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The department currently has 29 postgraduate research students, 20 registered on the MPhil in Race, Ethnicity, Conflict and 7 registered on the MSc in European Employment Studies
MARTINA BYRNE
Martina is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology under the supervision of Dr. Ronit Lentin and Dr. Peter Muhlau. Her research interests include social class, immigration, race/ethnicity and national identity in contemporary Ireland. Martina has a BA in Communication Studies from Dublin City University and a M.Phil in Ethnic and Racial Studies from Trinity College. Martina is a Teaching Assistant at TCD, lectures on an evening course entitled 'Introduction to Theories of Race & Ethnicity' and is also a lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery.
Contact: byrnem19@tcd.ie
PAUL CANDON
Paul Candon is researching the emerging online public sphere in Ireland under the supervision of Dr Anne Holohan. His research interests include: cultural studies, the online commentariat, media analysis, the public intellectual, public discourse and the sociology of knowledge and information. He holds a BA in English and Legal Science from UCG and an MA in Public Culture Studies from IADT Dun Laoghaire. Paul is a member of the Association of Internet Researchers, an Associate Researcher at GradCAM (Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media) and is also a guest lecturer at UCD’s School of Library and Information Studies. He is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department and his research is funded by a Trinity College Postgraduate Studentship.
Contact: candonp@tcd.ie
CRAIG CONSIDINE
Craig’s research focuses on issues pertaining to identity. His PhD study is a transatlantic comparison that explores the role that religion plays in the identity construction process of young Pakistani men in Dublin and Boston. The research is primarily concerned with examining the saliency of religion in the ‘marketplace of identity’ and the interstices between religious and other ‘identity options’. The project is supervised by Dr Daniel Faas. Craig holds an MSc from the University of London and a BA from American University (Washington, DC). He is also serving as a Teaching Assistant for the Department.
KATHRYN BREDA GOODALL
Kathryn Breda is a PhD candidate researching business graduate careers under the supervision of Professor James Wickham. She holds a BA International from the National University of Ireland Maynooth and the University of Vienna in Sociology and German. She was awarded a John and Pat Hume Scholarship and a Trinity College Studentship. Her research interests include: the sociology of work and employment, economic sociology and the sociology of consumption.
Contact: feehankb@tcd.ie
MAJA HALILOVIC-PASTUOVIC
Maja Haliovic-Pastuovic is a graduate of the MPhil in Ethnic and Racial Studies. Her research interests include: migration, post-refugee transnationalism, ‘race' and ethnicity, bio-politics of racial states and identity in post-conflict society. Maja's PhD work explores the specificities of Bosnian post-conflict migration to Ireland and the subsequent annual summer migrations back to Bosnia. The research is concerned with examining the nature of Bosnian post-refugee transnationalism as situated between intercultural Ireland and post-Dayton Bosnia. The research is supervised by Dr. Ronit Lentin.
Maja's work has been funded by the Trinity College Postgraduate Award and by Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. She is a member of Sociological Association of Ireland and Association of Legal and Social Philosophy.
Publications
Halilovic - Pastuovic, M., 2007 ‘The “Bosnian project” in Ireland: A “vision of divisions”', in Fanning, Bryan. (ed.) Immigration and Social Change in Republic of Ireland , Manchester University Press, Manchester .
Halilovic-Pastuovic, M., 2007 ‘Diaspora or State-Sponsored Interculturalism?: The Zena Project and Bosnian Migrant Women in Ireland ', in Ni Eigeartaigh, Aoileann, Howard, Kevin and Getty, David (eds.) Rethinking Diasporas: Hidden Narratives and Imagined Borders, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge .
Halilovic-Pastuovic, M. 2009 ‘“Not like it used to be Bosnia” – Grounding Bosnian post-refugee transnationalism: the politicisation of nationalism, ethnic reification and religiosity in post-Dayton Bosnia', in Eleftherakis, G., Hannam, S., Kalyva, E. and Psychogios, A. (eds.) Infusing Research and Knowledge in South-East Europe, South East European Research Centre, Vol. 2, Thessaloniki.
Contact: halilovm@tcd.ie
JONATHAN LACEY
Jonathan's research interests include issues relating to ethnic and racial studies, with a particular focus on religion, migration and global networks. Jonathan's PhD work involves a focus on the global network of the Turkish religious community of Fethullah Gülen. He is supervised by Dr. Ronit Lentin. Jonathan is in receipt of a Trinity Postgraduate Award.
Publications
Lacey Jonathan (2009) ‘The Gülen Movement in Ireland : Civil Society Engagements of a Turkish Religio-cultural Movement' in Turkish Studies. Vol. 10 (2), 295-316.
Lacey, Jonathan (2007a) ‘ Exploring the Transnational Engagements of a Turkic Religio-cultural Community in Ireland ' in Translocations: The Irish Migration, Race and Social Transformation Review. Vol. 2 (1), pp. 153-174.
