ENGAGE Research Group

The objective of this research group is to pursue collaborative research with communities in the areas of Critical Youth Work, Community Development and Education & Training. The group contributes to the development of new thinking, new paradigms and new ways of measuring progress within the sector. 

Aims and objectives 

The following objectives are being pursued. 

• The group provides a forum for supporting staff to engage with critical discourse and to link teaching with research practice. 
• The group actively engages with civil society and become a strategic partner to local groups involved in critical youth community and education work. 
• The group engages with other departments, groups and centres within TUS to enhance the role of the Social Sciences and Education and Training in leading collaborative research. 
• The group is actively pursuing opportunities for international research 

Principal Investigator: Dr Sasha Noonan