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Dr Sinead Sheehan

PhD

 
researcher
 

Biography

Sinéad is a lecturer in the School of Psychology with an interest in environmental and health psychology. She is particularly interested in behaviour change research which aims to discover how to engage more people in environmental activism, as well as research about climate-related mental health such as eco-anxiety, climate grief and solastalgia. Sinéad graduated with a PhD in psychology from the University of Aberdeen in 2014 and has been an environmental activist since 2018.

Research Interests

Climate-related mental health; behaviour change; political engagement; environmental activism; complex systems; environmental psychology; health psychology.

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2010) 'Head-torso-hand coordination in children with and without developmental coordination disorder'
Elders, V.; Sheehan, S.; Wilson, A.D.; Levesley, M.; Bhakta, B.; Mon-Williams, M. (2010) 'Head-torso-hand coordination in children with and without developmental coordination disorder'. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 52 (3):227-310 [DOI] [Details]

ANET/COS

  Year Publication
(2024) Report on What should higher education institutions do about the planetary cirisis?.
Sheehan. S.R, McGeown, C., Barry, J. (2024) Report on What should higher education institutions do about the planetary cirisis?. ANET/COS [Details]

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
Community and University Sustainability Partnership (Teaching and Learning) Member /

Teaching Interests

Sinéad teaches developmental, health and social psychology, both theory and applied, to a variety of students from different disciplines including psychology students, nurses, midwives, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and children's studies. 

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
2021-23 Psychology for nurses and midwives NU2204 Nursing and Midwifery Year 2
2022-2023 Developmental Psychology PS214 Psychology Year 2
2023 Social Psychology PS428
2023-24 Developmental Psychology PS1101 1st Year OT/SLT/Children's Studies
2022-23 Developmental Psychology PS1101 Occupational Therapy/Speech and Language/Childrens Studies Year 1
2023-2024 Health Psychology PS322 3rd Year
2023-24 Health Psychology PS322