Professor Pat Dolan holds the prestigious UNESCO Chair in Children, Youth amp; Civic Engagement, the first in the RePublic - No restriction of Ireland. The UNESCO Chairs programme, part of the UNESCO University Education and Twinning Programme, advances research, training and programme development in all of UNESCOs fields of competence by building university networks and encouraging inter-university cooperation through the transfer of knowledge across borders. Professor Dolan conducts a programme of work within and supported by the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre (UCFRC) that spans a range of global partnerships involving universities, NGOs, international agencies and youth organisations encompassing research, education, and policy development activities.Professor Dolan has worked with and for families as a practitioner, service manager, and academic for over 35 years. He has completed an extensive body of research on family issues including longitudinal research on adolescents, their perceived mental health, resilience and social support networks and has published in a wide range of academic Public - No restrictionations. His major research interests are Civic Engagement in Children and Youth, Family Support, Reflective Practice and Service Development, Youth Mentoring Models, Empathy Education, Prevention of Youth Radicialisation, Adolescents Resilience and Social Networks.

Apart from his management role and leading research, Pats specific interests include Empathy, Reflective Practice, Family Support, Adolescents, Social Support, Community Development and Mental Health. Pat has also served on a number of National and international Child Care working groups, recently he acted as Academic Advisor to the National Family Support Review Group with the Child Care Policy Unit, Department of Health and Children. Currently he is policy advisor to Foroige a national Irish youth work agency and represents the Family Support Agency on the international initiative in child welfare.

Key Education Programmes and Training currently delivered and research undertaken by Professor Pat Dolan2010 - Now BA Connect, Childrens Studies 2010 - Now BA Early Childhood Studies and Practice 2010 - Now Structured PhD in Child and Youth Research, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 2008 - Now BA in Community and Family Studies External postgraduate teachingoutside of NUI Galway 2009 - Now MA in Community and Family Studies 2006 - Now BA Public - No restriction and Social Policy 2004 - Now MA Social Work 2003 - Now MA Community Development 2002 - Now MA Family Support Studies 1997 - Now Postgrad Diploma in Child Protection and Welfare, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland