Doctor of Education

Geary, Mandy (2025) An Evaluation of Induction Programmes for Newly Appointed Post-Primary Inspectors in Ireland: Content, Culture and the Role of Mentorship in Early Professional Development. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Ryan, Rachel (2025) The impact of including autistic students in the ‘Leadership for Inclusion’ team at an Irish mainstream post-primary School: An exploratory case study. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

McCabe, Miriam (2025) Current Practices in Religious Education in Catholic Primary Schools: Perspectives of Principals. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Clare, Philomena (2025) An exploration of the contribution of Leaving Certificate Religious Education to the promotion of biblical literacy. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Canavan, Siobhán (2025) A Q Methodology Study: Exploring early childhood educators’ attitudes toward inclusive practices using Universal Design for Learning in early childhood care and education classrooms. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Lowney, Rob ORCID: 0000-0002-8866-4367 (2025) “Oh no, computers have won”… or have they? A case study of developing critical data literacy with undergraduate students at an Irish university. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Cunningham, Sharon (2025) The Impact of Belonging to a Community of Practice on Teacher Identity, Leadership and Professional Learning: An Exploratory Case Study of a Post-Primary School in Leinster, Dublin. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Murphy, Jude (2025) School choice - a level playing field? A Case Study on how parents choose a Catholic post-primary school for their children in Midwest Ireland. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Larkin, David (2025) “Terrifying and brilliant...so many different kids, so many different stories”: Post-primary teachers’ perceptions and experiences relating to the inclusion of learners for whom English is not their first language in a DEIS and in a non-DEIS school: A dual case study. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

McNally, Breda (2025) What’s the story with apprenticeship in Ireland? Experiences of apprenticeship reform in higher education 2016-2023: An exploratory case study. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Ní Láimhín, Máire (2025) Transfer of Skills Across Languages in the Primary School. Doctor of Education thesis, Dublin City University.

Doctor of Psychotherapy

Drury, Aoife (2025) ‘Chemnection’ An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of intimate relationships in the context of chemsex. Doctor of Psychotherapy thesis, Dublin City University.

Fewer Hamilton, Anna (2025) “Just Go Softer.” Illuminating the lived experiences of post-primary teachers embedding counselling skills within their role: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Doctor of Psychotherapy thesis, Dublin City University.

Meehan, Gerard (2025) An exploration of senior therapists’ experience of working with complex trauma in Ireland: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Doctor of Psychotherapy thesis, Dublin City University.

Doctor of Science

Moran, David ORCID: 0009-0006-5297-5039 (2025) Shaping player experience: Understanding the impact of team sport coaching pedagogy and practices. Doctor of Science thesis, Dublin City University.

Master of Arts

Tyrrell, Hillary (2025) Investigating perspectives on the role of visual arts education in children’s inventive development. Master of Arts thesis, Dublin City University.

Master of Engineering

Macaulay, Beth (2025) Influence of Surface Coating on the Degradation Properties of Metallic Orthopaedic Implants. Master of Engineering thesis, Dublin City University.

Ayub, Hassan (2025) Investigating production routes and application of nanotechnology for improved properties of porous copper structures. Master of Engineering thesis, Dublin City University.

Joshi, Adwait (2025) Development of hydroxyapatite and wollastonite coatings for orthopaedic implant biomedical applications. Master of Engineering thesis, Dublin City University.

Master of Philosophy

Habimana, Seraphine (2025) The impact of gender quotas on women’s socio-economic empowerment in rural Rwanda. Master of Philosophy thesis, Dublin City University.

Master of Science

Walkowiak, Dominik (2025) Towards Non-Invasive Health Diagnostics – Profiling the Human Skin Volatile Emissions. Master of Science thesis, Dublin City University.

Condon, Orlaith ORCID: 0000-0002-4802-6416 (2025) Investigation into students’ understanding of graphs representing a qualitative physics scenario. Master of Science thesis, Dublin City University.

PhD

O'Connor, Stephanie (2025) Exploring how the tradition of well-being in Catholic Thought impacts well-being approaches in Catholic Schools. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Cairns, Mícheál (2025) A Novel Methodological Assessment of Reverse Osmosis Desalination under Variable Operating Conditions using Performance – Power – Economic Analysis: A Multi-disciplinary Approach. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Ur Rahman, Shams (2025) Multimodal Deep Learning for Driver Monitoring: Integrating EEG and Vision for Robust Drowsiness Detection and Safety Enhancement. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Fardad, Mohammad (2025) Blockchain-Enabled and Latency-Aware Resource Management for Vehicular Networks. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Ghosh, Kusumika (2025) Gendered Citizenship in India Participation and Protest as Acts of Care in the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act/National Register of Citizens movement. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

AlSultan, Dalal (2025) The multi-omic interrogation of HER2-positive breast cancer: investigating predictors of response and resistance. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Gallagher, Aaron (2025) Covering the Games: Examining the relationship between the International Olympic Committee and sports journalists through the lens of defensive mediatization. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Hartley, Ciaran (2025) Identity narrative and constitutional flux. Nationalist and Unionist civil society perspectives on Irish unification. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Daly, Linda ORCID: 0009-0002-2982-6407 (2025) Mortality Modelling for Actuarial applications: Challenges and Implications for Pension Sustainability and Insurance Pricing. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Rubio Arevich, Leysi ORCID: 0000-0003-0405-0980 (2025) Podcasting in Cuba: Building a Sense of Community through Transmedia Storytelling and Co-creation Practices. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Ogutu, Gordon ORCID: 0000-0002-5597-0253 (2025) Between Interaction and Separation: Exploring the encampment policy experiences of refugees and host communities in Kakuma Refugee Camp, in Kenya. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

O'Leary, Cathal Burke ORCID: 0000-0003-2642-8534 (2025) State-building in Post-independence Ireland and India. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Lawless, Emmet (2025) Stochastic Functional Differential Equations and Optimal Consumption Problems. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Behan, John (2025) An identity in transition: A longitudinal study examining students’ mathematical identity across the transition from primary to post-primary school. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McMullan, Tara (2025) Predicting failure: An investigation into the effect of steam in place (SIP) cycles on the performance of PTFE and EPDM diaphragms. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Mohan, Hugh ORCID: 0000-0002-6051-3348 (2025) Carbon Nano-Onions for Theragnostic Applications. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Driscoll, Cara (2025) Trust Breach Dynamics: Exploring the Cognitive Affective Processing System in Active and Passive Responses to Breach. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Liu, Weiyi (2025) Exploring the Heritage Language Learning and Literacy Practices of Irish-Chinese Children under the Age of Eight within the Family Context: Perspectives and Experiences of Parents and Children. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Rai, Ayush K. (2025) Understanding Videos by Learning Structured, Robust and Efficient Representations. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

O Sullivan, Stephen (2025) BODIPY Photosensitisers for Potential Use in Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Agarwal, Neha ORCID: 0000-0002-1296-2560 (2025) Additive manufacturing of Ni-rich nitinol for superelastic properties for stent application. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Tahir, Mehreen (2025) On-demand Crowdsourced Federated Learning over Edge Devices. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Torrecilla Rubio, Rafael ORCID: 0000-0002-3968-3406 (2025) Detection of thin deformable membranes in pipe flow: Development of an inexpensive and robust embedded solution with Electrical Impedance Tomography. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McBain Hudson, Allison (2025) “I love things just as much as people”: Material Culture and L.M. Montgomery’s Emily Trilogy. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

West, Christopher Tyler ORCID: 0000-0002-5486-4483 (2025) To Protect or Empower? A Critical Exploration of the Consideration of User Agency in Irish Social Media Policymaking. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Sadat Hashemi, Tina ORCID: 0000-0002-6989-8846 (2025) Development and Characterisation of Bioactive Coatings for Magnesium-based Medical Implants: Enhancing Corrosion Resistance and Biofunctionality in Skeletal Repair Applications. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

O'Keeffe, Christina ORCID: 0000-0001-7028-2398 (2025) Understanding play from children’s perspectives in order to provide authentic and fully inclusive opportunities for playful learning in education. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Ascari, Manuela ORCID: 0000-0003-3605-9736 (2025) An exploration of the everyday use of online mental health tools and associated technology by people with mental health problems in Ireland: A mixed-methods study. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Bartholin, Fabrice ORCID: 0000-0002-8306-7328 (2025) Integrating people and technology: the impact of service system interactions on frontline work, customer outcomes, and organisational performance. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Leonard, Hannah (2025) Slanguages Connect: Using Translation to Foster L2 Sociolinguistic Competence. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Yan, Sen ORCID: 0000-0002-6860-3962 (2025) Learning-based Methods for Optimising Shared Mobility Systems with Multimodal Data. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Walshe, Deirdre (2025) Supporting the development of dialogue in children aged 4-8 Years: The impact of participation in a professional learning community on teachers’ knowledge and practice. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Nguyen, Thao Nhu (2025) Moments in Focus: A Transformer-based Approach for Moment-centric Lifelog Retrieval. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Swayne, Mark ORCID: 0000-0003-1766-771X (2025) Laser modification for the increased lifetime of a commercial Stainless-Steel Alloys. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Cummins, Séamus (2025) Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Imaging and Machine Learning; for Wind Turbine Blade Materials and Contaminant Analysis. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Kesavulu, Manoj ORCID: 0000-0001-5505-9593 (2025) Optimizing Feature Prioritization in Software Development Through Structured Usage Analytics: A Data-Driven Approach to Enhancing Development Efficiency. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Laguipo, Jochelle Ma. Lois (2025) A Novel Framework for a Sustainable and Equitable Energy Transition Assessing the True Value of Renewable Energy Projects. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Sheridan, Dermot (2025) Enhancing Athlete Monitoring: A Machine Learning Approach to Predicting Ratings of Perceived Exertion and Oxygen Uptake in Team Sports. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McArdle, Sharon (2025) Performing the Archive: Dorothy Macardle’s Prison Notebooks. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Aleem, Sidra (2025) Domain Adaptation of Neural Networks for Medical Imaging under Limited Data Constraints. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

