Lecturer with the Discipline of Health Promotion and Director of the Mphil Social Care at University of Galway, member of the Workers Advisory Group Social Care Ireland, board member European Association of Social Educators, and Editor Journal of Social Care. Prior to joining the Discipline of Health Promotion, Martin held posts both with IT Carlow and the Adult and Continuing Education Centre, NUI Galway. Martin's research interests are broad and include social care theory and practice, workforce development, regulation, standards and care planning, risk, interdisciplinary working, social policy and adult education.

Social care theory and practice, care planning, care workforce and development, social policy' adult education, risk and regulation.

Current and recent projects include -

ASCOT - 

The ASCOT project is an Erasmus+ supported project aimed at raising awareness about the importance of age sensitive communication and developing materials for public services to promote age sensitive communication. The ageing of populations across Europe and the simultaneous increasingly rapid changes in communication and digital technologies can create conditions for ageism to prosper. Thus, this project is focused on both highlighting issues of ageism in communications and also at supporting appropriate communication between public services and older people. The project is being co-ordinated by University of Galway, in collaboration with Soko, Austria, Integra Institute Solvenia, Qualed Slovakia, Ente Bilaterale Italy, Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbasking Iletisim Turkey  and the Greek Universities Network Greece. Further information available at – website under construction

MELODIC: The MELODIC project is an EU4Health funded project focused on the mental health needs of young adults (18-35) who have been diagnosed with cancer and their familycaregivers, as well as health and social care professionals supporting these young adults. The project includes the development and testing of an intervention to support young people living with cancer and their familycaregivers, as well as the development of training and education materials for health and social care professionals around screening, early identification and management of the mental health needs of young people diagnosed with cancer.The coordinator is Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland, with partners in Finland University of Turku and Southwest Finland Well-being Region, Belgium European Cancer Organisation, Greece Cancer Guidance Centre and Panepistimio Dytikis, Estonia Tartu Health Care College and Tartu Ulikooli Hospital Foundation, Ireland University of Galway and Cancer Care West, Netherlands Erasmus Universitair Meisch Centrum, Portugal Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, and Romania Fundatia Youth Cancer Europe. Further information available at - https:melodic.turkuamk.fihttps:melodic.turkuamk.fi

Simply4Emotions (Completed): The Simply4Emotions project was an Erasmus+ funded that focused on the creation and development of a simulation game to assist health and social care professionals in enhancing emotional regulation and resilience. Recruitment and retention of health and social care workforces across the globe has been a particular challenge since the Covid-19 pandemic and thus supporting health and social care professionals in enhancing their resilience has never been more important. This project was co-ordinated by DHBW Stuggart, Germany and in addition to University of Galway are partner organisations in Italy Instituto per Servizi di Ricovero e Assistenza agli Anziani, Finland Turku University of Applied Sciences, Stuggart Wohlfahrtswerk, and two in Greece Frodizo and Challedu. Further information available at -https:simply4emotions.euhttps:simply4emotions.eu

EduSexAge (Completed): EDUcation for healthy SEXuality in older Age. Edusexage was an Erasmus+ funded 2 year project that aimed to raise awareness of the sexual health and intimacy needs of older people. This project was designed for both older people and health and social care professionals and aimed to raise awareness of the taboo surrounding older people and sex, and to support older people and health and social care professionals in challenging stereotypes. The project was co-ordinated by ESeniors (France), with partners including Universita delle LiberEta (Italy), The Rural Hub (Ireland), Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (Germany), Fakulteta za zdravstvene in sociaine vede Slovenj Gradec (Slovenia), Instalofi Levante SI (Spain), and National University of Ireland, Galway. Further information available at -https:www.eseniors.euerasmushttps:www.eseniors.euerasmus

PRAGRESS (Completed): Preventing and reducing aggression and violence of older people in long-term care. Pragress was an Erasmus+ funded 3 year project aimed at preventing and reducing aggression and violence of older people requiring care, through development of education and training materials for formal and informal carers. The project partners included education and care providers, and the project co-ordinator was Duale Hochschule Baden-Wurttemburg (Germany), with partners including Wohlfahrtswerk Fur-Baden Wurttemburg (Germany), Istituto per Servizi di Ricovero e Assistenza agli Anziani (Italy), Challedu (Greece), Corporation for Succor and Care of Elderly and Disabled. Frodizo (Greece), Turun Ammattikorkeakoulu OY (Finland), and National University of Ireland, Galway. Further information available at -https:pragress.euhttps:pragress.eu

Martin's teaching interests include social care theory and practice, social policy and health promotion. Martin's teaching experience has been gained over a number of years, as he has been responsible for teaching on a variety of coursesmodules to diverse learner populations. In this time Martin has taught undergraduate and postgraduate learners drawn from diverse socio-cultural learner populations, including traditional post-leaving certificate learners, non-traditional learners (mature and in-service learners), non-national and, international students. This teaching has been delivered to both large (150+) and small (15-30) learner groups through a range of methods, including traditional didactic lectures, blended learning and enquiry based learning. In addition, Martin has been an examiner for undergraduate programmes and MA and PhD thesis.