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Professor Emer Smyth, Joint Principal Investigator
Emer Smyth is a Research Professor and Head of the Social Research Division at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in Dublin, Ireland and is adjunct Professor of Sociology at Trinity College, Dublin. She has published extensively on her main research interests of education, school to work transitions, gender and comparative methodology. She has…
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Dr Anne Nolan, Study Team Management Group
Dr Anne Nolan is an economist at the ESRI. She is on the Study Team Management Group for Growing up in Ireland (GUI) and is also a Research Affiliate at the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Her main research interest is health economics, with a particular focus on the…
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Richard Layte, Study Team Management Group
Professor Richard Layte is a Professor of Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, and formerly of the ESRI. He has been involved with the Growing Up in Ireland study since its inception. Click here to see more about Richard on the TCD website. See more about Richard’s publications and work at the ESRI here.
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Professor Trevor Spratt, Study Team Management Group
Having worked for some 10 years in social work practice with children and families, Professor Spratt’s first academic position was with the University of Ulster in 1997, moving thereafter to Queen’s University Belfast in 2000. He took up his present position as Professor in Childhood Research and Director of Trinity Research in Childhood Centre at…
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Elizabeth Nixon, Study Team Management Group
Dr Elizabeth Nixon is a member of the Growing up in Ireland Study Team Management Group. She is an Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology at the School of Psychology. Elizabeth has conducted a number of studies on parenting in Ireland, and has a particular interest in parenting and children’s development in non-traditional family structures. She has…
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Official Publications from Cohort ’08 (Infant Cohort)
Suggested citations for publications from Cohort ’08 (Infant Cohort) in order of website listing (updated July 2024) RESEARCH REPORTS Wave 1 at 9 Months: Maternal Health Behaviours and Child Growth in Infancy Report on the Qualitative Study of Infants and their Parents at Wave 1 (Nine Months) Parenting and Infant Development Mothers’ Return to Work…
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Official Publications from Cohort ’98 (Child Cohort)
Suggested citations for publications from Cohort ’98 (Child Cohort) in order of website listing (updated July 2024) RESEARCH REPORTS Wave 1 at 9 Years: The Lives of 9-Year-Olds Overweight and Obesity Among 9-Year-Olds Influences on 9-year-olds’ Learning: Home, School and Community How Families Matter for Social and Emotional Outcomes of 9 Year Old Children The…
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Growing Up in Ireland – Official publications using all cohorts
*NEW* SUGGESTED CITATIONS FOR INFANT AND CHILD COHORT JOINT REPORTS (IN ORDER OF WEBSITE LISTING) Research Reports Growing Up in Ireland: Key Findings – Special COVID-19 Survey Growing Up in Ireland: Dynamics of Child Economic Vulnerability and Socio-Emotional Development — An Analysis of the First Two Waves of the Growing Up in Ireland Study Growing…
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Dr Eoin McNamara, Research Analyst
Eoin joined the Growing Up in Ireland study as a Research Analyst February 2017. He previously worked as both a research assistant and research associate at the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit in the University Of Cambridge. He completed his PhD at Queen Mary, University of London in 2013, investigating physical activity levels amongst schoolchildren…
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Eoin Keogh, Database Programmer/Analyst
Eoin Keogh joined Growing Up in Ireland in April 2017 as a Database Programmer/ Analyst. He has previously worked as a Researcher/ Data Analyst in the National Screening Service and as a Research Executive in IBEC. He holds qualifications in Data Analytics from both NCI and DBS.
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GUI Annual Conference 2016
GUI Conference 3rd November 2016 Growing Up in Ireland’s 8th Annual Research Conference took place in the Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin on Thursday 3rd November 2016. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone T.D., launched a series of key findings on several aspects of the lives of 17- and 18-year-olds. Professor James Williams’…
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Upcoming Growing Up in Ireland Report Launches
On Tuesday 4th November, the Department of Children, Disability and Equality is launching a new report, What We Know From GUI. Prepared by Dr Kaat Philippe, Dr Seaneen Sloan and Dr Ross D. Neville in University College Dublin, this DCDE commissioned report provides a comprehensive overview of the risk and protective factors for the wellbeing…