St Mary’s carefully matches student research interests to the academic knowledge and skills of its research supervisors.
All students are supervised by a minimum of two members of staff each bringing discrete expertise to the research project.
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Dr Michelle Paull
- Modern drama and literature
- Irish theatre and literature
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Dr Russell Schechter
- Creative writing
- Film or literature which entails explorations of genre, notably crime, science fiction/fantasy or horror
- Film/media studies
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Dr Elisabetta Canetta
- Science education
- Philosophical theology
- Christian Theology
- Science and religion
- Biomechanics
- Statistical science
- Public health epidemiology
- Cognitive behaviour/human consciousness
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Prof Karen Sanders
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Dr Christopher Wylde
- The political economy of development
- Theory of the state
- IPE, and comparative development studies – particularly Argentina and/or Brazil (also Latin America more widely) as well as Malaysia (or SE Asia more widely)
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Dr Carole Murphy
- Modern slavery
- Human trafficking
- Exploitation abuse (domestic, sexual, other)
- Gender-based violence
- Addiction
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Dr Ross Wadey
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Dr Tom Williams
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Dr Stacy Winter
- Applied sport psychology
- Professional practice and development of psychologists
- Performance interventions
- Mental-health and well-being areas
- Multidisciplinary issues and modes of working