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PERSONAL INFORMATION Paul Downes
St. Patrick’s College, (A College of Dublin Citв Universitв) Drumcondra, Dublin 9, Ireland,
Sex Male | Date of birth 12/07/1970 | Nationality Irish
WORK EXPERIENCE
2007–2014 Senior Lecturer in Education (Educational Disadvantage, Psychology)
Education Department, St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin Citв Universitв
2004–2014 Director Educational Disadvantage Centre, St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra Coordinator, M.Ed Special Option in Educational Disadvantage/Social Inclusion in Education
2001–2007 Lecturer in Education and Human Development (Psychology)
St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin Citв Universitв
Courses taught at Undergraduate Level: Social, Emotional and Personal Development of the Child; Constructions of Childhood; Children, Systems & Society; A Relational Approach for Teaching in Communities Experiencing High Levels of Social Exclusion; Psychopathology; Learning and Motivation.
Courses taught at PostGraduate Diploma in Education Level: Psychology of Education I & II, Developmental Psychology (Intellectual Development, Social and Emotional Development of the Child)
Courses taught at Masters (M.Ed) Level: Special Option, Educational Disadvantage, Critical approaches to Equality in Education: Narratives of Systems Theory,Postmodernism, Community Development Theory, Philosophy of Law, Critical Theory to Inform Educational Policy (2004-2014), Special Option, Human Rights Education, course input on Psychology, Social Class and Human Rights Education (2010), Masters in Special Education, Psychology and Social Inclusion Policy (2008).
Course input at Doctorate in Education (Ed.D) Level: International and National Social Policy and Early School Leaving (2008).
10/2011–11/2011 Visiting Researcher
European Centre for Educational Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health, University of Malta
06/2011 Visiting Lecturer
Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland
02/2008–06/2009 Visiting Lecturer
Psychology Department: University of Pristina, Kosovo Lecturer, Intensive Masters Course on Psychoanalysis
12/2004 Visiting Lecturer
Education Department: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
12/2003 Visiting Lecturer
Psychology Department: Charles University, Prague
03/2003 Visiting Lecturer
Education Department: University of Warsaw, Poland
1998–2001 Lecturer in Psychology and Law
Concordia International University, Tallinn, Estonia Social Psychology, Mental Health Psychology and Introduction to Psychology, at Undergraduate Level Philosophy of Law, History of Western Legal Theory, Criminology, Roman Law, Family Law, Legal Writing, Law of Torts, at Undergraduate Level
1996–1998 Tutor and Seminar Instructor in Personality Theory
Department of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin
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1998 Part-time Lecturer and Examiner
St. James Hospital, Dublin Mental Health Psychology
1996–1998 Counselling Skills Instructor and Psychology Instructor for Evening Classes for Adults
Marino Vocational Educational College, Fairview, Dublin
1997 Introduction to Psychology Instructor for Evening Classes for Adults
Hartstown Community College, Blanchardstown, Dublin
1996–1997 Instructor for Psychology Module of VTOS (Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme)
Riversdale Community College, Blanchardstown, Dublin
1995–1997 Introduction to Psychology Instructor for Evening Classes for Adults
Riversdale Community College, Blanchardstown, Dublin
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1995–1999 Ph.D Trinity College, Dublin, Department of Psychology Ph.D Thesis: ‘Beвond the terrible twins of cognitive science and postmodernism: Towards a cross- cultural, Heideggerian transcendental horiгon for psвchologв’. External Examiner, Professor Ken Gergen, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, USA
1993–1995 Psychology Graduate Trinity College, Dublin Exempted from the first two years on the basis of my Law Degree and the Trinity College Foundation Scholarship Award
1988–1992 Law Graduate
Trinity College, Dublin
PERSONAL SKILLS
Other skills Research Interests
Strand A. Social Inclusion in Education (Voices of children, young people and parents in education; Early
school leaving; Access to higher education and lifelong learning; Parental involvement and family support; Ethnic minorities)
Strand B. System Integration and Coherence across Education and Related Sectors (Evaluation frameworks based on structural and process indicators; Systems theory; Schools and communities as relational systems; Multidisciplinary teams in schools and cross-sectoral working; Community development; International rights to health, education and children’s rights; Structuralism; Postmodern Theorв; Derrida’s Deconstruction Theorв; Outreach approaches)
Strand C. Well-being, Mental Health and Developmental Psychology – Implications of their Insights for Policy and Practice in Education Systems
(Depth psychology and well-being; School climate; Phenomenology; Drug use and prevention; Bullying and aggression; Early childhood attachment; Cognition in problem-solving; Heidegger’s Existential-Phenomenology; Criminology).
These thematic strands run across a range of disciplines – Psychology, Education, Law, Social Policy, Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Publications Books
Downes, P. (2014). Access to Education in Europe: A Framework and Agenda for System Change. Lifelong Learning Book Series, Series Editors:Aspin, David N.,Chapman, Judith D. Dordrecht, Springer Verlag. Foreword by Sue Waddington, President, European Adult Education Association (EAEA) (2008-2013).
Downes, P. (2012).The Primordial Dance: Diametric and Concentric Spaces in the Unconscious World. Oxford/Bern: Peter Lang.
Not One Victim More: Human Trafficking in the Baltic States (2008), (P.Downes, A. Zule-Lapimaa,
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L.Ivanchenko & S.Blumberg, Eds.). Tallinn: Living for Tomorrow. Foreword by Dr. Catherine Donnelly, Associate Professor, Human Rights, Trinity College Dublin, Law School
Beyond Educational Disadvantage (2007) (P.Downes & A-L Gilligan, Eds.). Dublin: Institute of Public Administration. Foreword by Professor Aine Hyland, University College Cork.
Downes, P. (2003) Living with heroin: HIV, Identity and Social Exclusion among the Russian- speaking minorities in Estonia and Latvia. English version. Legal Information Centre for Human Rights, Tallinn, Estonia (May 2003); Website version (October 2003), European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), Annual Report 2003, The state of the drugs problem in the acceding and candidate countries to the European Union: Country Profiles, Estonia, Latvia
Downes, P. (2003). Elu heroiiniga: Identiteet, sotsiaalne tõrjutus ja HIV Eesti ja Lтti venekeelsete vтhemuste seas. Estonian Translation Living with heroin…. Trans. bв Kulliki Saaks. Legal Information Centre for Human Rights, Tallinn/AIDS Information and Support Centre, Tallinn, Estonia (June 2003); Publication and Translation funded by US Embassy Democracy Commission, Estonia. Website version 2003, Estonian National Institute for Health Development.
Downes, P. (2003). Жизнь с героином: Идентичность, социальное отторжение и распространение ВИЧ среди русскоязычного меньшинства в Эстонии и Латвии Russian Translation Living with heroin….Trans. by Julia Kovalenko. Legal Information Centre for Human Rights, Tallinn/AIDS Information and Support Centre, Tallinn, Estonia (June 2003); Publication and Translation funded by US Embassy Democracy Commission, Estonia.
International peer reviewed journal publications
Downes, P. (2014).Moving beyond diametric structured myths for recovery in Irish society. Irish Journal of Anthropology, Spring/Summer Volume 17 (1) (forthcoming)
Downes, P. (2013). Developing a framework and agenda for students’ voices in the school system across Europe: From diametric to concentric relational spaces for early school leaving prevention. European Journal of Education, Special Issue: Problematising the Issue of Early School Leaving in the
European Context, 48 (3) 346- 362.
Downes, P. (2013). Developing Derrida’s psвchoanalвtic graphologв: Diametric and concentric spatial movements. Derrida Today, 6 (2), 197-221.
Ivers, J. & Downes, P. (2012). A phenomenological reinterpretation of Horner's fear of success in terms of social class. European Journal of Psychology of Education 27 (3), 369-388.
Downes, P. (2011). The neglected shadow: Some European perspectives on emotional supports for early school leaving prevention. International Journal of Emotional Education, 3 (2), 3-39.
Downes, P. (2011). Concentric and diametric structures in yin/yang and the mandala symbol: A new wave of Eastern frames for psychology. Psychology and Developing Societies, 23 (1), 121-153.
Downes, P. (2010). Schema structure-content relativity: Part I, Deconstructing the absolute space assumptions underlying the schema concept founding cognitive science. Cybernetics and Human Knowing, 17 (3),7-25
Downes, P. (2010). Schema structure-content relativity: Part II, From image schemata to background spatial schemata of diametric and concentric relation. Cybernetics and Human Knowing, 17(3), 25-43.
Downes, P. (2010). Newtonian Space in Newell and Simon: Replв to Kinsella’s (2008) response to Downes (2006). Cybernetics and Human Knowing, 17 (1), 191-200.
Downes, P. (2009).Cultural conformitв within Vвgotskв’s paradigm for education: A critique from the perspective of early Heidegger. Kwartalnik Pedagogiczny (International Journal of Education, Poland), 212 (2), 97-114.
Downes, P.(2007). Intravenous drug use and HIV in Estonia: Socio-economic integration and development of indicators regarding the right to health for its Russian-speaking population. Liverpool Law Review, 28 (2), 271-317. (Scopus)
Downes, P. (2006). Newtonian space: The ‘blind spot’ in Newell and Simon’s information processing paradigm. Cybernetics and Human Knowing 13 (3), 25-55.
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Downes, P., Maunsell, C., McLoughlin, V., Taljunaite, M. (2006). Lifelong learning in Ireland and Lithuania: Some examples of Irish policy and practice for Lithuania to consider ? Filosofija.Sociologija (ed. Lithuanian Academy of Sciences), Vol.4, 29-36.
Downes, P. (2005). Failures of social policy: Heroin, HIV and social marginalization among the Russian-speaking minorities in Estonia and Latvia. Socialna Pedagogika (Slovenia), 9 (3), 449-468.
Downes, P. (2004). School promoted beauty contests in Poland and Estonia: A risk factor for anorexia and bulimia nervosa, and contrary to the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of discrimination against Women ? Kwartalnik Pedagogiczny (International Journal of Education, Poland), 193 (3), 125-143.
Downes, P. (2003). Cross-cultural structures of concentric and diametric dualism in Lцvi-Strauss’ structural anthropology: Structures of relation underlying the self and ego relation ? Journal of Analytical Psychology, 48 (1), 47-81. (Scopus)
Downes, P. (2003). The new curriculum of Social, Personal and Health Education in Irish primary schools: Self-awareness, introversion and the role of the teacher. Kwartalnik Pedagogiczny (International Journal of Education, Poland), 190 (4), 93-112.
Monographs/commissioned research reports
Downes, P. (2014, forthcoming).Towards a Differentiated, Holistic and Systemic Approach to Parental Involvement in Europe for Early School Leaving Prevention.Policy Recommendations Report as Thematic Expert for the EU Urbact, PREVENT project involving 10 European City Municipalities.
Edwards, A. & Downes, P. (2013). Alliances for Inclusion: Developing Cross-sector Synergies and Inter-Professional Collaboration in and around Education.
Commissioned Research Report, EU Commission NESET (Network of Experts on Social Aspects of Education and Training)..Foreword to report by Jan Truszczynski, Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Education and Culture. Downes, P. (2013). Key Emerging Features of a Mental Health Focus for Early School Leaving Prevention – illustrations from Ireland. NESET Expert Briefing Paper: European Commission: Network of Experts on the Social Aspects of Education and Training (NESET).
Downes, P. (2011). Multi/Interdisciplinary Teams for Early School Leaving Prevention: Developing a European Strategy Informed by International Evidence and Research. Commissioned Research Report for European Commission, NESET (Network of Experts on Social Aspects of Education and Training).
Downes, P. (2011). A Systems Level Focus on Access to Education for Traditionally Marginalised Groups: Comparing Policy and Practice in Twelve European Countries. Comparative Report for the EU Commission on behalf of the Research Consortium for the EU Framework Six Project ‘Towards a lifelong learning societв: The contribution of the education sвstem’.
Downes, P. (2011). Community Based Lifelong Learning Centres: Developing a European Strategy Informed by International Evidence and Research. Commissioned Research Report for European Commission, NESET (Network of Experts on Social Aspects of Education and Training).
Downes, P. (2011). Promotion of Access to and Participation in Higher Education and the Teaching Profession for Non-Majority Ethnic Groups in Kosovo: Opportunities, Barriers and Future Horizons. OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe), UN Mission in Kosovo.
Dooley, C., Downes, P., Maunsell, C., & McLoughlin, V. (2010). Promoting social inclusion: The access of adults to formal and non-formal education in Ireland. Irish National Report for Subproject 5 of EU Framework Six Project ‘Towards a lifelong learning society: The contribution of the education sвstem’. Dublin: Educational Disadvantage Centre, St. Patrick’s College.
Ivers, J., McLoughlin, V. and Downes, P. (2010). Current Steps and Future Horizons for CASPr: Review of CASPr North-East Inner City After Schools Project. North Inner City Dublin: Community After Schools Project (CASPR). Carrigan, J. & Downes, P., (with Byrne, I.), (2010). Is there more than what’s the score? Exploring needs and skills checking for literacy as part of a holistic initial assessment process in a lifelong learning society. Funded by Irish Department of Education and Science. Dublin: Educational Disadvantage Centre, St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra. Maunsell, C., Downes, P., & McLoughlin, V. (2008). National Report on Lifelong Learning in Ireland. European Union Sixth Framework Project ‘Towards a lifelong learning societв: The contribution of the education sвstem’. Dublin: Educational Disadvantage Centre, St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra
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Downes, P. & Maunsell, C. (2007). Count us in: Tackling early school leaving in South West Inner City Dublin, An integrated response. Commissioned Research Report for South Inner City Community Development Association (SICCDA) & South Inner City Drugs Task Force: Dublin
Downes, P. (2006). Quality Development of Out of School Services (QDOSS): An agenda for development. Dublin: QDOSS.
Downes, P., Maunsell, C., & Ivers, J. (2006). A holistic approach to early school leaving and school retention in Blanchardstown: Current issues and future steps for services and schools. Foreword bв Senator Joe O’Toole. Commissioned Research Report for Blanchardstown Area Partnership, Dublin. Downes, P. (2004). Psychological support services for Ballyfermot: Present and future. Commissioned Research Report for European Union funded organisation, URBAN, Ballyfermot, in conjunction with Ballyfermot Drugs Task Force.
Downes, P. (2004). Voices of Children: St. Raphaels Primary School, Ballyfermot. Commissioned Research Report for URBAN, Ballyfermot
Downes, P. & Maunsell, C. (2003). EMCDDA Expert Survey on family-based prevention, community-based prevention and indicated prevention (early interventions). Survey Coordinator for Ireland for the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), Lisbon.
Downes, P. (2002).Interim evaluation report on ‘Oasis Counselling Service Ballyfermot’ for
URBAN, Ballyfermot.
Downes, P. & Murray, S. (2002). Evaluation of the Ana Liffey Drug Project, Children’s Project.
Commissioned Research Report. Dublin: Ana Liffey Drugs Project
Book chapters
Downes, P. (2014). Prevention of early school leaving through teacher education: Some European perspectives. In (P-M. Rabinsteiner Ed.), Internationalization in Teacher Education
Downes, P. (2014, forthcoming). Poverty and Social Inclusion in Primary Education in 2014: Points of Light and an Array of Policy Silences. Education Matters. Annual Yearbook, Ireland.
Maunsell, C., & Downes, P. (2013). Rising to the challenge of realising lifelong learning for one and all: The role of community adult education in widening participation for traditionally marginalised groups in Irish society and beyond. In E.Saar, O-B.Ure & J.Holford (Eds.), Lifelong Learning in Europe: National Patterns and Challenges. UK, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Downes, P. (2009). Prevention of Bullying at a Systemic Level in Schools: Movement from Cognitive and Spatial Narratives of Diametric Opposition to Concentric Relation. In Shane R. Jimerson, Susan M. Swearer, and Dorothy L. Espelage (Eds.), Handbook of Bullying in Schools: An International Perspective, Section III., Research-Based Prevention and Intervention (pp.517-533). New York: Routledge.
In Not One Victim More: Human Trafficking in the Baltic States (2008), (P.Downes, A. Zule-Lapimaa, L.Ivanchenko & S.Blumberg, Eds.). Tallinn: Living for Tomorrow.
Downes, P. Introduction pp.8-14
Downes, P. The International Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health: A Key Legal Framework for Human Trafficking? pp.278-289
Downes, P., Ivanchenko, L., Zalcmane, S., Smelt, H., & Blumberg, S. Conclusion: Key Indicators Regarding Prevention, Protection and Prosecution in Relation to Human Trafficking in the Baltic States pp.290-298.
In Beyond Educational Disadvantage (2007), (P.Downes & A-L Gilligan, Eds.), Dublin: Institute of
Public Administration.
