Welcome to my personal website. I am Professor of Education and Head of the School of Education at Queen's University Belfast.

I am Founding Editor of the journal Effective Education; Co-Chair of the Campbell Collaboration Education Coordinating Group; and Founder and Former Director of the Centre for Effective Education at Queen’s. In addition to this I currently hold the Donald Dewar Visit Chair in Social Justice and Public Policy at the University of Glasgow.

This site provides information on my research, publications and forthcoming activities. You can also follow me on:

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August 2012: Connolly, P., O'Hare, L. and Mitchell, D. 'The effects of Booktime on the reading attitudes and behaviours of children aged 4-5 years olds and their parents in Northern Ireland: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial', EARLI SIG18 Educational Effectiveness, 29-31 August, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

September 2012: Kerr, K., Niens, U. & Connolly, P. 'Evidence from a baseline study of teachers and young people in Northern Ireland: implications for peace education', European Conference on Educational Research, 18-21 September Cadiz, Spain.

November 2012: Connolly, P. 'Public Lecture - Title to be confrmed', 28 November, University of Macquarie, Austrailia.

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Chairperson of the Ministerial Advisory Group appointed by the Minister of Education in Northern Ireland to advise him on how best to take forward shared education. For further details click on the image below:

Founder and Former Director of the Centre for Effective Education, School of Education, Queen's University Belfast

Founding Editor of the international, peer-reviewed journal Effective Education

Founding Co-Director, with Prof. Tony Gallagher, of Una - A Global Learning Initiative on Children and Ethnic Diversity

Founding Director of Improving Children's Lives: An Interdisciplinary Research Initiative at Queen's University Belfast

Co-Chair of Campbell Collaboration Education Coordinating Group

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Quantitative Data Analysis in Education: A Critical Introduction Using SPSS

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Book Review: "Thank you! In his book Quantitative Data Analysis A critical introduction using SPSS, Professor Paul Connolly has produced a masterpiece for researchers who 'Don’t do numbers', and have found themselves having amassed a desk full of quantitative data now needing analysis …Empathetic, incredulous, ingenious! ... I have no hesitation in recommending this book to students and researchers who need a working knowledge of using SPSS."

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