Gabriela Martinez Sainz
@gmsainz.bsky.social
Researching on #Education #ChildRights & #SustainableFutures | Assistant Professor at UCD | Co-I: @CSLstudyUCD | Director of #VARiE Group - Voice, Agency and Rights in Education | She/her |
This is one of my absolute favourite lectures on our local and global challenges module- @ucddublin.bsky.social / UvA.
Epistemic cultures and challenges working in interdisciplinary teams to address global issues.
We used the Views of Science - Frame Reflection Lab which sparked great discussion
Epistemic cultures and challenges working in interdisciplinary teams to address global issues.
We used the Views of Science - Frame Reflection Lab which sparked great discussion
October 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This is one of my absolute favourite lectures on our local and global challenges module- @ucddublin.bsky.social / UvA.
Epistemic cultures and challenges working in interdisciplinary teams to address global issues.
We used the Views of Science - Frame Reflection Lab which sparked great discussion
Epistemic cultures and challenges working in interdisciplinary teams to address global issues.
We used the Views of Science - Frame Reflection Lab which sparked great discussion
Such a beautiful book about seasons and life cycles in nature. A new addition to our local library and a perfect book to discuss autumn with kids.
The changes this season brings, how we can see them all around -for example in trees 🍂 🍂🍂- and why these matter for the whole ecosystem and life cycle.
The changes this season brings, how we can see them all around -for example in trees 🍂 🍂🍂- and why these matter for the whole ecosystem and life cycle.
October 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Such a beautiful book about seasons and life cycles in nature. A new addition to our local library and a perfect book to discuss autumn with kids.
The changes this season brings, how we can see them all around -for example in trees 🍂 🍂🍂- and why these matter for the whole ecosystem and life cycle.
The changes this season brings, how we can see them all around -for example in trees 🍂 🍂🍂- and why these matter for the whole ecosystem and life cycle.
Tomorrow @suegollifer.bsky.social and I will be presenting at Menntakvika 2025, the annual education conference at the University of Iceland @haskoliislands.bsky.social
📆 Oct 3
🕙 10:00 am (Irish time)
Everyone is welcome to join online with this link: eu01web.zoom.us/j/65248859532
📆 Oct 3
🕙 10:00 am (Irish time)
Everyone is welcome to join online with this link: eu01web.zoom.us/j/65248859532
October 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Tomorrow @suegollifer.bsky.social and I will be presenting at Menntakvika 2025, the annual education conference at the University of Iceland @haskoliislands.bsky.social
📆 Oct 3
🕙 10:00 am (Irish time)
Everyone is welcome to join online with this link: eu01web.zoom.us/j/65248859532
📆 Oct 3
🕙 10:00 am (Irish time)
Everyone is welcome to join online with this link: eu01web.zoom.us/j/65248859532
It was an absolute treat to spend the last couple of days at the University of Padova, thinking with colleagues from all around Europe, what are the key competencies most urgently needed in #HumanRightsEducation
Thanks to the EMA-UNIP programme and the Global Campus Human Rights.
#VARiEGroup
Thanks to the EMA-UNIP programme and the Global Campus Human Rights.
#VARiEGroup
July 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It was an absolute treat to spend the last couple of days at the University of Padova, thinking with colleagues from all around Europe, what are the key competencies most urgently needed in #HumanRightsEducation
Thanks to the EMA-UNIP programme and the Global Campus Human Rights.
#VARiEGroup
Thanks to the EMA-UNIP programme and the Global Campus Human Rights.
#VARiEGroup
Happy pride from our rainbow garden 🌈 #LoveIsLove
June 22, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy pride from our rainbow garden 🌈 #LoveIsLove
When you are teaching, you can't never be sure things will 'click' in your students' minds... you hope they will but can't never be 💯 sure.
