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Dr Jolanta Golan

Research Fellow & Data Manager


Jolanta leads and supports research focused on paediatric palliative care, bereavement, and staff wellbeing. Her work explores the emotional and psychosocial impact of child loss and contributes to the development of compassionate, evidence-based support services for both families and care teams.

Her research interests also include the well-being of hospice staff, recognising the emotional demands placed on professionals working in paediatric end-of-life care and with bereaved families. She is deeply committed to identifying strategies that foster resilience, reflective practice, and sustainable support systems for multidisciplinary teams, ensuring that those who care for others are cared for.

With a background spanning academic, public sector and clinical settings, Jolanta has contributed to national studies on child health and collaborated on service evaluations aimed at improving family-centred care. Her expertise in data management and outcome measurement ensures that research findings are translated into meaningful improvements in policy, training, and service design.

Her work is grounded in ethical rigour, co-production with families and practitioners, and a strong commitment to enhancing the quality and accessibility of hospice care across the UK. Throughout her career, Jolanta has been a passionate advocate for compassionate, impactful research, ensuring her work makes a meaningful difference in the lives of those it serves.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

Price, M.J., & Golan, J. (under revision). The Best Possible Self Intervention Improves Employees’ hope and career success. The Career Development Quarterly.

Da Silva, S., & Golan, J. (under revision). Emotional awareness and wellbeing of children in a preschool mindfulness programme. Educational Psychology in Practice.

Pourabdollahian, B., & Golan, J. (2024). The effectiveness of self-compassion interventions on international PhD students’ well-being. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 8, 3, 1-13.

Wass, S. V., Daubney, K., Golan, J., Logan, F., & Kushnerenko, E. (2019). Elevated physiological arousal is associated with larger but more variable neural responses to small acoustic change in children during a passive auditory attention task. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 37, 100612. 

Richards, A., Hannon, E. M., Vohra, S. I., & Golan, J. (2014). Tales of the unexpected: Attentional awareness, goal relevance, and prior exposure to an unexpected change.. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 1(3), 284-291.