St Mary’s carefully matches student research interests to the academic knowledge and skills of its research supervisors.
All students are supervised by a minimum of two members of staff each bringing discrete expertise to the research project.
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Dr Michelle Paull
- Modern drama and literature
- Irish theatre and literature
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Dr Russell Schechter
- Creative writing
- Film or literature which entails explorations of genre, notably crime, science fiction/fantasy or horror
- Film/media studies
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Dr Elisabetta Canetta
- Science education
- Philosophical theology
- Christian Theology
- Science and religion
- Biomechanics
- Statistical science
- Public health epidemiology
- Cognitive behaviour/human consciousness
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Prof Karen Sanders
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Dr Christopher Wylde
- The political economy of development
- Theory of the state
- IPE, and comparative development studies – particularly Argentina and/or Brazil (also Latin America more widely) as well as Malaysia (or SE Asia more widely)
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Dr Carole Murphy
- Modern slavery
- Human trafficking
- Exploitation abuse (domestic, sexual, other)
- Gender-based violence
- Addiction
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Dr Carla Meijen
- Endurance performance
- Challenge and threat states in performance
- Psyching teams
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Dr Ross Wadey
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Dr Tom Williams
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Dr Stacy Winter
- Applied sport psychology
- Professional practice and development of psychologists
- Performance interventions
- Mental-health and well-being areas
- Multidisciplinary issues and modes of working
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Dr Mark Glaister
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Dr Leanne Griffiths
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Dr Jessica Hill
- Muscle damage
- Recovery strategies
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Katrine Okholm Kryger
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Dr Ryan Mahaffey
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Dr Carla Meijen
- Endurance performance
- Challenge and threat states in performance
- Psyching teams
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Dr Jamie North
- Perceptual-cognitive skill
- Expert performance
- Skill acquisition/motor learning
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Dr Stephen Patterson
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Charles Pedlar
- Physiological and nutritional aspects of sports performance
- Exercise in public health, particularly Running
- Blood biomarkers in sport
- Sleep and cognition in athletes and the military
- Female athlete health and performance
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Dr Leta Pilic
- Nutrition and genetics/personalised nutrition
- Genetics and sports performance
- Nutrition, physical activity and chronic disease
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Dr Phil Price
- Strength and conditioning
- Biomechanics
- Rehabilitation
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Dr André Roca
- Expert performance and its acquisition in sport and other domains
- Anticipation, decision making and creativity in players and coaches
- Deliberate practice and practice design
- Youth development processes and pathways
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Dr Jade Salim
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Dr Ross Wadey
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Dr Stacy Winter
- Applied sport psychology
- Professional practice and development of psychologists
- Performance interventions
- Mental-health and well-being areas
- Multidisciplinary issues and modes of working