Tom Delahunty
@tdelahunty.bsky.social
Critical psychologist at Maynooth University. Research/write about Education, policy, decoloniality, critical theory, gender, anti-neoliberalism
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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴: Democracy depends on conflict as well as consensus. Reflecting on an ECER symposium, Thomas Delahunty calls for policy research that values disagreement as a democratic strength. #ECER2025 #EduSci
The radical democratic imperative in educational policy research
A reflection on the discussion points of the ECER symposium on educational policy research, and implications for educational policy and curriculum.
blog.eera-ecer.de
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
New publication from RAISE that investigates the role of gender stereotype beliefs in early childhood educators attitudes towards STeM education. Published in European Journal of Teacher Education www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Investigating STEM interest, mathematics beliefs and gender stereotypes among pre-service early childhood educators
The underrepresentation of women in STEM is a pervasive issue. Despite evidence casting doubt on common-sense notions that males have superior ability in these domains, gender stereotype beliefs pe...
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June 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
New publication from RAISE that investigates the role of gender stereotype beliefs in early childhood educators attitudes towards STeM education. Published in European Journal of Teacher Education www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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"UNESCO’s AIEd policy guidance warrants careful review, not least because any guidance carrying the UNESCO imprimatur has the ability to inform education policy and practice in diverse contexts and cultures across the globe"
Much-needed analysis of UNESCO owning the AIEd ethics space
Much-needed analysis of UNESCO owning the AIEd ethics space
The ethics of AI or techno-solutionism? UNESCO’s policy guidance on AI in education doi.org/10.1080/0142...
The ethics of AI or techno-solutionism? UNESCO’s policy guidance on AI in education
As the UN’s specialised agency for education and custodian of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (2021), UNESCO has released a number of policy documents on AI in education...
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May 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"UNESCO’s AIEd policy guidance warrants careful review, not least because any guidance carrying the UNESCO imprimatur has the ability to inform education policy and practice in diverse contexts and cultures across the globe"
Much-needed analysis of UNESCO owning the AIEd ethics space
Much-needed analysis of UNESCO owning the AIEd ethics space
My latest essay is out now in Dissident Voice and analyses the developmentalist inflected discourse emerging from the Netflix show 'Adolescence', which works to distract from systemic gender-based violence and construct adolescents as 'suspect' dissidentvoice.org/2025/05/chil...
“Childish” Adolescence | Dissident Voice
Not one to enter discussion on the cultural relevance of television shows often, it is hard to miss the fervour surrounding Netflix’s Adolescence, which recounts the dramatized events surrounding the ...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
My latest essay is out now in Dissident Voice and analyses the developmentalist inflected discourse emerging from the Netflix show 'Adolescence', which works to distract from systemic gender-based violence and construct adolescents as 'suspect' dissidentvoice.org/2025/05/chil...
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May 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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And let’s witness how many other Western news media outlets quietly ATTEMPT to roll back their denial of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in fear of now being seen as complicit. Pity that once complicit in genocide means always complicit, and as always: Silence is complicity!! #freefreePalestine
.@guardian warns that expelling Palestinians from Gaza would be genocidal and notes the consensus that Israel has committed genocide, but fails to account for the extreme lateness of its recognition or its earlier reluctance to allow space for this view.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Israel and Gaza: Trump can stop this horror. The alternative is unthinkable | Editorial
Editorial: The US president has the leverage to force through a ceasefire. If he does not, he will implicitly signal approval of what looks like a plan of total destruction
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
And let’s witness how many other Western news media outlets quietly ATTEMPT to roll back their denial of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in fear of now being seen as complicit. Pity that once complicit in genocide means always complicit, and as always: Silence is complicity!! #freefreePalestine
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.@guardian warns that expelling Palestinians from Gaza would be genocidal and notes the consensus that Israel has committed genocide, but fails to account for the extreme lateness of its recognition or its earlier reluctance to allow space for this view.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Israel and Gaza: Trump can stop this horror. The alternative is unthinkable | Editorial
Editorial: The US president has the leverage to force through a ceasefire. If he does not, he will implicitly signal approval of what looks like a plan of total destruction
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
.@guardian warns that expelling Palestinians from Gaza would be genocidal and notes the consensus that Israel has committed genocide, but fails to account for the extreme lateness of its recognition or its earlier reluctance to allow space for this view.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Department of Education academic awarded Research Ireland New Foundations award. Dr. Thomas Delahunty is one of seven MU awardees successful under the latest competition. See more www.maynoothuniversity.ie/education/ne...
MU researchers awarded Research Ireland funding to address societal
Seven MU researchers working on projects ranging from the challenges of mental and physical health, human rights and citizenship, education and media have received awards under Research Ireland's
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May 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Department of Education academic awarded Research Ireland New Foundations award. Dr. Thomas Delahunty is one of seven MU awardees successful under the latest competition. See more www.maynoothuniversity.ie/education/ne...
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Wonderful to be part of another annual meeting of @esai-irl.bsky.social last week!
Highlights included IES updates from our General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan, as well as the IES/Taylor & Francis conference reception 🥂 Until next year! #esai25
Highlights included IES updates from our General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan, as well as the IES/Taylor & Francis conference reception 🥂 Until next year! #esai25
April 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Wonderful to be part of another annual meeting of @esai-irl.bsky.social last week!
Highlights included IES updates from our General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan, as well as the IES/Taylor & Francis conference reception 🥂 Until next year! #esai25
Highlights included IES updates from our General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan, as well as the IES/Taylor & Francis conference reception 🥂 Until next year! #esai25
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The ESAI #LifetimeAchievement Award winner for 2025 is Professor Kathy Hall @ucc.ie
We are delighted to honour Prof Hall’s outstanding contribution to education in Ireland and internationally. #esai25
We are delighted to honour Prof Hall’s outstanding contribution to education in Ireland and internationally. #esai25
April 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The ESAI #LifetimeAchievement Award winner for 2025 is Professor Kathy Hall @ucc.ie
We are delighted to honour Prof Hall’s outstanding contribution to education in Ireland and internationally. #esai25
We are delighted to honour Prof Hall’s outstanding contribution to education in Ireland and internationally. #esai25
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We are still collecting data for our study exploring critical psychology in Ireland and would really value your input. It will only take 20 minutes.
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We are still collecting data for our study exploring critical psychology in Ireland and would really value your input. It will only take 20 minutes.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/maynoothun...
March 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
‼️ We want to hear from you ‼️
We are still collecting data for our study exploring critical psychology in Ireland and would really value your input. It will only take 20 minutes.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/maynoothun...
We are still collecting data for our study exploring critical psychology in Ireland and would really value your input. It will only take 20 minutes.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/maynoothun...
Latest paper lead by the brilliant @sarahgillborn.bsky.social.
Tackles the issue of the psy-complex in educational policy making. Open access available.
Tackles the issue of the psy-complex in educational policy making. Open access available.
Using critical psychology and network governance, we build a distinctive critique of how education policy in the UK mobilises the psy-complex to reinscribe deficit accounts of children and young people.
new paper with @tdelahunty.bsky.social available now!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
new paper with @tdelahunty.bsky.social available now!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The psychological complex in contemporary education policy
This paper brings together work in critical psychology and network governance to build a distinctive critique of how education policy mobilises the psychological complex to reinscribe deficit accou...
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March 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Latest paper lead by the brilliant @sarahgillborn.bsky.social.
Tackles the issue of the psy-complex in educational policy making. Open access available.
Tackles the issue of the psy-complex in educational policy making. Open access available.
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Minister for Education Helen McEntee, has welcomed the announcement that MU is to offer a new three-year Professional Doctorate programme in Educational Psychology from September 2025.
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-soci...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-soci...
Minister McEntee welcomes new MU Professional Doctorate in
Minister for Education Helen McEntee, has welcomed the announcement that MU is to offer a new three-year Professional Doctorate programme in Educational Psychology from September 2025, to support a
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March 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Minister for Education Helen McEntee, has welcomed the announcement that MU is to offer a new three-year Professional Doctorate programme in Educational Psychology from September 2025.
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-soci...
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-soci...
