Friday the 26th of September, 2025
Join us in Devere Hall on the Main Campus of UCC between 10:00am - 5pm for this very special event celebrating 60 Years of the School of Applied Psychology in UCC.
Registration
Registration is now open for everyone to the Impact & Innovation conference.
Attendees can register for morning or afternoon sessions, or for the whole day (see below for the conference schedule).
Please Note: Registration for this Conference is free. However, it is important to register for catering purposes.
Venue and Getting Here
The conference takes place at Devere Hall, Áras Na Mac Léinn, University College Cork Main Campus, College Road, Cork.
Parking on UCC main campus is only available to UCC staff, however UCC is well serviced by the public transport system and has public parking locations nearby.
Conference Schedule
| 9:30 | Registration and Coffee |
| 10:00 | Welcome and President's Address |
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| 10:10 | Children, Healthy Ageing and Development |
| Individual, community and environment: An integrated approach to healthy and active ageing Translating knowledge into action – family focused interventions improve outcomes for children with chronic illness and disability Biology, emotions and transitions: moving ideas to research and practice in adolescent wellbeing Values, principles and practice: PPI and engaged research practices in Applied Psychology |
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| 11:10 | Coffee Break and Poster Display |
| 11:30 | Mental Health and Wellbeing / Collective Social Futures |
| Children and families coping with war, displacement and migration The intersection of psychology and medicine: how patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) can influence research and practice Is my high-performance work environment making me high-risk to burnout? Non-traditional research outputs – service related research with impact |
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| 12:30 | Impact and Influence through our Curriculum |
| Multimedia Story of Educational Impact and Influence Across 60 Years |
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| 13:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 | People and Technology |
| Thirty years of People and Technology research in SoAP: a history of Ideas, methods, and impacts Community Radio in the West Cork Islands Misinformation Women’s Health Care Technologies Work Technologies Elevating the role of Psychology to address Sustainability Challenges |
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| 15:15 | Coffee Break and Poster Display |
| 15:40 | Keynote |
| Dr Rachel Clarke In conversation with |
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| 16:30 | Concluding Comments |
| Professor Chris McCusker |
Poster Showcase
The conference will feature a number of narrative posters showcasing the depth of research, outreach, and activity in the School of Applied Psychology.
The posters will be visible around the event room for the duration of the day, and poster sessions take place on the coffee breaks.
Each poster also has a QR code that can be scanned to visit a dedicated section for them on this website containing additional information, publications, or other supplemental materials like videos.
Posters will be uploaded in advance of the conference, and can be browsed by visiting the Online Poster Showcase.