O'Mullane, David (2025) Haunted Sex: Queer Art and the Spectral Politics of Cruising. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Potyagalova, Anastasia (2025) Conversational search for image and video with augmented labelling. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Bargellini, Elettra ORCID: 0000-0003-4844-8341 (2025) Subsidies Regulation in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: The post-Brexit arrangements in comparison with WTO and EU law. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Doyle, Rhys Seán ORCID: 0000-0002-4771-4081 (2025) Novel Analysis and Calibration Techniques for the simultaneous measurement of plasma ion temperatures and velocities using Multi-Delay Coherence Imaging. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Aboomar, Mohammad ORCID: 0000-0002-1391-5061 (2025) Biological Evolution in Contemporary Arabic: A Multimethod Study. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Grippo, Daniele (2025) The Violation of The Principle of Non-refoulement in the European Union. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Yesil, Havva (2025) The 2016 EU-Turkey Statement: Legal, Political, and Human Rights Implications in the Context of Migration Governance. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Basereh, Maryam (2025) Enabling Robust Automatic FAIRness Evaluation of Knowledge Graphs. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Mooney, Orla (2025) Are We There Yet: Self-Management of long-term physical conditions during emerging adulthood. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Vidovszky, György (2025) An exploration of the creative approaches to stage adaptations in the field of theatre for young audiences; working from selected novels for young adults:. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Gardezi, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0002-2234-3704 (2025) School Inspection: a driver of school improvement? PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Banerjee, Rituparna ORCID: 0000-0001-8072-8285 (2025) Reconstituting the ‘Good Woman’: Gendered Visibility and Visual Political Performance in West Bengal, India. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Mikhail, Kudriavtsev ORCID: 0000-0001-9815-5067 (2025) Optimizing the Post-Mining Process in Association Rule Mining: Data Structures, Substitution Item Mining, and Visualization. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Sahebalzamani, MohammadAli ORCID: 0000-0002-3775-5816 (2025) Fabrication of Multifunctional Layer-by-Layer Assembly Nanocomposite Coatings for Bone Tissue-Engineered Scaffolds. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Dreano, Soren (2025) Breaking Language Barriers: Reimagining Machine Translation as Style Transfer. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Boateng, Richard (2025) Returnee Directors in Weak Institutional Contexts. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Poole, Simon (2025) Click Chemistry Derived Copper Artificial Metallo-Nucleases with Discrete Nucleic Acid Targeting Properties. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Fox, Robert (2025) Unlocking the Stability of Multi-Component Pharmaceutical Forms. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Cowap, Alan (2025) How Emotions Can Help Detect Synthetic Text. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Kim, Minkun ORCID: 0000-0002-3374-4132 (2025) Insurance Risk Premium Development with Model Risk. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Durkan, Stephen ORCID: 0000-0001-6489-0389 (2025) Light Sources and Materials for EUV Lithography. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Maniparambil, Mayug ORCID: 0000-0002-9976-1920 (2025) Aligning Vision and Language: Harnessing Language Semantics for Efficient Vision Models. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Benad, Holger (2025) Service-Based Business Model Innovation in Product-Based Firms – A Comparative Study. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Mileto, Fiorenza ORCID: 0000-0002-7472-4496 (2025) The human factor in translation technologies:The impact of a participatory approach on job satisfaction, motivation and attitude in public administration. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

