Ann-Marie Creaven

Glad to be able to share new preprint on how to make supervising dissertation projects more open and efficient with secondary data, open data, and evidence synthesis with Ashley Robertson, @amcreaven.bsky.social, Elayne Ahern, and @katebutton.bsky.social

🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps...

#AcademicSky

Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it's not stopping The report delves into the nuances of Parisian cycling culture, exploring the vibrant community of riders who navigate the city's streets

Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to massive investment and it’s not stopping.
A visionary urban policy lead by @annehidalgo.bsky.social 💫🫶🏻🙏🏻
momentummag.com/paris-cyclin...

I am pleased to see academics pushing back hard against the unquestioning adoption of AI. This quote captures all of my concerns in a nutshell.

#jobFairy 💚🚴🏽
We're looking for people to join our @iscycle.bsky.social team, promoting ebikes as a healthy and climate-friendly alternative to driving. We have scope to employ at least two post-docs off this ad, and RA posts as well #ebike #sustainableMobility my.corehr.com/pls/esbsheul...

Climate warming stripes for Berlin 1850-2024

Germany has warmed by about 1.7 degrees Celsius since official meteorological measurements began in 1881. In Berlin, we can see and feel the effects: less snow, and longer, hotter, and drier summers 🌡️
Today 21st June is #ShowYourStripes day - how does climate change look in your area?

call me crazy but I don't think we should.

Monday weddings in the wesht 🥳 ♥️

Health outcomes and psychosocial determinants in young carers: a systematic review Evidence suggests that young carers (age <25 years) can have worse health outcomes than their peers, yet the long-term effects of caregiving remain un…

New systematic review by PhD researcher Aoife Bowman Grangel on health outcomes in young carers is out in The Lancet Public Health! Key findings: high mental health risks, unclear physical health impacts, and the role of social connection. Funded by @researchireland.ie

Lunchtime @unioflimerick.bsky.social today, and we even have a baby attending the session ♥️ GRMA, Ciara 🎶

Dr Karol Mullaney-Dignam, Associate Professor in the School of History and Geography. She is seated in a room with mint green walls. She has long brown hair and is wearing glasses. She is wearing a black top, green blazer and silver necklace.

In Legacy on RTÉ 1, UL's Dr Karol Mullaney-Dignam from the School of History & Geography speaks about the Bryce family whose creative spirit transformed Garinish Island from a bleak, windswept, rocky outcrop to a unique horticultural & architectural gem

Watch: www.rte.ie/player/serie...

#StudyAtUL

Happy Friday everyone! I just posted what I think is an important blog post on my website. It is a critique of meta-meta-analyses: meta-analyses of meta-analyses.

Link: matthewbjane.github.io/blog-posts/b...

#stats #metascience

Assistant Professor/Lecturer Post in any area of psychology in the Department of Psychology, Maynooth University (Fixed Term, 2 years). Sunday, 22nd June 2025. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

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Comhghairdeas, Niamh 👏

Research funders at all levels must get past this fascination with unicorns and superstars. Invest broadly, and in enabling research infrastructures.

Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

Gay Mitchell asks the European Commission if they could consider standardising Mother’s Day and Father’s Day across Europe

The European Commission basically says lol

#tbt to 2012 when an Irish MEP asked the EU to standardise Mother’s Day across the continent

www.kennys.ie

reminder that @kennysbookshop.bsky.social is the longest-running online bookshop *on the entire internet* (!!!)

they have FREE postage in ireland (and it's not so expensive to mainland europe, either)

don't give any money to jeff bezos and his employee-abusing company, go straight to kennys.ie

A calm sea with the tide coming in on a rocky sandy beach, in the early evening

A gorgeous evening in #SpanishPoint ☘️

Digital mental health services Dr. Harry Barry, GP and Mental Health specialist and Ann-Marie Creavan from the Dept of Psychology at the University of Limerick

Yesterday's trip to @rte.ie Limerick, reflecting on digital mental health supports including yourmentalhealth.ie #TodayCB

Https://www.rte.ie/radio/podcasts/22495682-digital-mental-health-services/

When will the sun die? A tough one from child #2 right before bedtime

A snippet of our graduation celebrations 🎉

Comhghairdeas all 👏👏👏

woman standing on beach arms outstretched with back to camera

UL’s Dr Ann-Marie Creaven, on Today with Claire Byrne discusses how we can work on improving our ability to keep our attention focused and avoid unnecessary distractions:
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
#StudyatUL #SpeirGorm

The PR team texts - why would you send such texts about your nefarious PR plans

Yes I did download the 70 page pdf of the Blake Lively filing for some bedtime reading

Open qualitative data: a worked example of qualitative data sharing from an interview study on loneliness in young adulthood Open data is increasingly a priority for research funders and data availability statements are commonly required for submissions to peer-reviewed journals. Although much of the recent momentum for ...

and our worked example of archiving qualitative data #OpenScience #LoveIrishResearch

🙏@researchireland.bsky.social for funding 🙏

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Loneliness trajectories and psychological distress in youth: Longitudinal evidence from a population-based sample - PubMed This pre-registered secondary analysis aimed to examine distinct longitudinal loneliness trajectories in youth and whether these trajectories were associated with psychological distress at final follo...

Happy to see two papers with Emma Kirwan (soon-to-be-PhD graduate) published in the last month.

Emma's third PhD study, using @usociety.bsky.social data: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39548824/ - w/ @paraic.bsky.social @annetteburns.bsky.social @hri-ul.bsky.social et al... #LoveIrishResearch

Labour tops manifesto assessment on climate, the three largest parties all fail | Friends of the Earth Campaigners call for would-be Taoiseachs to be challenged on their party’s failure in Leaders’ Debate The Labour Party has come out on top in&nbsp;

Are you curious how the climate policies of political party manifestos stack up ahead of 🇮🇪 #ge24 next week?

❌ The three major parties - Fianna Fáil, Sinn Fein and Fine Gael all failed our assessment
✅ the Labour Party came out on top

www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/labour-...