Downes, P. & Gilligan, A-L Introduction pp.xii-xv
Downes, P. Why SMART outcomes ain’t always so smart… pp.57-69
Downes, T & Downes, P. Pedagogy of the processed pp.24-38
Ryan, C. & Downes, P. The National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS): The need for more dialogue with designated disadvantaged schools ? pp.354-366
Downes, P., Maunsell, C. & Ivers, J. The ‘jolt in climate’ between primary and post-primary pp.407-417
Downes, P & Gilligan, A-L Beyond Disadvantage: Some conclusions pp.463-491. Downes, P. (2003). The relevance of earlв Heidegger’s radical conception of transcendence to choice, freedom and technology. In Breen, M.J. & Conway, E.(Eds) Technology & Transcendence.
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pp.160-173. Dublin: Columba Press.
Conference publications
Downes, P. (2014). A holistic approach to early school leaving prevention in Europe: Key priorities for system level development. Keynote address reproduced in Early School Leaving: Report of the Conference of the European Network of Education Councils (EUNEC), Vilnius, 18-20 November 2013, with the support of the European Commission Directorate-General, Education and Culture (pp.14-45). Brussels: EUNEC Secretariat
Podcast of Keynote opening presentation, A holistic approach to early school leaving prevention in Europe: Key strategic priorities for system level development. European Network of Education Councils (EUNEC) conference on Early School Leaving, in conjunction with the European Commission and the Lithuanian Government (Ministry of Education and Science) in the context of its EU Presidency. Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas), Vilnius, November 18, 2013.
Downes, P. (2003). The Estonian and Latvian Integration Programmes: A Recipe for Significant Early School Dropping-out amongst their Russian-speaking Minorities. In Finlay, J. & Debicki, M. (Eds.) Delivering Public Services in CEE Countries: Trends and Developments. The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPAcee).
International journal book reviews
Downes, P. (2013). Review of ‘Observing children with attachment difficulties in preschool settings: A tool for identifвing and supporting emotional and social difficulties’ bв K.S. Golding, J.Fain, A.Frost, S.Templeton & E. Durrant. International Journal of Emotional Education, 5 (1), 76-78.
Downes, P. (2013a). Review of ‘Observing children with attachment difficulties in school: A tool for identifying and supporting emotional and social difficulties in children aged 5-11’ bв K.S. Golding, J.Fain, A.Frost, C.Mills, H.Worrall, N.Roberts, E.Durrant & S.Templeton. International Journal of Emotional Education, 5 (1), 78-80.
Downes, P. (2005). Review of ‘Space, time and the ethical foundations’, bв R.A. Allinson. The Philosopher, Vol. LXXXXIII, 20-21.
Downes, P. (2003). Review of ‘Heidegger’s Philosophв and Theories of the Self’, by D.R. Mitchell. The Philosopher, Vol.LXXXXI, 10-12.
Downes, P. (2014). Book Review Main Editor’s Introduction to book reviews, International Journal of Emotional Education, 6 (1), 95.
Downes, P. (2013c). Book Review Main Editor’s Introduction to book reviews, International Journal of
Emotional Education, 5 (1), 73.
Downes, P. (2013c). Book Review Main Editor’s Introduction to book reviews, International Journal of Emotional Education, 5 (2), 80.
Downes, P. (2012). Book Review Main Editor’s Introduction to book reviews, International Journal of Emotional Education,4, (2), 66. Poem Downes, P. (2013). And the building stood in its stillness. Wallace Stevens Journal, 37(2), 23.
Professional manual or guide
- Structural indicators matrix (SIM) tool (Downes & Haaglund 2013) on devising supportive systems for early school leaving prevention and family support
In my role as the Thematic Expert Advisor to the EU Commission, URBACT initiative, PREVENT project, led by European Minds (Sweden) and Nantes municipality for their 10 city research project on early school leaving and family support, I have led the development of a Structural indicators matrix (SIM) tool (2013) to review and develop city strategies to involve parents in the prevention of early school leaving. This reflective practice and policy tool of system level structural indicators is designed to aid research into the system level needs of the 10 participating municipalities across Europe within a systems theory and community development theoretical paradigm – to inform each municipalitв’s Local Action Plan for early school leaving prevention.
Non-peer reviewed professional journal articles
Mental Health Strategy for Deprived Children Missing from Education Plan. Action on Poverty Today, 2008 (Summer), 21, pp.4-5. Dublin: Combat Poverty Agency.
Educational Disadvantage: Next Steps for the New Government ? InTouch (2008) 41-43.
‘A New Network: QDOSS (Qualitв Development of Out of School Services) QDOSS is calling for a national strategy on Out of School Services – a strategy that is sensitive to the needs of local contexts’. ChildLinks (2006), Issue 3, ‘School Age Programmes’ pp.2-7. Dublin: Barnardos’ National Children’s Resource Centre.
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Features in Professional Magazines
National School Completion Programme (Irish Ministry of Children and Youth Affairs) Newsletter, Research Focus: Dr. Paul Downes, Winter 2013 Edition, p.3.
Education europeanne, Octobre 2013—n°5, p.8-10, Alliances for Inclusion: The NESETAnalytic report
ASTIR (Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland Magazine), Vol.28, Number 1, January 2010, p.11, Springboard or trapdoor? ASTIR reports on a recent seminar on equality in education.
SIPTU Liberty Online Vol 1., Issue 4, December 2009, Equality News.
Career Guidance Electronic Newsletter, Educational News - Too much focus on misbehaviour, says expert, December 2009.
Familiscope, An Integrated Approach, bв S.O’Reillв & K.Crowleв. InTouch (2008) 45-47.
ASTIR (Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland Magazine), Vol.25, No.5, 2007, p.7, Educational Disadvantage.
Projects Current research projects
Commissioned Research Reports for EU Urbact, PREVENT project:
1) Downes, P. (2014). Towards a Differentiated, Holistic and Systemic Approach to Parental Involvement in Europe for Early School Leaving Prevention. (Due Autumn 2014)
2) Downes, P. (2015). Engaging Parents from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds in the Education System in Europe (Due Spring 2015)
Commissioned Briefing Papers on Educational Policy for EU Urbact, PREVENT project:
1) Cross-sectoral working in education,
2) Parents’ and вoung people’s voices in education,
3) Building bridges – introducing supportive stake holders for early school leaving prevention (Due Autumn 2014 and Spring 2015).
Main International Expert Advisory Roles
- Thematic Expert Advisor to EU URBACTinitiative, PREVENT project, led by European Minds (Sweden) and Nantesmunicipality, France, a 10 city project on parental involvement in educationand early school leaving prevention across cities in France, Belgium,Bulgaria, Sweden, Estonia, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and CzechRepublic (2012-2015). The project includes policy development of localaction plans for parental involvement and early school leaving prevention acrosseach municipality. - Member of the European Commission, Directorate-General forEducation and Culture (DG EAC), Network of Experts on Social Aspects ofEducation and Training (NESET) (2011-2014).
- Expert Advisor to Ecorв’s UK, Research andConsulting, for their Research on Second Chance Education: Lessons for theFormal Education System in 10 European Countries (2012-14) for the EuropeanCommission, Directorate General, Education and Culture, School Educationand Comenius Unit B1. Published by the Commission as Preventing Early School Leaving in Europe – Lessons Learnedfrom Second Chance Education (2014). - Leader of Subproject 5 of the EU Commission, SixthFramework Project, ‘Towards a Lifelong Learning Societв: The contribution ofthe education sвstem’ (overall funding 3.2 million euro). I was responsible as the overall Editor, Designer and Coordinatorof the 12 National Reports and as the Coordinator and Author of the ComparativeReport, Downes, P. (2011) A Systems Level Focus on Access to Education forTraditionally Marginalised Groups: Comparing Policy and Practice in TwelveEuropean Countries. - These national reports were designed, in dialogue withconsortium members, to inform my comparative report and are as follows:
1) Austrian national report for access to education(2010) by Rammel, S., & Gottwald, R., Krems: Danube University.
2) Belgian (Flanders) national report for access toeducation (2010) by Vermeersch, L., & Vandenbrouke, A., Leuven: KatholiekeUniversiteit
3) Bulgarian national report for access to education (2010)by Boyadjieva, P., Milenkova, V., Gornev,G., Petkova, K. Nenkova, D., Sofia: Institute of Sociology
4) English national report for access to education (2010)by Engel, L., Holford, J., Mleczko,A., University of Nottingham.
5) Estoniannational report for access to education (2010) by Tamm, A. & Saar, E., Institute of International and SocialStudies / Department of Social Stratification, University of Tallinn.
6) Hungarian national report for access toeducation (2010) bв Sгöllősi,A., Tarki Social ResearchInstitute, Budapest
7) Irish national report for access to education (2010)by Dooley, C., Downes, P., Maunsell, C., & McLoughlin, V., EducationalDisadvantage Centre, St. Patrick’s College, Dublin Citв Universitв
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8) Lithuanian national report for access toeducation (2010) by Taljunaite, M., Labanauskas, L., Terepaite-Butviliene,J., Blazeviciene, L., Vilnius: LithuanianSocial Research Centre, Social Research Institute.
9) Norwegian national report for access to education (2010)by Stenson, O-A., Ure, O-B., Oslo: Fafo - Institute for Labour and SocialResearch.
10) Russian national report for access to education (2010)by Kozlovskiy, V., Khokhlova, A., Veits, M. St Petersburg: Department of Sociology, Saint Petersburg StateUniversity.
11) Scottishnational report for access to education (2010) by Weedon, E., Riddell, S.Purves, R. and Ahlgren, L., Centre for Research in EducationInclusion and Diversity, University of Edinburgh.
12) Sloveniannational report for access to education (2010) bв Ivančič, A., Mohorčič Špolar,V.A., Radovan, M., Ljubljana: Slovenian Institute for Adult Education
- Irish LeadCoordinator and member of both the Coordinating Committee and the GeneralAssembly of the Consortium for the European Union Sixth Framework Project‘Towards a lifelong learning societв: The contribution of the education sвstem’(2005-2011): In these roles, I contributed in particular to the detailedconsortium group discussions on the design and implementation of:
-Subproject 1: The key issues for the Template of the Literature Review for theNational Reports on Lifelong Learning across each country that was the basisfor the Comparative Report for this subproject;
-Subproject 3: A Quantitative Survey of Adult Learners regarding Motivation andLifelong Learning across all ISCED levels in each country, and
-Subproject 4: Qualitative Research on SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprises)regarding Employee Lifelong Learning in each country, to inform the comparativereport for this subproject
International Expert Advisory Roles
- Expert Evaluator for the Programme Council forFundamental Scientific Education Research (PROO), The Netherlands (2014)
- Advisor to University of Malta for theestablishment of its access initiative for underrepresented groups in highereducation, including for the establishment of its Cottonera community basedoutreach centre (2011-2013).
- Associated Expert, The European Institute of Education and SocialPolicy, Paris (2013-14)
- EducationalPsychology Policy Advisor to European Minds, Sweden (2013) who offer on- goingevaluation and supporting consultancy services to SALAR, the SwedishAssociation of Local Authorities and Regions.
-Invited participant, European Commission'sDirectorate-General for Education and Culture (EAC) and Directorate-General forHealth and Consumers (SANCO) Expert Workshop on the role of mental health andsocial and emotional learning (SEL) in promoting educational attainment andpreventing early school leaving, Luxembourg, October 2012.
- Invited Expert Evaluator for EuropeanCommission, Directorate-General for Research, Directorate B, European ResearchArea (2012).
- Expert Advisor to GHK Consulting for theirreport for the European Commission Staff Working document on prison education(2012).
- OSCE(Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe), UN Mission in Kosovo,External Expert Research Consultant on Minority Education in Kosovo, forReport, Downes, P. (2010-2011) Promotion of Access to and Participation inHigher Education and the Teaching Profession for Non-Majority Ethnic Groups inKosovo: Opportunities, Barriers and Future Horizons. This report examined the needs of theBosnian, Serbian, Roma, Egyptian, Turkish and Ashkanli minorities in Kosovo.
- Invited Member of Expert Advisory Group onLifelong Learning in Europe (2010), European Commission, Directorate-Generalfor Education and Culture, Place Madou 1, Brussels.
- Invited Member ofExpert Advisory Group on SocialInequalities in Europe (January 2010), European Commission, Directorate-Generalfor Research, Square De Meeus 8, Brussels.
-Advisor to AmnestyInternational for their international report on Minority Rights in Estonia, EstoniaLinguistic minorities in Estonia: Discrimination must end (December 7,2006)
- Member ofadvisory team as part of European Comenius Project on theformation of primary school teachers (2003) for C. Rault (2005). Beginningteachers confront special educational needs in some of their pupils: Asynthesis. In H.Gash (ed.), Beginning teachers and diversity in school: AEuropean study. Braganca Instituto Politecnico, Escola Superior de Educacao.
Conferences Invited Presentations: International Conferences/Seminars
-Keynote presentation,The neglected shadow: European perspectives on emotional support for early school leaving prevention. Symposium on Early School Leaving, Austrian Ministry for Education, Ene,
mene, muh, und raus bist du …Pädagogische, soziale und strukturelle Dimensionen von Bildungsbenachteiligung und Schulabbruch, Januarв 19, 2015, Pтdagogische Hochschule Salгburg,
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Austria.
-Keynote presentation, Developing inclusive systems across Education, Health and Social sectors for early school leaving prevention. Working Group on the Quality of Childhood at the European
Parliament (QoC), 48th
Session, September 9, 2014. Discussion in response to my presentation, Chaired by Michiel Matthes, Secretary-General of the Alliance for Childhood European Network Group.
-Invited presentation, Structural indicators for good practice as part of a holistic and systemic approach for prevention of early leaving in VET(Vocational Education and Training) at the Cedefop (the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training)Workshop, The Role of VET in Reducing Early Leaving from Education and Training, Session: Monitoring and evaluation of policies, at Cedefop, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 4, 2014. The other presenter at this session was Anna Rubin, OECD.
- Keynote presentation, Towards a differentiated, holistic and systemic approach to engaging socio- economically excluded groupsat the Unga In (Youth Integration) National Conference at Fryshuset, Stockholm, May 27, 2014. The conference was organised by Unga In through the Swedish Employment Ministry. Other speakers included Elisabeth Svantesson, Swedish Minister for Employment, Erik Ullenhag, Swedish Minister for Integration, Clas Olsson, Deputy General Director, Swedish Public Employment Service and Milad Mohammadi, lawyer and political scientist.
- Keynote presentation, Towards a holistic, integrated approach to motivation in working with socio- economically excluded groups, Unga In (Youth Integration) Staff National Conference, Clarion Hotel Stockholm, May 26, 2014.
- Keynote presentation, A holistic approach to early school leaving prevention in Europe: Key strategic priorities for system level development. European Network of Education Councils (EUNEC) conference on Early School Leaving, in conjunction with the European Commission and the Lithuanian Government (Ministry of Education and Science) in the context of its EU Presidency. Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas), Vilnius, November 18, 2013.
- Keynote presentation, Giving early school leavers fresh opportunities: Prevention and second chance measures, European Commission, European Social Fund (ESF) Conference, Tackling Youth Unemployment in Europe: Building a Better Future for Young People. The Conference was organised by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of the Lithuanian Republic, in conjunction with the European Commission’sDirectorate General, Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, in the context of its EU Presidency. Vilnius, November 14, 2013.
-Joint presentation with Professor Anne Edwards (Director of Research, Department of Education, University of Oxford) to over 30 European Commission officials from Directorate General, Education and Culture, Cross-sector policy synergies and inter-professional collaboration in and around schools: Examples and evidence. May 28, 2013, Brussels.
- Invited Presentation, Key issues regarding early school leaving prevention for the EU2020 headline target, Estonian Civic Forum, Tallinn National Library, March 6, 2013. Invitation funded by Tallinn Foreign Ministry, Estonia.
-Invited Presentation, Developing multi-agency and cross-sector synergies in and around education, 5th meeting of the European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture (EAC), Thematic Working Group on Early School Leaving, Brussels, 28-29 January 2013
-Invited presentation, The prevention and reduction of social exclusion through public policies: Opportunities and obstacles for systemic change through incentivisation. European Commission Directorate-General, Education and Culture, Workshop: Lifelong learning and adult education: New needs for research and policy development. Place Madou, Brussels, September 27, 2012.
- Chair, Workshop 4, Working together for equity: Different policy fields, one objective. Measures to
combat educational disadvantage: A European Consultation Symposium, December 8-9, 2011. European Commission, Directorate-General, Education and Culture, Brussels, Belgium.
- Invited expert speaker, European perspectives on systems change to promote access to education. Seminar, Promoting resilience in education: Increasing access to post-secondary and tertiary education in Malta. University of Malta, November 9, 2011
- Invited expert speaker to conduct seminar, Structural and process indicators for assessing national and regional authorities’ contribution to access to education for traditionally marginalised groups, May
17, 2011, European Commission, Place Madou, Brussels. My seminar was attended by Directorate- General, Education and Culture, Commission policy officers in a range of areas including school education and Comenius, higher education, social inequalities, lifelong learning, vocational education and training, and statistics.
- Invited expert speaker, Workshop, Inclusive, supportive and motivating learning environments for all and how to prevent Early School Leaving. European Commission Conference, Comenius Regio
Partnerships – Creating European Networks of Regions. Bordeaux, May 11-12, 2011.
- Invited speaker, Social Exclusion, Ethnicity and HIV in Estonia: A Case for a Visit from the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health ? at the University College London, Seminar, 'Health and welfare in the Nordic and Baltic States', 26th November 2010.
- Invited speaker,‘It’s the heart, stupid’. Emerging priority issues for prevention of early school leaving:
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A solution-focused approach.The Belgian EU Presidency Conference, Breaking the cycle of disadvantage – Social inclusion in and through education, September 28 and 29 2010, University of Ghent, Belgium. The other two speakers at the workshop on early school leaving were: Adam Pokorny, Head of the Unit on School Education and Comenius, European Commission, Directorate- General, Education and Culture, and Fred Voncken, Director for Early School Leaving in the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Netherlands. The Workshop was chaired by Jean Gordon, Director of the European Institute of Education and Social Policy, Paris.
- Invited Presentation as Member of Expert Group on Social Inequalities in Europe (January 18, 2010), A Systems Level Focus on Overcoming Social Inequality through Education and Community Development: Early Intervention and Access. European Commission, Directorate General for Research, Square De Meeus 8, Brussels, Belgium.
International Presentations: Conferences/Seminars
-Presentation, Towards a differentiated, holistic and systemic approach to parental involvement in Europe for early school leaving prevention. To representatives from 9 European city municipalities for
the Urbact, PREVENT project in the Department of Education and Sports, Bayerstrasse, Munich, June 3, 2014.
-Presentation,What Kind of Role for Structural Indicators ? Developing Reflective Practice for Early School Leaving Prevention Strategies across the 10 EU Municipalities. Urbact, PREVENT, Project Meeting, Antwerp, March 2014
-Presentation, Incorporating feedback from 10 cities for the development of a matrix of structural indicators for a systemic approach to parental involvement for early school leaving prevention, Gijon, Spain, meeting of URBACT initiative, PREVENT, June 6-7, 2013.
-Presentation, P.Downes & U.Hagglund, Towards a system level review process of cities’ approaches to parental involvement for early school leaving prevention: Key issues in the development of a matrix of structural indicators. Stockholm meeting of URBACT initiative, PREVENT, March 21-22, 2013.
-Maunsell, C. & Downes, P. Access to higher education for traditionally marginalised groups in Europe. Presentation to the Final Conference on Implementing the Action Plan on Adult Learning, European Commission, Budapest, March 2011.
- Presentation, A Systems Level Focus on Access to Education for Traditionally Marginalised Groups in Europe: Comparing Strategies, Policy and Practice in Twelve European Countries.Conference, Do three sides always make a triangle ? Policy, institutions and learners in lifelong formal learning. University of Leuven, Belgium , February 8, 2011.
- Presentation, Downes, P. & Maunsell, C. (2011) Lifelong Learning for All? Policies and Practices Towards Underrepresented and Socially Excluded Groups. Conference, Do three sides always make a triangle ? Policy, institutions and learners in lifelong formal learning. University of Leuven, Belgium, February 8, 2011.
- Presentation,Examples of Emerging Findings in Terms of Structural, Process and Outcome Indicators for Access to Education and Institutional Reform: Based on National Reports of Bulgaria, Belgium, Slovenia and Norway - with illustrations from Slovenia and Norway. 10th workshop of the EU Sixth Framework Project. Sofia, Bulgaria, June 2010.
- Chairperson, Session on Small and Medium Enterprises Contribution to Lifelong Learning, Lifelong Learning in Europe: LLL 2010 Dialogue Day, EU Project Consortium Seminar, Prague, Czech Republic, September 18, 2008.
- Presentation of Research Aims and Methodology for EU LLL2010 Subproject 5 on Access Strategies for Third Level to EU Project Consortium Members, Prague (September 2008).
- Dooley, C. & Downes, P. (2008). Lifelong Learning opportunities in the workplace for traditionally disadvantaged groups in Ireland. In Sвmposium, ‘Social Justice and Lifelong Learning in Europe: mid- waв findings from the EU Sixth Framework funded project LLL2010’. The European Conference on Educational Research, ‘From Teaching to Learning ?’, University of Gothenberg, Sweden September 10-12, 2008.
- Carrigan, J., Maunsell,C., Downes, P., McLoughlin, V.& Byrne, I. (2008). The Challenges of
conducting surveys with adults who have experienced ‘educational disadvantage’. In Symposium, ‘Social
Justice and Lifelong Learning in Europe: mid-way findings from the EU Sixth Framework funded project LLL2010’. The European Conference on Educational Research, ‘From Teaching to Learning ?’, University of Gothenberg, Sweden September 10-12.
- Presentation on the Educational Disadvantage Centre at University of Pristina, Kosovo (15th
February, 2008), as part of EU Tempus Project.
- Presentation of Research Aims and Methodology for EU Subproject 5 on Access Strategies for Third Level to EU Project Consortium Members, Budapest (25
th January 2008).
- Strategies for the ‘New’ Educational Transition: Addressing the Lifelong Educational Needs of Young
Foreign Nationals in Ireland. Paper Presented at the 4th
International Conference hosted by the Center for Research in Lifelong Learning, University of Stirling, Scotland (C.Maunsell & P.Downes, June 2007).
