Research and Innovation
Research and Innovation Projects by the School of Home Economics
| Research Area | Details |
| Culinary Skills & Food Education (Feb 2021–present) |
A collaborative research project which aims to assess the effectiveness of the successful ‘Cook Like A Boss’ children’s camp intervention delivered as an adapted online version. Affiliated Institutions: Queens University Belfast, University Ulster, St. Angela’s College and DCU Staff Involved: Dr Elaine Mooney & Amanda Mc Cloat |
| Sustainable Food Practices (2020-2023) |
Food for Thought 2.0: Equipping future hospitality employees with a sound knowledge of local food systems and sustainable food practices Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College (Lead Partner), South West College, NI, Workforce Development Trust, UK, and Alexandre Dumas College, France, Erasmus + Programme Staff Involved: Helen Maguire, Amanda Mc Cloat, Eoin Ó Fátharta (Research Assistant) |
| Development Education (2021-2022) |
Education, Development and Sustainability Affiliated Institutions: St. Angela’s College, Ubuntu Network, Irish Government, Irish Aid Staff Involved: Dr Maria Campbell, Helen Maguire, Dr Louise Mylotte, Anna Callaghan, Eithne Davies |
| Home Economics in the Community (2020–present) |
An exploration of the role of Home Economists in the community working as Tusla Home Management Advisors Staff Involved: Sonya Coffey, Amanda Mc Cloat and Dr Elaine Mooney |
| Food Studies (2020–present) |
Changes in Consumers’ Food Practices during the COVID-19 Lockdown. Affiliated Institutions: Queens University Belfast and St. Angela’s College Staff Involved: Dr Elaine Mooney & Amanda Mc Cloat |
| Food Science (2020) |
Gulp! An Interactive science and food event for wider public held for Science Week 2020 Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College, Science Foundation Ireland Staff Involved: Breda O’ Mahony, Helen Maguire and Amanda McCloat |
| Home Economics (2020-2025) |
Investigating Home Economics as a field of study; the culture, curriculum, and pedagogy of Home Economics, and how the discipline of Home Economics is shaped. Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College, NUI Galway Staff Involved: Paula Doherty, Dr Eileen-Kelly Blakeney, Amanda McCloat |
| Food Studies (2019-present) |
Assessment of the use of meat thermometers by consumers on the island of Ireland Affiliated Institutions: St. Angela’s College, Ulster University, University of Surrey, Safefood Staff Involved: Dr Elaine Mooney & Amanda Mc Cloat |
| Food Safety (2019-present) |
Food safety advice for vulnerable patients/residents in healthcare settings on the Island of Ireland. Affiliated Institutions: St. Angela’s College, Ulster University, University of Surrey, Safefood Staff Involved: Dr Elaine Mooney & Amanda Mc Cloat |
| Who Cares in Europe? (2019-2023) |
EU COST Action ‘Who Cares in Europe?’ This project explores the relationships among voluntary associations, families and states in the creation of social welfare in EuropeThis project has 23 countries as members and runs from 2019-2023. Staff Involved: Dr Patricia Kennedy |
| Teaching & Learning (2019-2021) |
Embedding digital technology in Home Economics teacher education Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College, Teaching and Learning Forum Staff Involved: Maria Campbell & Helen Maguire |
| Design Brief Process (2018-present) |
Developing a design brief process for use in Home Economics modules and curricula at all levels of Post Primary and Higher Education, across the three core discipline areas of Food Studies, TFD and FRM. Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College Staff Involved: Helen Maguire, Ursula O’Shea, Paula Doherty, |
| Home Economics Education (2018-present) |
Advancing the teaching of Home Economics on the island of ireland: a north south comparative study. Affiliated Institutions: University Ulster and St. Angela’s College Staff Involved: Amanda Mc Cloat, Sonya Coffey, and Paula Doherty |
| Cooking Skills & Food Education (2017–ongoing) |
Fun with Food: Community Home Economics food education intervention and funded research project with families in the North-West of Ireland. Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College Staff Involved: Amanda Mc Cloat, Dr Elaine Mooney, Sonya Coffey, Roisin Lydon |
| Sustainable Food Practices (2017-2020) |
