Research Outputs & Impact

Overview

ISS21 has developed a reputation for impactful social science research, through its academic outputs in the form of peer-reviewed articles, books and reports, as well as impacts which include forging relationships with external bodies (policymakers, government departments, and community organisations), contributing to policy change, and working with local community groups around different interest areas. Work emerging from the Children and Young People’s research cluster, for example, has had significant impacts in terms of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs’ consultation mechanisms with children and young people; meanwhile, the Disability and Mental Health cluster’s activity has forged relationships with mental health and disability advocacy and activist groups, in exploring the meaning of activism within academia. The Institute’s hosting of workshops, events, and seminars, some of which have been co-hosted with external organisations, and have been open to the public, bear witness to the wide, and varied, impacts of ISS21’s work.

Further details on how the Institute seeks to develop, sustain and enhance impactful research are set out in the ISS21 Impact Case Study

Featured Outputs

Listed below are selected publications and outputs from ISS21 affiliated projects. Outputs for individual projects are available on project pages in our reseach section - Research Projects

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Journal Articles

Publication Details
Daly, F. and O’Riordan, J. (2024) Intersecting vulnerabilities and compounded risks of women asylum seekers working in care during COVID-19 in Ireland, International Journal of Care and Caring, p1-18 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/23978821Y2024D000000029
Edwards, C. and Loughnane, C. (2024) “‘Plenty of Disabled People Care’: Revealing Reciprocity and Interdependence in Disabled People’s Everyday Caregiving Practices.” Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 26(1): 588–600. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.1182
Lotty, M., Kearns, N., & Frederico, M. (2024) Integrating Trauma-informed Practices in Child Welfare: A Process Study of Trauma-informed Care Graduate Education. Journal of Child Public Welfare, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2024.2372725
McCormack, L., Campbell, N. and Lotty, M. (2024) 'Trauma in the foster care system: finding positive ways forward in practice', Foster, 2024(15), pp. 54-63. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/10468/15782
O'Rourke, P., Swirak, K. and Krenzer, U. (2024) ‘The ’soul-destroying’ release from prison into the void - a ‘walking map’ highlighting some of the systemic drivers of the prison-homelessness ‘swinging door’’, in the Republic of Ireland, in: Journal of Prisoners on Prisons. https://doi.org/10.18192/jpp.v33i2.7129
Desmond, E. & O’Sullivan, S. (2024) 'Housing and the West Cork islands: a national crisis in microcosm', Administration, 72 (2): 29–52 doi: 10.2478/admin-2024-0010
RIFNET: Reconstituting the Irish Family Research Network special issue of The History of the Family (2024). The journal presents five articles on the history of the family by Leanne Calvert, Shannon Detling, Deirdre Foley, Tom Hulme and Mo Moulton, in addition to the introduction. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rhof20/0/0
Martin, S. Horgan, D. and Maier, R. (2024) 'Children and young people as research collaborators in a large-scale migration research project'. Open Research Europe, 4 (174):1-13. Available at: Children and young people as research ... \| Open Research Europe
O'Toole, C., Looney, E., Martin, S., Curtin, M., Harte, J. and Walsh, G. (in press 2024) 'Experiencing an early intervention programme targeting communication and literacy for infants living in a socially disadvantaged community in Ireland', Advances in Communication and Swallowing, Journal of the Irish Association of Speech & Language Therapists.
Martin, S., Horgan, D., O’Riordan, J. & Maier, R. (2023) 'Refugee and migrant children’s views of integration and belonging in school in Ireland – and the role of micro- and meso-level interactions', International Journal of Inclusive Education, DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2023.2222304
McNaull, G., Swirak, K., White, K., Maruna, S., O’Neill, M. and Cronin, J. (2023) ‘Emancipatory Pedagogy in Prison: Participatory Action Research and Prison/ University Partnerships’, Irish Probation Journal, vol. 20, pp. 95–129
O’Mullane, M. (2023) ‘What do the narratives tell us? Exploring the implementation of the Athena SWAN Ireland Charter’ Frontiers in Sociology. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366884225_What_do_the_narratives

Reports & Policy Papers

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Ní Laoire, C., Bilson, J., Byrne, O., Dorrity, C., Edwards, C., Honohan, C., MacÉinrí, P. and O’Brien, S. (2025) Enabling Diverse Student Voice in the University: A Case Study of the Access UCC Ambassador Programme. Cork: UCC Access & ISS21, UCC
Power, C. and Crowley, C. (2024) Supporting older people to age well at home: Assessing the potential of care co-operatives in Ireland Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork.
Buckley, M. & Busteed, E. (2024) Pathways to Stable Housing for Parents & Children Exiting Residential Services. Cork: UCC.
MacQuarie, J.-C. (2024). Policy Brief: 'Out of sight, Not out of mind: Precarity in Women Migrant Nightworkers in Ireland'. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13957421
Martin, S., Desmond, E. and Scanlon, M. (2024) Volunteer Recognition: Developing Questions for the Irish Census on Formal and Informal Volunteering. Report for the Department of Rural and Community Development.
Hogan, E. and Jeffers, B. (2023) A Sense of Freedom: Exploring everyday experiences of cycling in an Irish regional city. University College Cork.
Sharing the Caring: Young carers' experiences and access to supports in Ireland, March 2023. Family Carers Ireland.
ISL HEALTH Research Report (Sept. 2023) Key findings and recommendations from a project aiming to support the effective implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 in public healthcare settings (2023)

Books & Book Chapters

Publication Details
Martin, S. Horgan, D. Maier, R. and O’Riordan, J. (2023) 'Parental and professional perspectives on educational integration of migrant and refugee children in Ireland – Shirley Martin, Deirdre' In: Sobczak-Szelc, K. Pachocka, M. and Szałańska, J (eds). The Integration of Refugees in the Education and Labour Markets Between Inclusion and Exclusion Practices. London: Routledge.
Swirak, K., Kenny, T., O'Rourke, P. and Purcell, K. forthcoming, 2024). ‘Walking, Crime, Justice and Reintegration after Prison’, in: Walking as Critical Pedagogy. London: Routledge
Cullinane, M., O’Sullivan, S. and O’Connell, C. (2022) ‘Sustainable Urban Regeneration in Ireland: A Case Study’, Perrault, R. (Ed). Urban Regeneration: Methods, Implementation and Management. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Fernández, E., Kitching, K and Horgan, D. (2022) 'School Food Policy in Ireland: What Can We Learn from What 11-year-olds Think of Food?', In R. Dorte, I. Torres and D. Powell (eds.) School Food, Equity and Social Justice: Critical Reflections and Perspectives. London: Routledge.
Horgan, D. and Martin, S. (2021) 'Children's research advisory groups: Moving from adult-research agendas to co-creation with children', in: D. Horgan and D. Keenan (eds). Child and Youth Participation in Policy, Practice and Research. London: Routledge.
Forde, C. (2020) ‘Community Development, Policy Change and Austerity in Ireland’ in S. Todd and J. Drolet (eds) Community Practice and Social Development in Social Work. New York: Springer Nature. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-6969-8_18
Prellwitz, M. and Lynch, H. (2018) ‘Universal design for social inclusion: playgrounds for all’, in: M. Twomey and C. Carroll (eds.) Seen and Heard: Exploring Participation, Engagement and Voice for Children with Disabilities. Oxford: Peter Lang.
Day, M. R., McCarthy, G. and Fitzpatrick, J. (eds.)(2017) Self-Neglect in Older Adults: A Global, Evidence-Based Resource for Nurses and Other Healthcare Providers. New York: Springer.
Powell, F. and Scanlon, M. (2015) Dark Secrets of Childhood: Media Power, Child Abuse and Public Scandals. Bristol: Policy Press.

Periodicals & Media Outputs

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Power, C. and Crowley, C. (2024) Could care co-operatives be an answer to Ireland's home care crisis? RTÉ Brainstorm, 25 March 2024.
Dukelow, F., Whelan, J. and Scanlon, M. (2024) ‘In Transit? Insights from the lived experience of lone parents claiming Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment’, PublicPolicy.ie February 13, 2024. Jobseeker's_Transitional_Payment.pdf (publicpolicy.ie)
In January 2024 the PRECNIGHTS project unveiled a series of comic strips about women nightworkers in Dublin and Cork, available on the PRECNIGHTS website.
MacQuarie, J.-C. (2023). Meet the invisible work force: women migrant nightworkers in Ireland. RTÉ Brainstorm. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24707334
McNaull, G., Swirak,K., Cronin, J., Maruna, S., O’Neill, M. White, K. (2023) ‘Collaborating Across Prison Walls and Borders: Co-creating an All-Island Curriculum that Builds Empathy and Mutual Understanding between Diverse Communities of North and South of Ireland Prison-University Partnerships,’ British Society of Criminology Newsletter, 91, pp. 20-24.
Dukelow, F. (2023) ‘In Transit? Documenting the lived experiences of welfare, working and caring for one parent families claiming Jobseeker's Transitional Payment’ (Guest Piece), Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) BULLETIN, 7 June 2023 Bulletin \| PILA
Hogan, E. and Jeffers, B. (2023) YouTube video to launch SocioCyle research report and present key findings. Video accessible here
Desmond, E. with Bantry White, E. (2023) At Your Age?! theatre script
Edwards, C. and Harold, G. (2022) ‘Learning lessons from COVID-19: Exploring the potential of remote learning and working for young people with disabilities’ The AHEAD Journal https://ahead.ie/journal/Learning-lessons-from-COVID19-Exploring-the-potential-of-remote-learning-and-working-for-young-people-with-disabilities
Scanlon, M. and Martin, S. (2022) 'How migrant volunteering has benefits for everyone', RTE Brainstorm, 24 May 2022
McGlynn, M. (2022) 'Retrofit scheme "not enough" for low income, energy poor households', Irish Examiner, 9 February 2022. (Article reporting the findings of the ENERGISE research project.)
'Three former prisoners create 'life after prison' map of Cork city', in the Irish Examiner, 22 December 2022 (Article on the ISS21-affiliated 'Clean Slate' project)
McCarthy, O. and Amato, A. (2021) 'Why retrofitting homes will be difficult for low income households', RTE Brainstorm, 8 November 2021.
O'Mullane, M. (2021) ‘All you need to know about Marie Curie’, RTE Brainstorm. 7 Nov 2021.
GendeResearchIreland- Project Learnings and Insights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yF_IAs5fek
O'Connor, M. and Harold, G. (2021) ‘A Milestone for Access for Deaf Irish Sign Language Users', The Ahead Journal: A Review of Inclusive Education & Employment Practices, Issue 12.
Fathi, M. (2020) 'Young Migrants’ Home in Ireland', ViewFinder Magazine (Special Issue on Home). 116: https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/viewfinder/articles/young-migrants-home-in-ireland/

Guidance, Toolkits & Other Resources

Scanlon, M., Hogan, E., Martin, S. and Powell, F. (2024) Youth Volunteering Toolkit: Guidelines for Volunteer Involving Organisations & Volunteer Centres. Report for the Department of Rural and Community Development.

Information Booklet on Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (JST) (2023) In Transit? project teams & One Family.

Harold, G. (2021) Providing Access for Deaf Irish Sign Language Users: Guidance for Public Bodies. Available here

GENOVATE Tools - a set of tools for supporting the implementation of gender equality actions developed through the GENOVATE project.

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A core objective of the GENOVATE Consortium is the promotion of gender equality within its partner universities* through an action-research process.
Towards this objective, the GENOVATE@UCC team, supported by the Consortium, developed a Gender Equality Action Plan for UCC. The Plan includes nine gender equality actions, eight of which the University Management

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Awards

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ISS21 Director, Dr Claire Edwards, was awarded the UCC Staff Recognition Award for Leadership, 2020.
The ISS21-affiliated Living Well With The Dead In Contemporary Ireland project was awarded the UCC Research Team of the Year, 2019.
Dr Carol Kelleher received the Early Stage Researcher of the Year Award in 2019. Dr. Kelleher has led several ISS21-affiliated projects and is co-convenor of the CARE21 Research Cluster.
The ISS21 GENOVATE project received the UCC Research Team of the Year award, 2017.
Niall Dunphy, leader of the ISS21-affiliated ENTRUST consortium, received a UCC Staff Recognition Award for Leadership in 2016.
The UCC Research Team of the Year was awarded to Child Care Proceedings in the District Court (team from ISS21, Applied Social Studies and Law), 2016.
The ISS21-affiliated Émigré research team won the runner-up prize at the UCC-Pfizer Innovation through Teamwork awards, 2014.

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