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Dr Susan Flynn

Susan

Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland

Email: sflynn7@tcd.ie

Profile

Dr Susan Flynn is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin. Her research work has, and continues to, focus upon child and family services (social work and social care). Within this, she has a particular focus on the intersection of disability and child protection and welfare. 

Research

Publications

  • Flynn, S. & McGregor, C., Disabled children and child protection: Learning from the literature through a non-tragedy lens, Child Care in Practice, 23, 3, 2017, 258 - 274 http://hdl.handle.net/2262/91084 
  • Flynn, S., Perspectives on austerity: The impact of the economic recession on children with intellectual disability, Disability & Society, 32, 5, 2017, 678 - 700 http://hdl.handle.net/2262/91082 
  • Flynn, S., Theorizing Disability in Child Protection: Applying Critical Disability Studies to the Elevated Risk of Abuse for Disabled Children, Disability & Society, 35, 6, 2020, 949 - 971 http://hdl.handle.net/2262/90705 

Expertise

Social work; disability; child protection and welfare.
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