Contact: laceyjo@tcd.ie
LORRAINE MANCEY
Lorraine is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology under the supervision of Dr.Barbara Bradby. Her research interests include development organisations, identity and discourse, organisational storytelling and learning, complexity theory and gender and the body. Lorraine has a MA in Social Anthropology from SOAS and a BA in Social Anthropology and Sociology from Newcastle University. Lorraine is is currently a Teaching Assistant in the Department.
Contact: manceyl@tcd.ie
WALE MOGAJI
Contact: mogajio@tcd.ie
MICK O’BROIN
Mick's research investigates transformations in the state-form arising from the Northern Irish peace process, focusing on transnational sovereignty, the govrenment of difference and conflict, and networked governance. He draws on contemporary theories around governmentality and post-politics to critique the emerging political order.
Contact: obroinmi@tcd.ie
DAMIEN Ó TUAMA
Damien's research area is bicycle culture and social cohesion. Does building an urban cycling culture help create more sociable streets and a more sociable city? Does this lead to greater social cohesion? How can an urban bicycle culture be nurtured? These and other questions form the backdrop to his investigations being supervised by Prof. James Wickham. Damien spent over ten years in transport consultancy and in 2008-09 he was the main author of the Department of Transport's National Cycle Policy Framework 2010-2020. He holds a B.Sc. from University College Dublin and M.Sc.in Environmental Engineering from Queens University Belfast. He is the organiser of the Annual Cycling Research Lectures and continues to work on transport related projects on a part-time basis.
contact: dotuama@tcd.ie
ALESSIA PASSARELLI
Alessia is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology and a research student on the Migrant Networks project. Alessia's PhD work, under the supervision of Dr Ronit Lentin, investigates integration policies and practices in mainline protestant churches in Italy and in the Republic of Ireland looking at social and cultural changes happening due to migration. Her research interests include: migration, sociology of religion and ethnic minorities in Europe. Alessia’s work has been funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Publications:
Passarelli, A. (2010) ‘Integration, Migration and Religion: Responses of the Church of Ireland’ in Translocations: The Irish Migration, Race and Social Transformation Review. Vol. 6 (2)
Contact: passarea@tcd.ie
MARIANNA PRONTERA
Contact: pronterm@tcd.ie
ANDREA RIGON
Andrea holds a BA in International Cooperation and Development from the University of Pavia and an MSc in Development and Globalisation from SOAS, University of London. His doctoral research analyses how social and political conflicts among different actors shape the outcome of slum-upgrading programmes, with specific focus on the implementation of the internationally-funded UN programme in Kenya, designed to identify best policies. His research interests include: anthropology of development organisations, urban development, and sociology of globalisation. Andrea ' s work has been funded by the Trinity College Postgraduate Award and by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Contact: rigonan@tcd.ie
JUSTYNA SALAMONSKA
Justyna is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology, supervised by Prof. James Wickham. Her PhD thesis examines work life trajectories of Polish migrants in Ireland. The study focuses on migrants’ middle class resources and the extent to which these are transferred between different employers, sectors, occupations and countries of the European labour market.
Justyna was a Research Assistant on Migrant Careers and Aspirations project (one of six projects within Trinity Immigration Initiative). Currently she is in receipt of a Postgraduate Scholarship from the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Contact: salamonj@tcd.ie
WALEED SERHAN
Waleed Serhan is a PhD candidate at the Department of Sociology under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Finlay. His current research is on the “othering” of Palestinians in Lebanon where they have resided as refugees for over sixty years. In particular, he is interested in the shift over time in the relationship between Palestinians and Lebanese as indistinguishable co-ethnics to distinctive groups divided by social and cultural boundaries and tensions. Waleed has an MSc in Global Movements, Social Justice and Sustainability from the University of Glasgow. He is currently a Teaching Assistant at the Department and in receipt of a Postgraduate Research Studentship Award.
Contact: serhanw@tcd.ie
Contact:ksheeha@tcd.ie
BEATA SOKOLOWSKA
Beata is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology under the supervision of Dr.Peter Muhlau. Her research interests include immigration, acculturation and identity.
Her current research is focused on acculturation of Polish teenagers in Ireland.
Contact: sokolowb@tcd.ie
Ying is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Faas. Her research focuses on the occupational, social and cultural experiences of first and second generation Hong Kong Chinese migrants in Ireland. She holds a H.Dip in Community and Youth Work from NUI Maynooth, Ireland (2007). She authored the ‘Mapping of Chinese migrants in Ireland’ report for the International Organisation for Migration (IOM, 2010) as well as the ‘Chinese Students in Ireland' report, published by the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism (NCCRI, 2006).
Contact: wangyy@tcd.ie
KASIA WODNIAK
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