Orla Cronin Research

Social science research and strategic consultancy

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Literature reviewing & dissemination

OCR has extensive skills in writing for different audiences (e.g. academic journal articles, internal reports, and Easy Read reports for audiences with learning disabilities).

We also provide subediting services e.g. where English is not the first language of the author, or for early career scientists who benefit from coaching in science writing.

Many of our internal reports are confidential, but a flavour of our work can be seen in the tagclouds below.

Sample publications and patents include…

Woodcock A, Cronin, Ó, & Forde S. (in preparation).  Building capacity for monitoring and evaluation in a Kenyan sport for development project (to be submitted to Development in Practice)

Woodcock, A., Cronin, Ó., Forde, S. (2012).  Quantitative evidence for the benefits of Moving the Goalposts, a Sport for Development project in rural Kenya,Evaluation and Program Planning, 35(3). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014971891200002X

Woodcock, A., Leman, P., Cronin, Ó., Porta, L., Noreisch, M., & Madonda, E. (under review). The impact of participation in sport for development projects in Europe, Africa and South America: a qualitative investigation of members’ experience.  Submitted

Cronin, Ó., El-Deredy, W., Harbron, C. G., Hayet, M. & Patel, S. (2001) Textual data. European Patent EP1271341

Bliss, J., Ogborn, J., Cronin, Ó., Reader, W. & Tsatsarelis, H.A. (1999).  Empirical abstraction and imaginative denial of rules.  In Bliss, J., Saljo, R. & Light, P. (Eds).  Social and Technological Resources for Learning.  Oxford: Pergamon Press.

Cronin, Ó. (1997).  The psychology of the photograph.  In J. Prosser (Ed.)  Image-based research: A sourcebook for qualitative researchers.  London: Falmer Press.

Memon, A., Cronin, Ó., Eaves, R. & Bull, R. (1996). An empirical test of the mnemonic components of the Cognitive Interview. In G.M. Davies, S. Lloyd-Bostock, M. McMurran & C. Wilson (Eds.).  Psychology, law and criminal justice: International developments in research and practice. Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 135-146.

Cronin, Ó. & Gale, A. (1996).  Photographs and the therapeutic process.  Clinical Psychology Forum, 89, 22-24.

Cronin, Ó. & Gale, A. (1995).  Phototherapie: Ein kritischer Überblick.  Integrative Therapy, 3-4, p. 245-264

Memon, A., Cronin, Ó., Eaves, R. & Bull, R. (1993).  The Cognitive Interview and Child Witnesses.  In G.M. Stephenson & N.K. Clark (Eds.)  Children, Evidence and Procedure: Issues in Criminological & Legal Psychology.  No. 20. BPS.

Cronin, Ó. (1992).  Helping children to recall.  In Investigative Interviewing with Children, pp 35-37.  Milton Keynes: OUP.

Sample conference papers and posters include

Woodcock, A. & Cronin, Ó (2010).  A new monitoring and evaluation toolkit for sport for development projects.  Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference 2010, 14-16 April 2010. Stratford-on-Avon, UK.

Woodcock, A. & Cronin, Ó. (2009) Monitoring & evaluation toolkit for sport for development: Empowering projects to conduct internal evaluation. Up2Us National Conference, Chicago, October 2009 .

Woodcock, A., Leman, P., Cronin, Ó., Porta, I., Noreisch, M. & Madonda, E. (2008)  Perceived benefits of participation in sports projects: the views of young people on three continents.  Poster presented at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, April 2008. (winner of best poster prize).

Woodcock, A., Leman, P., Davis-Gill, S., Cronin, Ó., Porta, I., Noreisch, M., & Madonda, E. (2007). Impact of Participation in SportFocused Projects on the Lives of Young People in Europe, Africa & South America. Paper presented at the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies Annual Conference, San Diego, December 2007.

Stubenitsky, K. and Cronin, Ó. (2005).  Applying learnings from children’s nutrition education & health promotion intervention studies to promoting food products for children within a realistic purchase environment.  Poster presented at the Fourth Annual Conference of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Amsterdam, June 2005.

Cronin, Ó. (1995).  Mining the family archive: The use of the family photographic collection in the family’s construction of reality.  Paper presented at the Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference, November, 1995.

Cronin, Ó. (1995).  The Meaning and Functions of Family Photographic Collections.  Poster presented at the British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, September, 1995.

Cronin, Ó. and Gale, A. (1994).  The psychological significance of family photographs.  Paper presented at the British Psychological Society Undergraduate/Postgraduate conference, March 1994.

Cronin, Ó. and Gale, A. (1993).  Mirrors and prisms: Lay theories of photographic meaning. British Psychological Society London Conference Abstracts, p. 3.

Memon, A., Cronin, Ó., Eaves, R. and Bull, R. (1992)  An empirical test of the mnemonic components of the Cognitive Interview. Paper presented at the Third European Conference of Law and Psychology, September, 1992.

Küpper, B., Cronin, Ó., Eaves, R., Memon, A. and Bull, R. (1992).  The Cognitive Interview: Scoring recall. Poster presented at the Third European Conference of Law and Psychology, September, 1992.

Cronin, Ó. Memon, A., Eaves, R., Küpper, B. and Bull, R. (1992).  The Cognitive Interview: A child centred approach? Poster presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute: The Child Witness in Context: Cognitive, Social and Legal Perspectives, La Lucca, Italy. May 1992.

Memon, A., Cronin, Ó., Eaves, R., Küpper, B. and Bull, R. (1992).  The Cognitive Interview and child witnesses.  Paper presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute: The Child Witness in Context.  La Lucca, Italy. May 1992

Memon, A., Cronin, Ó., Eaves, R. and Bull, R. (1992).  The Cognitive Interview and Child witnesses.  Paper presented at the second annual conference of the BPS Division of Criminological and Legal Psychology, March, 1992.