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Professor Mona O'Moore

Fellow Emeritus (Education)
THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE ANNEX
      
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Professor Mona O'Moore

Fellow Emeritus (Education)
THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE ANNEX

 momoore@tcd.ie

 3531896 1240


Mona O'Moore graduated from Trinity College, Dublin gaining her M.A in Child and Educational Psychology from the University of Nottingham and her Ph.D from Edinburgh University, and is a Fellow of Trinity College. Professor O'Moore is currently the Head of the Department of Education at Trinity College Dublin. She is also the founder and co-ordinator of the Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Unit. She was the Rapporteur of the first European seminar on school bullying, writing up the Report for the Council of Europe, 1987. She was a member of the Ministerial working party which drew up the National Guidelines in Countering Bullying in Primary and Post Primary Schools in Ireland in 1993. Since then she conducted the first Nationwide Study of School bullying and Workplace bullying in Ireland. She has been a member of five European research partnerships and is currently a member of the European V.I.S.T.A project aiming to provide training on school violence to policy makers and practitioners. She is regularly invited to contribute to seminars and conferences, in Ireland and abroad. She has published widely, in particular in the area of school bullying. She is co-author of the forthcoming handbook : Dealing with Bullying In Schools: A Training Manual for Teachers, Parents and Other Professionals (Paul Chapman Publishing). She is married with three sons.
  Aggression and Violence   Bullying   Educational Values   Health and Safety Education   Parent Involvement   Special Education   Teacher Attitudes
Project Title
 Cyber-Bullying:Coping with Negative and Enhancing Positive Uses of New Technologies,in Relationships in Educational Settings
From
2008
To
2012
Summary
The Cost Action aims at sharing expertise in cyber-bullying in educational settings,and coping with negative and enhancing positive uses of new technologies.This will be done across a wide range of Cost Countries. The scientific workplan will involve working groups,workshops and a final conference.
Funding Agency
European Commission
Programme
COST Action IS0801
Project Type
European Concerted Research Action
Project Title
 Cyber-Training:Taking action against cyber-bullying
From
December 2008
To
December 2010
Summary
Partners from Portugal,Germany,Bulgaria,Spain, U.K.& Switzweland will develop a research-based training manual on cyberbullying for trainers.
Funding Agency
European Commission
Programme
Leonardo da Vinci Programme
Project Title
 VISTOP(Violence in Schools training online project)
From
October 2006
To
October 2009
Summary
Vistop aimed at developing an online course that introduces teachers, head teachers, policy-makers, parents and other school staff to the topic of school bullying and violence (SBV). The online course will be made available in two alternative vesions: one moderated online course that will be fully accompanied by a tutor and one self-guided online course that can be completed independently.
Funding Agency
E.U. - 129352 - CP-1-2006-1-DE-COMENIUS-C21
Programme
SOCRATES/MINERVA
Project Type
Cross National Resource
Project Title
  VISTA (Violence in Schools Training Action)
From
October 2003
To
July 2006
Summary
The project aimed to provide training resources, geared principally at school policy makers, to help prevent and counter violence in schools Europe-wide. The project saw participation from six country teams (Belgium, Bulgaria, Ireland, Norway, Spain, UK) under the co-ordination of Professor Helen Cowie (UK). The country teams came from a variety of disciplines: criminology, education, law, psychology. Outputs included a web resource (www.vista-europe.org).
Funding Agency
European Commission (Comenius 2.1)
Programme
Project Type
Type of Project Anti-violence training action
Person Months
36
Project Title
 Democratic Schools Without Violence
From
August 2006
To
August 2008
Summary
The aim of the project is to deliver the European Charter for Democratic Schools Without Violence in schools through CLUSTERS made up of schools and teacher training centres in each participating country supported by best practice and knowledge from leading associate partners in the field of EDC and violence reduction.
Funding Agency
E.U. 230211-CP-1-2006-1-UK-COMENIUS-C3
Programme
SOCRATES Programme Comenius 3
Project Type
Cross National Research & Resource Creation

