Biography
Originally from the Patagonian region of Argentina, Luciana Lolich has been living and working in Dublin, Ireland for almost twenty years. Luciana has an interdisciplinary background combining business and social sciences. She received her doctorate from University College Dublin and since then she has continued to develop, through teaching and research, her core interest of studying complex societal challenges at the intersection of public policy and markets.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Daly, L., Lolich, L., McGlinchey, E., Allen, A.P., Buttery, N., Corr, C., Dunne, P., Dennehy, H., Fitzpatrick, M., Kennelly, S., McCallion, P. And McCarron, M., Making a Difference - Evidencing the Impact of a Study to Produce Post Diagnostic Support Guidelines for People with Intellectual Disability, 35th Alzheimer Europe Conference - "Connecting science and communities: The future of dementia care", Bologna, Italy, 6-8th October 2025, 2025
Mercille, J., & Lolich, L. (2024)., What do private providers of home care want? An analytical framework., Critical Public Health, 34, (1), 2024, p1 - 14
Digitalisation of public services as a challenge to solidarity and social justice in, editor(s)M. Yerkes, M. Bal , Solidarity and Social Justice in Contemporary European Societies, Palgrave, 2022, [Lolich, L. and V. Timonen]
Timonen, V. and Lolich, L., Dependency as status: Older adults' presentations of self as recipients of care, SAGE Open, 2020
Lolich, L., 'If I get a good job you could say that it was worthwhile': students' views on higher education as a risk investment, Irish Educational Studies, 2020
Lolich, L. & Timonen, V., Fortunate and fearful: Emotions evoked by home care policies for older people in Ireland, Emotions and Society, 2, (1), 2020
Pirhonen J., L. Lolich, V. Timonen, K. Tuominen and O. Jolanki , 'These devices have not been made for older people's needs" - older adults' perceptions of digital technologies in Finland and Ireland'., Technology in Society, 62, 2020
Lolich, L, The prioritisation of choice in eldercare: the case of Ireland, International Journal of Care and Caring, 2019
McDonald; Lolich; Timonen; Warters , "Time is more important than anything else": tensions of time in the home care of older adults in Ireland., International Journal of Care and Caring, 2019
Virpi Timonen & Luciana Lolich, "The Poor Carer": Ambivalent Social Construction of the Home Care Worker in Elder Care Services, Journal of Gerontological Social Work , 2019
Luciana Lolich, Isabella Riccò, Blanca Deusdad, Virpi Timonen,, Embracing technology? Health and Social Care professionals' attitudes to the deployment of e-Health initiatives in elder care services in Catalonia and Ireland,, Technological Forecasting and Social Change,, 147, 2019, p63 - 71
Lolich L. & Lynch, K. , No choice without care: Palliative care as relational matter, the case of Ireland., Soundings, An Interdisciplinary Journal, 100 , (4), 2017, p353 - 374
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Confiando en nuestras emociones in, editor(s)Angélica De Sena. , Vulnerabilidad, pobreza y políticas sociales, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, CLACSO; Ciccus, 2020, [Luciana Lolich]
Recognition
Awards and Honours
Rose Dobrof Award (for the most outstanding article) from the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW), United States.
Telemedicine and digitalization of care for older adults at home workshop | Colab Plug & Play| Forskerparken Odense M, Denmark