PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND PETER SAVILLE AWARD

Dr Nuala Whelan (MUSSI and Department of Sociology) has been awarded the prestigious Division of Work and Organisational Psychology (DWOP) Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) Early Career Researcher Peter Saville Award for Advances in Organisational Psychology.

The award comprises the Peter Saville medal, the award certificate and a €2,000 research or career development bursary. The award is for Dr Whelan’s work titled What works and for whom in Employment Services: the case for a Capability-led Work-Life Inspired Public Employment Guidance Service.

This work has been developed through the Irish Research Council (IRC) funded Coalesce ACAPES project, A Collaborative Approach to Public Employment Services. The project is led by Principal Investigator, Professor Mary P Murphy (Department of Sociology), and based in Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute.