Stop emailing academics in the exam period we are *marking* it is not done and no we are not okay

My favourite take away from the panel discussion at #ESAI26 on past and future of educational studies: 'Becoming a teacher is a permanent job' We have to take seriously Lifelong Learning in our own professional practice.

At #ESAI26 presenting findings from the @cslstudyucd.bsky.social on the #SchoolTransition from #Primary to #PostPrimary in Ireland. #edusky #edchatIE #education

Call for articles: "Accountability for Child Rights – Mechanisms, Challenges, and Pathways Forward." For a special issue of the International Journal of Human Rights, co-edited by our members Patricio Cuevas-Parra and Kay Tisdall. Abstracts are due by 29 June.

Who supports the supporters? Lecturers in post-92 universities are doing vital but often invisible pastoral work to help non-traditional students succeed. This study, based on 32 in-depth interviews, shows how this emotional labour can be both meaningful and draining 👇 doi.org/10.1080/0013...

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴: Children have the right to be heard—but how often do we truly listen? New research from Wales introduces the Everyday Model of Children's Participation, showing how educators can move beyond tokenistic gestures. #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/childrens-participation/

The 15th anniversary issue of the journal Global Studies of Childhood is out: journals.sagepub.com/toc/gsca/16/1

🗣️"Scientific writing isn’t the packaging around knowledge. It’s one of the key places of knowledge production itself" #AcWri #AcademicSky

I feel honored to receive the Research Collaborator of the Year Award at @ucddublin.bsky.social College of Social Sciences & Law. A big thanks to all the partners across the University and beyond who made possible such great collaborations the last couple of years. #VARiEGroup #Academia #HigherEd

We've published new research and recommendations to tackle the NEET crisis.

like, academics who use conceptual analysis to flatten out power differences are REALLY part of the problem

This board game as a rights-based method for data collection and the findings we got from its implementation demonstrate play can be a valuable methodological approach in classroom-based educational research. #EdChatIE #ParticipatoryResearch #PlayfulResearch #VARiEGroup #ChildRights #EdChat

The most rewarding (and fun!) research method I have co-created so far has to be this board game that we used in the Children's School Lives study to explore children's experiences of learning in school. The paper that describes the co-creation process is here👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

New Today with Jiani Ma and team: Engaging youth in systems thinking for active recreation: piloting a Collective Intelligence approach academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... #CollectiveIntelligence #SystemsThinking

Senior professors - if you want to help your junior colleagues in these times, I am begging you, review our papers. I have done 25 manuscript reviews in the last 6 years. But my own manuscript is stalled out waiting for reviewers. Relatedly, I won't be doing any more reviews until tenure. 🧪

This weekend I gave a presentation to a group of mostly college-aged folks and had a little line at the beginning of my slides that described it as an "AI-free presentation made by a human, for humans" and I had to pause for clapping at that part you love to see it

Exactly 💯

"Our lecturers are very supportive and approachable, every student feels they belong" - Current student What an endorsement at today's webinar for prospective students where I talked about the MSc in Education, Children & Youth, our innovative research-based programme. hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_M...

"Empathy is a key element of our education system, one that we are trying to find ways of teaching to students. A simple example of showing empathy is to listen to students and let your interactions with them be led by their needs, not your own ideology." Great piece by @conorsmurf.bsky.social

Hilma af Klint (1862 – 1944) Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings are considered to be among, if not the first major abstract works in Western art history #Womensart

It was great to present at #CIES2026 with my dear colleague @suegollifer.bsky.social the findings of our comparative study on how Initial Teacher Education programmes embed the aims of education established in the UNCRC (Art 29). #ChildRights #AcademicSky #VARiEResearch #RightsEducation

My lecture today was on Peace & education and it is the first time in years that students were simply unable to imagine a world without violence. The violent and genocidal times we are living in have eroded hope, are slowly but steadily limiting our imagination of better futures. #HigherEd

A very short introduction to the project Holistic Sustainable Wellbeing in Higher Education - what it is and why it matters? youtube.com/clip/UgkxXgJ... #academicsky #HigherEd #SustainablePedagogies

📘 "Decolonizing epistemologies and worldviews in education: new ways of knowing in education and policy" ed. by Michael Kariwo & Chouaib El Bouhali Read Maarit Jaakkola's #BookReview here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/0013... @maaritjii.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social

The quest to build a better AI tutor It’s easy to get swept up in the hype about artificial intelligence tutors. But the evidence so far suggests caution. Some studies have found that chatbot tutors can backfire because students lean on them too heavily, get spoonfed solutions and fail to absorb…

Today I join the youngest members of the @ucddublin.bsky.social community in our fundraising for cancer. I will be walking with a group of 4-5 years old + ECEC professionals from our crèche supporting children's rights to participate in their community. www.relayforlife.ie/fundraisers/...

