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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 ... -
Tusla – Child and Family Agency parenting support and parental participation research report
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, University of Galway, 2018)This research has been conducted by the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre (UCFRC) at NUIG at the request of Tusla - Child and Family Agency to support the development of a new Parenting Support Strategy. This ... -
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 ... -
The material for victory: The memoirs of Andrew J. Kettle
(Open Press at the University of Galway, 2023-10-21)A well-known champion of tenant farmers' rights and land reform, Andrew J. Kettle (1833-1916) was a co-founder of the Land League with Michael Davitt and Charles Stewart Parnell, an advocate of Irish Home Rule, a progressive ... -
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 ... -
Surviving necropolitical developments amid democratic disinformation: A pandemic perspective from Brazil
(Bristol University Press, 2022-10-03)The global COVID-19 pandemic poses evolving dilemmas of disease, death, disability, and economic and socio-political inequalities and injustices, as the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to spread and evolve variants. This ... -
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 ... -
A rapid review of the benefits and outcomes of universal youth work
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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
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2021)[No abstract available]