Dr. Laura Dunne is a Chartered Psychologist and Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the School of Social Science, Education and Social Work (SSESW), Queen’s University Belfast.  She is a Fellow of the Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation (CESI) and the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for  Public Health, Northern Ireland (CoEPHNI). Laura’s research interests lie in three main areas; child health and wellbeing, early child development and education in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs), and programme evaluation. She has extensive experience conducting both quantitative and qualitative research.