About
Hi! I am Ryan Alberto Ó Giobúin. I grew up in an Irish-Mexican family in the small village of Camus in the heart of the Connemara Gaeltacht – a place that I still call home.
I moved to Dublin in 2011 to start my undergraduate degree at Trinity College Dublin. My interest in addressing social issues through evidence-based policy came together perfectly in my undergraduate degree in Sociology and Social Policy, in which discipline I was elected a Scholar in 2013.
Since 2017, I have been pursuing a PhD in the Department of Sociology. In my research I look at the development and causes of educational inequalities, paying particular attention to the effect of the Great Recession on child outcomes, and the negative repercussions of poverty on child development.
Outside of research, I enjoy gardening, reading, hiking and photography. You can follow my interests through my social media pages, here.
Education & Experience
2022
Quantitative researcher
University College Dublin
Quantitative researcher on the Safe Learning Study, an intervention study conducted by the School of Education.
2017-2022
PhD in Quantitative Sociology
Trinity College, Dublin
Quantitative research on the development of primary and secondary effects of social origin in the Irish education system.
2020
Nominated for Dermot McAleese Teaching Award
Trinity College, Dublin
Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods
2017-2018
Postgraduate Certificate in Statistics
Trinity College, Dublin
School of Computer Science and Statistics
2015-2018
EIL Intercultural Learning, Cork
Board Member of EIL Intercultural Learning
EIL is a not for profit organisation providing overseas intercultural learning and volunteering opportunities.
2015-2016
Diploma in German
National University of Ireland, Galway
Studied the language along with the intellectual, cultural, and economic considerations of German speaking countries.
2011-2015
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Sociology and Social Policy
Trinity College, Dublin
Final Year Dissertation title: ‘Educational Experiences in Ireland: A Case Study of Young Somali Adults in Dublin’.
2013
Elected a Scholar in Sociology and Social Policy
Trinity College, Dublin
This is the most prestigious undergraduate award in Ireland, awarded to students of ‘outstanding ability’ in their field of study.
Research
Publications
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Gibbons, R.A., Layte, R. (2021) The Effect of School Composition and Disciplinary Ethos on Student Learning Outcomes
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Gibbons, R.A., Sprong, S., Chzhen, Y. (2021) Growing Up in the Great Recession: The Effects of Three Dimensions of Economic Well-being on Child Behavioural Difficulties from Ages 9 to 17 (Under Review)
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Sprong, S., Gibbons, R.A., Chzhen, Y. (2021) Divergent Trajectories: Three Dimensions of Child Poverty During the Great Recession in Ireland (Under Review)
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Gibbons, R.A., Layte, R. (2021) A Fixed-effects Analysis of the Effect of Financial Strain and Parental Depression on Child Behavioural Difficulties During the Great Recession in Ireland (Under Review)
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Gibbons, R.A., Layte, R. (2021) When and Why Do Socio-economic Differences in Student Disaffection Emerge? A Longitudinal Study from Age 9 to 17/8 (Under Review)
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Gibbons, R.A., Layte, R. (2020) Constrained by Choice: Social Class and Curriculum Selection in Secondary Education in Ireland.
Selected Oral Conference Proceedings
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October 2021: European Consortium for Sociological Research, Annual Conference:
Why do working class students have worse behaviour? Financial strain and child behavioural difficulties during the Great Recession in Ireland -
August 2020: European Sociology Association, Sociology of Education Conference:
When and why do students become disaffected? -
March 2019: International Sociology Association, Research Committee 28 Conference:
Diverging Pathways: social class and curricular choice in secondary education in Ireland