🚨 Today, we launch Report 9 from the #CSLstudy, ‘Experiences of the Transition to Post-Primary Schooling’ 🔗 Download the report from our website at: cslstudy.ie/downloads/CS... 🧵 Read about some of the key findings below – ⬇️ 1/18

We are delighted to welcome the next presenter in the #VARiEResearch Seminar Series 'Understanding the World(s) of Children' on young people's participation in civic and research spaces Join us in person at the School of Education UCD or online by registering at the following link: lnkd.in/dSmTznan

Applications now open for this year’s EUI summer course on human rights. Two weeks of thinking through the theme of ‘Imagining Planetary Legal Orders’ with convenors @tim-lindgren.bsky.social , Arnulf Becker Lorca, faculty, artists and activists. Apply! www.eui.eu/apply?id=ael...

Walking around campus in Spring is one of the best perks of the job. @ucddublin.bsky.social

We're delighted to interview Manfred Liebel and Philip Meade about their new book - Adultism: A Critical Introduction to Discrimination Against Children: www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...

This is a fantastic book for children (and adults!) to learn about social movements & protests through history but also a great resource on activism repertoire as it showcases individual + collective actions that can be used today in current fights for #SocialJustice #ClimateAction and #HumanRights

Ta-Nehisi Coates said, “You can’t talent your way to writing. It’s built. It’s a built thing. It’s a made thing. So the real thing you got to do is you got to come back to that bad writing and you’ve got to revise.” Like James Baldwin said, “I’m not a writer. I’m a re-writer.”

When policymakers cannot 'find the evidence they need' to make decisions, it should not be understood that the problem lies with Universities or researchers. For me it seems that the problem with engaged research is in the 'bridges', and while researchers must help build them it is not their role.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

Last week the College of Social Sciences and Law at @ucddublin.bsky.social celebrated its anniversary with a research & engagement day. The event brought together academics and policy makers to discuss how to address major social challenges through research. My 🔑 take aways and highlights:

The Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard is hiring two Postdoctoral Fellows #AEFP2026 check it out! apply.interfolio.com/183181

"Casual Democracy: News, Participation, and Deliberation in Local Communities Dominated by Social Media" link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #Free2DownloadAndRead

The journal Children & Society is seeking new co-editors. Applications are due by 31 March. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Today we are putting a spotlight on PIRLS and the latest results for Ireland. The PIRLS assessment that measures reading achievement among primary school pupils, usually those in Fourth Class (around age 9–10). More information on the results of PIRLS 2021 can be found at www.erc.ie

Other things in my life have needed full attention, so I totally forgot that book number 10 was due to make its way into the world! A great collab! This book shows you how to work with the research mess without getting into a mess. I hope people enjoy ❤️ www.routledge.com/Managing-You...

8 Marzo / March 8th #IWD2026

This was a phenomenal week by any academic metrics: - our paper of the Craft my street project was finally published 🙌🏽 - I hosted an international forum on Youth #HumanRightsEducation with amazing colleagues 🌎 - I obtained my Aurora Leadership certificate 🎓 But what I am most thankful for?

What are the key pedagogical principles to make sure that #ClimateEducation and #ClimateParticipation are child-friendly, engaging and empowering? Can Minecraft be an effective educational tool for #ClimateAction? Our latest paper from the Craft-my-Street Project explores these questions.

At the Aurora event on the future of #HigherEducation and the panel discussion keeps going from hopeful pathways forward to very bleak ones. It surprises me how regions and organisations have different concerns (priorities?) and make sense of the global challenges in contrasting ways. #IAmAurora

One of the textbooks I use when I teach my "Qualitative Data Analysis and Interpretation" Masters/PhD-level course is the Bryman and Burgess edited volume, "Analyzing Qualitative Data". I found a #Free2DownloadAndRead copy here: www.gmu.ac.ir/Dorsapax/use...

It was great to have Dr Max von Blanckenburg from University of Regensburg as guest lecturer at @ucddublin.bsky.social. Ina collaborative lecture we addressed ways in which teachers can foster a culture of constructive debate while teaching controversial topics in the classroom. #TeachSDGs #Edchat

Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 18th February at 8pm GMT with guest @jacquithijm.bsky.social to discuss how can we empower students to be part of a larger university ‘It is not just about belonging, it is also about mattering’ Check out the blog post: lthechat.com/2026/02/13/l...

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is