A Veale
Biographic Data
| ID | 40904 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Veale |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Veale |
| SIGNATURE | VEALE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Cork |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5758-421X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 106 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Where are we going: Irish Traveller men imagining individual and collective futures
Irish Travellers were recognised as an indigenous ethnic minority in 2017, which was an important symbolic step in acknowledging the uniqueness of Traveller culture. Drawing on Zittoun & Gillespie's concept of the imaginative loop, this paper explores how Irish Traveller men imagine the future for themselves and their community, in the context of being an ethnic minority group where mainstream society has restricted many of their cultural practic…
Introduction to Crises, (Im)mobilities and Young Life Trajectories
This Special Issue on Crisis, (Im)mobilities and Young Life Trajectories examines the intersections of developmental trajectories and (im)mobility amidst crises, with a focus on ruptures, transitions, disruptions and continuities in the life course of children and young people who have been forced to move due to various man-made and natural crises [...]
Transformative potential of print-making as embodied experience with migrants and asylum seeker women
This paper sets out an ethnographic research project that aimed to document a Cork Migrant Centre (CMC) women’s group engagement in a 12-week print-making psychosocial intervention. In recent years arts-based programmes where migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women participate have grown popular for their valuable therapeutic and healing capacities. However, the embodied realities of these groups of women remains an under-researched topic. The …
The role of the imagination in transnational relating: The case of Nigerian children and their migrant parent in Ireland
This paper explores the role of imagination in the lives of Nigerian transnational children and their migrant parent in Ireland. Migration of a parent is a rupture in a child’s life that triggers imaginary processes that are real in their developmental consequences. Following Zittoun and Gillespie, imagination is a process that generates a disjunction from the person’s experience of the “real” world, and uncouples and loops out before it eventual…
Disclosure of genocide experiences in Rwandan families: Private and public sources of information and child outcomes
Transnational migration, health and well-being: Nigerian parents in Ireland and the Netherlands
The phenomenon of families separated across continents is a result of migratory flows in a globalised world. Transnational families occur because one or both parents migrate internationally requiring children to be raised in transnational child-raising arrangements, with the help of caregivers. This study examines the health and the emotional well-being of Nigerian migrant parents living in Ireland and the Netherlands, using comparative analyses …
Am I lazy, a drama queen or depressed? A journey through a pluralistic approach to analysing accounts of depression
The application of Pluralism in Qualitative Research (PQR) allows for a multi-perspective approach to understanding the nuanced social and psychological phenomenon. The complexity of what it means to qualitatively analyse and respond to sensitive data from the reflexive position of the analyst, is the focus of this paper. We introduce previous work in pluralism, and data from ReachOut.com, an online resource for young people in need of mental hea…
Transformative spaces in the social reintegration of former child soldier young mothers in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Northern Uganda
A significant but insufficiently considered category of female former child soldiers is those that become mothers as a result of rape or through relationships with “bush husbands”. This article reflects on learning from a participatory action research (PAR) study which aimed to facilitate the social reintegration of formerly associated young mothers and other war-affected vulnerable young mothers in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and northern Uganda. We …
International parental migration and the psychological well-being of children in Ghana, Nigeria, and Angola
Being Muslim and being Irish after 9/11: Self-conceptions of place in Irish society
There has been a significant, well-established if somewhat invisible Muslim population in Ireland since the 1950s. An increase in immigration during the Celtic tiger years along with the hysteria of 9/11 caused a rapid visibilization of this population. Muslims became synonymous with extremism and terrorism, but also fell victim to racist constructions emerging from the economic decline. The experience of Muslim youth since 9/11 has been well res…
Divergent Discourses, Children and Forced Migration
Experiences of refugee, internally displaced and migrant children in different contexts (such as post-conflict and resettlement) are often considered separately, yet closer analysis points to the existence of commonalities across transnational locations and a need to articulate the ways in which global systems, state policies and migration processes impact on the lives of these children. Current discourses, policies and practices towards forced-m…
I Stand Like A Woman: Empowerment and Human Rights in the Context of Community-Based Reintegration of Girl Mothers Formerly Associated with Fighting Forces and Armed Groups
This article describes a multi-year participatory action research (PAR) study with young women and girls who were formerly associated with armed groups in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and northern Uganda and had children of their own during the conflict and with young mothers considered by their community to be especially vulnerable. Following a review of the literature on empowerment and human rights, the authors use examples from the PAR study to exp…
Transitional justice, post-conflict agendas, and psychology
Book Review: Hamber, Brandon (2009)Transforming Societies After Political Violence: Truth, Reconciliation, and Mental Health, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. isbn: 978-0-387-89426-3
Former Lord's Resistance Army child soldier abductees: Explorations of identity in reintegration and reconciliation
This article explores the reintegration experiences of former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) child abductees into Acholi society in Northern Uganda. Based on interviews with 10 former abductees who were returned to communities for 2 years or more, it explores identity transitions for youth from pre-abduction, to their forced abduction into the LRA and subsequent escape and reintegration. Returnees such as those who have been members of the LRA for …
