Professor Maggie O'Neill led a walk and talk tour in Cork city on 'Walking as Critical Pedagogy: A feminist walk in Cork' on Friday 12 November 2021 2-4pm 

The thematic focus: celebrating the contribution of women to art, culture and the city; exploring the role of women in addressing sexual and social inequalities, and building fairer, safer communities

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The walk was created in discussion with MA Women's Studies, Sociology & Criminology students, Dr Naomi Masheti and Dr Amin Sharifi Isaloo. 

Congratulations to Finch McKee and Rebeckah McCarthy, pictured here with Professor Maggie O'Neill and Professor Kieran Keohane, at the recent Conferring Ceremonies at UCC.

Finch received two awards, Outstanding Sociology Student of the Year 2021 and was a Joint Recipient of the Active Citizenship Award in the Graduating Sociology Class of 2021.

Rebeckah was a Joint Recipient of the Active Citizenship Award in the Graduating Sociology Class of 2021.

Congratulations to Callum McGuire and Edith Busteed, pictured here with Professor Maggie O'Neill, Kevin Hosford, Dr Katharina Swirak and Dr Kevin Sweeney at the recent Conferrings Ceremonies at UCC.

Callum received two awards, Best Final Year Criminology Dissertation 2021 and Outstanding Criminology Student of the Year 2021. The title of his dissertation is ‘Fatal Resistance: Exploring Male Inmate Suicide as “Resistant Deathwork”’ and Professor Maggie O'Neill was his supervisor.

 Edith received the Best Final Year Sociology Dissertation 2021. The title of her dissertation is 'The impact gender has on environmental attitudes and behaviour' and Dr. Ger Mullally was her supervisor.

The Walking Publics/Walking Arts research project (Dee Hedden and Harry Wilson, University of Glasgow, Maggie O'Neill University College Cork, Morag Rose University of Liverpool and Clare Qualman University of East London)  launched the online gallery of walking artworks made during COVID-19, with guest speaker Stephanie Springgay, McMaster University, Canada.

Congratulations Maggie and all associated with the project!

On November 5^th, our colleague Dr. Tracey Skillington will participate in a UNFCC COP26 side-event in Glasgow, co-hosted by the University of Cambridge and Strathclyde University, as an invited speaker.

Dr. Skillington will participate in the expert panel ‘Rising Temperatures, Expanding Human Rights and the Obligations of States and Private Actors for Global Climate Justice’ on the day along with fellow speakers Rt Hon Lord Robert Carnwath (former UK Supreme Court Justice / Hon Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge / Hon Professor, UCL), Dr Kim Bouwer (Durham Law School); Dr Joana Setzer (Grantham Research Institute GRI, LSE); Adv Lucy Maxwell & Adv Sarah Mead (Legal Counsels, Urgenda Foundation). 

Congratulations to Dr Kevin Sweeney and Kevin Hosford on the publication of chapters in the timely book - Cybercrime in Action: An International Approach to Cybercrime - from all your colleagues!

Kevin Sweeney's chapter is entitled 'Policing Cyberspace' and Kevin Hosford's chapter is 'Hacker Generations, Subcultures & Hat Colours. A More Practical Approach to Classification'.

Congratulations to Professor Maggie O'Neill who gave the Keynote at this fascinating conference recently from all your colleagues!

In turbulent geo-political, social and technological times attention to the role of im|mobilities is important. This is both true in relation to mobilities as a diverse area of academic enquiry, but also in terms of what it means to make art related to mobilities and movement. The exhibition includes many different approaches to the arts in mobilities research, including art as research method, art and illustration as methods of understanding research and communicating outcomes, and practice led research by artists. It is often in the combination of these approaches that we find new understandings and insights into the turbulent and problematic circumstances that lead to or are caused by im|mobilities.

Many congratulations to Dr. Tom Boland (UCC) and Dr. Ray Griffin (WIT) on the publication of their latest book 'The Reform of Welfare'. Drawing on ideas from economic theology, this provocative book uncovers deep-rooted religious concepts and shows how they continue to influence contemporary views of work and unemployment: Jobcentres resemble purgatory where the unemployed attempt to redeem themselves, jobseeking is a form of pilgrimage in hope of salvation, and the economy appears as providence, whereby trials and tribulations test each individual. This book will be essential reading for those interested in the sociology and anthropology of modern economic life.

This is a very interesting article just published -  paper presents sociological and anthropological theories to examine the linkages between conflict and development, particularly the world power structures and interests which contribute to the continuation of violence within and between countries. Concentrating on the international relations, the purpose of this paper is to advance an understanding of global development in phases of conflicts and to discuss how conflicts affect development. In other words, a particular focus on the international tension is taken to illustrate destabilisation of global development by powerful states which leads the world into an uncertain future. Congratulations Amin from all your colleagues!

Congratulations to Dr. Tom Boland on the recent publication of his article on contemporary welfare processes!

Dr. Tom Boland, UCC and Dr. Ray Griffin, WIT have written a timely article for the Sociological Review about Jobseeking.

Congratulations to Brenda Mondragon and Theresa O'Keefe on the publication of the article  'Cultural appropriation in fashion: Critiquing the dispossession of Mayan Culture in Guatemala' in the International Journal of Fashion Studies in April 2021 - Volume 8, Number 1, April 2021, pp. 131-138(8)

Congratulations to our colleague, Dr. Kevin Sweeney on the publication of his latest article 'Understanding emotion as a strategy in policing' in The Police Journal: Theory, Practice & Principles

Brenda Mondragon Toledo and Doris Murphy, postgraduates from our Department, are among those organising this conference to be held on May 19-20, 2-4.30pm. Congratulations and best wishes from all of us!

Many congratulations to Dr. Ger Mullally from all your colleagues!

The Deliberative Futures Toolkit Launch held on 21st April 2021 was a well-attended and very interesting event. The Guest Speaker was Dr. Oliver Escobar with Imagining2050 team co-chaired by Dr. Ger Mullally and Dr. Clodagh Harris.

"As we emerge from the pandemic, we need to recover from it. Given the multiple potential benefits of walking, including enjoyment and pleasure, we think that anything that supports more people, and more diverse people, to walk and keep walking, will be vital. Walking is not just something you do on foot. Those using wheelchairs and other mobility aids go for walks and we want to hear about their experiences over the last year too" said Professor Maggie O'Neill, Head of Department of Sociology & Criminology, UCC. about the launch of this timely project.

Walking Publics/Walking Arts: walking, wellbeing and community during COVID-19 is a new research project which will also look at the role of creativity – or creative walking - in those experiences. The project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of the UK Research and Innovation rapid response to COVID-19.

Professor Deirdre Heddon, University of Glasgow, is leading the walking project in collaboration with academics from University College Cork, University of Liverpool and the University of East London.  

Congratulations to James Windle and Paul Murphy on the publication of their article in the journal 'Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy.

Congratulations to Dr. Amin Sharifi Isaloo (Liminality and Modern Racism) and Dr. Egle Gusciute (Míle fáilte? Discrimination in the Irish rental housing market towards Black applicants) on the publication of both articles recently.

Egle Gusciute, Peter Muhlau and Richard Layte, have an interesting article published in the Ethnic and Racial Studies. It's an article on anti-immigration sentiment in Ireland. Congratulations Egle from all your colleagues!

Dr Amin Sharifi Isaloo has sent a video of his talk on discrimination to EDI for the Equality week. It will be on the UCC EDI website during Equality week. It will be one of the Podcasts

Podcasts:
Dr Amin Sharifi Isaloo speaks on discrimination
Dr Caroline Schroeter reflects on Douglasss Week 2021

At the book launch of 'Direct Provision: Asylum, The Academy and Activism' on 25 February 2021, Dr. Amin Sharifi Isaloo read an extract from his article in the book. Congratulations Amin from all your colleagues.

Congratulations to Dr. Amin Sharifi Isaloo on being awarded a PG Diploma in Teaching & Learning (CIRTL) recently! The ceremony was online for the first time this year and Amin remembers attending the ceremony for the PG Certificate in Teaching & Learning in the Aula Maxima last year, live and face-to-face.

We are delighted to announce that our Professor, Maggie O'Neill, has been conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences!

Professor Roger Goodman FAcSS, President, Academy of Social Sciences, says that Fellows are selected for the excellence of their research, impact, leadership,and the practical application of social science to real world problems. Professor Maggie O'Neill certainly meets this criteria. Congratulations from all your colleagues!

Congratulations to Dr Egle Gusciute, who along with Professor Peter Mulhau and Professor Richard Layte has a very interesting paper in International Migration. Using the 7th round of the European Social Survey and linking it to other data sources, this paper examines whether threat hypotheses can explain anti‐Muslim sentiment in Europe. The study finds that opposition to Muslims is significantly higher than opposition to migrants in general, particularly in Eastern and Central Europe. The threat hypothesis is not supported on a country level as counties with higher “stock” of Muslim population and higher number of Islamic terrorist attacks are more welcoming towards further Muslim immigration. Furthermore, the study finds that women are more opposed to Muslim immigration than men. The wider implications of these findings and alternative explanations are discussed.