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The Dept of Education and the Dept of Anthropology at Maynooth University invite you to attend a free ONE-DAY CONFERENCE on March 25, 2025.
Further details here – shorturl.at/l603Z
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Further details here – shorturl.at/l603Z
Register here - forms.office.com/e/yfJGPLce7S
March 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The Dept of Education and the Dept of Anthropology at Maynooth University invite you to attend a free ONE-DAY CONFERENCE on March 25, 2025.
Further details here – shorturl.at/l603Z
Register here - forms.office.com/e/yfJGPLce7S
Further details here – shorturl.at/l603Z
Register here - forms.office.com/e/yfJGPLce7S
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This webinar – hosted by the Childhood, Law & Policy Network (CLPN) – brought together three experts to discuss social discourses and practices surrounding children and food. If you missed it, the webinar is now available to view here: www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
February 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This webinar – hosted by the Childhood, Law & Policy Network (CLPN) – brought together three experts to discuss social discourses and practices surrounding children and food. If you missed it, the webinar is now available to view here: www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...
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Great to see our Editor have the chance to chat with you, Peter!
Check out the latest episode of Let's Talk Education to learn about all things IES and publishing with us!
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Check out the latest episode of Let's Talk Education to learn about all things IES and publishing with us!
www.dcu.ie/instituteofe...
February 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Great to see our Editor have the chance to chat with you, Peter!
Check out the latest episode of Let's Talk Education to learn about all things IES and publishing with us!
www.dcu.ie/instituteofe...
Check out the latest episode of Let's Talk Education to learn about all things IES and publishing with us!
www.dcu.ie/instituteofe...
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Out now! Just published!!
January 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Out now! Just published!!
Comrades, we want to hear from you!
If you are a psychologist (academic or practitioner) or teacher educator responsible for teaching psychology or psychological topics to students please consider taking this short (20 mins) survey. We need the numbers!
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/maynoothun...
If you are a psychologist (academic or practitioner) or teacher educator responsible for teaching psychology or psychological topics to students please consider taking this short (20 mins) survey. We need the numbers!
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/maynoothun...
January 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Comrades, we want to hear from you!
If you are a psychologist (academic or practitioner) or teacher educator responsible for teaching psychology or psychological topics to students please consider taking this short (20 mins) survey. We need the numbers!
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/maynoothun...
If you are a psychologist (academic or practitioner) or teacher educator responsible for teaching psychology or psychological topics to students please consider taking this short (20 mins) survey. We need the numbers!
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/maynoothun...
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Palestinians never seem to have the luxury of digesting one tragedy before the next one is upon them.
—Joe Sacco
—Joe Sacco
January 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Palestinians never seem to have the luxury of digesting one tragedy before the next one is upon them.
—Joe Sacco
—Joe Sacco
Gentle reminder that university ranking are just another tool of the neoliberal governance of higher education and are WORSE than meaningless. That is all.
a stick figure is pressing a pointless button on a box
ALT: a stick figure is pressing a pointless button on a box
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January 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Gentle reminder that university ranking are just another tool of the neoliberal governance of higher education and are WORSE than meaningless. That is all.
New to this migrating from X. May as well start with a plug -
My latest article is out now in
@EpatJournal
on the impact of 'datafication' on educational subjectivities. Might be of interest as a critical take in the era of AI. 
50 Free copies available here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My latest article is out now in
@EpatJournal
on the impact of 'datafication' on educational subjectivities. Might be of interest as a critical take in the era of AI. 
50 Free copies available here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Datafied dividuals and learnified potentials’: The coloniality of datafication in an era of learnification
Widespread popular discourse, at the time of writing, is centring on the capabilities of AI technologies, among others, in utilising the readily available mass of data to augment claimed educationa...
tandfonline.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:56 AM
New to this migrating from X. May as well start with a plug -
My latest article is out now in
@EpatJournal
on the impact of 'datafication' on educational subjectivities. Might be of interest as a critical take in the era of AI. 
50 Free copies available here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My latest article is out now in
@EpatJournal
on the impact of 'datafication' on educational subjectivities. Might be of interest as a critical take in the era of AI. 
50 Free copies available here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....