O'Neill, Mandy ORCID: 0000-0001-6810-2351 (2025) Best Laid Plans: A photo-sculptural, embodied response to spatial and social transformation, through a study of housing-led development in Cabra, Dublin 7. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Hogan, John (2025) ‘Empowering the laity’: new perspectives on the foundation and development of the Legion of Mary, 1921-62. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Dinh Viet, Cuong ORCID: 0009-0004-7841-4809 (2025) Physics Informed Neural Networks:Deployment and Evaluation in Sparse Data Application. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Gumilar, Gugun (2025) Pancasila and Interreligious Dialogue Challenges and Opportunities. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Eric, Ferreira dos Santos ORCID: 0000-0002-0408-5756 (2025) Understanding Deep Representations in CNNs from Concepts to Relations to Rules. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Xu, Liang ORCID: 0000-0002-2619-1883 (2025) Bridging computer-assisted language learning and cultural approaches: AI-powered game and VR solutions for less commonly taught languages. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Psychari, Eiriini Evangelia ORCID: 0000-0002-2342-8873 (2025) Designing the future newsroom: Using human-centred design for audience-oriented innovation in four leading legacy newspapers. Implications for journalism. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

László, István (2025) Interactive Monuments in the Digitally Mediated City: Examining the Participatory Potential of Virtual Objects in Physical Space. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Farrell, Mark ORCID: 0000-0002-3112-2161 (2025) Accountability, Human Rights and Social Justice: Developing an ethical framework for enhancing Irish public sector record-keeping. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Dempsey, Adam (2025) Gyrofluid simulations of filaments in tokamak edge plasmas. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Valenti, Marta (2025) Investigating the role of HER4 and HER4 mutations in cancer. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Castel, Myra (2025) Pre-clinical rationale for new indications and novel combinations of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor neratinib in cancer. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Sanchez, Francisco Roldan (2025) Sample and time efficient strategies for off-policy reinforcement learning in robotic manipulation tasks. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Farzaneh Yeznabad, Yashar (2025) Solutions for improved quality high bitrate multimedia delivery in MEC networks. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Gwerevende, Solomon ORCID: 0000-0001-7699-5751 (2025) Towards the adaptive use of indigenous cultural heritage: Muchongoyo music and dance as a means of sustainability among the Ndau people in Zimbabwe. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

King, Paul (2025) An exploration of educator engagement with the contemplative practices of mindfulness based stress reduction, deep talk and balint. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Ranjbarzadeh Kondrood, Ramin ORCID: 0000-0001-7065-9060 (2025) Brain tumor segmentation using MRI images. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Curley, Rhianne C. (2025) Charge-transfer luminophores: theranostic probes of the cellular environment. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Walsh, Gillian Nora ORCID: 0000-0003-0299-5112 (2025) “Just a Cog a Big Machine”. A study of prevalence, intervention and psychological experience in the aftermath of burnout and work-related mental illness in Irish hospital doctors. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Riaz, Hamza ORCID: 0000-0001-6339-6194 (2025) An exploration of domain generalisation through vision benchmarking, masking, and pruning. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

McBennett, Padraig (2025) Empirical exploration of the religious landscape and spiritual marketplace of a post-Catholic Ireland: Perspectives of a younger demographic. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Raymond, Lacie Marie ORCID: 0000-0001-5559-6356 (2025) The lived experiences of English language teachers in conflict-affected settings: a study of the Palestinian context. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Della Vecchia, Martin Mario (2025) A portfolio of original compositions with commentary. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Kaur, Tandeep ORCID: 0000-0002-4208-7787 (2025) The influence of rich mathematical tasks on the productive dispositions of students aged 10-14 years. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Molony, Martin G. (2025) Four Lives: The impact and significance of puppet theatre in Ireland. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Burke, Tom (2025) The Gap in Consent: Ethics in documentary relationships. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Huidrom, Rudali ORCID: 0000-0003-0630-3603 (2025) Generation of Semantically Consistent Text and Its Evaluation. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Postawa, Anna ORCID: 0000-0001-7106-3090 (2025) Irish Clinicians' self efficacy in concussion-care within sporting environments from education to practice. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Trimble, James Joseph (2025) Metacognition in Irish Senior Cycle and Preservice Teacher Chemistry Education: An action research inquiry at a time of curriculum reform, and the death of a positivist. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Machavariani, Maia (2025) Political opposition versus sources of power in central Asia: A case study of Kazakhstan. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Noorani, Sara (2025) Targeted Therapeutic Strategies in Pancreatic and Gastroesophageal Cancers: Precision Medicine Approaches to Overcoming Drug Resistance and Advancing Organoid Development. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

O'Driscoll, Liam ORCID: 0000-0002-8846-7574 (2025) ‘Trundled Along, Almost Unheard of, Almost Inaccessible’: Understanding Access to State Compensation for Victims of Violent Crime in Ireland and the European Union. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.

Quach, Boi Mai ORCID: 0000-0001-6429-6339 (2025) Using EEG Signals to Examine Next-Word Predictability of Language Models in Reading. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.