My interests centre on the analysis of discursive, classificatory and physical violences, particularly those motivated by prejudice. My current research focuses in particular on gender-diverse persons experiences of hostility and minorities' access to justice. I am a co-director of the European Centre for the Study of Hate at the University of Limerick. My research has been funded by the European Union and the Irish Research Council. I am currently engaged in the following funded projects:(2022) All Island Network for Challenging Hate (with Jennifer Schweppe, Ross Macmillan, Kevin Brown), funded by New Foundations/Shared Island, Irish Research Council. (2020) 50 Years of LGBTI+ Activism in Ireland: Social Forces and Legal Change (in partnership with GOSHH, with Jennifer Schweppe and El Reid), funded by New Foundations, Irish Research Council.(2020) NETHATE: Network of Excellence of Training on Hate (led by TCD), funded by Horizon 2020 Marie Skand#322;odowska-Curie Actions (ITN). My former funded projects include:(2019) Irish Travellers' Access to Justice (ITAJ) (with Jennifer Schweppe, David Joyce, Sindy Joyce, Margaret O'Brien and Olive O'Reilly), funded by COALESCE Research Fund, Irish Research Council/Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.(2017) Call It Hate (multi-partner project led by Universita Studi Di Brescia), funded by European Union.(2016) National co-ordination team, European Social Survey Round 8 (multi-partner project led by Mary Immaculate College), funded by Irish Research Council.(2015) LifeCycle of a Hate Crime (multi-partner project led by ICCL) funded by European Commission, DG Justice. (2015) Inclusive Policing for Gender Variant Persons: Informing Practice, Policy and Training Developments (with Jennifer Schweppe and in partnership with Transgender Equality Network Ireland), funded by New Foundations, Irish Research Council. (2014) Monitoring Hate Crime: Analysis and Development of Online Third Party Forms (with Jennifer Schweppe, in partnership with TENI, ENAR (Ireland), Inclusion Ireland and GLEN), funded by New Foundations, Irish Research Council.(2014) Out of the Shadows: Legislating for Hate Crime in Ireland (with Jennifer Schweppe, James Carr, Nimah Carmody and Shannon Enright and in partnership with the National Steering Group Against Hate Crime), funded by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties.

My goal as a lecturer in sociology is to support students to develop their disciplinary literacy. This foundation offers a coherent approach to knowledge and knowledge production, which gives students the capacity to act confidently in the world in a critically reflexive manner and provides a solid footing from which to embark on interdisciplinary collaborations.My teaching interests align with my research interests in crime and social control, victimology, and methodology.I currently deliver the following modules:SO4056: Hate Crime: Roots Realities and Redress.SO5031: Qualitative Research MethodsSO4006: The Sociology of Crime Deviance and Social ControlSO4238: Sociological Perspectives on Criminal Justice

Dr. Amanda Haynes is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Her research interests centre on the analysis of physical, discursive, and classificatory violences, and their relationship to prejudice. Her current interests centre on hate crime, policing, stigma and minority access to justice. She has been published in high-ranking journals such as New Media and Society. Her published works include the edited collections Critical Perspectives on Hate Crime: Contributions from the Island of Ireland (2017, Palgrave Macmillan). Her work has been funded by the European Commission, the Irish Research Council, and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. Amanda s commitment to her students was recognised twice by the University of Limerick, where she was awarded the Excellent in Teaching Award in 2005 and 2011. Following her service on the executive committee of the Sociological Association of Ireland, she was elected President of the Association for the 2008 term.