Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Teaching Interests
My teaching interests overlap with my research expertise. I teach sociology of work, sociology of globalisation, globalisation in the 21st century and have taught a variety of modules relevant to social research methods including quantitative and mixed methods.
Biography
Dr. Amy Erbe Healy is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Her research focuses mainly on issues pertaining to social exclusion. Her recent research topics include: food poverty in Ireland, work precarity and decent work across Europe, and human trafficking on the island of Ireland.
Education/Academic qualification
Graduate Diploma, Teaching, Learning and Scholarship
Sept 2023 → Aug 2024
Award Date: 21 Jan 2025
PhD, PhD
Award Date: 23 Jan 2013
Masters, Masters in Sociology, Applied Social Research
Award Date: 20 Dec 2005
Masters, Public Administration and Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Award Date: 30 May 1992
Bachelor, Business Administration - Organisational Behaviour, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Award Date: 31 May 1986
External positions
Associate Professor Sociology, University of Limerick
19 Jan 2026 → …
Associate Professor in Sociology, University of Limerick
9 Jan 2023 → 30 Jun 2025
Acting Coordinator of Doctoral Programmes, Mary Immaculate College
1 May 2020 → 31 Dec 2022
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Human Trafficking and Exploitation Project Island of Ireland, Mary Immaculate College
1 Jun 2018 → 30 Apr 2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, European Social Survey, Ireland, Mary Immaculate College
1 Aug 2016 → 30 May 2018
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, New Deals, Maynooth University
1 Oct 2014 → 31 Jul 2016
Lecturer (.5 FTE), Research Assistant (.5 FTE), University of Limerick
1 Sept 2013 → 31 Aug 2014
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, European Social Survey, Mary Immaculate College
1 Sept 2012 → 31 Aug 2013
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Identifying victims of human trafficking across the island of Ireland: Who counts? Who’s counting? Who wants to be counted?
Healy, A. E., Apr 2026, In: Criminology & Criminal Justice. 26, 2, p. 406-425 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Workplace regimes in Western Europe, 1995–2015: Implications for intensification, intrusion, income and insecurity
Ó Riain, S. & Healy, A. E., May 2024, In: Economic and Industrial Democracy. 45, 2, p. 415-446 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Contractual Insecurity in the EU15: Using Multiple Surveys to Investigate Working with 'No Contract'
Healy, A. & Riain, S. Ó., 1 Sept 2021, In: Economic and Social Review. 52, 3, p. 301-332 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Measuring food poverty in Ireland: The importance of including exclusion
Healy, A., 1 Aug 2019, In: Irish Journal of Sociology. 27, 2, p. - 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Global inequalities within SDG 2 and the battle against hunger
Erbe Healy, A., 2026, The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Food poverty and family homelessness (Keynote for Simon Week)
Healy, A. (Speaker)
Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Workplace Regimes and Voting for the Radical Right (ECPR)
Healy, A. (Speaker) & Ó Riain, S. (Speaker)
20 May 2025 → 23 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Integrating Vevox into large lectures to promote student engagement
Healy, A. (Speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Workplace Regimes and Attitudes to Redistribution in Europe
Healy, A. (Speaker) & Ó Riain, S. (Speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Sociological Association of Ireland Postgraduate Conference
Healy, A. (Organiser)
24 Feb 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Prizes
Press/Media
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Mid West Simon held its 2025 Simon Week Conference in Limerick, highlighting the urgent issue of food poverty and family and child homelessness
23/09/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media