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Dr Cliona Rooney

B.Arch., BSc., PhD.

 
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Biography

Dr. Clíona Rooney holds a B.Sc. (Hons) Architecture from Queen’s University Belfast (2004-2007). She has worked as a Part II Architect in both urban and rural practices. She was involved in a variety of projects including masterplans, feasibility studies and refurbishments. As part of her B.Arch. degree awarded from Queen’s University Belfast, she worked on her dissertation entitled ‘civic place’ and analysed historic maps to produce concepts for new civic office spaces in Sligo.

In 2010 Clíona was awarded funding from the School of Architecture Planning and Civil Engineering (SPACE) to undertake PhD research at Queen's University Belfast. Her PhD research entitled ‘Blind Spot: An investigation into Lifetime Home Standards and Visual Impairment’, explored how age related housing could become more inclusive of visually impaired people. During this time, she was seconded to INNOVA in Rome as part of a Marie Curie IAAP project on aging and technology.

Since her PhD, Clíona was employed as a post-doctoral researcher at Maynooth University. In this role, she worked on the IRC funded ‘Enabling Resilience’ project. This project examined the experiences and resilience practices of low-income families receiving Family Income Supplement (FIS) and other in-work supports using a mixed-method biographical approach. She is currently carrying out research on another IRC funded project to consider the feasibility of conducting a longitudinal study on children in care or leaving care within the Irish context.