Dr Colette Murray

Dr Colette Murray is a lecture in the Department of Social Science, Law and Education in the Early Childhood Education and Care school.  She has more than 30 years’ experience in the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector in both national and international contexts. She is interested in transformative and emancipatory practice in education and society. She has advocated for a comprehensive Diversity, Equality and Social Justice approach in ECEC policy, training and practice, introducing the Anti-bias approach to the Irish ECEC sector. She is a board member of Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre and was a steering committee member of the international Reconceptualising Early Childhood Education (RECE) network from 2019-2024. She has developed and delivered Equality, Diversity and Equality training nationally and has written and published primarily on social justice, diversity, equality and Traveller issues. Colette was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 2023 and spent 3 months in the Centre for Indian Education, in Arizona State University.  She has succefully tendered the Department of Children, Disabilty and Equality to review the DEI Charter and Guidelines, the Training of Trainers Programme and develop a mentoring resource and deliver the training of trainer programme to the County, Childcare Committee trainers (October, 2025-October 2026)

Transformative and emancipatory practice in education and society; social justice, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI); Traveller Community; DEI in Early Childhood Education and Care; Identity, belonging and representation; Children's Rights.