Critical Social Thinking Conference
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Critical Social Thinking Conference
28.01.2011

The Critical Social Thinking Conference is today (January 28th 2011) being hosted by the School of Applied Social Studies. This conference is part of the Critical Social Thinking Student Research Initiative which offers opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate studies to present social research findings to a wider audience. This year, presentations were invited from social scientific and cognate disciplines, with the aim of promoting interdisciplinary research.

Undergraduate and postgraduate contributors represented a wide range of disciplines, including Social Policy, Youth and Community Work, Social Work, Sociology, Law, Government, Education and Women's Studies.

Following the welcome address by Professor Fred Powell, Dean of Social Science and Head of the School of Applied Social Studies, Fintan O’Toole delivered the keynote address. Conference papers focused on key social issues in contemporary society exploring topics such as child welfare, policy-making processes, civil partnership, gender-based violence, social service delivery, social research methodologies, and education and welfare."

This is the second annual conference held by the School of Applied Social Studies, made possible through a funding grant from NAIRTL in 2010.

Picture: Eileen Hogan, Critical Social Thinking Committee, Fintan O’Toole, writer, journalist and political commentator, Fred Powell, Professor of Social Policy, Dean of Social Science & Head of School of Applied Social Studies, UCC and Eluska Fernandez, Critical Social Thinking Committee.   



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