We were delighted to take part in this seminar today looking at the role of #evaluation in informing Government policy and how CES is performing a unique role in bridging the gap between evidence, policy and practice. MIE MU Social Science Institute

John Reddy (Research Evidence Policy Programmes and Practice) presented at the 'Data as a Driver' event on March 7th, organised by Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration The event highlighted data's role in shaping criminal justice policy. John discussed the REPPP study analysing data from 100+ YDPs to inform youth justice policy in Ireland.

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On 6 March 2025, the School of Law was delighted to welcome the Court of Appeal to University Of Limerick during the Court's historic first sitting in Limerick. Staff & students received fascinating insights about the work of the Court and also heard from judicial assistants about their role (1/2).

UL student athlete named Grand Marshal for Limerick St Patrick’s Festival Double Paralympic medallist Róisín Ní Ríain will lead this year's parade ul.ie/news/ul-studen…… #StudyatUL #StPatricksDay

📢 We're looking for a new Project Specialist in Research and Evaluation!! If you have 1-3 years experience, and want to develop your skills working on high quality evidence informed projects then please apply! effectiveservices.org/jobs/project-s…

This months Reading Club will look at Paradoxes of Collaborative Governance: Investigating the Real-life Dynamics of Multi-agency Collaborations using a Quasi-experimental Action-research Approach by Maurits Waardenburg, Martijn Groenleer, Jorrit de Jong & Bas Keijser

We have a great workshop coming up for our members. Registration is essential, so please email [email protected] to secure your spot. #WhyWeDoResearch

We were delighted to welcome a group from the Dutch Prevention with Authority programme to UL today to share knowledge on working with children and young people involved in organised crime at policy, police, public prosecution, and practice levels. (1/4)

4/4 Thanks to Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration who hosted the group Deaglán Ó Briain Sean Redmond Catherine Naughton PhD and #Nour and #Ben who gave informative presentations on the Irish and Dutch youth justice programmes #PreventionWithAuthority #Greentown UL School of Law Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences @UL #policyledresearch

Our Colleague Dr Johnny Connolly Research Evidence Policy Programmes and Practice has contributed to a very interesting piece written by Mark Coughlan and Kate McDonald for RTÉ Prime Time titled "McGregor's 'dangerous Dublin' claim traces to gambling site list" See Link below for the article. CES SSESW at Queen's

CALL FOR PAPERS! The 16th Irish North/South Criminology Conference takes place from 23 - 25 June Deadline for submission of abstracts: Friday, 4 April For full details see northsouthcriminology.ie/schedule/

Stable Lives Safer Streets Hub Reading Club meets today to discuss 'Storytelling for Systems Change: Insights from the Field'

Research Evidence Policy Programmes and Practice Director Dr Seán Redmond speaks with James Leonard for the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration funded CEART podcast (aimed at 16 – 24 year olds involved in the justice system). This episode ‘Youth Crime with Dr Seán Redmond’ can be found at open.spotify.com/episode/770YLN…

Excited to be introducing criminology to ALevel students this afternoon SLSSHub SSESW at Queen's #AHSS #PhDstudents

Early flight this morning! Heading to the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge to present on my methodology SLSSHub SSESW at Queen's #phdstudent

Youth Dance Matters combines dance and social science research methods to explore the value of youth dance for young dancers on the island of Ireland. Learn more in this #NSRP video. #SharedIslandUnit #InternationalDanceDay Department of Further and Higher Education Queen's University Belfast 🎓 University College Dublin

A great environment to present my research methodology amongst friendly, like minded scholars who were all so supportive Cambridge University Institute of Criminology, PhD conference SLSSHub @QUBcriminology SSESW at Queen's QUB Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice

🧭 How do we stop young people from being drawn into drug markets? This week, we officially kicked off our ‘Safe Futures’ project with the University of Limerick’s Research Evidence Policy Programmes and Practice team. ➡️ Read more in our news item: euda.europa.eu/news/2025/laun… #BreakTheCycle #BuildTheFuture