Research interests include:

- Journalism content, production and audience reception - Journalism ethics

- Representation of minorities and societal inequality in journalism output

- Media representations of social issues and minorities

Dr Audrey Galvin joined UL in 2014. She has worked for over a decade as a radio broadcast and multimedia journalist before becoming Deputy News Editor with Radio Kerry. 

Audrey has received over 50,000 in funding from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to research, produce and present a number of radio documentaries. Her radio project 'The Silent Wounded' won a gold award from New York International Radio Festivals. She has most recently worked in New York producing a radio documentary on the Irish diaspora who worked on the 9/11 memorial. Audrey currently sits on the adjudication panel for Coimisiún na Meán assessing projects under the Sound and Vision scheme.