Susan Morgan

Susan Morgan is a academic in the School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences at Ulster University. She Lectures in Community Youth Work and she is the Principal Investigator for Taking Boys Seriously, a longitudinal action research project aimed to redress the disparity in educational outcomes for boys thoughout the educational pipeline. 

She has worked in Ulster Univerisy since 2004. Susan takes a leading role in the development and delivery of professional training in Community Youth Work. Her teaching disciplines include gender conscious practice; conflict transformation; power inequality and anti oppressive practice: management, supervision and leadership; interpersonal skills; reflective practice and critical thinking. She also develops and manages international placements for students to destinations such as South Africa and Australia.

She has active role in the support and development of the vibrant community, youth and womens sectors in Northern Ireland through mentoring, facilitation and the development of knowledge exchange seminars. She works closely with both the formal and informal education sectors to support widening access and participation for those underrepresented in higher education.

Her local and international research interests include work with girls and young women in informal settings; work with street connected children internationally and work with young people in conflict societies. Her current reasearch is Taking Boys Seriously - a longitudinal participatory action reseach exploring long term solutions to systemic issues within education in relation to the disparity in outcomes for working class boys.