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School of Social Work and Social Policy - Head of School: Dr. Eoin O'Sullivan - Director of Teaching & Learning (Postgraduate): Prof. Virpi Timonen - Email: Laura Cusack - Url: www.tcd.ie/swsp/postgraduate/phd-programme - How to apply: Please see links below School Description: The School offers professional education and training in social work, multidisciplinary courses in the broad social welfare area, courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level in general and specialist aspects of social policy, and postgraduate training in applied social research, as well a range of opportunities for postgraduate research students. The School is pleased to acknowledge the special public sector, corporate and philanthropic support it attracts for a number of its teaching and research activities. Through high quality scholarship, the School seeks to identify, explore and impact on key social issues. Research Programmes The School has a lively community of postgraduate research students, whether studying independently or within research centres or programmes. Some are full-time students; others combine their studies with their work. The School has particular strengths and capacity in research supervision in the following areas: Ageing and social policy; Drug and alcohol policy and services; Child protection and welfare; Criminology and penology, Domestic violence; Family and gender; History of social policy; Immigration and Social Policy, Intellectual disability; Mental health; Social work; Sociology of reproduction. In addition to the research activities of individual academic staff, the research effort of the School is also focused through the following significant research ventures. The Children’s Research Centre conducts policy relevant research on children’s lives and issues and is co-sponsored with the School of Psychology. With other TCD colleagues, Centre personnel will play a significant role in the major National Longitudinal Study on Children’s Development, the contract for which was awarded to the Economic and Social Research Institute and Trinity College Dublin. The Policy Institute is a multi-disciplinary public policy research institute. Based in Trinity College, the Institute has close links with the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, the School of Social Work and Social Policy, and the School of Business. The School is also one of the three Schools in the University that founded the Trinity Immigration Initiative which brings together key strands of TCD’s strategies in research, teaching and contribution to society, positioning the University to play an influential role in developing a more inclusive, multicultural society for Ireland’s future. In exceptional circumstances it may be possible to register retrospectively. Applicants wishing to be considered for retrospective admission should contact the Graduate Studies Office by emailing research.admissions@tcd.ie
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Scoil na hOibre Sóisialta agus an Pholasaí Shóisialta Cuireann Scoil na hOibre Sóisialta agus an Pholasaí Shóisialta oiliúint agus oideachas gairmiúil ar fáil in obair shóisialta chomh maith le cúrsaí i seirbhísí daonna níos leithne (staidéar andúile, leas agus cosaint leanaí) ag leibhéal céime agus iarchéime i gcoitinne agus i ngnéithe speisialtóireachta de pholasaí sóisialta, oiliúint iarchéime i dtaighde feidhmeach sóisialta chomh maith le réimse deiseanna a chur ar fáil do mhic léinn iarchéime taighde. Ó thaobh taighde agus múineadh de, féachann an Scoil cur leis an eolas faoin tslí le freagairt níos éifeachtaí do cheisteanna sóisialta an lae. De bharr réimse disciplíní agus láidreachtaí na Scoile bíonn deiseanna breátha ann d’obair i gcomhar agus deis ‘smaointeoireacht i gcomhar’ ar shaincheisteanna casta agus iltoiseacha. Tugann an Scoil faoi thaighde feidhmeach i réimsí ar nós andúil, dul in aois, leas leanaí, inimirce, míchumas intleachta agus slándáil shóisialta. Déanann sí comhurraíocht ar Ionad Taighde na Leanaí - i gcomhar le Scoil na Síceolaíochta. Reáchtálann sí an Institiúid Náisiúnta um Mhíchumas Intleachta agus an tIonad Taighde ar Dhul in Aois agus ar Pholasaí Sóisialta. Tá an Scoil freisin ar cheann de thrí Scoil sa Ollscoil a bhunaigh Tionscnamh Inimirce Choláiste na Tríonóide.