Jump to Content

Staff Profiles

Dr Amy Hanna

LLB., M.Sc., PGCE., PhD

Contact Details

Lecturer - Contract Type B
Children's Studies
College of Arts, Social Sciences
& Celtic Studies
University of Galway
E: Amy.Hanna@universityofgalway.ie

Biography

Amy is a lecturer in children's studies, and both her research and teaching focuses on children's rights. Graduating with an undergraduate degree in law from Queen's University Belfast, Amy went on to qualify and practice as a secondary school English teacher where she acquired an interest in the legal complexity of classrooms, how children's rights are implemented in these spaces, and how professionals and children conceive of human rights.

Amy's recent research has furthered these interests, including a pilot project examining how children's rights are realised in schools in Scotland following UNCRC incorporation (funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh) and a rights-based analysis of codes of behaviour in Ireland.

Research Interests

My research interests are in children's rights and particularly children's participation rights. My research thus far has been focused in education and children's rights pedagogy.

My existing research has examined these interests using the concept of silence, through which I have examined theories of power and children's rights.

Books

	Year	Publication
	(2024)	Children's Right to Silence and Nonparticipation in Education: Redefining student voice. Hanna, A. (2024) Children's Right to Silence and Nonparticipation in Education: Redefining student voice. Abington: Routledge. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	'Seen and Not Heard: Students' Uses and Experiences of Silence in Behaviour Management at a Secondary School' Hanna, A. (2022) 'Seen and Not Heard: Students' Uses and Experiences of Silence in Behaviour Management at a Secondary School'. Childhood, [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Silence at School: Uses and Experiences of Silence in Pedagogy at a Secondary School' Hanna, A (2021) 'Silence at School: Uses and Experiences of Silence in Pedagogy at a Secondary School'. British Educational Research Journal, [DOI] [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	'Revisiting the three Rs in order to realize children's education rights: Relationships, Resources and Redress' Lundy, L, and Hanna, A. (2020) 'Revisiting the three Rs in order to realize children's education rights: Relationships, Resources and Redress' In: Oxford Handbook of Children¿s Rights Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]
	(2020)	'Children's Rights, Voice and Power in Education' Lundy, L., and Hanna, A. (2020) 'Children's Rights, Voice and Power in Education' In: Encyclopedia of Teacher Education. Singapore: Springer. [DOI] [Details]

Other Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2023)	'Silent Epistemologies: Theorising children's participation rights' Hanna, A. (2023) 'Silent Epistemologies: Theorising children's participation rights' International Journal of Children's Rights, . [DOI] [Details]
	(2023)	'`You cannot ban us from exercising our human right': Social media use in the Fridays For Future movement and its pedagogical possibilities and challenges for Human Rights Education' Martinez-Sainz, G., and Hanna, A. (2023) '`You cannot ban us from exercising our human right': Social media use in the Fridays For Future movement and its pedagogical possibilities and challenges for Human Rights Education' Human Rights Education Review, . [DOI] [Details]
	(2023)	'I will not stand aside and watch. I will not be silent: Young people's organisation of their right to freedom of assembly through the #FridaysForFuture movement' Hanna, A., and Martinez-Sainz, G. (2023) 'I will not stand aside and watch. I will not be silent: Young people's organisation of their right to freedom of assembly through the #FridaysForFuture movement' International Journal of Children's Rights, . [DOI] [Details]

Published Reports

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	Accessing the Arts: Digital and Cultural Access for Children and Young People in the North West of Ireland. Hanna, A. (2022) Accessing the Arts: Digital and Cultural Access for Children and Young People in the North West of Ireland. Kids' Own Publishing Partnership, Sligo. [Details]
	(2021)	Life on the Rock. Lundy, L., Corr, M-L., Hanna, A., Lloyd, K., and Templeton, M. (2021) Life on the Rock. Office of the Children's Commissioner for Jersey, Jersey. [Details]

Blog

	Year	Publication
	(2024)	Our Research: Children share their experience of current UNCRC implementation. Hanna, A., Burdett, J., Alicia, Eve, Flo, Lilly, Mia, Zoe (2024) Our Research: Children share their experience of current UNCRC implementation. Blog [Details]
	(2023)	Pupils protest over toilet rules: why school responses should consider children¿s rights. Hanna, A. (2023) Pupils protest over toilet rules: why school responses should consider children¿s rights. Blog [Details]
	(2021)	The Corridors of Silence. Hanna, A. (2021) The Corridors of Silence. Blog [Details]

Other Item

	Year	Publication
	(2024)	Dignity in Action: Learners. Hanna, A., Burdett, J., Alicia, Eve, Flo, Lilly, Mia, Zoe (2024) Dignity in Action: Learners. Other Item [Details]
	(2024)	Dignity in Action: Amy and Elaine. Hanna, A., Webster, E. (2024) Dignity in Action: Amy and Elaine. Other Item [Details]

Modules Taught

Term/Year	Module Title	Module Code
2024-2025	Children's Rights	CSS304
2024/2025	Connecting Research, Policy and Practice in Children's Lives and Services	CN4105
2024/2025	Child Law	CSS201