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Isabelle Nic Craith 🌻⭕️
@iniccraith.bsky.social
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Avid fan of 🌊📚🎬🎨 | Social-Developmental Psychologist & Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland funded PhD researcher studying children’s 🇪🇺🇮🇪 identities & inclusion of immigrants👫

📍Helping Kids! Lab, UCD, Ireland

https://isabelleniccraith.owlstown.net
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Isabelle Nic Craith 🌻⭕️ @iniccraith.bsky.social · Jan 21
Hey BlueSky! I thought I'd finally introduce myself 🧵

I'm Izzy, a PhD researcher in the @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Psychology, Ireland. ☘️

My background is in social, developmental & cultural psychology, and I’m interested in research that promotes social inclusion & social change.
Isabelle presenting at a conference, with a slide entitled "National Identity Definitions."
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Can’t wait to have Dr Tina Merrilees here next week @ucddublin.bsky.social thanks to BICS support from @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social

Join us for a GIRSI masterclass 👇👇

Register here forms.gle/Pe1ovrXHdB4z...
October 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Loads of good questions from the group.

And, of course great quotes teaching us Olds new online lingo 🤣😅

But, really, @iniccraith.bsky.social participatory and creative ways to engage kids to talk about and explore identities #slayed.

#LoveIrishResearch
@researchireland.ie
helpingkidslab.bsky.social Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · Sep 30
At todays #LabMeeting, we got to listen to an amazing presentation about Izzy’s research on how children and adolescents co-construct their ideas about national and European identities!

Learn more about her work here: @iniccraith.bsky.social ✨✨

#SocialPsy #Socialidentity #HelpingKidsLab #Lab
September 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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At todays #LabMeeting, we got to listen to an amazing presentation about Izzy’s research on how children and adolescents co-construct their ideas about national and European identities!

Learn more about her work here: @iniccraith.bsky.social ✨✨

#SocialPsy #Socialidentity #HelpingKidsLab #Lab
September 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social
We can’t wait to share @aspbelong.bsky.social work with our @ucddublin.bsky.social colleagues at a @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social seminar series on 7 Oct.

Following us here and @helpingkidslab.bsky.social to learn more!
aspbelong.bsky.social ASPbelong @aspbelong.bsky.social · Aug 11
👋 Say hello to Laura Taylor and Méabh Finnegan at the Helping Kids! Lab, University College Dublin School of Psychology, who are leading Dissemination and Stakeholder Engagement for ASP𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨.

#ASPbelong #aspbelong #SocialPsych #mentalhealth #AcademicSky #dissemination
September 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Maddy is ALSO joining our #Ado-AI team and we are so happy to have her on board!

Excited to work with Maddy and Tara on this new cross-cultural collaboration.

#DevPsyc
helpingkidslab.bsky.social Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · Sep 24
Today, we meet another amazing member of our Lab!

Meet Madeline, a current Master’s student and Research Assistant who will write her Thesis with us.

Learn more about her below! ⬇️☘️

#MeettheTeam #HelpingKidsLab #Research #DevelopmentalPsychology #SocialPsychology #ChildDevelopment✨✨
September 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Delighted to have Tara joining our #Ado-AI team with @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social & Seçil Gönültaş - thanks to funding from @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social 😍

We'll be exploring AI as #EpistemicAuthority in the context of #Bullying and #BystanderInterventions among #Adolescents! 🔍

#DevPsy
helpingkidslab.bsky.social Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · Sep 23
Today, we are meeting Tara!

Tara started working as a Research Assistant in our Lab this September and will write her Master's Thesis with us.

See below to learn more about her interests and work in the lab ⬇️

#HelpingKidsLab #MeettheTeam #ChildDevelopment #DevelopmentalPsychology #Research ✨✨
September 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Had a wonderful time at the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social 2025 conference in the beautiful University of Oxford🤗

Thanks to all who attended my talks, one on my @researchireland.ie PhD & the other on the @helpingkidslab.bsky.social Generation Peace project.

