Primary School Study

CSL

Our Team

Who is involved in the CSL study?

Children’s School Lives is led by Professor Dympna Devine, Associate Professor Jennifer Symonds, Assistant Professor Seaneen Sloan, and Assistant Professor Gabriela Martinez Sainz, UCD School of Education.

A wider team of UCD School of Education faculty and staff, post doctoral researchers, and doctoral candidates are also involved in diverse elements of the study.

The study benefits from national and international collaborators and advisors, and a large team of experienced fieldworkers who work directly with our CSL schools.

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The CSL Team

Dympna Devine CSL Team
Full Professor Dympna Devine
Jennifer Symonds CSL Team
Assoc. Professor Jennifer Symonds
Seaneen Sloan
Assist. Professor Seaneen Sloan
CSL Team Gabriela Martinez Sainz
Assist. Professor Gabriela Martinez Sainz
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Assoc. Professor William Kinsella
CSL Associate Investigator
Joyce Senior CSL Team
Assist. Professor Joyce Senior
CSL Associate Investigator
Hannah Stynes
Hannah Stynes
Fieldwork Manager
Aisling Davies CSL Team
Dr Aisling Davies
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Barbara Moore CSL Team
Dr Barbara Moore
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Morten Greaves
Dr Morten Greaves
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Seán Gleasure
Seán Gleasure
CSL PhD Candidate
Tamsyn Blue CSL Team
Tamsyn Blue
Research Assistant
Sara Ponce
Sara Ponce
CSL PhD Candidate
Elizabeth Tobin CSL Team
Elizabeth Tobin
CSL PhD Candidate
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Dr Giulio D'Urso
Affiliated Research Fellow
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Kate Osborne
DEd Psych Candidate
Fiona Collins
Fiona Collins
CSL PhD Candidate
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Katie Cronin
DEd Psych Candidate
Denise Jones, Doc.Ed. Psych
Denise Jones
DEd Psych Candidate
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DR Dorothy Conaghan
Affiliated Research Fellow
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Dr Elena Samonova
Associate Research Fellow
Aoife Donegan PHD Candidate
Aoife Donegan (RIP)
CSL PhD Candidate
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A team of up to 40 fieldworkers – with longstanding experiencing of working with children in primary schools assists the CSL team in collecting data each school year.

Field Workers

Research Design

The CSL study uses a cross- sequential longitudinal design, producing a rich
set of mixed methods data. This is generated through a nationally representative quantitative study and in-depth case studies of a sub-sample of schools.

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Ethics & Data Protection

The Children’s School Lives Study has been approved by the University College Dublin Human Research Ethics Committee.

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FUNDERS & STAKEHOLDERS

International experts in specific areas of research design and researching with children are involved in advising the CSL team on their study methods.

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