For
the past few years, the SRA has had a small but growing membership
throughout the island of Ireland. We have members and supporters
in Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway, Ennis, Limerick, Tralee ... so
we are determined not to be Dublin centric. We believe that the SRA
has a unique contribution to make to the professional development
of social research in Ireland and we are doing our best to raise
the profile of the SRA and improving services available to members
throughout Ireland. These include the local provision of quality
research training and workshops, seminars and other events, as well
as opportunities to network.
Our main effort so far has
been on building up the SRA’s
membership on the island of Ireland. In addition to independent
researchers/consultants, we now have members in a whole range
of public/private sector bodies, including:
In addition, do also look up other organisations with which
some of our members are also involved, for example, the Irish
Social Policy Association (www.ispa.ie).
Once we can get one or two training courses off the ground in
2009, we should really be up and running! So do get in touch … The
opportunities to network, organise training, raise the professional
recognition and
representation of social research in Ireland will grow as our membership
grows. So, if you are interested in knowing more, and even better would
like to help, do get in touch with me at sra.ireland@gmail.com. You never
know, it could be the best career move you make in 2008!!
Dr. Peter Humphreys (Chair: SRA Ireland)
SRA Ireland Training
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