Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in Psychology
The School of Psychology UCD Equality Diversity Inclusion & Athena SWAN (EDIP-AS) Committee
Our School is committed to cultivating a culture where all students and staff feel welcome, respected and included. We wish to build a School that holds equality, inclusion and diversity (EDI) at the heart of all that we do. We recognise that EDI is everyone's responsibility and that the School’s EDIP-AS committee will support the School community in cultivating an inclusive environment across the range of our activities.
We do this as part of UCD’s vision to be a national and international leader in EDI. UCD prides itself on being Ireland’s Global University. As a global university, we have a responsibility to foster equality, diversity and inclusion so that UCD is experienced as a welcoming and supportive environment for all students and staff.
The EDIP-AS committee will advance EDI by:
Maintaining focus and commitment to address the inequalities experienced in our School, the University and in wider society including but not limited to, those covered by the 10 equality grounds of the university: Age, Civil status, Disability, Family status including carer status, Gender (including gender identity), Traveller community membership, Ethnicity (race, skin colour, nationality or ethnic origin), Religion, Sexual orientation, and Socio-economic-status.
We will continue to address the gender and intersectional inequalities in our School by challenging ourselves to achieve an Athena SWAN Silver Award in 2025.
The following people make up the School’s EDIP-AS Committee:
Cliodhna O’Connor and Paul D’Alton are the co-chairs
Aisling O’Neill (Postgraduate Taught/DPsychSc Student Representative)
Éilís Conroy (Postgraduate Taught/DPsychSc Student Representative)
Amanda Fitzgerald (Associate Professor)
Atsu Moriff (Undergraduate Student Representative)
Cathrina Gaffney (School Manager)
Christina Seery (Postgraduate Research Student Representative)
Christine Linehan (Associate Professor)
Colin Burke (Chief Technical Officer)
David Hayes (Assistant Professor)
Jessica Bramham (Professor)
Klaus Kessler (Full Professor)
Monika Pilch (Assistant Professor)
Patricia Gough (Assistant Professor)
Sarah Cooney (Assistant Professor)
For queries or more information please email (opens in a new window)Cliodhna O’Connor and (opens in a new window)Paul D’Alton
UCD School of Psychology has been awarded the Athena SWAN Bronze Award in 2021. The application was lead by Professor Jessica Bramham and Dr Michelle Downes, with Professor Suzanne Guerin, Head of School, and the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Psychology (EDIP) Committee. Please feel free to download our UCD SoP Bronze Athena SWAN application.
The Gender Equality Action Plan gives details on the actions that will be taken over the next three years to improve equality, diversity and inclusion in the UCD School of Psychology.
Details of the Gender Equality Action Plan (PDF)