#SocialPsyc #PhDSky #DevPsy #AcademicSky
An image of the Radcliffe Camera and University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, UK. An image of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK. Isabelle is standing beside a podium, smiling and leaning against the podium. Behind her, there is a Powerpoint slide being projected. This features a photograph of her, with "Isabelle Nic Craith, PhD candidate, Helping Kids! Lab, University College Dublin, isabelle.niccraith@ucdconnect.ie, https://isabelleniccraith.owlstown.net/" beneath it. There is also a picture of Dr Laura K. Taylor, with "Laura K. Taylor, Associate Professor, Helping Kids! Lab, University College Dublin, laura.taylor@ucd.ie, https://lauraktaylor.wordpress.com/" written on it. Beneath this, there is text reading "Thanks also to Dr Christina Seery, Christina Koretsidou, Dr Vivian Liu, the Helping Kids! Lab and Group Processes and Social Inclusion group for feedback on drafts of this manuscript, participants and teachers at the 2025 Social Identity Summer School for their feedback on this project, Maeve Kelehan and Tara Conlon for their support with data collection, Ciara Durand for her support with analysis, and all participants, parents, teachers and schools for being so generous with their time. This research is funded by the Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship to Nic Craith, GOIPG/2023/4031." Isabelle is standing behind a podium with her hands clasped. Behind her, there is a Powerpoint slide being projected. This features a photograph of young people holding up their hands, and the text "GENERATION PEACE: Developing & Validating a Youth Peacebuilding Beliefs Scale (YPBS). Liu, V., Corbett, B., Duarte-Valderrama., J. V., Eisner, L., Grütter, J., Halperin, E., Hässler, T., Pineda-Marin, C., Ushomirsky, L., Taylor, L. K."
September 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Our last speaker of the session is @iniccraith.bsky.social who's here to talk about European and national identities in Ireland through a qualitative exploration of what it means to be Irish and European 🧵4/4
September 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Helping Kids! is at @bps-social-psych.bsky.social!

Representing the lab is @iniccraith.bsky.social - sharing one talk today about her @researchireland.ie PhD, and one talk tomorrow about our #GenerationPeace study 👏

#SocialPsyc #DevPsy
September 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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En route to @bps-social-psych.bsky.social in Oxford!

Excited to catch up with colleagues and hear about #SocialPsyc research.
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Huge congratulations to Dr. Isabelle Zammit on successfully completing her Ph.D. in Developmental & Social Psychology! We're so proud of you and can’t wait to see what you do next!
👏💫@isabellezammit.bsky.social @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #PhD #SocialPsychology #Psychology
September 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Today, we have another member of the lab to introduce! Meet Lina, a master's student from Konstanz University interning in the lab this autumn. Learn more about her here! ☘️ #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych #Internship
September 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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I had SUCH an incredibly enriching and inspiring week at the 2025 Social Identity Summer School at KU Leuven.

In the #Politics stream, we took a deep dive into #SocialIdentityTheory, its premises and applications.

These conversations will doubtlessly be integral to my #PhD research.

#SocialPsyc
September 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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@iniccraith.bsky.social is 🔥

✅ @researchireland.ie PhD funded
✅ @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social Seed Funding
✅ Geary Institute at @ucddublin.bsky.social funding
✅ @polpsyispp.bsky.social best early career paper award

Follow her to learn more about her exciting research 👏👏

#LoveIrishResearch
August 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
iniccraith.bsky.social
Woohoo, that's me! 👋

If you're at all interested in #SocialPsyc, #DevPsy, #CulturalPsychology, #Identity or #Inclusion, have a read.

