Our Team
UCD Safe Learning Team
RC Primary School for Boys Magburaka, Tonkolili, Sierra Leone
The UCD Safe Learning Study team is comprised of researchers from diverse backgrounds, including education, sociology, psychology and anthropology.
The Safe Learning Study is led by Professor Dympna Devine, Assistant Professor Seaneen Sloan, Professor Ciaran Sugrue and Associate Professor Jennifer Symonds.
The study benefits from international expert advice and a team of experienced Sierra Leonian fieldworkers through our collaborations with Nestbuilders consultancy.
The research team can be reached at safelearningstudy@ucd.ie, or by using the individual contact addresses below.
Meet the Safe Learning Team
Elena Samonova
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Concern Worldwide are an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in the world’s poorest countries. Currently they have programmes working with the most vulnerable communities across 26 countries.
Concern Worldwide has been working in Sierra Leone since 1996 and currently works in Port Loko, Tonkolili District and in Freetown/Western Area. Their integrated programming approach in Sierra Leone aims to tackle all dimensions of poverty, focussing on the overlapping areas of health, education and livelihoods.
For more information, visit https://www.concern.net/