Psychosocial interventions and children's rights: Beyond clinical discourse
There has been a significant increase in psychosocial interventions in the aftermath of ethno-political violence. Rwanda after genocide received sustained psychological attention and this paper critically examines the contribution of psychosocial interventions to the broader development agenda of reconstruction and rehabilitation. We undertake a brief psychologically informed analysis of the factors that contributed to genocide as a means of outl…
Dilemmas of 'community' in post-emergency Rwanda
This paper examines social relations and social support in communities in Rwanda in the aftermath of genocide. Communities in Rwanda have experienced unprecedented fragmentation and reconstitution as a result of death, exile and the massive repatriation of refugees. A social education methodology was used to examine the feasibility of mobilising communities to support vulnerable children. This prompted questions about what is ‘community’ and the …
International parental migration and the psychological well-being of children in Ghana, Nigeria, and Angola
Former Lord's Resistance Army child soldier abductees: Explorations of identity in reintegration and reconciliation
This article explores the reintegration experiences of former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) child abductees into Acholi society in Northern Uganda. Based on interviews with 10 former abductees who were returned to communities for 2 years or more, it explores identity transitions for youth from pre-abduction, to their forced abduction into the LRA and subsequent escape and reintegration. Returnees such as those who have been members of the LRA for …
Divergent Discourses, Children and Forced Migration
Experiences of refugee, internally displaced and migrant children in different contexts (such as post-conflict and resettlement) are often considered separately, yet closer analysis points to the existence of commonalities across transnational locations and a need to articulate the ways in which global systems, state policies and migration processes impact on the lives of these children. Current discourses, policies and practices towards forced-m…
Being Muslim and being Irish after 9/11: Self-conceptions of place in Irish society
There has been a significant, well-established if somewhat invisible Muslim population in Ireland since the 1950s. An increase in immigration during the Celtic tiger years along with the hysteria of 9/11 caused a rapid visibilization of this population. Muslims became synonymous with extremism and terrorism, but also fell victim to racist constructions emerging from the economic decline. The experience of Muslim youth since 9/11 has been well res…
Disclosure of genocide experiences in Rwandan families: Private and public sources of information and child outcomes
I Stand Like A Woman: Empowerment and Human Rights in the Context of Community-Based Reintegration of Girl Mothers Formerly Associated with Fighting Forces and Armed Groups
This article describes a multi-year participatory action research (PAR) study with young women and girls who were formerly associated with armed groups in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and northern Uganda and had children of their own during the conflict and with young mothers considered by their community to be especially vulnerable. Following a review of the literature on empowerment and human rights, the authors use examples from the PAR study to exp…
Transnational migration, health and well-being: Nigerian parents in Ireland and the Netherlands
The phenomenon of families separated across continents is a result of migratory flows in a globalised world. Transnational families occur because one or both parents migrate internationally requiring children to be raised in transnational child-raising arrangements, with the help of caregivers. This study examines the health and the emotional well-being of Nigerian migrant parents living in Ireland and the Netherlands, using comparative analyses …
Am I lazy, a drama queen or depressed? A journey through a pluralistic approach to analysing accounts of depression
The application of Pluralism in Qualitative Research (PQR) allows for a multi-perspective approach to understanding the nuanced social and psychological phenomenon. The complexity of what it means to qualitatively analyse and respond to sensitive data from the reflexive position of the analyst, is the focus of this paper. We introduce previous work in pluralism, and data from ReachOut.com, an online resource for young people in need of mental hea…
Transformative spaces in the social reintegration of former child soldier young mothers in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Northern Uganda
A significant but insufficiently considered category of female former child soldiers is those that become mothers as a result of rape or through relationships with “bush husbands”. This article reflects on learning from a participatory action research (PAR) study which aimed to facilitate the social reintegration of formerly associated young mothers and other war-affected vulnerable young mothers in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and northern Uganda. We …
Transitional justice, post-conflict agendas, and psychology
Book Review: Hamber, Brandon (2009)Transforming Societies After Political Violence: Truth, Reconciliation, and Mental Health, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. isbn: 978-0-387-89426-3
Psychosocial interventions and children's rights: Beyond clinical discourse
There has been a significant increase in psychosocial interventions in the aftermath of ethno-political violence. Rwanda after genocide received sustained psychological attention and this paper critically examines the contribution of psychosocial interventions to the broader development agenda of reconstruction and rehabilitation. We undertake a brief psychologically informed analysis of the factors that contributed to genocide as a means of outl…
Dilemmas of 'community' in post-emergency Rwanda
This paper examines social relations and social support in communities in Rwanda in the aftermath of genocide. Communities in Rwanda have experienced unprecedented fragmentation and reconstitution as a result of death, exile and the massive repatriation of refugees. A social education methodology was used to examine the feasibility of mobilising communities to support vulnerable children. This prompted questions about what is ‘community’ and the …
Psychosocial interventions and children's rights: Beyond clinical discourse
