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Wellbeing Research for Education Conference 2026 comes to Mary Immaculate College on June 5
Wellbeing Research for Education Conference 2026 comes to Mary Immaculate College on June 5. Dr Gerard Farrelly, Lecturer in Education and Programme Coordinator of the M Ed in Leadership of Wellbeing in Education at MIC; Dr Margaret Nohilly, Lecturer in Education and Programme Coordinator of the Professional Master in Education – Primary Teaching; Dr Maria Varvarigou, Lecturer in Postgraduate Studies at the STEM Department; Dr Fionnuala Tyan, Lecturer & Programme Coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Autism Studies, Professor Emer Ring, Dean of Education; and Dr Lisha O’Sullivan, Head of Department of Reflective Pedagogy & Early Childhood Studies.
Mary Immaculate College is set to host the 2026 Wellbeing Research for Education Conference in Limerick on Friday, June 5
Mary Immaculate College (MIC) will host the Wellbeing Research for Education Conference 2026 on Friday, 5 June at its Limerick campus. It brings together educators, researchers, student teachers and those with an interest in wellbeing to explore practical approaches to wellbeing across education.
The theme of this year’s conference, ‘Well, how? Practical Wellbeing in Action Across the Education Continuum’, reflects a growing focus on how wellbeing can be meaningfully embedded in educational settings from early years through to higher education.
The conference will provide a space for teachers, lecturers, undergraduate and postgraduate research students, student teachers and education stakeholders to share ideas, experiences and research on wellbeing in education. Through presentations, discussions and dialogue, attendees will have the opportunity to reflect on both theory and practice and consider how wellbeing can be supported in meaningful and sustainable ways.
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Keynote speakers include Professor Emer Ring, Dean of Education at MIC, and Professor Selina McCoy, Associate Research Professor in Social Research, and joint education research coordinator at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ERSI) and Adjunct Professor at Trinity College Dublin.
Dr Gerard Farrelly, Lecturer in Education and Programme Coordinator of the M Ed in Leadership of Wellbeing in Education at MIC, said, “Conversations around wellbeing are now central to education, but there is an increasing need to move from ideas to action. This conference creates an opportunity for educators, researchers and students to come together to share experiences, explore research and reflect on practical ways wellbeing can be supported across educational settings.”
The conference will take place at MIC on Friday, 5 June.
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