Growing Up in Ireland Annual Research Conference 2023
Growing Up in Ireland is pleased to announce that its annual research conference will be held as an in-person event in the Gibson Hotel, Dublin on November 8th 2023. The conference is an important forum for sharing new research based on the GUI datasets with policy makers, fellow researchers and other stakeholders.
A draft programme is available here. Registration is now open via this link. Please note that places are offered free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis.
We are delighted that Professor Morag Treanor from the University of Glasgow will be delivering this year’s keynote address as part of the conference programme.
Queries should be addressed to GUIConference@equality.gov.ie. The Growing Up in Ireland team look forward to welcoming researchers and stakeholders to the conference.
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Research Conference 2022
The fourteenth annual Growing Up in Ireland Research Conference was held online on Wednesday, 25th May 2022. The conference was opened by Minister Roderic O’Gorman TD.
The programme included the launch of the latest GUI Report – Research Needs for Cohort ’98 at age 25, presented by Dr Aisling Murray (ESRI).
The keynote address was given by Professor Alissa Goodman (UCL) on the topic of Inequalities in the early years, and opportunities and challenges setting up two new national birth cohort studies in the UK.
The DCEDIY-awarded prize for the best paper with a policy focus was won by Keyu Ye, Eamonn Carroll and Selina McCoy for their presentation, Educationally maintained inequality? The role of risk factors and resilience at 9, 13 and 17 in disabled young people’s post-school pathways at 20.
2022 Conference Presentations
The conference included presentations based on the Growing Up in Ireland study data from a range of researchers. The full list of presentations (with links to slides/videos where permitted) can be found below.
The conference programme and book of abstracts are also available to download.
– Post-school expectations and outcomes among migrant-origin young people in Ireland (video) – Frances McGinnity, ESRI
– Educationally maintained inequality? The role of risk factors and resilience at 9, 13 and 17 in disabled young people’s post-school pathways at 20 (video) – Keyu Ye and Eamonn Carroll, ESRI
– Early digital exposure and later digital skills: evidence from home and school environments in Ireland – Míde Griffin, ESRI
– Who chooses science? Subject take-up in the Growing Up in Ireland study (video)– Carmel Hannan, UL
– Do children in multi-grade classes in small schools do well in mathematics? – Breed Murphy, MIE
– A longitudinal investigation of personality and internet behaviours of young people who meet online contacts face-to-face – Gretta Mohan, ESRI
– Consequences of victimization among Irish adolescents: a longitudinal cohort study – Giulio D’Urso, UCD
Conference Archive
Details of previous conferences are available using the links below:
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
