Dr Pádraig MacNeela completed his undergraduate degree and postgraduate research at the School of Psychology, NUI Galway. He was Lecturer and Director of Research amp; Development at the School of Nursing, Psychotherapy amp; Community Health at Dublin City University until 2004, when he joined the School of Psychology at NUI Galway as a Lecturer. He has served as Director of PhD Studies, Assistant Head of School, and is currently Co-Chair of the Consent Framework Implementation Working Group. His research interests include sexual health topics such as consent, sexual violence and harassment; mental health, resilience and positive adjustment to trauma; culture change and organisational development; volunteering, prosocial behaviour and engagement; and mental health service provision, particularly for young people. His work with voluntary organisations goes back to 1999, and includes a range of groups concerning physical and mental health, homelessness, and social justice.

Sexual consent, sexual violence and harassment.Organisational change and development.Identity processes, including sexual identity.Homelessness, voluntary sector, volunteering, civic engagement.Clinical judgement and decision-making, decision making.Resilience, recovery, and strengths-based approaches.Alcohol use, binge drinking, youth culture, substance misuse.Mental health care and service provision.Qualitative research, interpretative phenomenological analysis, semi-structured interviews, focus groups, participatory research.