Angela Veale (PhD) is Senior Lecturer in the School of Applied Psychology, UCC. She lectures on developmental, sociocultural & critical community psychology, psychoanalysis and qualitative research methodologies. She is an accredited Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and Supervisor, registered with the Irish Forum for Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (IFCAPP) and Irish Council for Psychotherapy (ICP). Her background and expertise includes the psychosocial effects of violence and conflict, post-conflict social reintegration, migration and globalisation and the effects on children, youth and families. In particular, she has an interest in sociocultural psychology, participatory action research (PAR), qualitative and emancipatory research methodologies. She was a visiting professional to the Victim and Witnesses Unit, International Criminal Court and was a Fulbright Scholar to the Program on Forced Migration & Health, Columbia University. She was co-director of a participatory action research project on the social reintegration of young mothers formerly associated with armed forces and groups in Sierra Leone, Liberia and northern Uganda (with Susan McKay, Miranda Worthen & Mike Wessells). The project was cited by the UN Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict as an exemplar of how to engage children's participation in programming. She was partner to the NORFACE funded Transnational Child-Raising between Europe and Africa (with Valentina Mazzucato and Marzia Grassi). In addition, she received Irish Research Council ‘New Horizons’ funding with Sarah Robinson & Bessborough Centre to look at a parent-child intervention. More recently, she conducted research with Concern Worldwide, Lebanon on ‘Engaging Men for Community Resilience’ (with Fiona Shanahan, Alaa Hijazi & Zeina Osman). She recen

As a researcher, I aim to contribute in the space between academic knowledge, policy and practice. I am interested in innovative methodologies, in particular working with creative research methods. My research and writing takes a sociocultural and politically situated understanding of the psychological wellbeing of children & families in Ireland and internationally, often using a participatory action research orientation. My current research is an exploration of immigrant parenting in a new culture in partnership with Cork Migrant Centre); and a research partner to the proejct “Exploring the Transformative Power of Co-Created Performance: A Study on the Impact on Young People Seeking International Protection and Audience reception”, Chriszine Backhouse, MTU (PI), in partnership with Irish Refugee Councl. 
 Recent research publications: 
 Dona, G. & Veale, A. (2024). Navigating displacement: Trajecto-making among forced migrant and refugee children & youth. In M. Denov M &M. Fanning, (Eds). Research Handbook of Children and Armed Conflict. Edward Elgar Publishing.: Northampton, MA. Power, S., Zittoun T., Veale, A., Gillespie, A. (2023). Social Psychology of and for World-Making. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 1-15. Kearney, I, Veale, A., & Murphy, M. (2023) Facilitators of posttraumatic growth in family members of persons with experiences of psychosis: a thematic synthesis, Psychosis, DOI: 10.1080/17522439.2023.2175233 Lebiger-Vogel, Rickmeyer, Meurs, Veale, A & Derluyn I. (2022). Early prevention f

The ideas and experiences that influence my teaching are far-ranging. Theoretically, I am grounded in developmental, sociocultural psychology and psychoanalytic theory. My teaching is informed by my research from diverse contexts in Ireland and Africa (Sudan, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, Nigeria) and the Middle East. I lead modules on Critical Community Psychology, Sociocultural Psychology, Psychological Principles in working with Children & Families and teach on qualitative and creative arts methods in psychology