followed by evening dinner for presenters and delegates. 

On 10 May 2024, Dr Noel O’Connell presented a paper on “The perspectives of hearing children of deaf parents and their exposure to deafness stigma: A literature review.” The presentation was part of the Futures Children Seminar Series at UCC.

On 2nd April 2024, Seda Guektasch enrolled as PhD student as part of the prestigious SFI-IRC Pathway Programme 2022. 

CODA: A Hidden Minority Amongst the Majority (2023-2028). PI: Dr Noel O'Connell. Funder: SFI-IRC Pathway Programme. Hosted with the School of Applied Social Studies. 

On 23rd January 2024, Dr Noel O’Connell delivered an online presentation on an overview of the CODA research project.