And please, if you are interested in collaborating, chatting or getting involved, don't hesitate to reach out 😊
August 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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We have another member of the lab to introduce! Meet Sophia, an undergraduate student from Boston University interning in the lab this summer. Learn more here! ☘️ #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
Sophia Lombardo, Summer Intern. Hometown: Winchester, Massachusetts. Projects: Helping Kids! Lab social media and website, systematic review coding, Oxford Handbook editing. Research interests: Socioemotional development, child psychopathology, externalizing and internalizing behaviors, and early intervention strategies. Fun fact: loves drawing, painting, and anything art-related.
July 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Let's meet another amazing member of our team! Nadia is a current master's student and research assistant at the lab- learn more about her below! ⬇️ #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
Nadia Ng, Master's Student & Research Assistant. Hometown: Clonee, Co. Meath; Projects: Work focusing on cross-cultural research of the development of religious belief diversity in children. Research interests: Developmental psychology, social cohesion, outgroup prosocial behaviour, impact of digital interventions for youth. Fun fact: Loves crocheting and baking.
July 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Today, we're meeting Dearbháile! Learn more about her & her fascinating PhD research here. 💚 #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #Social Psych
Dearbháile Counihan, PhD Researcher. Hometown: Dublin, Ireland. Projects: Clinical psychology PhD research exploring health inequalities experienced by the Traveller population. Research interests: Intergroup relations, health inequities, mental health, psychological therapies and interventions. Fun fact: obsessed with her dog and loves sea swimming.
July 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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We're pleased to announce that this year's early career award winner is Chloe Bracegirdle!

If her research strikes your interest, Chloe will deliver a keynote presentation at our annual conference in Oxford to commemorate her accomplishment.
July 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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What beliefs prevent people from implementing helpful interventions? To learn more about potential barriers to mental health initiatives in schools, read Méabh Finnegan’s section of the ASPbelong newsletter here. ⬇️ @aspbelong.bsky.social #ASPbelong

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July 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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My term as @polpsyispp.bsky.social ECC Chair has come to an end. It’s been a great experience and honor to serve, especially alongside this fantastic group.

Here’s a (not-so-great but very real) photo from our ECC dinner — full of good conversations and laughter.

Thank you all for this year! 💙
July 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Next let's meet Siohbán, a fantastic PhD researcher here at Helping Kids! See below to learn more about her & her ongoing research. 🌍 #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
Siohbán McEvoy, PhD Researcher. Hometown: Newry, Co Down. Projects: PhD research into the resettlement process for refugee women's networks. Research interests: Community formation, acculturation, social support, resettlement of displaced people, grassroots networks, feminist research. Fun fact: has lived and worked on 5 continents.
July 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Its #ThrowbackThursday ! Today we are looking back at a 2023 publication about growing up amid conflict & youth peacebuilding. For more details, check out the paper and infographic below! 🌍

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#SocialPsych #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky
Growing Up Amid Conflict: Implications of the Developmental Peace Model. Every year, 420 million children are affected by conflict, and over half of all children experience violence. It is clear that youth are affected by war and settings of persistent societal violence. However, young people are not just powerless victims or perpetrators of violence — they are agents of change. Adverse events → positive change. The Developmental Peace Model outlines how children's helping behaviors can create peace. Youth Peacebuilding. Predictors: Conflict/violence exposure, family dynamics, social identity development, empathy & moral reasoning, intergroup contract Outcomes: Prosocial behaviors, improved intergroup relations, youth civic engagement, collective action, resilience & well-being Bähr, C & Taylor, L. K. (2023). Growing up Amid Conflict: Implications of the Developmental Peacebuilding Model.
July 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Scroll to the bottom of the thread to see the fabulous Sophia, a summer intern in the @helpingkidslab.bsky.social from @bucas.bsky.social

She’s made such a difference during her time in #Dublin!
helpingkidslab.bsky.social Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · Jul 15
This summer, we'd like to highlight the Helping Kids! Lab's achievements over the 2024-2025 academic year. Take a look through our most recent newsletter in the following thread!⬇️

@lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @iniccraith.bsky.social

#AcademicSky #PhdSky #SocialPsych #DevPsy
July 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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July 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM