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GUI Annual Conference 2021
Growing Up in Ireland 13th Annual Research Conference 2021 Growing Up in Ireland held its thirteenth annual research conference on Thursday, November 25th, 2021. The conference focused on research based on Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) data. The conference was held as a virtual web event. The conference programme is available here. The book of abstracts is…
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Spotlight Topic – Weight Status and Wellbeing
Over the years of Growing Up in Ireland, the data have been used by researchers to examine a range of issues and concerns in the lives of children and young people, and their parents. In a new series of posts, we highlight studies published in peer-reviewed journals that address particular themes. The first in our…
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Spotlight Topic – Physical Activity and Screen Time
Over the years of Growing Up in Ireland, the data have been used by researchers to examine a range of issues and concerns in the lives of children and young people, and their parents. In a new series of posts, we highlight studies published in peer-reviewed journals that address particular themes. The second in our…
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Spotlight Topic: School and Education
Over the years of Growing Up in Ireland, the data have been used by researchers to examine a range of issues and concerns in the lives of children and young people, and their parents. In a new series of posts, we highlight studies published in peer-reviewed journals that address particular themes. The third in our…
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Training Page (WIP)
The research team have several acknowledgements to make. First, they would like to thank the advisory group for their support and assistance with the scoping review. The advisory group were Prof. Richard Layte (Trinity College Dublin), Prof. Dermot O’Reilly (Queens University Belfast), Dr. Orla McBride (Ulster University), and Prof. Lisa Calderwood (University College London). Second,…
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Training Page
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GUI Annual Conference 2022
The fourteenth annual Growing Up in Ireland Research Conference was held online on Wednesday, 25th May 2022. The conference was opened by Minister Roderic O’Gorman TD. His opening address can be viewed here. The programme included the launch of the latest GUI Report – Research Needs for Cohort ’98 at age 25, presented by Dr Aisling Murray (ESRI). The presentation can…
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Growing Up in Ireland Annual Conference 2023
Growing Up in Ireland Annual Research Conference 2023 The Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) annual research conference took place yesterday (November 8th, 2023) at the Gibson Hotel, Dublin. The event was attended by over 200 delegates from a wide range of research, practice and policy backgrounds, all focused on the improvement of the lives and…
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Growing Up in Ireland Annual Research Conference 2024
(L to R) Ciara Pidgeon (DCEDIY), Laura McGarrigle (DCEDIY), Bertrand MaÎtre (ESRI ), Michelle Kelly-Irving (University of Toulouse), Noah Crawley (Meath Comhairle na nÓg), Rachel Kenny (Offaly Comhairle na nÓg), Adam Foley (Fingal Comhairle na nÓg) The 16th Growing Up in Ireland Annual Research Conference took place in the Gibson Hotel, Dublin on Wednesday, 9th…
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Growing Up in Ireland – the national longitudinal study of children and young people
Telling the stories of three generations 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…
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Cohort ’24
Who are they? Cohort 24 are children who were born in 2024 when they were 9 months old. All the children were living in the Republic of Ireland when they were invited to take part. In the first wave of the study, their parents/guardians took part in a survey. The infant had their weight and…