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Sussex Development Lecture - EuroBorderWalks: Walking borders, risk and belonging
On 17 February 2026 Professor Maggie O’Neill gave a keynote address as part of the Sussex Development Lectures at the University of Sussex.
This series is jointly run by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), the School of Global Studies, the Science Policy and Research Unit (SPRU) and the Centre for International Education (CIE), based at the University of Sussex.
The title of Prof O’Neill’s address was Walking Borders, Risk and Belonging: Advances in ethno-mimetic research in the making and re-making of three European borders. She discussed the methodology underpinning the research – the importance of the walking interview as biographical method (WIBM), key concepts of borders, bordering and mobility justice, and share some of the early findings specifically in relation to the Irish Border.
Professor O’Neill was introduced by Professor Máiréad Dunne, Professor of Sociology of Education, University of Sussex and Adjunct Professor at ISS21-CSF in UCC.
Thank you to everyone who attended this lecture both online and in-person.
To watch Professor O’Neill’s lecture please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtUnklHV89M&t=12s