Let's Talk Education Research

In this episode, I speak with Pearse Ahern about task-based language learning for Irish (Gaeilge).

Pearse's publication on this topic can be found here: https://reachjournal.ie/index.php/reach/article/view/630/546

Pearse's profile: https://www.dcu.ie/languageliteracyandearlychildhoodeducation/people/pearse-ahern

In this episode, I speak with Dr Sabrina Fitzsimons about burnout in Initial Teacher Education.

Sabrina's bio: https://www.dcu.ie/policy-and-practice/people/sabrina-fitzsimons

Create Website: https://www.dcu.ie/create

Articles Discussed in the podcast:

Fitzsimons, S., Boag, L. & Smith, D.S. (2025) Understanding Teacher Educators' Quality of Life: Insights from the PERMA Model. Applied Research Quality Life. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-025-10435-z

Fitzsimons, S., & Smith, D. S. (2025). ‘Don’t do anything special for us coming’: the mental health impact of Ofsted inspections on teacher educators in England. Cambridge Journal of Education, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2025.2451280

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In this episode, I speak with Dr Jane O'Kelly about the work completed by a team of researchers exploring the experiences of autistic academics.

You can find out more about Dr O'Kelly here: https://www.dcu.ie/policyandpractice/people/jane-okelly

You can find out more about the team's research network here: https://sites.google.com/view/acorn-network/home?authuser=0

The team's publication is available here: https://osf.io/preprints/osf/tyxma_v1

In this episode, I speak with the General Editor of Irish Educational Studies, Dr Audrey Bryan, about all things related to the journal, from the readership and scope, to advice on how to publish with Irish Education Studies

You can find out more about Irish Educational Studies on their website here: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ries20

You can follow them on Twitter/X (@Editor_IES) and BlueSky (@iesjournal.bsky.social)

In this episode, I speak with Dr Caitríona Ní Cassaithe about the LETHE project, a project designed to help teachers and students uncover hidden histories from across Europe.

You can find out more about Dr Ní Cassaithe here: https://www.dcu.ie/stemeducationinnovationglobalstudies/people/caitriona-ni-cassaithe

You can find Dr Ní Cassaite on Twitter/X (@trionacheile) and BlueSky (@trionacheile.bsky.social)

The project website is here: https://letheproject.eu/

In this episode, I speak with Barbara Mulvihill and Dr Marek McGann about the Teachers Research Exchange TREX initiative - an online community of practice for education research in Ireland.

You can find out more about TREX and register here: https://www.t-rex.ie/

In this episode, Dr David Keane, Dr Paola Rivetti, and Prof Mathias Urban, speak to me about the ongoing situation in Palestine, through the lens of their respective areas of research.

In this, longer than usual episode, my DCU colleagues discuss the situation in Palestine under the following themes:

In this episode, I speak with Dr Majella McSharry and Dr Rachel Shanks about school uniform policy and research in Ireland and Scotland.

You can find out more about Dr McSharry here:https://www.dcu.ie/humandevelopment/people/majella-mcsharry

You can find Dr McSharry on Twitter/X: @MajellaMcSharry

You can read Dr McSharry's article on this area here: https://doras.dcu.ie/30536/

You can find out more about Dr Shanks here:https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/r.k.shanks

You can read more about this research area here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01596306.2021.1931813

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here: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/education/research/school-uniform-dress-code-and-appearance-policies-1957.php

In this episode, I speak with Dr Regina Murphy about the processes of inclusion and creativity in music education showcases in schools.

You can read the full report here: https://doras.dcu.ie/29328/

You can read more about Regina here:

https://www.dcu.ie/artseducationmovement/people/regina-murphy

In this episode of the podcast, I speak with Dr Damien Burke about the work of mathematics leaders in Irish Primary Schools.

You can read Damien's paper here: https://tinyurl.com/35vxwvxj

You can find out more about Damien here: https://www.dcu.ie/policyandpractice/people/damien-burke