Haven Horizons / TUS Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Abuse Research & Knowledge Centre
In 2018 Haven Horizons developed a collaborative partnership and a Memorandum of Understanding with the Technological University of Shannon (TUS) to establish a Research and Knowledge Centre.
Key Objectives of the DSGBA Research and Knowledge Centre:
- Develop of new accredited training modules
- Increase DSGBA resources for academics, students, practitioners and stakeholders
- To facilitate collaboration between academics, practitioners and policy makers
- Identify and address gaps in DSGBA research
- Promote collaborative research proposals and engaged research
- Bridge the evidence-practice gap that currently exists
- Accelerate knowledge transfer to inform policy, practice and legislation
- Reduce the incidence and impact of DSGBA in Irish society
- Establish a Virtual Community of Practice
- Support networking and knowledge sharing between researchers, academics, educators, survivors with experiential knowledge, students, frontline professionals, community groups, statutory agencies and other stakeholders
Outcomes
- Level 6 ‘Reflecting on and Responding to Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control’ developed and currently delivered through the TUS Flexible Learning Department
- Two Irish Research Council’s New Foundations programmes (2020 / 2021)
- Books on DSGBA donated to Libraries Ireland, Libraries NI, and TUS libraries
- Two webinars on Engaged Research and Research Translation in DSG
- Virtual DSGBA Community of Practice established