Dr Paul Connolly

Dr Paul Connolly is head of research at the Graduate School of Education, Queen’s University Belfast and also director of the NFER at Queen’s Centre for Educational Research.
He has researched and published widely in the area of young children’s identities and is particularly interested in how factors such as gender, ethnicity and family background combine to influence these.
Paul’s books include: ‘Racism, Gender Identities and Young Children’; ‘Children and the Conflict in Northern Ireland’; and ‘Boys and Schooling in the Early Years’. More information on his research interests and publications can be found on his website at: www.paulconnolly.net.
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