Critical Social Thinking Conference
The Critical Social Thinking Conference is hosted by the School of Applied Social Studies. This conference
is part of the Critical Social Thinking Student Research Initiative
which offers opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate studies to
present social research findings to a wider audience. This year,
presentations were invited from social scientific and cognate
disciplines, with the aim of promoting interdisciplinary research.
Undergraduate
and postgraduate contributors represented a wide range of disciplines,
including Social Policy, Youth and Community Work, Social Work, Sociology, Law,
Government, Education and Women's Studies.
Following
the welcome address by Professor Fred Powell, Dean of Social Science and Head
of the School of Applied Social Studies, Fintan O¿Toole delivered the keynote address.
Conference papers focused on key social issues in contemporary society
exploring topics such as child welfare, policy-making processes, civil
partnership, gender-based violence, social service delivery, social research
methodologies, and education and welfare.
This
is the second annual conference held by the School of Applied Social Studies, made possible through a
funding grant from NAIRTL in 2010.