Research and Evaluation in Community, Health and Social Care Settings

Suzanne Guerin is associate professor in research design and analysis with the UCD School of Psychology at University College Dublin. Her research interests include applied health and wellbeing, and applied research and evaluation. Suzanne has developed significant expertise in these areas and as a result is involved in a number of projects nationally and internationally. She is Deputy Director of the UCD Centre for Disability Studies and a member of the All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care (AIIHPC) Palliative Care Research Network.Nóirín Hayes is a developmental psychologist with particular interest is early child development and learning, curriculum and pedagogy and children's rights. She is the author of a number of books, reports and research articles on early childhood education, practice and policy including Early Years Practice: Getting it Right from the Start (2013, Gill and Macmillan) and co-author of Introducing Bronfenbrenner (2017, Routledge). She has served on a number of government advisory and working groups and commissions, and is a founder member of the Children's Rights Alliance and an honorary member of OMEP international.Sinéad McNally is an assistant professor in psychology at the Institute of Education at Dublin City University. She holds a BA in French and psychology (Trinity College Dublin) and a PhD in psychology (Trinity College Dublin). She is experienced in conducting and managing research in the academic and voluntary sectors in Ireland, and specialises in children's earliest experiences and the factors that impact on children's early health, language, and social-emotional development.