Project: Food for Thought 1.0 Sustainable Food PracticesResearch Partners: South West College (Enniskillen), St. Angela’s College, Sligo, Workforce Development Trust (UK) and Alexandre Dumas College (France). Affiliated Companies/Organisations: South West College, NI (Lead Partner), St. Angela’s College, Workforce Development Trust, UK, Alexandre Dumas College, France, IÐAN fræðslusetur, Iceland, Erasmus + Programme Staff Involved: Helen Maguire, Amanda Mc Cloat |
| Home Economics & Food Education in the Community (2016–ongoing) |
Recipes for Success: A nutrition education and research project promoting Home Economics through the development of food literacy skills among amateur sports players in a community-based setting. Research on application of innovative toolkit resource focusing on healthy living to optimise performance. Affiliated Companies/Organisations: Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), St. Angela’s College, Staff Involved: Dr Elaine Mooney, Roisin Lydon, Amanda Mc Cloat |
| Nutrition & Health (2015-2019) |
The impact of nutrition and health claims on the perceived healthiness and consumption by adults on the island of Ireland Affiliated Institutions: St. Angela’s College, Queen’s University Belfast, Surrey University, Safefood Staff Involved: Dr Elaine Mooney & Amanda Mc Cloat |
| Development Education (2017) |
The Integration of Development Education into the ITE Home Economics Programme. Affiliated Institutions: Ubuntu Network funded research Staff Involved: Dr Maria Campbell, Dr Kathryn McSweeney, Dr Hanna Kuusisaari, Dr Louise Lehane, Helen Maguire, Kate Mohan, Dr Louise Mylotte, Amanda McCloat, & Breda O’ Mahony |
| Health & Wellbeing (2015-2017) | Design and Provision of Fitness Programme and Personal Training with Traveller Women Affiliated Companies/Organisations: Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, Dublin 1 Staff Involved: Dr Patricia Kennedy |
| Cooking Skills (2014–2016) |
The impact of cooking and food related food skills on healthiness of diets Affiliated Institutions: St. Angela’s College, Queen’s University Belfast, Ulster University, Safefood Staff Involved: Dr Elaine Mooney & Amanda Mc Cloat |
| Home Economics & Food Education (2015–present) |
Home Economics as a food education intervention, lessons for food policy. Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College and University of London, City Staff Involved: Amanda McCloat, Professor Martin Caraher |
| Public Health (2018-2025) |
Investigation into the implementation of the nutrition standards for school food. Affiliated Institutions: NUI Galway (Dr. Colette Kelly & Claire Kerins, Discipline of Health Promotion) & Dr. Celine Murrin, University College Dublin. Staff Involved: Breda O' Mahoney |
| Entrepreneurship Education (2019-2026) |
Researching the factors that can lead to enhanced Social Entrepreneurial Intention in Irish Secondary School students. Affiliated Institutions: St. Angela’s College, NUI Galway Staff Involved: Ronan McArt, Dr Veronica McCauley & Dr Paul Flynn |
| Home Economics Education (2020-2025) |
"An investigation into the use of Information & Communication Technologies in Irish Post Primary Schools" Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College, University of Lincoln, UK. Staff Involved: Anna Callaghan, Dr Nikolaos Fotou |
| Widening Participation (2020-2024) | Access to Post-Primary Teaching (APT): Supporting the Access and Retention of Lower Socio-economic Groups in/to Initial Teacher Education. (St. Angela’s strand) Affiliated Institutions: Higher Education Authority’s Programme for Access to Higher Education (PATH) Funded, Staff Involved: Dr Eileen Kelly-Blakeney, Principal Investigator, Dr Patricia Kennedy & Ian Kennedy |
| Gender History (2020-2021) |
A collaborative project with several orders of religious sisters in Ireland to collect their personal narratives. Staff Involved: Dr Patricia Kennedy |
| Knowledge Transfer (up to 2020) |
Fusion Knowledge Transfer Programmes involving the knowledge transfer of food related research (NPD, nutritional, sensory, labelling, shelf life, food safety, etc.,) to Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College Food Technology Centre Staff Involved: Michael Hosey |
| Business/Marketing (ongoing) | TIME Project:Project to establish and meet the training needs of Irish hospitality industry with regard to marketing and Management training. Staff Involved: Ronan McArt |
| Food Innovation (up to 2020) | Enterprise Ireland Innovation Voucher Scheme, supporting food related SME’s with innovative projects across the island of Ireland Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College Food Technology Centre Staff Involved: Michael Hosey |
