Three members of the Sociology and Criminology Department, Drs Katharina Swirak, Theresa O'Keefe and James Cuffe, have successfully secured research funding of over 700,000 Euro for three innovative research projects!

This work is positioning the department as a leader in cutting-edge social scientific research both nationally and internationally.

Congratulations to Graham, Orla and James on the publication of this excellent book, The Desistance Journey: Into Recovery and Out of Chaos, which examines desistance from offending amongst men in County Cork.

It examines the bigger picture of desistance, namely how offending and recovery from addiction are inseparable processes. It draws on in-depth interviews with 40 men  who had engaged with the criminal justice system, from the hardships they endured as children through their recollection of their reckless teenage years into active addiction and their often numerous attempts at recovery and eventually, for most, full recovery. 

Professor Maggie O'Neill was co-director of The European Sociological Association Summer School 2022, titled 'Sociology Matters: Theory, Methods and Practices’, September 5-6 which was held in the marvellous UNESCO world heritage city of Dubrovnik on the Adriatic coast in the very south of Croatia, a city with rich history and cultural traditions, but also where contemporary trends are present. It was a perfect place to gather 24 PhD students from 17 countries across Europe. The event was conducted in a hybrid mode as 4 participants joined online, whereas 20 students were present in person at the Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik. During a highly dense working two days schedule, the participants attended lectures by the Summer School instructors, the President of the ESA, Lígia Ferro (Portugal), the Chair of the Postgraduate Committee, the local organiser and Summer School Director, Krešimir Žažar (Croatia), and the members of the ESA Postgraduate Committee Ana-Cristina Santos (Portugal, Summer School Co-Director), Maggie O’Neill (Ireland, Summer School Co-Director), Ana Vidu (Spain/USA) and Nilay Kaya (Turkey).

Congratulations to our MA students Johanna Kirsch and Pamela Barrett on the publication of their articles in CULTIVATE The Feminist Journal of the Centre for Women's Studies, 4, September 2022!

We are very proud of our colleague, Dr. Ger Mullally, who won two awards last night, bringing to a total of four awards he received recently!

• Dingle Peninsula 2030 won the Engaged Research of the Year 2021 led by Prof. Brian Ó Gallachóir. Dr Ger Mullally, Dr Clare Watson and Dr Evan Boyle were part of the team from our Department.

• Imagining 2050 won the Presidents' Award for Research Impacting the Sustainable Development Goals 2021 led by Dr Ger Mullally.  Dr Evan Boyle was part of the team here as well.

• The other awards Ger received recently were the President's Award for Teaching Excellence 2020/2021 for the University Wide Module: Sustainability Teaching Team and Cork Environment Forum Lifetime Achievement Award 2021

We are delighted to welcome Diana Stypinska, NUIG as a guest lecturer to our Department Wednesday April 6 2022 5-6.30  (ORB 255 - seminar room).

This webinar, in association with Department of Sociology & Criminology UCC  and Fáilte Refugees Society, is on 5pm Tuesday 8 March 2022 on Zoom.

A discussion with:

Dr Naomi Masheti, director of Cork Migrant Centre

Amano Miura, Chair of UCC Fáilte Refugees Society

Dr Amin Sharifi Isaloo, UCC Lecturer in Sociology and Refugee

Fidaa Marouf, UCC Student and Refugee.

Department of Sociology & Criminology

Researching the Radical Right online: Stormfront and the Women's Forum

 Lorraine Bowman Grieve (Waterford Institute of Technology)

28 February 2022: Askive 01.

This seminar presents an overview of two research projects undertaken to gain a greater understanding of the Radical Right online, with a specific focus, in both projects, on the discourses created and constructed within the virtual community of Stormfront. 

This new project aims to forge greater links between academia, advocacy, and activism by focussing on the needs and voices of young people. Using participatory action research through the medium of theatre (Prof. Jools Gilson) and walking methods (Prof.Maggie O’Neill) the project explores the ways in which young people negotiate their experiences in Direct Provision while constructing and creating a sense of belonging to their communities. Congratulations and best wishes to all involved!

https://www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss/research/spotlight/participatoryartsforadvocacyactivismandtransformationaljusticewithyoungpeoplelivingindirectprovision/

We are delighted to announce two new awards from the Irish Research Council:

Participatory arts for advocacy, activism and transformational justice with young people living in Direct Provision

Clean Slate- Understanding the lived experiences of persons with criminal convictions of the harms resulting from barriers to employment, training, and education and how legislation, policy and practices can minimise these barriers

Congratulations to Professor Maggie O'Neill and Dr Katharina Swirak from all your colleagues!