Sean Redmond

Adjunct Professor

20232024

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Biography

Dr Seán Redmond, Adjunct Professor of Youth Justice, is seconded by the Department of Justice to the School of Law, University of Limerick (UL). Seán is leading the project REPPP - Research Evidence into Policy, Programmes and Practice, a joint DOJ/UL parttnership to develop the evidence base to improve youth crime policy decision-making in Ireland. 

Dr Redmond is co-founder of the research cluster Health Implementation Science and Technology Research Cluster at University of Limerick, the precursor of the Centre for Implementation Research at UL.

From 2012-2016 Seán worked in the Research and Evaluation Unit of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs with the lead responsibility for evaluation. Seán had lead responsibility for the Value for Money and Policy Review of €34 million targeted Youth Programmes.

Over the last 25 years Sean has held positions as:

  • Head of Young Offender Programmes Irish Youth Justice Service;
  • Assistant Director of Children's Services, Barnardos;
  • Director PACE prisoners' resettlement service.

 

Research Interests

Publications and reports

REPPP Action Research Project

Fullerton, D. Bamber, J. and Redmond, S. (2021) Developing effective relationships between youth justice workers and young people: a synthesis of the evidence. Research Evidence into Policy, Programmes and Practice (REPPP) Project, University of Limerick. 

Articles

REPPP in the media

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

  • K Law (General)
  • Youth Justice
  • Q Science (General)
  • Implementation Science
  • Implementation Research
  • Evidence to Practice Policy
  • Knowledge Translation

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