Breda Gray

Dr, Emeritus Associate Professor

1996 …2023

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Research Interests

                       My research interests cover the politics of gender/sexuality, migration, diaspora and religion in relation to contemporary governing processes. On-going research projects include: -Migration, state and faith: post-welfarist modes of solidarity -The politics of state diaspora engagement -Gender and post-Fordist work/life                       

Teaching Interests

Current Teaching Graduate Research Education Programmes Director MA Gender, Culture and; Society Convener of University of Limerick - Gender Arc Research Network Coordinator of Gender, Culture and; Society Postgraduate Forum Director UL Winter School in Social Science Research Methods 2014/2015/2016. UL contributor to Joint Graduate Research Programme - Irish Social Sciences Platform (Trinity College, Dublin; National University of Ireland Maynooth and University of Limerick) (2009/10). International faculty member for Universität Wien / University of Vienna, Department of Sociology Marie Jahoda Summer School 24-29 September 2017. UL Winter School in Social Science Research Methods Winter School (PhD Training) (2009, 2010, 2011 Feminist Epistemology and Mixed Methods Approaches; 2012-2016: Epistemology and Ontology) MA and Undergraduate Programmes SO6031: Feminist Approaches to Research, MA Gender Culture and Society (PG) SO6042: Feminism(s), Diaspora and Multiculturalism, MA Gender, Culture and Society and MA Sociology (Applied Social Research) (PG) SO6001: Writing a Dissertation Proposal (PG) (MA Gender, Culture and Society and MA Sociology (Applied Social Research) and MA Sociology (Youth, Community and Social Regeneration (PG) SO4108: Sociological Approaches to Gender and Multiculturalism (UG) SO4002: Gender: Sociological Approaches (UG) SO4037: Qualitative Research Methods (Three weeks: Discourse Analysis) (UG) Erasmus Teaching Department of Sociology, University of Bergen, Norway, 14-22 November 2013 University of Heulva, Spain. May 2009. Previous Teaching Postgraduate MA Modules UL: Philosophical Approaches to Gender (2002-2005) UL: Theoretical Approaches to Gender, Culture and Society (2006-2010) U/G Modules UL: Sociological Theory UCC: Sociology of Diaspora; Theories of Multiculturalism; Women and Irish Society; Consumer Culture; Globalisation and Social Change. Lancaster University: Tutor - Introduction to Sociology. University of Central Lancashire: Part-time Lecturer: Classical Sociological Theory; Divisions of Labour; Globalisation and Gender and Society. Edge Hill College: Contemporary Sociological Theory Currently supervising projects on Parental Choice in School Patronage Policy in Ireland; LGBT political subjectivity and intersectional identities; and Postnatal Depression: Understanding Womens Experiences

Biography

Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Limerick; Director of MA Gender, Cultureand;  Society; Convener of Gender Arc @UL   PhD. Sociology, Lancaster University, England;  MA Lancaster University;  MSW University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Diploma Legal Studies, College of Commerce, Rathmines (Dublin Institute of Technology); B.Soc.Sc. (Hons.), University College, Dublin, Ireland.

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):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, PhD, Lancaster University

Award Date: 1 Jan 1998

Masters, MA, Lancaster University

Award Date: 1 Jan 1993

Degree, Master of Social Work Degree, University of British Columbia

Award Date: 1 Jan 1985

Bachelor, BA, University College Dublin

Award Date: 1 Jan 1980

External positions

Head of Research, University College Cork, Irish Centre for Migration Studies

1 Sep 2000 → …

Research Fellow, University College Cork, Irish Centre for Migration Studies

1 Sep 1999 → …

Lecturer in Sociology, University College Cork, Department of Sociology

1 Sep 1997 → …

Tutor, Sociology and Women's Studies, Lancaster University

1 Sep 1994 → …

P/T Lecturer in Applied Social Science, Edge Hill University College, Lancs.

1 Sep 1993 → …

P/T Lecturer in Sociology, University of Central Lancashire

1 Sep 1993 → …

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