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Juliana Gerard

Ulster University — Linguistics

  • Language and Multilingualism
  • Cognitive Development
    • Language acquisition
    • Psycholinguistics
    • Syntax
    • Working memory
    • Executive functions
    • EAL/Newcomers

Jocelyn Dautel

Queen’s University Belfast — Psychology

  • Social Development

Researchers

Gülseli Baysu

Queen’s University Belfast — Psychology

  • Social Development
    • Bullying and inclusion
    • Young peoples’ understanding of fairness and equality

Clionagh Boyle

Ulster University — Education

  • Literacy Development
  • Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Erin Byrd

Ulster University — Sport

  • Physical Development and Nutrition

Abbie Cahoon

Ulster University — Psychology

  • Cognitive Development
  • Maths and Numbers

Ciarán Canning

Queen’s University Belfast — Psychology

  • Cognitive Development
    • Future thinking
    • Decision making

Jessica Cherry

Ulster University — Psychology

  • Social Development

Raffaella Folli

Ulster University — Linguistics

  • Language and Multilingualism
    • Syntax
    • Linguistic Interfaces
    • Animacy
    • EAL/Newcomers

Stephen Gallagher

Ulster University — Psychology

  • Mental Health

Tandy Haughey

Ulster University — Sport

  • Physical Development and Nutrition

Lesley-Anne Henry

Ulster University — Medicine

  • Physical Development and Nutrition
  • Cognitive Development
    • Pregnancy
    • Mother–Child health
    • Child neurodevelopment
    • Developmental inequalities
    • Congenital Heart Disease

Aaron Lawson

Ulster University — Environmental Health

  • Physical Development and Nutrition

Morgan Macleod

Ulster University — Linguistics

  • Language and Multilingualism
    • Language variation and change
    • Corpus linguistics
    • Syntax
    • EAL/Newcomers

Geraldine Magennis-Clarke

St Mary’s University College — Education

  • Literacy Development
    • Reading
    • Primary Age
    • Evidence-Based Literacy

Nicola Marlow

Ulster University — Education

  • Language and Multilingualism

Emma McCay

Ulster University — Sport

  • Physical Development and Nutrition

Teresa McCormack

Queen’s University Belfast — Psychology

  • Cognitive Development
    • Children's thinking

Beverley McCormick

Ulster University — Education

  • Literacy Development
    • Shared education
    • Lego
    • Teacher professional development

Eoin McElroy

Ulster University — Psychology

  • Mental Health

Shauna McGill

Ulster University — Education

  • Maths and Numbers
  • Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Rachel Naylor

Ulster University — Social Work

  • Mental Health

Emma Nolan

Queen’s University Belfast — Psychology

  • Mental Health
    • Well-Being
    • Population Health Survey Design
    • Evidence-Based Policy

Gearóid Ó Domagáin

Ulster University — Irish

  • Language and Multilingualism

Caoimhín Ó Dónaill

Ulster University — Irish

  • Language and Multilingualism

Kostas Papageorgiou

Queen’s University Belfast — Psychology

  • Mental Health
    • Parenting
    • Temperament/personality
    • Psychopathology

Christina Sevdali

Ulster University — Linguistics

  • Language and Multilingualism

Victoria Simms

Ulster University — Psychology

  • Cognitive Development
  • Maths and Numbers

Victoria Singer

Ulster University — Speech and Language Therapy

  • Language and Multilingualism
    • Dynamic Assessment
    • Word Learning

Barbara Skinner

Ulster University — Education

  • Language and Multilingualism

Tayler Truhan

Queen’s University Belfast — Psychology

  • Mental Health
    • Parenting
    • Childhood adversity
    • Youth mental health

Anna Truzzi

Queen’s University Belfast — Psychology

  • Social Development
    • Infant social development
    • Neurodiversity