People

Matt McGovern

Research Assistant
Telephone: +44 (0)1224 27 4529
Email: matt.mcgovern@abdn.ac.uk

Overview of Research

Matt possesses a diverse background in research having worked for both the public and private sector, during which he has gained experience in using a wide set of methodologies and approaches. He has previously worked for The Centre for Criminal Justice, Economics and Psychology, where he reviewed evaluations of criminal justice interventions, and for QA Research, a commercial research company that mainly specialises in evaluation work for the public sector.

For the Rowan Group, Matt completed a literature review for The University for Children and Families that explored the link between parental participation in adult education and children's participation in Higher Education.

He has continued to widen and deepen his involvement in research related to young people with his work for the School of Education. For the evaluation of the Highland Future Schools project he has been involved in creating a number of questionnaires and was later responsible for completing a meaningful data analysis upon the results. He has also participated in conducting interviews for the project, as well as the analysis of qualitative data.

Reports

Matt McGovern (2005) “Imagining Other Drivers: An investigation into people’s thoughts and feelings about their car use in relation to congestion reduction policies.” Submitted for the degree of Social Research MRes University of Aberdeen

Matt McGovern (2004) “A Snapshot of Northfield Youth Life: A Report on the Northfield Youth Lifestyle Survey” Reported to Northfield Community Centre

Matt McGovern, Janet Shucksmith, Kate Philip (2004) "Breaking the Circle: Exploring the links between parental involvement in adult education and young person involvement in post 16 and Higher education" Reported to the University for Children and Families