Staff
| Personal Information | ||
| Name | Mayock, Paula | |
| College Address | School of Social Work and Social Policy, |
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| Main Department | Social Studies | |
| College Title | Assistant Prof in Youth Research | |
| pmayock@tcd.ie | ||
| College Tel | +353 1 896 2636 | |
| Web | http://people.tcd.ie/pmayock | |
| Biography | |
| Dr. Paula Mayock is an Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work and Social Policy, and a Senior Researcher at the Children's Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin. She is a qualitative methodologist with a particular interest in biographical and qualitative longitudinal research methods. Paula is currently Course Director of the Masters in Applied Social Research at the School of Social Work and Social Policy and is also a member of the School's Research Ethical Approval Committee. Paula's research focuses primarily on the lives and experiences of marginalised youth, covering areas such as drug use and drug problems, homelessness, sexuality, risk behaviour, and mental health. Since 2004, she has worked to build a programme of research on homelessness. She has been the Principal Investigator of two studies of homeless youth, one of them a qualitative longitudinal study of homeless young people in Dublin, and the second, a cross-sectional study of 'out of home' young people in Cork. More recently, she has undertaken a biographical study of homeless women in Ireland. Paula is the recipient of numerous research awards from statutory and voluntary agencies (e.g. Department of Children and Youth Affairs, Health Service Executive, Crisis Pregnancy Agency, Homeless Agency, National Office for Suicide Prevention, and the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network.) She is a NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) INVEST Post-doctoral Fellow (2006-07) and an IRCHSS (Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences) Research Fellow (2009-10). She was also the recipient of an IRCHSS 'New Ideas' Award (2011), which supported a range of research initiatives aimed on fostering international collaborative research on women's homelessness. She is the founder and Chairperson of the newly established Women's Homelessness in Europe Network, which currently has sixteen members representing twelve European countries. Paula is the author of numerous articles, chapters and research reports and is Assistant Editor to the international journal Addiction. | |
| Professional Qualifications | |
| Qualification | Institution | Class of Degree | Title of Dissertation | Date Conferred |
| University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin | Ph.D. | Young People, Drugs and Risk: An Ethnography of Drug Use in a Dublin Inner-City Community | 2003 | |
| M.Ed. | University College, Dublin | 1st Honours | 1995 | |
| B. Ed. | St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 | 1988 |
| Administrative Functions | |
| Details | Level | Date From | Date To |
| Qualitative Research Methodology. Diploma in Child Welfare and Protection, School of Social and Policy Studies, Trinity College, Dublin. | Part-time Lecturer | 2005 | 2006 |
| Qualitative Research Methodology. MSc Drug and Alcohol Policy, Social Studies Department, Trinity College, Dublin. | Part-time Lecturer | 2004 | 2005 |
| Qualitative Research Methodology. Diploma in Child Welfare and Protection, Social Studies Department, Trinity College, Dublin. | Part-time Lecturer | 2003 | 2004 |
| Qualitative Research Methodology. MSc Drug and Alcohol Policy, Social Studies Department, Trinity College, Dublin. | Part-time Lecturer | 2002 | 2003 |
| Qualitative Research Methodology. MSc Drug and Alcohol Policy, Social Studies Department, Trinity College, Dublin. Staff Associate (Lecturer), Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, 722 W. 168th Street, New York, NY 10032. | Part-time Lecturer | 2002 | 2003 |
| Awards and Honours | |
| Award | Date |
| Government of Ireland Scholarship, Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences | 2001 |
| NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) INVEST POST-OCTORAL FELLOWSHIP Award (to commence in January 2006 for a period of one year). Host U.S. Institution: National Development and Research Institutes; New York | 2005 |
| Research Institutes / Centres / Groups | |
| Research Institutes / Centres / Groups | Description of Role | Date From | Date To |
| Children's Research Centre | 04-MAY-06 | 04-MAY-06 |
| Employment Details | |
| Position Held | Job Description | Where | Date From | Date To |
| Assistant Professor | School of Social Work and Social Policy | 2007 | present | |
| Senior Researcher | Children's Research Centre, Trinity College, Dublin | 2003 | Present | |
| Researcher (Studentship) | Addiction Research Centre, Trinity College, Dublin | 2000 | 2003 | |
| Research Fellow | Children's Research Centre, Trinity College, Dublin | 1997 | 2000 | |
| Teacher | Community-based and residential special schools for disadvantaged and 'at risk' children and young people | 1990 | 1997 |
| Description of Research Interests |
| Marginalised youth, youth homelessness, women's homelessness, drug use, adolescent sexuality, LGBT mental health, qualitative research methods, biographical research, qualitative longitudinal research |
| Research Projects | |
| Project title | Study of Youth Homelessness in Cork |
| Summary | Principal Investigator |
| Funding Agency | Health Service Executive, South |
| Programme | |
| Type of Project | |
| Date from | 2006 |
| Date to | |
| Person Months | |
| Project title | National study of the implementation of Relationship and Sexuality Education |
| Summary | Principal Investigator Joint with Dr. Mark Morgan, St. Patrick's College |
| Funding Agency | Department of Education and Science and Crisis Pregnancy Agency |
| Programme | |
| Type of Project | |
| Date from | 2005 |
| Date to | 2005 |
| Person Months | |
| Project title | Study of youth homelessness in Dublin City |
| Summary | Principal Investigator |
| Funding Agency | National Children's Office |
| Programme | |
| Type of Project | |
| Date from | 2004 |
| Date to | Present |
| Person Months | |
| Project title | Qualitative study of sexual health issues, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of early school leavers |
| Summary | Principal Investigator |
| Funding Agency | Crisis Pregnancy Agency |
| Programme | |
| Type of Project | |
| Date from | 2003 |
| Date to | 2004 |
| Person Months | |
| Project title | National Development and Research Institutes, 71 W.23rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY,10010 |
| Summary | Qualitative Data Analyst |
| Funding Agency | |
| Programme | |
| Type of Project | |
| Date from | 2002 |
| Date to | 2002 |
| Person Months | |
| More Research Projects>>> | |
| Publications and Other Research Outputs |
| Peer Reviewed |
| Mayock, P., Corr, M.L. & O'Sullivan, E , Moving on, not out: When young people remain homeless, Journal of Youth Studies, 2013 | |
| Neale, J., Hunt, G., Lankenau, S., Mayock, P. et al. , Editorial: Addiction journal is committed to publishing qualitative research, Addiction, 108, (3), 2013, p447 - 449 | |
| Mayock, P. & Corr, M.L., Young People's Homelss and Housing Pathways: Key Findings from a Six-year Qualitaitve Longitudinal Study, Dublin, Department of Children and Youth Affairs, 2013 | |
| Mayock, P. O'Sullivan, E., Lives in Crisis: Homeless Young People in Dublin. Dublin: The Liffey Press. , Dublin, The Liffey Press, 2007 | |
| Mayock, P. & Vekic, K., Understanding and Responding to Youth Homelessness, Dublin, National Children's Office, 2006 | |
| More Publications and Other Research Outputs >>> | |
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