| Initial Teacher Education (2019-2023) |
Researching school-university partnerships and drawing upon collaborative professionalism to support student teachers in Initial Teacher Education. Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College, Maynooth University Staff Involved: Ciara Sloan, Dr. Rose Dolan & Dr. Maija Salokangas |
| Social Inclusion (2018) |
Roma in Ireland: A National Needs Assessment (2018) A participatory research project with 18 peer researchers from the Roma community and its recommendations have been incorporated into the National Traveller and Roma Integration Strategy (NTRIS). Staff Involved: Dr Patricia Kennedy, PI |
| Social Inclusion / Ageing (2017-2018) |
The Gong Shuttle, a multi-disciplinary research project on the role of free public transport in the prevention of loneliness and isolation in ageing populations, NSW, Australia (2017-2018). Staff Involved: Patricia Kennedy, PI |
| Nutrition & Health (2018-2023) | Investigating the nutritional knowledge, dietary intake, and food-related behaviours of students. Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College, NUI Galway Staff Involved: Michelle O’Leary, Dr Elaine Mooney, Amanda McCloat |
| Sustainable Fashion Consumption (2018) | The Impacts of a Re-Imagined T-shirt Brief on sustainable Fashion Consumption of Third Level Home Economics Students. Staff involved: Ursula O’Shea, Emer Maher Dowling |
| Development Education (2017-2018) |
The Integration of Development Education into the ITE Home Economics Programme. Affiliated Institutions: Ubuntu Network, Government of Ireland, Irish Aid Staff involved: Campbell, M., McSweeney, K., Carty, C., Kuusisaari, H., Lehane, L., Maguire, H., Mohan, K., Mylotte, L., McCloat, A. & O ’Mahony, B. |
| Widening Participation in Initial Teacher Education (2017-2020) |
Access to Post-Primary Teaching (APT) project Affiliated Institutions: NUIG School of Education, funded by HEA Programme for Access to Third Level (PATH) Strand 1, Staff involved: Dr Eileen Kelly-Blakeney, Dr Patricia Kennedy, Dr Andrea Lynch (Marino Institute) |
| Infant Feeding (2016-2017) |
Infant feeding choices: A qualitative and quantitative analysis of expectant womens’ intentions of infant feeding in Community Healthcare Organisation in Ireland. Affiliated Institutions: IT Sligo and St. Angela’s College Staff involved: Amanda Mc Cloat, Dr Elaine Mooney, Roisin Lydon |
| Sustainable Clothing Consumption (2016-present) |
Examining the active use phase of clothing consumption in Ireland. Documenting and analysing practices in everyday clothing wear, care, maintenance and repair across an intergenerational sample group. Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College, NUI Galway Staff Involved: Helen Maguire, Professor Frances Fahy |
| Culinary Skills (2015-16) |
Professional Culinary Programme focusing on the development of practical culinary skills for the tourism & hospitality industry. Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College, First Western Limited (Fáilte Ireland) Staff Involved: Helen Maguire, Amanda Mc Cloat. |
| Specialist Stitching for Medical Implant Technology (2015) |
Specialist Stitching for Medical Implant Technology Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College, IDA Ireland, HEA Springboard+ Staff Involved: Amanda Mc Cloat, Ursula O’Shea, Helen Maguire |
| Health & Wellbeing (2015-2017) | Design and Provision of Fitness Programme and Personal Training with Traveller Women Affiliated Companies/Organisations: Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre, Dublin 1 Staff Involved: Dr Patricia Kennedy |
| Health & Wellbeing(2014-2015) | An examination into the link between salt intake and obesity in a representative sample of the UK population Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College, Ulster University Staff Involved: Roisin Lydon |
| Specialist Stitching for Medical Implant Technology (2014) | Specialist Stitching for Medical Implant Technology Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College, IDA Ireland, HEA Springboard+ Staff Involved: Amanda Mc Cloat, Ursula O’Shea, Helen Maguire |
| Cooking Skills (2013-2016) | “What’s Ireland Cooking? Parents’ cooking skills an island of Ireland study” Affiliated Companies/Organisations: St. Angela’s College, Ulster University Staff Involved: Amanda Mc Cloat, Dr Elaine Mooney |
