Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- Health and wellbeing in schools
- Early childhood development
Public outreach & key achievements
- Dr Dunne has established strong collaborative partnerships with the voluntary and statutory sectors to provide
capacity building service design and research, with the aim of developing and evaluating evidence informed programmes. - She played a leading role in organising a conference bringing together world leading experts in the field of ECD for
peacebuilding (May 2017). This fostered strong global links with prestigious partners such as Yale, Harvard, NYU
and UNICEF. She jointly organised and led a network meeting (November 2017) for researchers and UNICEF
partners from six LMICS at QUB, including workshops and capacity building training. - She has won small grants to engage children and the public in her research. One example involves extending the
Wellbeing survey to Special Schools. She has also worked with the NI Assembly to train young people to conduct
peer research on wellbeing. - She has provided professional development to over 200 teachers and has organised two conferences (2013; 2015),
presenting local and national research findings to attendees from schools, academia, voluntary and policy sectors. - She has jointly led the organisation of two major international conferences: The Campbell Collaboration Colloquium
(Belfast, 2014) and the What Works Global Summit (London, 2016).
Research students
| PhD Title | To what extent does teacher training on using evidence-based practices in procedural implementation fidelity contribute to sustained effective practice? |
| Name | Ewan McRae |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| PhD Title | Exploring Young People’s Social Networks and their Impact on Behaviour |
| Name | Deborah Webster |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| PhD Title | Service Provision for Two Year Olds in Northern Ireland |
| Name | Suzanne Filis |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Impact of early feeding practices and parent/child interaction on child growth |
| Name | Dr Seaneen Sloan |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Current Position | Lecturer, University College Dublin |
| PhD Title | Who do you think you are? The experiences of Chinese children growing up in Northern Ireland |
| Name | Dr Sunyoung Lee |
| Country | South Korea |
| Current Position | CBT Counsellor, London |
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- Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work
- Fellow of the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health, NI