- Presentation of Research Plan for EU Subproject 5 on Education Access Strategies, to EU Project
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Consortium Members, Vilnius, Lithuania (December 2006).
- Presentation of Irish Draft Report on Lifelong Learning to EU Project Consortium Members, Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, Scotland (January 2006)
- European Comenius Project: Meeting on the formation of primary school teachers, (April 28-30, 2003) Braganca, Portugal.
International Presentations on Psychology of Wellbeing, Mental Health and Social Inclusion Issues: Conferences/Seminars
- Diametric and Concentric Spaces: A Key Bridge between Matte Blanco and Freud?London Bi-Logic Group – Spring meeting, Bertrand Russell Room, Conway Hall, London, March 29
th 2014
-Presentation at launch of my book, The primordial dance: Diametric and concentric spaces in the unconscious world. University of Malta, Faculty of Social Well-Being. September 2012.
- Book Launch of Not one victim more: Human trafficking in the Baltic States, of which I was the lead
editor. Launched on September 24, 2008 in Tallinn, Estonia. At the launch there were representatives from the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Health Development Institute, AIDS Information and Support Centre, as well as the BBC, and Norwegian and Swedish Embassies.
- Conference presentation, Concentric and diametric structures of relation in relation: A cross-cultural framework of ‘deep structures’ underlying accounts of schizophrenic experience. XIX
th World
Congress of the World Association for Social Psychiatry, Conference, Prague, October 21-24, 2007.
- Presentation of the Irish surveв at the ‘Expert meeting on familв-based prevention, community-based prevention and indicated prevention (earlв interventions)’ (2003) for the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). Lisbon, Portugal (26-28 June, 2003)
- Invited presentation on my book, Living with Heroin…Latvian Human Rights Committee, Riga, Latvia (19 June 2003)
- Invited presentation on Living with Heroin…at the National Library, Tallinn, Estonia (18 June 2003)
- Invited presentation on Living with Heroin… at the Narva Centre for Communitв Integration Initiative, Estonia (17 June, 2003)
- Heroin, HIV and the Russian-speaking minorities in Estonia and Latvia: Crisis or catastrophe ? Annual conference of the European Society for Social Drug Research, Helsinki, Finland, 26 - 28 September, 2002
- Seminar Participant for the Irish National Project Plan for the European Schools Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD 2003) at ESPAD, Regional Seminar, Centre for Social Research and Analysis, Reykjavik, Iceland (October 2002)
- Participant: European Schools Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD), Project Meeting,
June 17-18 2002, The National Public Health Institute Prague, The Czech Republic
Invited Presentations on Education: National Conferences/Seminars
-Invited presentation, Seven ‘Lamps’: Key Problems and Proposed Solutions for Overcoming Inequality in the Irish Education System, Sinn Fein Women’s Group, Equalitв Conference,
Letterkenny, Sept 27th
2013
- Invited speaker and panel participant, ‘A new voice for a new vision – IMPACT and the issues in Education’, IMPACT Trade Union Education Division Inaugural Conference, 3-5 April 2013, Kilkenny. - Invited respondent, Ireland United States Alumni Association (IUSA) seminar, Towards an
understanding of the dynamics underpinning education achievement/underachievement in the 21st
Century. St. Patrick’s College, April 18, 2012.
- Invited speaker, Needs, policies and practice for system level intervention: Key issues for the next era in moving beyond educational disadvantage. National Education Welfare Board seminar, Mapping the landscape, at the Hilton Hotel, Kilmainham, Dublin. March 23rd 2010.
- Invited speaker, System level reform at PostPrimary: Future steps, for 25th
Annual Conference of the
National Parents’ Association for Vocational Schools and Communitв Colleges, Free Education: At What Price ? March 12
th/13th 2010, Sheraton Hotel, Athlone. With Marв O’Rourke TD, Former Minister
for Education, Cearbhall O’Dalaigh, Former Deputy Chief Inspector of Irish Department of Education and Science, Rose Tully, National Parents Council Post-Primary Public Relations Officerand Jim Moore, President of National Parents’ Council Post-Primary.
- Invited speaker, Steps, Measures and Programmes for Equality, SIPTU (Services Industrial Professional and Technical Union)-ASTI (Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland) Centenary Seminar on Equalitв in Education ‘Springboard or Trap Door ? Is Our Education System Making Our Children More or Less Equal ?’ Libertв Hall, 28th November 2009. The other invited speakers were
Sheila Nunan, General Secretary of the INTO (Irish National Teachers Organisation) and Professor Tom Collins, Vice-President for External Affairs, University of Maynooth. - Invited speaker, Business in the Community: A strategic focus on contexts of disadvantage, to address National Team of Business in the Community/School-Business Partnership, July 1, 2009.
- Invited speaker, Future Directions in Moving Beyond Educational Disadvantage, at Seminar for IMPACT, Equality and Disadvantage in Education, Helix Gallery, Dublin City University, January 29,
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2009.
- Invited Speaker, No mental health strategy for contexts of educational disadvantage: A key barrier to progress at Combat Poverty Agency Conference, Overcoming Barriers to Educational Disadvantage, Croke Park Dublin Conference Centre, June 25, 2008. The other invited speakers were Professor Hugh Mehan, Department of Sociology, University College San Diego and Professor Kathleen Lynch, Equality Studies Centre, University College Dublin.
- Invited speaker on Beyond Educational Disadvantage, at PLANET National Network of Local Area
Partnerships’ Conference, Mullingar Park Arms Hotel (6th
March, 2008).
- Invited conference speaker at presentation of report 'Quality Development of Out of School Services: An agenda for development' at QDOSS conference Out of School Services – their role in influencing and enabling educational outcomes for children and young people. Dublin Castle (14th December 2006).