Research Interests
Supervising PhD students in the fields of
- Relationship and Sexuality Education from early years to early adults (projects might cover identification of needs or programme co-design and evaluation and settings might include schools, or out of school settings such as secure care or prisons.
- How can men and boys be part of the solution to global, sexual and reproductive health and rights?; Areas could reducing child marriage, unintended pregnancy or sexual violence; infertility, family planning and abortion care.
- Men's involvement in maternal and child health and parenting.
- Men as partners and allies for change in promoting gender equality.
Current Research Opportunities
Public outreach & key achievements
- Impact case studies of research included in 2014 and 2021 UK Research Excellence Framework
- Delivery of policy relevant presentations to the US Department of Health, Uruguay Department of Health, Health Services Executive of Ireland, UK Cabinet Office and Stormont parliament Northern Ireland.
- Published work under World Health Organization Human Reproduction Programme website –Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Masculinities and SRHR evidence and gap map.
- Recent Journal Blog piece Engaging boys and addressing masculinities in comprehensive sex education reaps benefits for both adolescent boys and girls: Results from the Jack Trial < SRHM
- Published in The Conversation
Research students
| PhD Title | Saudi Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Perspectives of Patient Safety and the Role of Nursing Education |
| Name | Miad Alruwaili |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| PhD Title | Sexual and Reproductive Health |
| Name | Jinghong Yang |
| Country | China |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | A Critical Examination of the Understanding and Use of Human Dignity in End of Life Care |
| Name | Rev Dr Gary Toman |
| Country | Ireland |
| Current Position | |
| PhD Title | Offending behaviour in young male and adult female survivors of traumatic brain injury |
| Name | Dr Conall O'Rourke |
| Country | Ireland |
| Current Position | |
| PhD Title | An evaluation of the If I Were Jack educational resources in post-primary schools with regard to the relationship and sexuality education requirements of teenage men |
| Name | Dr Katie Gillespie |
| Country | Northern Ireland, UK |
| Current Position | |
| PhD Title | Opening up the gendered box on the right to choose: Young men's experiences and decision-making in relation to an unintended pregnancy in their lives |
| Name | Dr Joleen Kane |
| Country | Northern Ireland, UK |
| Current Position | |
| PhD Title | Competent or Not? Young People’s Accounts of Sexual Readiness |
| Name | Dr Michelle Templeton |
| Country | Northern Ireland UK |
| Current Position | Research Fellow, QUB |
| PhD Title | HIV & Pregnancy: Men and women’s experience of reproductive decision-making and pregnancy. |
| Name | Dr Carmel Kelly |
| Country | Canada |
| Current Position | Nurse Consultant in Sexual Health and Lecturer in Nursing (QUB) joint post. |
| PhD Title | Fathers’ Experiences of having a child admitted to Neo-natal Intensive Care. |
| Name | Dr Kathleen Deeney |
| Country | Northern Ireland, UK |
| Current Position | Neonatal Nurse |