Researchers at the National Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Centre at DCU (ABC) have been awarded €251,000 to lead an EU project on bullying and special education needs.

The team at DCU will work with higher education partners in Ireland, Italy, Spain and Portugal on the project to combine research, best practice and cross-disciplinary modern pedagogical approaches with widely used technological means in order to provide comprehensive cross-national insight into research, policy and practice regarding disablist bullying.

The project builds on work already being done by Fiona Weldon at ABC and will develop an online repository of research, resources and training materials that can be used to tackle bullying against people with intellectual disabilities and special education needs.