Anna Papyan

Anna is a graduate of sociology from Yerevan State University, Armenia․ With extensive experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methods, she has worked on a variety of research projects in health, education, migration, human rights, civic activism, public policy. Anna has also collaborated with several community development initiatives on awareness raising, capacity building, civic participation, activism and the promotion of human rights. She has experience in organisation and facilitation of trainings, seminars and discussions using participatory approaches and techniques.

Anna moved to Ireland from Armenia in 2009. In 2011 Anna started to volunteer at Shannon Family Resource Centre and was involved in a number of initiatives within the organisation.  Since March 2022 she works as Community Development Worker there and works closely with different groups in community, including migrants and ethnic minorities. Anna was involved in a few participatory research projects with UL. Within the Ethnic Minority Health research project, she organised and supported facilitation of participatory group discussion with community members of different ethnic backgrounds. As a research assistant in the Research Prioritisation for Migrant Health project, Anna was involved in the preparation and facilitation of World Café style discussions using participatory art-based methods.

In April 2022 Anna joined the team of at PPI Ignite Network Project at UL as a Research Assistant.