Dr. Carol Kelleher
Dr. Carol Kelleher is a lecturer in service design at management at University College Cork. She co-founded and co-chairs the ISS21 CARE21 research cluster in UCC. She is committed to participatory action research approaches which place carers' voices and experiences at the centre of policy and practice. Current care-related projects include the CAREVISIONS project (2020-2023), a qualitative participatory study of teenagers with type 1 diabetes transitions from adult to self-management of their condition (in collaboration with Cork University Hospital) and a qualitative study of how parents of children with autism experience the health, social care and educational systems. Previous projects include CARERENGAGE (2020-2021), Caring for Family Members with Dementia (2018-2019) and Post-Caregiving (2016-2017)