Growing Up in Ireland Annual Research Conference 2024
The 16th Growing Up in Ireland Annual Research Conference took place in the Gibson Hotel, Dublin on Wednesday, 9th October 2024. The conference showcased the latest research using the Growing Up in Ireland datasets.
This year’s keynote lecture was delivered by Professor Michelle Kelly-Irving, a social epidemiologist based at the Centre for Epidemiology and Research on Population Health (CERPOP), Inserm-University of Toulouse, France, where she is the director of the EQUITY research team. Her keynote address examined the evidence for social inequalities in health from a range of cohorts and countries, and was titled “Understanding the production of health inequalities over the life course: the embodiment dynamic“.
The conference programme and book of abstracts are now available for download.
Queries should be addressed to GUIConference@equality.gov.ie.
Conference Presentations 2024
Keynote presentation:
Understanding the production of health inequalities over the life course: the embodiment dynamic
Professor Michelle Kelly-Irving (University of Toulouse)
Updates:
Central Statistics Office Update
Katie O’Farrell (CSO)
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Inclusion and Youth Update
Ciara Pidgeon (DCEDIY)
Report Launch:
Lone parent transitions, employment transitions and poverty outcomes
Dr Helen Russell (ESRI)
Research Presentations:
The role of personality and family relations in mental health and wellbeing among emerging adults: Analysis of Wave 4 data from the Growing Up in Ireland study
Orla Doyle (UCD)
Parental depression and its effect on their offspring
Michael Vallely (ESRI)
Pandemic income support programs and children’s mental health in the UK, Ireland, and Australia
Gabriele Mari (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Parental gender and the intergenerational transmission of screen-time
Seraphim Dempsey (ESRI)
Kid gamers to adult gamblers? An investigation of gaming in childhood and young adult gambling
Gretta Mohan (ESRI)
Substance and polysubstance use at 20 years old: A latent class analysis
Margaret M. Brennan (TCD)
Comparing adolescent risky behaviours across two GUI cohorts
Eoin McNamara (DCEDIY)
Factors associated with sexual health literacy in young adults in Ireland
Anne Nolan (ESRI)
Changing expectations in uncertain times: Comparing the impact of the great recession and the COVID-19 pandemic
Emer Smyth (ESRI)
Modelling the gender achievement gap: Cognitive and noncognitive factors in educational production
Beatriz Geitner (UCD)
Book experiences and socioemotional development during early childhood: Insights from the Growing Up in Ireland study
Gabriela Portillo (Mary Immaculate College)
Cohort comparisons of the consequences of COVID on youth psychological wellbeing
Ross Macmillan (UL)
Are the kids alright? Bullying trends amongst 13-year-olds
Derek Nolan (DCEDIY)
Changing patterns of anti-social behaviour among 13-year-olds
Aisling Murray (DCEDIY)
Socioeconomic inequalities in the oral health of Irish adolescents
Vinay Sharma (TCD)
Lives of Irish adolescents who were born with a cleft
Catherine de Blacam (Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin)
Investigating the prospective relationship between restrictive eating behaviours and sleep in the Growing Up in Ireland Cohort
Marie-Christine Opitz (University of Edinburgh)
Conference Archive
Details of previous conferences are available using the links below:
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2023
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2022
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2021
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2020
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2019
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2018
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2017
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2016
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2015
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2014
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2013
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2012
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2011
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2010
