Skip to main content

Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Menu Search


Trinity College Dublin By using this website you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with the Trinity cookie policy. For more information on cookies see our cookie policy.

      
Profile Photo

Dr. Gloria Mary Kirwan

Adjunct Associate (Sch Office - Social Work & Social Policy)
Occasional Teaching (Education)
      
Profile Photo

Dr. Gloria Mary Kirwan

Adjunct Associate (Sch Office - Social Work & Social Policy)

 kirwangm@tcd.ie

 

Occasional Teaching (Education)


  e-professionalism   Human Trafficking   mental health service user involvement   PARTICIPATION   Public and patient participation in healthcare   Role of Social Media in Healthcare   Social media and social networking   Social work/social work education
Project Title
 The Roma Community in Ireland: The Role of the Tallaght Roma Integration Project
From
2013
To
2015
Summary
This project reported on the work of the Tallaght Roma Integration Project (TRIP) and, in particular, to examine its contribution to improving access to healthcare for the Roma community in the greater Tallaght area of Dublin. The Roma community is a new migrant group in Ireland and this project also aimed to consult with members of the Roma community regarding their perceived needs and gaps in service provision. Across Europe, the Roma community experiences high levels of discrimination and marginalisation and a final aim of this project was to illuminate experiences of this new migrant group in the Irish context. The final publication of this project can be accessed at:http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/75826
Funding Agency
Health Service Executive
Programme
National Office for Social Inclusion
Project Type
Community-based research
Project Title
 EIST: A Study of Mental Health Service User Views
From
2010
To
2017
Summary
This study is located in the context of Irish national mental health policy (A Vision for Change, 2006) which articulates a recovery-informed approach to mental health service delivery with service user participation as a central element of the recovery process. The study explores the views of a sample of mental health service users on participation and how they conceptualise optimum participation based on their experiences of service usage. The study also reveals the beliefs and opinions regarding participation which service users carry into service usage, arising from their interactions with mental health service systems. A narrative methodology, Voice Centred Relational Method (VCRM), was adopted for the purposes of data collection and analysis, thus positioning the views of service users as central to the production of knowledge in this study. The study reveals the advantages and disadvantages of using VCRM in the context of a study of this type.
Project Type
Doctoral thesis
Project Title
 Continuing Professional Development and Social Workers in Ireland - a national study
From
2005
To
2007
Summary
This study investigated the supports and obstacles to engagement in continuing professional development encountered by social workers working Ireland.
Funding Agency
TCD Bologna Research Fund
Project Title
 ICARUS Research Project
From
1997
To
1999
Summary
Member of Irish research team that participated in an international comparative study of professional responses to families with parental mental health problems. The project was led by a research team based at Brunel University, UK.
Project Title
 A national study of women who gave birth outside of marriage in 1983
From
1983
To
1988
Summary
Member of the research team involved in the collation of data and the compilation of the report. The study was conducted by the Health Research Board (then the Medico-Social Research Board) and Treoir (then the Federation of Services for Unmarried Parents & their Children). Publication : O'Hare, Dromey, O'Connor, Clarke & Kirwan, (1988), Mothers Alone? A study of women who gave birth outside of marriage, Ireland, 1983. Dublin, FSUPC.
Funding Agency
Medico-Social Research Board

Page 1 of 2
Details Date
Co-Editor of Groupwork 2018 to date
Member of the Accreditation Committee, Medical Council (Ireland) April 2017
Lay Member, Fitness to Practise Committee, Medical Council (Ireland) 2013 to date
External Assessor, PiP program, Northern Ireland Social Care Council 2018 -2020
Registrant Member, CORU Appeals Committee 2016 to date
Member of the Tusla Third Level Liaison Framework Group November 2017
Registrant Member, Preliminary Proceedings Committee, CORU 2015-2018
Member, Editorial Committee, Journal of Social Work Practice 2013 to date
Member of the Focus Ireland National Services Advisory Committee. 2014 to date
Member of the Mojo National Policy, Practice & Research Committee 2016 to date
Member of the National Coordinating Committee of the Joint World Congress on Social Work, Education and Social Development - due to be held in Dublin 2018. 2015 to 2018
Member of the National Advisory Group (NAG) for the Establishment of the Child and Family Agency (Tusla). 2012-2013
Chairperson of the Education and Training Sub-group of the National Advisory Group for the Establishment of the Child and Family Agency (Tusla) 2012-2013
Member of the International Task Force on Social Work and Social Media, convened by the Association of Social Work Boards, USA 2013 -2014
Member of Panel of Assessors, CORU (Health and Social Care Professionals Council). 2011 -2014
Treasurer, Irish Association of Social Workers 1993-1995
Chairperson of the North Inner City Family Support Service (Dublin) 1993-1995
Chairperson of the Community After School Project, Dublin 1 1994-1997
Joint Chair of the IASW/NIASW All Ireland Mental Health Social Work Annual Conference committee. 2011-2014
Treasurer of the Integrated Services Project, North-East Inner City Dublin 1993 -1995
Public Service Appointments Commission, Interview Panel Member 2014
Guest Editor, Irish Social Worker: Journal of the Irish Association of Social Workers Spring 2015 edition
Editorial Committee Member of Eisteach, A Quarterly Journal of the Counselling and Psychotheray 2009-2011
Member of voluntary social service sector organisation committees including The North Inner City Money Advice & Budgeting Service, The IASW Child Care Committee, the Mountjoy Square Nursery Selection Committee, 1992-1995
Article reviewer for the following journals: Journal of Social Work Practice; Children and Youth Services Review; Child Care in Practice; Groupwork; Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice; British Journal of Social Work. occasional
Research Ethics Committee, School of Social Work & Social Policy
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
Spanish Basic Basic Basic
Details Date From Date To
CORU registered social worker 2013- to date
Member of the Irish Association of Social Workers ongoing
International Association of Social Work with Groups 2012 2015
Gloria Kirwan, Out of the Shadows: Research with hard to reach and excluded groups, 1st, London, UK, Whiting & Birch Ltd, 2024, Book, IN_PRESS
Kathryn McGarry, Ciara Bradley, Gloria Kirwan, Rights and Social Justice in Research Advancing Methodologies for Social Change Edited by K, 1st, Bristol, UK, Policy Press / Bristol University Press, 2024, 1 - 303pp, Book, PUBLISHED  URL
Social Justice as Tool and Process in Research: Progressing Insight into the Facilitators of Children's Rights to Participation through Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis in, editor(s)Kathryn McGarry, Ciara Bradley, Gloria Kirwan , Rights and Social Justice in Research Advancing Methodologies for Social Change, Bristol, UK, Bristol University Press, 2024, pp222 - 242, [Breda O'Driscoll, Gloria Kirwan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  URL
When Objects Speak Louder than Words: Material Ethnography in Social Justice Research in, editor(s)Kathryn McGarry, Ciara Bradley, Gloria Kirwan , Research for Social Justice, UK, Policy Press, 2024, pp183 - 200, [Gloria Kirwan, Calvin Swords], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Concluding Thoughts in, editor(s)Kathryn McGarry, Ciara Bradley, Gloria Kirwan , Rights and Social Justice in Research: Advancing Methodologies for Social Change, UK, Policy Press, 2024, pp283 - 290, [Kathryn McGarry, Ciara Bradley, Gloria Kirwan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Researching for Social Justice: An Introduction in, editor(s)Kathryn McGarry, Ciara Bradley, Gloria Kirwan , Rights and Social Justice in Research: Advancing Methodologies for Social Change, Bristol, UK, Policy Press/ Bristol University Press, 2024, pp1 - 12, [Kathryn McGarry, Ciara Bradley, Gloria Kirwan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  URL
Leave No-one Behind. Leveraging the Power of Hope in Social Work and Social Development: A Theoretical Approach in, editor(s)Antonio López Peláez, Analine Keet and Chung Moon Sung , Social Welfare Programs and Social Work Education at a Crossroads: New Approaches for a Post-Pandemic Society, London, UK, Routledge, 2024, pp1-13 , [Gloria Kirwan], Book Chapter, IN_PRESS  URL
Raya Diez, Esther; Kirwan, Gloria; Carbonera, Domingo, Citizen Science, Participation and Universal Design, Aging & Social Change: Fourteenth Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Galway, Ireland, 18-20 September 2024, edited by Institute for Lifecourse and Society (ILAS), University of Galway , 2024, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED  URL
Kirwan, G., O'Sullivan, JP., Mara, A., "All Together Now": Integrating Change Management Theory in Anti-Human Trafficking Policy Expansion, `Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Human Trafficking from Research and Practice", Department of Law, University of A Coruna, Spain, 20-21 June 2024, edited by Human Trafficking Research Network , Human Trafficking Research Network, 2024, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED
Antonio López Peláez, A., Kirwan, G., Marcuello Servós, C., Castillo de Mesa, J.,Pelta Resano, R., Symposium: Trabajo social digital, codiseño e inclusión social: estrategias para mejorar los servicios sociales digitales después del COVID-19, SWSD24: The Joint World Conference of Social Work, Education and Social Development, Panama City, Panama, 3-6 April 2024, SWSD2024, 2024, Conference Paper, ACCEPTED  URL
  

Page 1 of 12
Lopez Pelaez, A., Kirwan, G., Digital Social Work in a Global Context, Seminar: Digital Social Work in a Global Context, Columbia University, New York, USA, 6-Feb-2024, 2024, Office for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Columbia University, 1-10pp, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Antonio Lopez Pelaez, Gloria Kirwan, Challenges for Digital Inclusion: Networked Relationships in Social Work Practice, Digital Social Work: Challenges for Digital Inclusion after the Covid-19, City University of New York, City College Center for Worker Education,, 6 February 2024, 2024, Dean Juan Mercado, CUNY, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Lopez Pelaez, A., Kirwan, G., Digital Social Work in a Global Context: The Development and Contribution of the Routledge International Handbook of Digital Social Work, The Use of Digital Technology in Social Development (online), The Center for Development in Africa, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, 19 October 2023, 2023, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Kirwan, G., Networked Relationships: Working with Service Users in the Digital Age, 1st International Conference of Digital Social Work, RCSI, Dublin, Ireland, 13 October 2023, 2023, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Kirwan, G., Casework in a Post-Pandemic Digital Era, Ontario Municipal Social Services Association Annual Forum 2023, Ontario, Canada (and online), 27 September 2023, 2023, OMSSA, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Kirwan, G., THE VALUE OF RESEARCH IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, Social Science International Seminar, University of La Rioja, Logrono, Spain, 14 December 2023, 2023, Department of Law, University of La Rioja, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Gloria Kirwan, Editorial, Groupwork, 30, (2), 2023, p3 - 5, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Gloria Kirwan, Andrew Whittaker, Editorial, Journal of Social Work Practice, 37, (1), 2023, p1 - 2, Notes: [https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2023.2168951], Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Helen Hingley-Jones, Gloria Kirwan, Poverty: social work perspectives, Journal of Social Work Practice, 37, (2), 2023, 131 - 278, 131-135, Notes: [https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2023.2233845], Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
Whittaker, Andrew; Kirwan, Gloria, Editorial: Journal of Social Work Practice, 2023, - 279-281, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED

  


Page 1 of 11
Award Date
Undergraduate Student Research Grant, Medico-Social Research Board (now Health Research Board) 1983
- Mental Health Social Work - Service User Participation - Social Work Ethics - Social Work Education and Professional Development - History of Social Work - Human Trafficking