Dr. Orla Dunne

Dr. Orla Dunne is Assistant Professor at the School of Inclusive Education in Dublin City University. She is co-chair of the Graduate Diploma in Gifted Education, the first university programme on gifted education. 

She has worked with the Centre for Talented Youth, Ireland (CTYI) at DCU for over a decade. CTYI is Ireland’s only formal organisation for gifted education programming and is Europe's largest dedicated centre for gifted education programmes and research. Her research interests include giftedness, twice-exceptionality, LGBTQ inclusion and adolescent social and emotional development. 

Orla is passionate about cross-collaboration and has worked with other universities (including Rutgers University - New Brunswick, the University of Notre Dame, Elmbridge University and University of Nijmegen), gifted organisations (including the European Council of High Ability, the National Association for Gifted Children and the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children) and projects within DCU.

In 2025, she received the ‘Emerging Leader’ Award from the World Council of Gifted and Talented Children.