Information Country: Ireland Institution: UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre NUI Galway Eurofamnet Role: Vice-Chair & WG1 Co-leader Area of expertise: Family Support Theory, Policy, Evaluation Methodology, Planning / Design He has been involved in developing Family Support as a policy and practice paradigm and has co-edited / co-authored three books on the subject.He has undertaken many research and evaluation studies on the operation of Family Support services particularly in the Child Welfare and Protection area.He is co-founder of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre which has Family Support as one of its two key research strands.