Research

Dr Julie Daniel’s (School of Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies) PhD thesis examined language acquisition in a non-formal context, through collaborative storytelling, in order to promote multiliteracies and integration of asylum seekers and refugees into Irish society. It drew on the MELLIE project, a DCU University of Sanctuary initiative which pairs Irish volunteer tutors from the DCU community, after appropriate training, with asylum seekers and refugees who resided in Mosney Direct Provision Centre.

The School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies offers a Masters of Arts in Refugee Integration. This programme develops an in-depth, multi-faceted knowledge of issues raised by the arrival of international protection applicants and refugees in different jurisdictions.