Dr Amy Hanna
Lecturer in Children's Studies, University of Galway, Ireland
Profile
Amy's research interests are in children's rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC); particularly the intersection between children's education rights and their other rights enshrined in the CRC. Amy's research thus far has been focused on how children's rights are realised in education settings and to what extent education policy complies with UNCRC obligations. Amy has examined these issues using social epistemology and theories of power and is interested in how broader theories can help conceptualise children's rights more broadly.
Research
Publications
- Hanna, A, Moody, Z, Perry-Hazan, L, Darbellay, F, Gawlicz, K, Gillett-Swan, J, Heard, E, Louviot, M, Quennerstedt, A & Zak-Doron, I 2025, 'Are participation rights a lingua franca? The complexities of translating and comparing the term ‘participation’ in educational contexts', Childhood. https://doi.org/10.1177/09075682251367557
- Hanna, A 2025, 'The Administration of School Discipline in a Manner Consistent With Children’s Human Rights: A Rights-Based Analysis of School Codes of Behaviour in Ireland for Autistic Students', Journal of Human Rights Practice. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/huaf015