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Personal profile
Biography
Daniela Mercieca is Lecturer at the University of Dundee. She studied at the University of Malta and the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Before joining the School of Education and Social Work, she was Associate Professor at the University of Malta in the Faculty of Education. Prior to that she trained and practised as a Primary School Teacher in Malta and as an Educational Psychologist in the UK and in Malta. Currently also an Educational Psychologist in a Local Authority in Scotland.
Teaching
Daniela currently teaching on the M.Sc. Educational Psychology training programme in the School of Education and Social Work. She also has experience in teacher education.
Research
Daniela's research interest is in critically problematising the assumptions that underpin educational practice with children and deconstructing situations in which decisions are made concerning children in schools.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Open Access: Thinking through the death of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea: mourning and grief as relational and as sites for resistance
Mercieca, D. P. & Mercieca, D., 18 Apr 2025, Relational Theory: Feminist Approaches, Implications, and Applications. 1 ed. London: Routledge, 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Narrowing the theory-practice divide: an evaluation of teaching psychological theories in the educational psychology professional training programme
Mercieca, D. & Hulme, S., 23 Nov 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Narrowing the theory-practice divide: an evaluation of teaching psychological theories in the educational psychology professional training programme
Mercieca, D. & Hulme, S., 17 Aug 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Questioning ‘Listening to children’s voices’ through Jean-Luc Nancy concept of ‘sense’
Mercieca, D., 24 Nov 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Social Justice in Educational Psychology Practice: experiencing aporia
Mercieca, D., 16 Aug 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Activities
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Psychologists as ‘Dissenting Social Justice Voices’
Mercieca, D. (Speaker) & Mercieca, D. (Speaker)
10 Nov 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Moments of dissent in Educational Psychology: possibilities for social justice?
Mercieca, D. (Contributor) & Mercieca, D. (Speaker)
8 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Educational and Life Transitions/TCELT- Research Seminar: Primary school teachers’ thinking about transitions during COVID-19 lockdown in Scotland
Mercieca, D. (Speaker) & Mercieca, D. (Speaker)
13 Jan 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Malta Review of Educational Research Online – Research Symposium 3rd March 2021 based on MRER Special Issues Volume 14 Number 2: The Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching and Learning: What Can I do? Caring Relationships Among Teachers, Students and Families During COVID-19 Lockdown in Scotland
McLennan, C. (Speaker), Mercieca, D. (Member) & Mercieca, D. (Member)
3 Mar 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Saturday Series - Escaping to a post Covid world
Murray, P. (Organiser), Wallace, L. (Organiser), Chalmers, J. (Presenter), Hothersall, E. (Presenter), Mercieca, D. (Presenter), Mercieca, D. (Presenter) & Sen, R. (Presenter)
17 Apr 2021Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar