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School of Psychology Research Seminar Series 2025-2026: Semester 1

  • Seminars take place 13.00-14.00 in Room AMBG065, on the ground floor of the School of Psychology.
  • Light lunch is served in the School of Psychology Building foyer at 12.30 before each seminar (available on a first come first served basis!)
  • All are welcome. Please circulate widely

Date 

Speaker(s) and Institution 

Seminar title 

Thurs, 25 September 2025 

Chair: KD 

Prof Gerry Molloy & Prof Padraig MacNeela 

School of Psychology, University of Galway 

Research impact: Reflections on writing a research impact statement for the Institutional Review of Research Performance (IRRP) 

Thurs, 09 October  

2025 

Chair: MB 

Ms Amelia Phillips & Ms Rebecca Trower 

School of Psychology, University of Galway 

The value of placements within a PhD: The experiences of 2 PhD scholars 

Thurs, 30 October  

2025 

Chair: TBC 

Ms Alba Madrid Cagigal, Dr Maeve Dwan O’ Reilly & Mr Thomas Freeney 

School of Psychology, University of Galway 

Digital interventions for youth mental health  

 

Thurs, 13 November 2025 

Chair: KD 

Dr Chris Noone, Dr David Healy, Dr Sonto Madonsela, Dr Robbie Lawlor and Dr Santiago Garcia Guerrero  

School of Psychology, University of Galway 

Working with Communities on Sensitive Health Research 

 

Thurs, 20 November 2025 

Chair: KD 

Prof Molly Byrne and Dr Caroline Heary 

School of Psychology, University of Galway 

Developing health care that supports young people: Examples from mental health and diabetes 

Thurs, 04 December 2025 

Chair: MB 

Prof Brian Hughes 

School of Psychology, University of Galway 

 

Psychology Is Not Woke: The myth of liberal bias in our field 

Seminar series coordinators: Prof Molly Byrne (molly.byrne@universityofgalway.ie) and Dr Kate Dawson (kdawson@universityofgalway.ie). Please contact us to propose a seminar for Semester 2.