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Kayla Cooley

Suicide researcher, non-profit co-founding director & chair, and suicide intervention techniques instructor. Kayla is a member of the Loss & Grief Research Group and the Health Education & Social Research Group under the Social Science ConneXions Research Institute at the Technological University of the Shannon (Midwest) researching suicide content online.

  • Graduated with honours (1:1) BA (Hons) Social Care Work
  • Social Care Ireland Award for Academic Excellence
  • LIT Research Fellowship Scholarship Awardee
  • TUS President’s Doctoral Scholarship Awardee
  • Student’s Union of Ireland Award for Outstanding Activism in Mental Health
  • Successfully transferred to the doctoral register (2022)
  • Notice of intention to submit for PhD examination submitted spring ’24
  • Successful publication spring’ 24

Recent Work

  • Published article, June 2024. 
  • Social Sciences ConneXions Spring Series, February 2024. Presentation entitled – Somewhere Between Methodology and Madness.
  • Poster Fest Finalist – Technological University of the Shannon, May 2023.
  • Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Conference (University of Limerick), 18 May 2023. Poster: Thematic and Content Analysis of Pro-Suicide Content.
  • Social Sciences ConneXions Autumn Series in November 2022. Presentation entitled – Killer Content: Suicide & The Media.
  • The Association for the Study of Death and Society‘s International Conference on the Social Context of Death, Dying and Disposal: Diversity and Decolonisation September 2021. Presentation entitled – Apart in Life but Together in Death – A Content Analysis of Suicide Methods Chosen by People Seeking Suicide Partners Online.
  • Shannon Region Postgraduate Conference in May 2021. Presentation entitled – Final Journeys, Beachy Head and Suicide.

Sociological Association of Ireland’s PG Annual Conference in February 2021. Presentation entitled – Apart in Life but Together in Death – A content analysis of suicide methods chosen by people who are seeking suicide partners online.

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