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Norwegian Fluent Fluent Fluent
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Member of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland
Member of the Psychological Society of Ireland
Member of the British Psychological Society
Member of the New York Academy of Sciences
O'Moore M & Stevens P. , Bullying in Irish Education, Cork University Press, 2013, 542pp, Book, PUBLISHED  URL
O' Moore, M. & Minton, S.J. , Cyber-Bullying: The Irish Experience, Hauppage, New York, Nova Science Publishers, 2011, 1-42pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Cyberbullying - The situation in Ireland in, editor(s)J. A. Mora-Merchán & T. Jäger , Cyberbullying - A cross-national comparison, Landau, Germany, Empirische Paedagogik, 2011, pp189-204 , [Mc Guckin, C., O'Moore, M., & Crowley, N. ], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text
O'Moore,M.& Crowley,N., The clinical effects of workplace bulying. A Critical look at personality using SEM, International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 4, (1), 2011, p66 - 83, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
O'Moore, M. , Understanding School Bullying: A Guide for Parents & Teachers, 1, Dublin, Veritas, 2010, Book, PUBLISHED
Cyber-bullying: The Irish Experience in, editor(s)Columbus, A.M. , Advances in Psychology Research, Volume 71, Hauppauge, NY , Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2010, pp115-138 , [O' Moore, A.M. & Minton, S.J.], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
The Relationship between Workpalce Bullying and Suicide in Ireland in, editor(s)Osterman, K. , Indirect & Direct Aggression, Berlin, Peter Lang, 2010, pp239-259 , [O'Moore M. ], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
El Modelo ABC Para Prevenir Y Afrontar El Bullying in, editor(s)Ortega, R. , Agresividad injustificacda,bullying y violencia escolar, Madrid, Alianza Editorial, 2010, pp321 - 353, [O'Moore M. ], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
O'Moore, M. & Crowley, N. , Get Over It? The Clinical Effects of Workplace Bullying: The Use of Individual Psychological Assessment in the Legal Process., 7th International Conference of Workplace Bullying, University of Glamorgan, Wales, 2nd-4th June, 2010, 2010, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Paul Stevens and Mona O'Moore, Inclusion or Illusion: Educational Provision for Primary School Children with Mild General Learning Disabilities, Blackhall, 2009, 300pp, Book, PUBLISHED
  

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Mona O'Moore, Understanding Cyberbullying: A Guide for Parents & Teachers , 1st, Dublin , Veritas , 2014, 1 - 188pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Mona O'Moore, Understanding Cyberbullying: A Guide for Parents & Teachers , 1st, Veritas, 2014, 1 - 188pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Mona O'Moore, Understanding Cyberbullying: A Guide For Parents and Teachers , 1st, Dublin , Veritas, 2014, Book, PUBLISHED
Mona O'Moore, Understanding Cyberbullying: A Guide for Parents & Teachers, 1, Dublin, Veritas, 2014, 188pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Mona O'Moore, Understanding Cyberbullying , 1st, Dublin, Veritas, 2014, Book, PUBLISHED
Mona O'Moore & Paul Stevens , Bullying in Irish Education: Perspectives in Research and Practice, 1st, Cork , Cork University Press, 2013, 1 - 517pp, Book, PUBLISHED
The prevalence of bullying and cyberbullying in Irish Schools in, editor(s)Mona O'Moore & Paul Stevens , Bullying in Irish Education: Perspectives in Research and Practice , Cork , Cork University Press, 2013, pp7 - 39, [Mona O'Moore ], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
O' Moore, A.M. & Minton, S.J. , Working with Parents., vista-europe.org/unit_b4.php, VISTA Project, April, 2007, Report, PUBLISHED
O' Moore, A.M. & Minton, S.J. , Working with Teachers., vista-europe.org/unit_b5.php, VISTA Project, April, 2007, Report, PUBLISHED
O' Moore, A.M. & Minton, S.J. , Violence in Schools in a Culturally Diverse Society, Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS) Third Annual Conference, Grand Hotel, Malahide, Co. Dublin, Nov 10 - 11, 2005, 2005, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

  


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Award Date
Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin 1995
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts,Manufactures and Commerce 2007
Expertise in the field of School & Adult Bullying, Aggression and Violence. Child & Educational Psychology