Then you read their assignments and realise they got it, they absolutely got it! 🥳
A short story of engaged pedagogies working out in Higher Education 🧵
Then you read their assignments and realise they got it, they absolutely got it! 🥳
A short story of engaged pedagogies working out in Higher Education 🧵
May 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
When you are teaching, you can't never be sure things will 'click' in your students' minds... you hope they will but can't never be 💯 sure.
Then you read their assignments and realise they got it, they absolutely got it! 🥳
A short story of engaged pedagogies working out in Higher Education 🧵
Then you read their assignments and realise they got it, they absolutely got it! 🥳
A short story of engaged pedagogies working out in Higher Education 🧵
👏 Our brilliant student Orla Shiels won the award for best poster presentation at the European Conference on Social Media last week in Portugal.
Her research explores the influence of social media platforms on how adolescents develop their identity.
@ucddublin.bsky.social
#EdChatIE #VARiE
Her research explores the influence of social media platforms on how adolescents develop their identity.
@ucddublin.bsky.social
#EdChatIE #VARiE
May 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
👏 Our brilliant student Orla Shiels won the award for best poster presentation at the European Conference on Social Media last week in Portugal.
Her research explores the influence of social media platforms on how adolescents develop their identity.
@ucddublin.bsky.social
#EdChatIE #VARiE
Her research explores the influence of social media platforms on how adolescents develop their identity.
@ucddublin.bsky.social
#EdChatIE #VARiE
Lots of interesting discussions about the role of higher education in navigating (and I would add creating) innovative futures at the @ucdtl.bsky.social Symposium.
Happy to be presenting our project on Sustainable Wellbeing.
Happy to be presenting our project on Sustainable Wellbeing.
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Lots of interesting discussions about the role of higher education in navigating (and I would add creating) innovative futures at the @ucdtl.bsky.social Symposium.
Happy to be presenting our project on Sustainable Wellbeing.
Happy to be presenting our project on Sustainable Wellbeing.
We worked with our Children’s Research Advisory Group and children from 8 different schools on recommendations for policy makers to guarantee their rights to participate in decisions about climate change in Ireland.
You can read our policy brief published by @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social
Link below👇🏼
You can read our policy brief published by @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social
Link below👇🏼
April 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
We worked with our Children’s Research Advisory Group and children from 8 different schools on recommendations for policy makers to guarantee their rights to participate in decisions about climate change in Ireland.
You can read our policy brief published by @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social
Link below👇🏼
You can read our policy brief published by @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social
Link below👇🏼
As I read the news of #Gaza today, I remembered Michael Apple's tasks for critical scholars:
1. Bear witness to injustices
2. Engage in critical analysis
3. Act as critical secretaries to those marginalised and suffering injustices
... while I work on a review of this book for @hrer.bsky.social
1. Bear witness to injustices
2. Engage in critical analysis
3. Act as critical secretaries to those marginalised and suffering injustices
... while I work on a review of this book for @hrer.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
As I read the news of #Gaza today, I remembered Michael Apple's tasks for critical scholars:
1. Bear witness to injustices
2. Engage in critical analysis
3. Act as critical secretaries to those marginalised and suffering injustices
... while I work on a review of this book for @hrer.bsky.social
1. Bear witness to injustices
2. Engage in critical analysis
3. Act as critical secretaries to those marginalised and suffering injustices
... while I work on a review of this book for @hrer.bsky.social
I had the opportunity to see the exhibition 'Keep Walking' of Mark Bradford at Hamburger Bahnhof.
The way he emphasises the resilience of racialized and gendered bodies in the face of violence is amazing.
#ArtOfResistance
The way he emphasises the resilience of racialized and gendered bodies in the face of violence is amazing.
#ArtOfResistance
March 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I had the opportunity to see the exhibition 'Keep Walking' of Mark Bradford at Hamburger Bahnhof.
The way he emphasises the resilience of racialized and gendered bodies in the face of violence is amazing.
#ArtOfResistance
The way he emphasises the resilience of racialized and gendered bodies in the face of violence is amazing.
#ArtOfResistance
Collaborative problem solving in action.
Today in the 'Education for Sustainable Futures' module, we created a problem tree to question the root causes, attitudes, and beliefs that contribute to human rights violations.
#SustainableEd #Pedagogy #PlayfulLearning
Today in the 'Education for Sustainable Futures' module, we created a problem tree to question the root causes, attitudes, and beliefs that contribute to human rights violations.
#SustainableEd #Pedagogy #PlayfulLearning
February 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Collaborative problem solving in action.
Today in the 'Education for Sustainable Futures' module, we created a problem tree to question the root causes, attitudes, and beliefs that contribute to human rights violations.
#SustainableEd #Pedagogy #PlayfulLearning
Today in the 'Education for Sustainable Futures' module, we created a problem tree to question the root causes, attitudes, and beliefs that contribute to human rights violations.
#SustainableEd #Pedagogy #PlayfulLearning
The Voice, Agency and Rights in Education (VARiE) Seminar Series delivered another fantastic session with UCD doctoral researcher Eóin Mac Maoilir giving an 'Introduction to Ketso: A tool for generating and capturing voice'.
Thanks to my co-covenor Sara Lannin for organising
#ParticipatoryResearch
Thanks to my co-covenor Sara Lannin for organising
#ParticipatoryResearch
February 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Voice, Agency and Rights in Education (VARiE) Seminar Series delivered another fantastic session with UCD doctoral researcher Eóin Mac Maoilir giving an 'Introduction to Ketso: A tool for generating and capturing voice'.
Thanks to my co-covenor Sara Lannin for organising
#ParticipatoryResearch
Thanks to my co-covenor Sara Lannin for organising
#ParticipatoryResearch
UCD School of Education is inviting applications for 2 Ad Astra/Assistant Professorships in:
1. Children's Digital Futures
2. AI-Driven Educational Innovation
Application deadline: February 21st
More information: www.ucd.ie/adastrafello...
#hiring #jobs #academicjob #ucd #research #academia
1. Children's Digital Futures
2. AI-Driven Educational Innovation
Application deadline: February 21st
More information: www.ucd.ie/adastrafello...
#hiring #jobs #academicjob #ucd #research #academia
February 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
UCD School of Education is inviting applications for 2 Ad Astra/Assistant Professorships in:
1. Children's Digital Futures
2. AI-Driven Educational Innovation
Application deadline: February 21st
More information: www.ucd.ie/adastrafello...
#hiring #jobs #academicjob #ucd #research #academia
1. Children's Digital Futures
2. AI-Driven Educational Innovation
Application deadline: February 21st
More information: www.ucd.ie/adastrafello...
#hiring #jobs #academicjob #ucd #research #academia
Prep time for this week's lecture: "Education about climate change, education for climate action."
#ClimateChangeEducation #EducationForSustainableFutures
#ClimateChangeEducation #EducationForSustainableFutures
February 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Prep time for this week's lecture: "Education about climate change, education for climate action."
#ClimateChangeEducation #EducationForSustainableFutures
#ClimateChangeEducation #EducationForSustainableFutures
Spring term starts today and creative thinking will be the key area I will work on with students.
Sustainable Futures requires imagining new ways of teaching, learning, and doing... so I am really looking forward to seeing what new ideas our students come up with in the next 12 weeks of work.
Sustainable Futures requires imagining new ways of teaching, learning, and doing... so I am really looking forward to seeing what new ideas our students come up with in the next 12 weeks of work.
January 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Spring term starts today and creative thinking will be the key area I will work on with students.
Sustainable Futures requires imagining new ways of teaching, learning, and doing... so I am really looking forward to seeing what new ideas our students come up with in the next 12 weeks of work.
Sustainable Futures requires imagining new ways of teaching, learning, and doing... so I am really looking forward to seeing what new ideas our students come up with in the next 12 weeks of work.
The Aoife Donegan Dúthracht Award was established by @cslstudyucd.bsky.social to celebrate Aoife's legacy.
Dúthracht means earnestness and diligence with passion, which exemplifies Aoife as well as the graduate students who have been the recipients of the award.
Dúthracht means earnestness and diligence with passion, which exemplifies Aoife as well as the graduate students who have been the recipients of the award.
December 9, 2024 at 9:58 PM
The Aoife Donegan Dúthracht Award was established by @cslstudyucd.bsky.social to celebrate Aoife's legacy.
Dúthracht means earnestness and diligence with passion, which exemplifies Aoife as well as the graduate students who have been the recipients of the award.
Dúthracht means earnestness and diligence with passion, which exemplifies Aoife as well as the graduate students who have been the recipients of the award.
This year I decided to focus on the perennial nature of ideas for the award ceremony in memory of a dear PhD student who sadly died 2 years ago.
I wanted to share with her friends & family the impact of her ideas, how they shaped our project and how they ve traveled the world.
#ChildRights #Voice
I wanted to share with her friends & family the impact of her ideas, how they shaped our project and how they ve traveled the world.
#ChildRights #Voice
December 9, 2024 at 9:49 PM
This year I decided to focus on the perennial nature of ideas for the award ceremony in memory of a dear PhD student who sadly died 2 years ago.
I wanted to share with her friends & family the impact of her ideas, how they shaped our project and how they ve traveled the world.
#ChildRights #Voice
I wanted to share with her friends & family the impact of her ideas, how they shaped our project and how they ve traveled the world.
#ChildRights #Voice
Graduation day is always a good day at @ucddublin.bsky.social.
Biggest congratulations to our graduates. As our President said in her speech, you make us very proud.
@declanfahie.bsky.social @dympnadevine.bsky.social @seaneens.bsky.social
Biggest congratulations to our graduates. As our President said in her speech, you make us very proud.
@declanfahie.bsky.social @dympnadevine.bsky.social @seaneens.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Graduation day is always a good day at @ucddublin.bsky.social.
Biggest congratulations to our graduates. As our President said in her speech, you make us very proud.
@declanfahie.bsky.social @dympnadevine.bsky.social @seaneens.bsky.social
Biggest congratulations to our graduates. As our President said in her speech, you make us very proud.
@declanfahie.bsky.social @dympnadevine.bsky.social @seaneens.bsky.social
How can #research methods be tailored and responsive to the needs of vulnerable #youth?
My PhD student Sara Lannin did a fantastic job today presenting her work using #photovoice to promote meaningful participation of young people in alternative #education in Ireland.
#AcademicSky #VARiEGroup
My PhD student Sara Lannin did a fantastic job today presenting her work using #photovoice to promote meaningful participation of young people in alternative #education in Ireland.
#AcademicSky #VARiEGroup
December 5, 2024 at 11:11 PM
How can #research methods be tailored and responsive to the needs of vulnerable #youth?
My PhD student Sara Lannin did a fantastic job today presenting her work using #photovoice to promote meaningful participation of young people in alternative #education in Ireland.
#AcademicSky #VARiEGroup
My PhD student Sara Lannin did a fantastic job today presenting her work using #photovoice to promote meaningful participation of young people in alternative #education in Ireland.
#AcademicSky #VARiEGroup
We are producing a podcast on sustainable wellbeing in Higher Education - conversations between students & academics.
One of the most enjoyable parts of the project so far 🙂
Amazed by the constructive conversations on how to support our students to care for themselves, for others and the planet 🌎
One of the most enjoyable parts of the project so far 🙂
Amazed by the constructive conversations on how to support our students to care for themselves, for others and the planet 🌎
December 2, 2024 at 3:47 PM
We are producing a podcast on sustainable wellbeing in Higher Education - conversations between students & academics.
One of the most enjoyable parts of the project so far 🙂
Amazed by the constructive conversations on how to support our students to care for themselves, for others and the planet 🌎
One of the most enjoyable parts of the project so far 🙂
Amazed by the constructive conversations on how to support our students to care for themselves, for others and the planet 🌎