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A social justice perspective on the delivery of family support
(Elsevier, 2024-03-01)Family support as an approach to working with children, youth, parents, and families is widely practiced across Europe albeit with a range of diverse meanings and interpretations. This paper responds to this ambiguity ... -
Pastorate digitalized: Social media and (de)subjectification
(SAGE Publications, 2024-01-18)Taking its cue from Michel Foucault’s analyses of the pastoral ‘conduct of conduct’, this paper considers social media as a specific dispositif that derives its mode of operation from the religious techniques of ... -
Reciprocal relationships - non volent resistance and the IASW as solidarity and support against abusive and violence behaviour
(Irish Association of Social Workers, 2021)The Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) creates spaces for voices of encouragement, hope and support for practitioners and researchers using new ways of responding to new needs. A new and innovative response to child ... -
‘An Inclusive Playing Field’: How can Gaelic games organisations promote the active inclusion of their LGBTQ+ players?
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2023)In 2015, the Republic of Ireland became the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage through a public referendum. It represented a dramatic shift in societal values. At the heart of this country is the ... -
The confidence cult(ure): from postfeminism to neoliberal feminism
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2023)In this article, I explore how the conflation of neoliberalism, postfeminism and selected elements of a broader feminist discourse brought forth a new type of feminism that is amenable to patriarchal neoliberalism: ... -
Three conditions for equality: feminist organising at the University of Galway
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2023)This article investigates the recent history of the University of Galway and its controversial gender crisis. The current prioritisation of equality, diversity, and inclusion in Irish higher education policy was ... -
Achieving gender equality through feminist social movements: A case study of Ni Una Menos (Not One Less)
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2023)The Ni Una Menos (Not One Less) Movement emerged as a direct response to the alarming increase of femicide in Argentina. This paper analyses how the Ni Una Menos movement mobilises various resources for gender equality. ... -
A critical analysis of Ireland’s approaches to addressing cyber sexual violence
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2023)In this review article, I will critically analyse various approaches for addressing Cyber Sexual Violence (CSV) perpetrated against adults in the Republic of Ireland1 . CSV is cyberspace-located, non-physical and ... -
Investigating the use of the Danger Assessment (DA) Questionnaire to assess risk at Aoibhneas Domestic Abuse Support for Women and Children
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2023)Risk assessment is a key facet in supporting victims of domestic abuse and preventing outcomes such as re-assault or domestic homicide. Campbell’s Danger Assessment questionnaire is a risk assessment tool that is used ... -
Editorial: The Spectre of Violence in Graduate Feminist Research
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Confronting time out of joint. . . – On economic rationality and imagination
(SAGE Publications, 2023-02-01)It is often suggested that today we are living in the 'end times'. Confronted by a perpetual incursion of major global crises, we increasingly find ourselves incapable of meaningfully relating to the present, let alone to ... -
Incarcerated mothers’ experience of adversity heard using participatory mixed-method research
(SAGE Publications, 2022-12-25)This paper is based on mixed method participatory research with incarcerated mothers in Ireland. It is based on a study which aimed to profile imprisoned mothers, hear their experiences of motherhood and mothering, and ... -
Virtual consumption: A review of digitalization's “green” credentials
(Frontiers Media, 2022-11-23)The unprecedented development, growth, and widespread pervasiveness of digital Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) have coincided with ever-increasing levels of consumption and the climate emergency. Digital ICTs, ... -
Naming my world: Finding my voice
(SAGE Publications, 2021-07-19)This is a personal account of a sociological career over four decades, influenced by developments in Irish society and sociology. I focus on the growth of a feminist sociology, the stigmatisation of unmarried mothers, ... -
Realizing the potential of a strengths-based approach in family support with young people and their parents
(Wiley, 2022-10-22)This paper on a strengths-based approach (SBA) to practice is based on empirical research with stakeholders involved in an intensive support programme for young people at risk and their parents in Ireland. The Youth Advocate ... -
The possibilities of feminism(s) in an uncertain world
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Introducing Dearcadh: A tradition in feminist academics and publishing
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A word of caution for feminist-decertifiers? The case of France’s racial disestablishment
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2022)This thinkpiece studies France’s relationship to race/ethnicity through a feminist lens. It explores the French government’s unique approach to its citizens’ identities which has effectively resulted in the disestablishment ... -
An evaluation of the practicability of the right to development
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2022)Human rights broadly speaking refer to norms, and codes that seek to protect humans from political, legal, and social abuses (Stanford, 2003). In more recent times, concerns for issues involving global and social justice ... -
Image-based sexual abuse in Ireland: a thematic and critical discourse analysis of Twitter data surrounding a highly-publicised case in 2013
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2022)In order to understand attitudes that uphold social inequalities, discourse related to these inequalities must be analysed. Rape myths are socially upheld false beliefs about sexual violence (SV) which contribute to ...