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Dr. Michelle Share

Senior Research Fellow (Education)
      
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Dr. Michelle Share

Senior Research Fellow (Education)

 sharem@tcd.ie

 3531896


My educational background is in Sociology and Development Studies. My direct fieldwork experiences have spanned the entire lifecourse, from children in early years settings, to those in primary and secondary schools, to young adults in alternative education settings, asylum seekers in direct provision centres, to families living in homeless accommodation services, and to older people in care homes I joined the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin as a Senior Research Fellow in 2016. Prior to this I was a Senior Research Fellow and Acting Director at Trinity's Children's Research Centre. Before joining Trinity in 2007, I was a Senior Research Officer in the Division of Population Health, HSE North West. In this role I designed and conducted large-scale programme evaluations in child and youth settings in relation to nutrition, smoking, mental health, and school health education. My doctoral thesis, 'Risk, responsibility and choice: food and eating in Irish second level schools' examined food provision and education issues amongst students, teachers, parents and caterers in different school types in Northern Ireland / Republic of Ireland using a Foucauldian governmentality perspective. Since completing my doctorate, my interest in the social and cultural aspects of food and eating has continued. I have led numerous policy and practice-focused research studies that have enhanced awareness of key food issues among marginalised groups and have informed service provision. Key studies include: Early school leavers and nutrition (SafeFood) and Homeless families in emergency accommodation (Focus Ireland); Food Sharing during the Covid-19 pandemic (FoodCloud). I am a co-editor of the European Journal of Food, Drink and Society, External Examiner for the MSc in Food Product Development at Technological University Dublin, and a Trustee of Airfield Estate, Dundrum (Airfield has a remit to educate people about sustainable and healthy food choices). My research interests include grandparenting and grandchildcare. These interests have expanded to a study of transnational grandparenting among Polish families in Ireland and a project on the lifecourse of Polish families in Ireland. I also have expertise in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and in the development of collaborative teaching and learning practices. I was appointed as a Trinity Education Project Teaching Fellow from 2016-2017. I also teach and supervise students enrolled on Trinity's Masters in Education (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education). In collaboration with Academic Practice at Trinity Teaching and Learning, I deliver academic development programmes in supervision and examination practice and was part of a team that designed and delivered the New Directions Teaching and Learning Programme at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (2015-2018). Research in teaching and learning has spanned the PhD viva; postdoctoral careers and in 2021, the analysis of the national PGR Student Survey.ie data.
Project Title
 Food Sharing During the Covid-19 pandemic
From
September 2021
To
March 2022
Summary
This research aims to capture the impact of the pandemic on FoodCloud's operations, in particular the experiences of CVOs who benefit from the redistribution of food and those involved as consumers of such food.
Funding Agency
FoodCloud
Project Type
Research
Project Title
 Postgraduate Student Survey Qualitative Data Analysis
From
31/1/2021
To
01/06/2021
Summary
Analysis of the qualitative data in 2019 postgraduate student survey.ie
Funding Agency
THEA
Project Type
Research
Person Months
5
Project Title
 Food access and nutritional health among families experiencing homelessness in the Dublin region
From
27/11/2016
To
31/3/2017
Summary
The aim of this project is to: examine food poverty among families residing in emergency homeless accommodation and the impact this has on the nutrition and health outcomes of parents and their children; understand families' access to food, storage and cooking facilities in the context of emergency homeless accommodation.
Funding Agency
Department of Children and Youth Affairs & Department of Health
Project Type
Research
Project Title
 Evaluation of the COPE Foundation Early Intervention Service
From
9 September 2013
To
31 May 2014
Summary
The evaluation of the COPE Foundation Early Intervention Service (EIS) is a mixed methods research study that examines: 1) To what extent does COPE Foundation's EIS meet international and national best practice standards 2) How does COPE Foundation's EIS impact on children and families
Funding Agency
COPE Foundation
Project Type
research and evaluation
Project Title
 Early School Leavers and Nutrition
From
01/03/2010
To
14/03/2012
Summary
This is a mixed methods interdisciplinary research study that will examine the nutrition education needs of young people in early school leaver (ESL) settings on the island of Ireland. The study objectives are to: 1) provide an overview of the key structures/networks for accessing early school leavers in NI and ROI 2) identify relevant key existing health promotion activities and gaps in health promoting activities that focus on healthy eating and active lifestyles that target early school-leavers 3) to identify potential healthy eating and physical activity related programmes that are appropriate and acceptable to early school leavers in NI and ROI that could be implemented by safefood in the out of school setting. These objectives will be addressed using secondary documentary sources, quantitative surveys, and qualitative interviews and focus groups. The study will involve participants from ROI and NI that represent early school leaver education providers and young people in a range of early school leaver settings. The project results will inform safefood's future work in Early School Leaver settings.
Funding Agency
Safefood the Food Safety Promotion Board
Project Type
Research

