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Specific projects in 2015 have included training course delivery for the European Commission agency in Ireland for European volunteers, mentoring support given to an alternative education centre in Cairo, Egypt, and a collaboration with a community-based group, to bring community activists from Palestine to Ireland on an educational exchange. Later in the year, REgeneration will collaborate on further NFE training courses in Europe, as well as a specialised training course in NFE and Youthwork in Jordan in November 2015 (subject to funding).

Since 2021 I am a project-based youth facilitator for the Global Citizenship/Global Youth Work programme at ARD Youth Project, funded by Irish Aid. Bellow I am listing few projects I have contributed to in the recent years: Local level: - at ARD Family Resource Centre Galway: Youth Arts facilitation ( Creative Writing and Video-making workshops), Global Youth Work facilitator for "World Within" Global Citizenship programme funded by Irish Aid. More details about ARD Youth Project participants learning journeys and achievements can be accessed here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRfHQRO4_rXxSl3-wM_CCuQ - dramaturgy and arts consultancy for a theatre show "Grand", directed by Marciana Negrea, premiered at Town Hall Theatre Galway in March 2019. National level: - Irish Refugee Council Youth Group: Youth Arts Facilitator for Creative Writing and Storytelling workshops aiming to promote intercultural learning, celebration of diversity and the sense of belonging -Up Cork LGBTI+ Youth Project: Youth Arts Facilitation for a Creative Writing/Playwriting programme with the purpose of channeling and centring LGBTI+ youth narratives and voices through the creation of a collective play. More details about one this creative writing and learning journey can be read here: https://spark.adobe.com/page/YcAOJiqxvIR9X/ -Involve Meath: consultancy, facilitation and mentoring work with youth workers in a project researching Educational Inequality affecting Traveller young people - Eurobug International: trainer for 'Compass', National Training Course on Human Rights Education with Young People -National Youth Council of Ireland- I have collaborated more consistently with 3 of NYCI's main programmes/departments: Equality and Intercultural, Global Youth Work and Development Education, and Youth Arts, as following -> researcher and consultant for Global Youth Work and Development Education Programme ( Global South Engagement strategy) -> part of Equality& Intercultural Programme's pool of trainers (for Inclusion/Intercultural learning/Racial Justice training programmes addressed to the youth sector) -> Youth Arts facilitator and toolkit/ resource contributor for Identity and Journeying project aiming to provide art tools and guidance to educators on working on the topic of identity with minority young people -> trainer and toolkit/learning resource contributor in "Transforming Hate in Youth Settings" -> guest speaker/contributor to NYCI's online panel discussion: "Rethinking Impact: Legacy and evaluation in a global youth work context", One World Week's conference " What’s in a photo: Unpacking photos of the Global South". European/International level: - researcher and trainer in "Youth Engagement trough Culture" an international partnership for creativity focused on increasing of active engagement of rural and sub-urban youth into community life through enhancement of cultural activities. This partnership was built by three organisations: Asociacija „Viva Sol" Lithuania (coordinating organization), ARD Family Resource, Ireland and APICE, Italy. - Creative writing & storytelling facilitator in "Peripheral Memories" Heritage Education European Seminar organised by La Ponte Eco- Museum organisation (Asturias, Spain) -guest speaker/contributor in online conference on the topic of Youth Participation through Arts: "Peripheral Encounters", organised by EuroImpulse Network organisation (Spain).

The Sam Thompson Society offer a variety of training and support for young community activists to build a shared and peaceful Northern Ireland.

The projects are co-developed with the participants and provide knowledge, experience and skills in community development and progressive political campaigning.

Teaching and Learning Our teaching programmes encompass three broad disciplinary areas: Social Policy Social Work Youth Work and Community Development. Our learning approach emphasizes critical thinking. We want our students to go out into the world ready to ask questions, but also are prepared to innovatively and creatively answer those questions. Through lectures, writing and community engagement, we give students the tools to empower their own futures and become the person they want to be with the necessary skills-set to pursue the career of their choice. Student participation is an essential part of the School's teaching and learning environment. Teaching methods encourage maximum student participation and include lectures, seminars, fieldwork, group and individual tutorials, group work, projects, meetings, workshops, practical exercises and written work. Research The School has a very active research community including academics and students at all levels. Many of the staff are affiliated to the Institute of the Social Sciences for the 21st Century (ISS21) working collaboratively across disciplinary boundaries on a variety of funded research projects and individual studies. A substantial volume of books, articles and reports have been produced by staff over the past five years. Approximately €2 million has been won by staff from Irish and European grants. Public Engagement and Community Involvement Many of the staff are involved in civil society working actively in the voluntary and community sector. Through the 'Science Shop' initiative, projects, placements and volunteering students play an active part in the community. Staff are also engaged in adult and community education in Cork and its environs. Diversity, Access and Widening Participation The School of Applied Social Studies is committed to promoting diversity through widening participation as part of the multicultural reality of Ireland in the 21st Century. We start from the premise that each person is unique. Our being different is what makes us unique as human beings. The School’s programmes seek to promote curiosity and appreciation of what is different, with a view to opening up new worlds of understanding to the learner. We value differences in class, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ideological beliefs and ability as the most valuable asset of the University. In all our programmes, diversity is valued as an important source of intellectual enrichment and personal development. Fourth Level and Graduate Education Programmes The School of Applied Social Studies has a very strong record at Fourth Level, guided by its philosophy of lifelong learning. In 2007, the School (in collaboration with the Sociology Dept.) was awarded €919,000 to develop its Graduate Research Education Programme under the PRTLI4 scheme. The School also offers a range of taught programmes including a D.Soc.Sc. “Practitioner Doctorate”; the MSW programme (100 students), an MSocSc in Social Policy; an M.Plan (Planning and Sustainable Development) with the Schools of Geography and Sociology (60 students). The School co-ordinates the part-time MSocSc in Third Sector Management which it teaches along with six other University Schools namely: Management and Marketing, Government, Economics, Food Business and Development, Law, and Accounting, Finance and Information Systems.

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