In addition to pursuing the research and scholarly interests of staff in the Department of Applied Social Studies, the Centre For Youth Research and Development (CYRD) at NUI Maynooth conducts a range of research projects which are commissioned, funded or otherwise supported by external organisations and agencies. Recent and current partners and funders include the European Commission, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, the Combat Poverty Agency/Department of Social Protection,  the National Youth Council of Ireland, Youth Work Ireland, the Equality Authority, Kildare Youth Services and Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland (YAP).

The CYRD also has extensive links with international partners, for

example as part of a consortium developing an MA in European Youth Studies. For

more information see:

http://www.youth-partnership.net/youth-partnership/about/MA_presentation.html.

The Centre is also closely associated with the Research Committee on Youth (RC34) of the International Sociological Association: http://www.rc34youth.org/

For further details contact: maurice.devlin@nuim.ie. Tel: 353-1-7083781