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Thapar Insitute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, India I was a core member of the CAPSL team that delivered the `New Directions Programme' at Thapar University. I was invited by the Academic Secretary to work with Dr Ciara O"Farrell (CAPSL) to develop a teaching and learning strategy proposal for Thapar University in May/June 2015. Following the development of the proposal, I was a member of the design, delivery and assessment team for this cross-cultural pedagogical programme. I taught modules on group work; learning outcomes; reflective practice; and student centred learning to academic staff at Thapar in 2016, 2017, and 2018. In all, I travelled to India on 10 occasions to undertake teaching and assessment and associated activities as part of this TCD programme. 2015-2018
External Examiner MSc in Food Product Development Technological University Dublin September 2020 - September 2023
Editor, European Journal of Food Drink and Society 2020
Trustee, Airfield Estate Dundrum Co. Dublin 2021
PhD Confirmation Examiner (TU Dublin) March 2021
Internal Examiner I have been the Internal Examiner for four TCD PhD theses 2008; 2009; 2017; 2021
Module Developer DCU Sociology of the Life Course June to September 2019
Details Date From Date To
Association for the Study of Food and Society 2006 2025
Michelle Share, Managing multiple temporalities: Polish families' migration experiences in Ireland, XII Congress European Society on Family Relations, University of Madeira, Portugal, 27 June, 2025, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Fitzsimons, P.; Mc Daid, R.; Share, M., Standardised Testing among Children learning English as an Additional Language (EAL) in Ireland: Normative and exclusionary practices., REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 2025, Notes: [https://reachjournal.ie/index.php/reach/article/view/603], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  URL
Michelle Share and Alicja Bobek, Polish families in Ireland: A life course perspective, Cham, Palgrave macmillan, 2024, XXI, 295pp, Book, PUBLISHED  DOI
`I was more emotional at the beginning " missing Poland a lot. But once you have kids it"s different": Keeping families connected in, editor(s)Michelle Share Alicja Bobek , Polish families in Ireland: A life course perspective, Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 2024, pp195 - 219, [Michelle Share], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
Introduction in, editor(s)Michelle Share Alicja Bobek , Polish families in Ireland: A life course perspective, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, pp1 - 24, [Michelle Share Alicja Bobek], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
Conclusion: Converging paths and new directions of Polish migrant families in Ireland in Polish families in Ireland. in, editor(s)Michelle Share Alicja Bobek , Polish families in Ireland: A life course perspective, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, pp275 - 290, [Alicja Bobek; Michelle Share], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
Well-being across the life course: Polish families in rural Ireland in Polish families in Ireland in, editor(s)Michelle Share Alicja Bobek , Polish families in Ireland: A life course perspective, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, pp223 - 247, [Maura Farrell; Marie Mahon; Michelle Share], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
Michelle Share, Listening to the voice of PGR students in Ireland: Qualitative findings from PGR Student Survey.ie, Quality in Postgraduate Research, Adelaide, South Australia., 17-19 June, 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Michelle Share, I was more emotional at the beginning " missing Poland a lot. But once you have kids it's different., European Society for Family Relations Conference, Roskilde, Denmark, 14 June, 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
European Journal of Food, Drink and Society, 4, 1, (2024), Michelle Share, Dorothy Cashman, Mairtin McConomaire, one year, Journal, PUBLISHED
  

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Share, Michelle, Bridging the cultural world of researcher and researched: photo-elicitation with homeless families, Methodologies for Inclusion, 22 January, 2025, Homeless Link UK, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Mc Daid, R., Share, M. & Lolich, L., D1 & D7 School Completion Programme: Evaluation Report., Marino Institute of Education, 2023, Report, PUBLISHED
Share, P., Share, M & Delaney C., SFD and the potential for sustainable food communities, British Sociological Association Annual Conference., Online, 20 April, 2022, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Michelle Share, Perry Share, Caitriona Delaney, More Than Food: Surplus Food Distribution during the Covid-19 pandemic, FoodCloud, August, 2022, p1 - 122, Notes: [Relevant to social policy in relation to food waste, surplus food distribution and food poverty], Report, PUBLISHED
Share, M., & Hennessy, M., Food Access and Nutritional Health among Families in Emergency Homeless Accommodation, Dublin, Focus Ireland, 2017, Notes: [Funded by Department of Children and Youth Affairs and Department of Health. Commissioned by Focus Ireland], Report, PUBLISHED
Michelle Share, TACHYwe development and delivery of VLE, Transnational Academic Careers in Child and Youth Welfare Conference, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, 29 April, 2015, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Michelle Share, Early Intervention and parental involvement, Early Intervention in Ireland - Where do we go from here? National and International Perspectives, Trinity College Dublin, 21 November, 2014, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Share, M., Twomey, M., Ruiz, G. & O"Leary, T, Evaluation of the Cope Foundation Early Intervention Service, Children's Research Centre, 2014, Report, PUBLISHED
Share, M. & Carroll, C., Ripples of Hope: The Family and community impact of Trinity College Dublin access graduates, Children's Research Centre, April, 2013, Report, PUBLISHED
Share, M., & Hennessy, M., Representations of food: young people in alternative education and training settings, International Youth Studies Conference, Maynooth, 28 June, 2012, Conference Paper, PRESENTED

  


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