23 DCU PhD and Postdoctoral projects receive funding under Government of Ireland scheme
All awardees are based in Ireland’s higher education and research-performing organisations. This year, there are 210 PhD scholars and 80 postdoctoral fellows. The 23 DCU projects range from a social history of Munster's street furniture undertaken by Tom Spalding to an examination of entrepreneurial social media identities to be carried out by Georgia Fenlon.
In addition, one project involving Melissa Lynch examining the impact of social and cultural capital on low socio-economic status student progression from DEIS schools in Ireland is one of ten scholarships funded in collaboration with partner agencies. Lynch's project is part funded by the Department of Children, Equality Disability, Integration and Youth.
The full list of DCU awardees is available below.
Postgraduate Scholars:
Angelina Foley, New organocatalysed cycloadditions of vinyl ketenes to access delta-lactone pharmaceuticals and polymers
Anna Keller, Meet me in VR or VC? A comparative investigation on the impact of virtual reality and video conference technology on relationship development in global virtual teams
Ciara Buckley, Understanding and Preventing Sexual Violence in the LGBTQ Community
Collette Byrne, Marketisation Evolvement: Questions, Answers and Challenges
Conor Roddy, Ireland during the Anglo-Irish Truce
Cormac Keenan, An examination of the post-revolutionary lives of the dependants of the Irish Revolution and Civil War, 1923-80
Georgia Fenlon, Entrepreneurial Social Media Identities: An Intersectional Exploration
Hayley Brabazon, Gender, Legacy, and Memory: the post-revolutionary lives of Irish women
Jack Campbell, Tweet it like you mean it: Social media and the lay social audit
Jake Tiernan, Evaluating the Role of Sensory Perception and Perceptual Decision-Making in Elite-Level Soccer Performance
Jasmine Faudone, Conflicts and New Borders: The Withdrawal Agreement Protocols of Northern Ireland, Gibraltar and Cyprus
John McGrath, Challenges and Opportunities in Creating an Online Harms Framework
Karen Beckett, Parental ADHD and its Influence on Parenting Styles and Mental Well-being: A Dyadic Approach
Katie Murtagh, New Catalytic Methods for the Enantioselective Alpha-Alkylation of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives Suitable for Pharmaceutical Applications
Lorenzo Pisani, SEE Toolkit: Developing Open-Souce Codes for solving the Semiclassical Einstein Equations
Nithya Kothenmaril, ABSENCE IN PRESENCE: DALIT WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS IN KERALA, INDIA
Obumneke Anyanwu, Exploring Cultural Heritage in Nollywood Film Music
Orla McGovern, “Asking the Algorithm”: Understanding the Help-seeking Behaviours of Young People on TikTok – A Co-Design Approach to Optimise Mental Health and Wellbeing
Melissa Lynch, NOBODY REALLY KNOWS! Exploring the Impact of Social and Cultural Capital on Low Socioeconomic Status (LSES) Students Progression from DEIS Schools in Ireland
Postdoctoral Fellows:
Dr Catherine Baker, Fake Science: Investigating the Role of Biological-Essentialist Pseudoscience in Far Right, Male Supremacist and Anti-Trans Disinformation Online
Dr Daniel Carey, The Standard: Ideological Cornerstone of Catholic Ireland
Dr Fereshte Ildarabadi, Optimised Design of Tuneable Dot Platforms for Advanced Valleytronics
Dr Tom Spalding, A Social History of Munster’s Street Furniture: Heritage, Oral History and Place-making