Robbie Gilligan

Robbie Gilligan

Trinity College

H-index: 37

North America-United States

About Robbie Gilligan

Robbie Gilligan, With an exceptional h-index of 37 and a recent h-index of 24 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Trinity College, specializes in the field of Children in care, care leavers, youth transitions in adversity, social support and young people, social work.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Exploring care leavers' agency in achieving entry into the world of work: A cross‐national study in six countries

Early work experiences, social inclusion and transition to adulthood: The voice of care-experienced young adults

What helps adult care leavers return to education? exploring the relevance of learner identity and the life course perspective

Exploring the dynamics of female rural-urban migration for secondary education in Ethiopia

Residential care for children and youth in Ireland

Moving towards empowerment? Rural female migrants negotiating domestic work and secondary education in urban Ethiopia

‘In your own head everyone is staring’: the disability related identity experiences of young people with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Children at transition from primary school reflecting on what schools are for–narratives of connectedness,(mis) recognition and becoming

Robbie Gilligan Information

University

Position

Professor of Social Work and Social Policy

Citations(all)

6488

Citations(since 2020)

2234

Cited By

5040

hIndex(all)

37

hIndex(since 2020)

24

i10Index(all)

78

i10Index(since 2020)

50

Email

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Trinity College

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Robbie Gilligan Skills & Research Interests

Children in care

care leavers

youth transitions in adversity

social support and young people

social work

Top articles of Robbie Gilligan

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Exploring care leavers' agency in achieving entry into the world of work: A cross‐national study in six countries

International Journal of Social Welfare

Helena Johansson

Yvonne Sjöblom

Ingrid Höjer

Robbie Gilligan

Laura Arnau‐Sabatés

...

2024/1

Early work experiences, social inclusion and transition to adulthood: The voice of care-experienced young adults

Journal of Social Work

Veerle Soyez

Robbie Gilligan

Laura Arnau-Sabatès

Helena Johansson

Ingrid Hojer

...

2024/1/24

What helps adult care leavers return to education? exploring the relevance of learner identity and the life course perspective

Journal of Youth Studies

Robbie Gilligan

Eavan Brady

2023/11/26

Exploring the dynamics of female rural-urban migration for secondary education in Ethiopia

Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education

Louise Yorke

Robbie Gilligan

Eyerusalem Alemu

2023/5/19

Residential care for children and youth in Ireland

Revitalizing Residential care for Children and Youth: Cross-National Trends and Challenges; Whittaker, JK, Holmes, L., del Valle, JF, James, S., Eds

Robbie Gilligan

2022

Moving towards empowerment? Rural female migrants negotiating domestic work and secondary education in urban Ethiopia

Gender, Place & Culture

Louise Yorke

Robbie Gilligan

Eyerusalem Alemu

2022/12/31

‘In your own head everyone is staring’: the disability related identity experiences of young people with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Journal of Youth Studies

Michelle Spirtos

Robbie Gilligan

2022/1/2

Children at transition from primary school reflecting on what schools are for–narratives of connectedness,(mis) recognition and becoming

Childhood

Daniela Sime

Robbie Gilligan

Jennifer Scholtz

2021/5

Youth agency in everyday precarity: The experiences of young migrants and refugees growing up on the Thailand-Myanmar border

Journal of Youth Studies

Derina Johnson

Robbie Gilligan

2021/2/7

How disability and other socio-economic factors matter to children’s socio-emotional outcomes: Results from a longitudinal study conducted in Ireland

Ann Swift

Edurne Garcia Iriarte

Philip Curry

Roy McConkey

Robbie Gilligan

...

2021/2

How did kinship care emerge as a significant form of placement for children in care? A comparative study of the experience in Ireland and Scotland

Children and Youth Services Review

Louise Hill

Robbie Gilligan

Graham Connelly

2020/10/1

Supporting care‐experienced adults' educational journeys:“Linked lives” over the life course

Child & Family Social Work

Eavan Brady

Robbie Gilligan

2020/5

Support in the workplace: How relationships with bosses and co-workers may benefit care leavers and young people in care

Children and Youth Services Review

Laura Arnau-Sabatés

Robbie Gilligan

2020/4/1

The role of agency in shaping the educational journeys of care‐experienced adults: Insights from a life course study of education and care

Children & Society

Eavan Brady

Robbie Gilligan

2020/3

Responding to misrecognition–A study with unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors

Children and Youth Services Review

Riikka Korkiamäki

Robbie Gilligan

2020/12/1

Therapeutic Residential Care Viewed in Cross National Perspective: What is the Future?

SOSHARU WAKU KENKYU

James K Whittaker

Lisa Holmes

Jorge F del Valle

Frank Ainsworth

Tore Andreassen

...

2020

Extended care: Global dialogue on policy, practice and research

Children and Youth Services Review

Adrian D Van Breda

Emily R Munro

Robbie Gilligan

Roxana Anghel

Annemiek Harder

...

2020/12/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 41
Jorge Fernández del Valle

Jorge Fernández del Valle

Universidad de Oviedo

H-index: 35
Erik Knorth

Erik Knorth

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

H-index: 29
Suzanne Cahill

Suzanne Cahill

Trinity College

H-index: 26
Adrian van Breda

Adrian van Breda

University of Johannesburg

H-index: 20
Edurne García Iriarte

Edurne García Iriarte

Trinity College

H-index: 16
Muireann Ní Raghallaigh

Muireann Ní Raghallaigh

University College Dublin

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