Section: Research Student Profiles

Morag Treanor

Name
Morag Treanor
Organisation
Social Policy, School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh
Address
Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, Room 2.12 22 Buccleuch Place Edinburgh UK EH8 9LN
Telephone
+44 (0)131 651 1919
E-Mail
URL
http://www.socialpolicy.ed.ac.uk/student_profiles/treanor_morag
Morag Treanor

PhD Title

Exploring the impact of assets and vulnerabilities of families living in poverty, and persistent poverty, on children's early cognitive, social, emotional and behavioural outcomes, as a predictor of future educational attainment.

Description:

Living in poverty, and persistent poverty has been shown to have a negative impact and is a known risk factor on children's early cognitive, social, emotional and behavioural (CSEB) outcomes.

The principal aim of this PhD is to explore the impact of family assets and vulnerabilities, including family circumstances and change in circumstances, across time, of families living in poverty, and persistent poverty in Scotland, on children's early CSEB outcomes, using the Growing up in Scotland (GUS) data. To achieve this aim, it will employ longitudinal and cross-sectional quantitative methods to analyse 5 sweeps of GUS data.

This study seeks to address the impact of a wide-ranging set of variables, longitudinally, on children's CSEB outcomes, as a means of identifying factors that may be beneficial or detrimental to CSEB development, in relation to the children of families living in poverty and families not living in poverty.

Supervisors:

Kay Tisdall , Paul Norris

Research Interests:

Poverty in the UK; persistent poverty; inequalities;  children and young people; social, emotional and behavioural outcomes; cognitive development; and education. 

Previous Employment:

I am an experienced social researcher and project manager with a wide range of research skills, particularly in relation to children and young people, education, voluntary service users and evaluation.  I am also a qualified teacher with experience in the primary and secondary sectors.   

I worked as a researcher for 8 years in a research consultancy, with responsibility for research from design to dissemination; as a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and as a Senior Research Officer in a leading children's charity.

Qualifications

  • MSc in Social Research (with distinction)
  • P.G.C.E Secondary Education
  • M.A. French and Psychology

Memberships

  •          Royal Statistical Society
  •          Society of Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies
  •          Social Policy Association
  •          Social Research Association
  •          Applied Quantitative Methods Network (AQMeN)

 

 

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