Congratulations to Dr. Theresa O'Keefe on the publication of an excellent article 'Bridge-builder feminism: the feminist movement and conflict in Northern Ireland' in the journal Irish Political Studies, Feb 2021.

It's part of a special edition to mark the retirement of Professor Jennifer Todd from UCD.

A timely essay from Professor Kieran Keohane in Constellations, December 2020 articulates two general theoretical paradigms to help us account for both the bad (violent) and good (collaborative) manifestations of the current Covid‐19 pandemic crisis by drawing on theories of René Girard and Marcel Mauss.

Exciting news from Dr Tom Boland and all at the Economy & Society Research Centre that this year's Summer School will be a virtual Lecture Series with the first lecture on 23rd February called 'Ideas lying around'.

Congratulations to Dr Tom Boland who will be guest speaker with Laurent Thevenot at a 3 day symposium organised by Roskilde University. The course will be online via electronically supported formats.

The focus of this excellent Ph.D. course is set on how we can analyse and understand how actors live with, shape, and sometimes question and fight modern forms of power and government. Current challenges in welfare societies, such as developments of rising inequality in wealth and health, technological trends of artificial intelligence and automation, health, climate and biodiversity crises as well as the challenge to democracies that form populist and authoritarian currents, re-actualize the old but still highly relevant and interrelated questions of what is, and ought to be, critical research and what is the role and forms of critique in contemporary societies.

Journal of Political Power, October 2020, contains an interesting paper by Professor Kieran Keohane which looks to attune to the musical theme in Hartmut Rosa’s Resonance, not in the sense of singing from the same sheet but in a spirit of jamming and improvising, developing a fugue.

 Professor Louise Ryan, Director of the Global Diversities and Inequalities Research Centre, London Metropolitan University. and our Visiting Professor will chair the next webinar fromThe Global Diversities & Inequalities Research Centre.

The title is 'Exclusion & belonging in super-diverse contexts'. The Speakers are Dr Julius Elster, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Professions, London Metropolitan University and Professor Susanne Wessendorf is a Professor of Social Anthropology at Coventry University’s Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (UK).

Congratulations to Professor Arpad Szakolczai who retired at the end of January.

Frontiers in Time Research edited by Professor Elisabeth Schilling University of Police and Public Administration of North Rhine-Westphalia in Bielefeld and Professor Maggie O'Neill University College Cork is now available in paperback.

Professor Maggie O'Neill (UCC) with Dr Sharron Fitzgerald (University of Munich) and Dr Gillian Wylie (Trinity College Dublin) edit a special thematic issue in the current Irish  Journal of Sociology - 'Advancing Social Justice for Sex Workers'

Congratulations to our colleagues Dr Orla Lynch, Yasmine Ahmed, Helen Russell and Kevin Hosford on the publication of their edited book Conversations with Criminologists which is published by Palgrave. 

The book examines how Criminology has developed as a discrete subject area in the Irish context, with unique insights for an international audience Explores the future trajectories of Criminology It also looks at how Criminology intersects with policy and practice.

One of the conversations is with Professor Maggie O'Neill, Head of Department, Department of Sociology & Criminology, UCC.

Professor Maggie O'Neill spoke alongside Dr Erin Sanders McDonagh at the Between the Edges and Margins Seminar Series 21st January on Exploring Sensory Methodologies. This was very interesting and brought many questions from an attentive audience.

Congratulations to Brenda Mondragón Toledo on the publication of her article on Life of a Mexican Student in Ireland

Brenda is from Puebla City and moved to Cork in 2017. She studied a Masters in Sociology of Globalisation and Development at UCC for which she was awarded the Government of Ireland International Scholarship. Afterwards, she loved Ireland so much that she decided to stay and she is currently doing a PhD at UCC in the Department of Sociology & Criminology, and the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Department.

Brenda's Master's research was on the problematization of collective intellectual property of indigenous textiles in Guatemala and her current research is a comparative study between Mexico and Ireland in terms of gender violence, using textiles through Participatory Arts Research.

The death has occurred of Professor Damian Hannan, who was the Professor of Social Theory and Institutions at UCC from 1971 - 1976.