There has been a significant increase in psychosocial interventions in the aftermath of ethno-political violence. Rwanda after genocide received sustained psychological attention and this paper critically examines the contribution of psychosocial interventions to the broader development agenda of reconstruction and rehabilitation. We undertake a brief psychologically informed analysis of the factors that contributed to genocide as a means of outl…
Former Lord's Resistance Army child soldier abductees: Explorations of identity in reintegration and reconciliation
This article explores the reintegration experiences of former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) child abductees into Acholi society in Northern Uganda. Based on interviews with 10 former abductees who were returned to communities for 2 years or more, it explores identity transitions for youth from pre-abduction, to their forced abduction into the LRA and subsequent escape and reintegration. Returnees such as those who have been members of the LRA for …
I Stand Like A Woman: Empowerment and Human Rights in the Context of Community-Based Reintegration of Girl Mothers Formerly Associated with Fighting Forces and Armed Groups
This article describes a multi-year participatory action research (PAR) study with young women and girls who were formerly associated with armed groups in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and northern Uganda and had children of their own during the conflict and with young mothers considered by their community to be especially vulnerable. Following a review of the literature on empowerment and human rights, the authors use examples from the PAR study to exp…
Transitional justice, post-conflict agendas, and psychology
Book Review: Hamber, Brandon (2009)Transforming Societies After Political Violence: Truth, Reconciliation, and Mental Health, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. isbn: 978-0-387-89426-3
Divergent Discourses, Children and Forced Migration
Experiences of refugee, internally displaced and migrant children in different contexts (such as post-conflict and resettlement) are often considered separately, yet closer analysis points to the existence of commonalities across transnational locations and a need to articulate the ways in which global systems, state policies and migration processes impact on the lives of these children. Current discourses, policies and practices towards forced-m…
International parental migration and the psychological well-being of children in Ghana, Nigeria, and Angola
Being Muslim and being Irish after 9/11: Self-conceptions of place in Irish society
There has been a significant, well-established if somewhat invisible Muslim population in Ireland since the 1950s. An increase in immigration during the Celtic tiger years along with the hysteria of 9/11 caused a rapid visibilization of this population. Muslims became synonymous with extremism and terrorism, but also fell victim to racist constructions emerging from the economic decline. The experience of Muslim youth since 9/11 has been well res…
Transformative spaces in the social reintegration of former child soldier young mothers in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Northern Uganda
A significant but insufficiently considered category of female former child soldiers is those that become mothers as a result of rape or through relationships with “bush husbands”. This article reflects on learning from a participatory action research (PAR) study which aimed to facilitate the social reintegration of formerly associated young mothers and other war-affected vulnerable young mothers in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and northern Uganda. We …
Transnational migration, health and well-being: Nigerian parents in Ireland and the Netherlands
The phenomenon of families separated across continents is a result of migratory flows in a globalised world. Transnational families occur because one or both parents migrate internationally requiring children to be raised in transnational child-raising arrangements, with the help of caregivers. This study examines the health and the emotional well-being of Nigerian migrant parents living in Ireland and the Netherlands, using comparative analyses …
Am I lazy, a drama queen or depressed? A journey through a pluralistic approach to analysing accounts of depression
The application of Pluralism in Qualitative Research (PQR) allows for a multi-perspective approach to understanding the nuanced social and psychological phenomenon. The complexity of what it means to qualitatively analyse and respond to sensitive data from the reflexive position of the analyst, is the focus of this paper. We introduce previous work in pluralism, and data from ReachOut.com, an online resource for young people in need of mental hea…
Transformative potential of print-making as embodied experience with migrants and asylum seeker women
This paper sets out an ethnographic research project that aimed to document a Cork Migrant Centre (CMC) women’s group engagement in a 12-week print-making psychosocial intervention. In recent years arts-based programmes where migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women participate have grown popular for their valuable therapeutic and healing capacities. However, the embodied realities of these groups of women remains an under-researched topic. The …
The role of the imagination in transnational relating: The case of Nigerian children and their migrant parent in Ireland
This paper explores the role of imagination in the lives of Nigerian transnational children and their migrant parent in Ireland. Migration of a parent is a rupture in a child’s life that triggers imaginary processes that are real in their developmental consequences. Following Zittoun and Gillespie, imagination is a process that generates a disjunction from the person’s experience of the “real” world, and uncouples and loops out before it eventual…
Disclosure of genocide experiences in Rwandan families: Private and public sources of information and child outcomes
Introduction to Crises, (Im)mobilities and Young Life Trajectories
This Special Issue on Crisis, (Im)mobilities and Young Life Trajectories examines the intersections of developmental trajectories and (im)mobility amidst crises, with a focus on ruptures, transitions, disruptions and continuities in the life course of children and young people who have been forced to move due to various man-made and natural crises [...]
Where are we going: Irish Traveller men imagining individual and collective futures
Irish Travellers were recognised as an indigenous ethnic minority in 2017, which was an important symbolic step in acknowledging the uniqueness of Traveller culture. Drawing on Zittoun & Gillespie's concept of the imaginative loop, this paper explores how Irish Traveller men imagine the future for themselves and their community, in the context of being an ethnic minority group where mainstream society has restricted many of their cultural practic…
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works)