Growing Up in Ireland is the national longitudinal study of children and young people, a joint project of the Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE) and the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Since 2006, the study has provided Government with an evidence base to make informed policy decisions on a wide range of issues based…

New: Watch our short video to get an overview of the GUI study and the changing context since it started Since January 2023, Growing Up in Ireland is being carried out jointly by the Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE) and the Central Statistics Office (CSO). It is funded by the Government of Ireland.…

Principal Investigator: Professor Emer Smyth, Research Professor (ESRI) Study Team Management Group: Professor Richard Layte (TCD/ESRI) Professor Emer Smyth (ESRI) Dr Elizabeth Nixon (TCD) Dr Anne Nolan (ESRI/TCD) Dr Lina Zgaga (TCD) Professor Trevor Spratt (TCD) Professor Helen Russell (ESRI) Research Team: Dr. Aisling Murray (Senior Research Officer) Dr Eoin McNamara (Research Analyst) Survey and Data Manager:…

For media enquiries relating to Growing Up in Ireland, please contact us at growingup@equality.gov.ie or telephone 01 237 6127. Aims and Objectives About Cohort ’98 About Cohort ’08 Child Safeguarding Statement Governance and Consultation Processes Using Growing Up in Ireland Data for Research Team Members Privacy Statements Contact Details Media Details

For queries relating to data and the survey (including participation), please contact the Central Statistics Office Email: gui@cso.ie Post: Growing Up in Ireland team, CSO Dublin, Ardee Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6, D06 FX52 Telephone: (+353) 1 498 4000 For other queries including publications and events, please contact the Department of Children, Disability and Equality Email: growingup@equality.ie…

Families of 9-month- old babies are being invited to take part in the new Growing up in Ireland (GUI) cohort. The new baby cohort will be known as Cohort ’24. This is the first time in 16 years that GUI is inviting families with new babies to take part. The CSO is conducting the survey…

Official GUI Publications Cohort ’08 Publications (Infant Cohort) Cohort ’98 Publications (Child Cohort) Cohort ’24 Publications Cross-cohort publications Technical Documents (for data users) Other Publication Categories External Publications Using GUI Data GUI Conference Presentations Infographics Suggested Citation Guides Cohort ’98 (in order of website listing) Cohort ’08 (in order of website listing) Cohort ’98 and…

Author Year Title Journal/Book

Infant Cohort

Child Cohort

Infant and Child Cohort

EVENTS GUI Annual Conferences The Growing Up in Ireland annual conference is an important forum for sharing new research based on the GUI datasets with policy makers, fellow researchers and other stakeholders. The 2025 conference will take place on Nov 4th in The Gibson Hotel, Dublin. The call for abstracts is now closed. Details of…