Research Statement
As a sociologist I have worked primarily on research related to illicit recreational drug use, drug education and prevention, and gender (specifically masculinities); I have published a number of peer reviewed papers in international journals exploring these topics. However, I am also interested in the visual arts, community arts and rural sociology. I am currently working on a research project that is sociologically investigating crimes committed in three small rural villages in Ireland during the period 1941-1953. You can find full details of my publications at the bottom of this page.
Here are the Drug Takers:
Men, Masculinities and Illicit Recreational Drug Use.
My PhD sociologically explored Irish men’s views on, and experiences of, illicit recreational drug use; examining how men use illicit drugs as symbolic social objects to communicate messages about their masculine identity. My research on men's illicit drug use provided new explanations for men's propensity to use illicit drugs; revealing some men use drugs for reasons that relate to their expectations about how men ought to be and act in contemporary society. During the analysis of the PhD research data, I made a series of artworks as both an analytic means of thinking about the data and as a reflexive process. These artworks (paintings and drawings) have been used to communicate some of the findings from the research and to engage audiences in discussions on the topic. Click on the images below to enlarge.
Publications
PhD Thesis
Darcy, C. (2017) Here are the Drug Takers: Men, Masculinities and Illicit Recreational Drug Use. PhD Thesis. Dublin: University College Dublin.
Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed)
Darcy, C. (2023) ‘From larceny and concealed births, to indecent assault and attempted suicide: A sociological analysis of rural crimes committed in three small Irish villages between 1941-1943’ – In review.
Darcy, C. (2021) ‘Cohesive magic, creative expression: Community arts in Ireland and their beneficial role in Youth Work and Community Development’, Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 21, (1), 73-84. https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijass/vol21/iss1/6/
Darcy, C. (2021) 'Drug education for health, community and youth workers: A practical and accessible tool-kit', Health Education Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896920950338.
Darcy, C. (2020) 'Precarious positions of understanding: the illicit drug landscape and drug education in Ireland', Irish Educational Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2020.1779111.
Darcy, C. (2020) ‘A Psychoactive Paradox of Masculinities: cohesive and competitive relations between drug taking Irish men’, Gender, Place and Culture, Vol. 27, (2), 175-195. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2019.1609427
Darcy, C. (2019) 'Men and the Drug Buzz: Masculinity and Men's Motivations for Illicit Recreational Drug Use', Sociological Research Online, https://doi.org/10.1177/1360780419879940
Darcy, C. (2019) ‘“We don’t really give a fiddlers about anything”: The ambiguity, contradiction and fluidity of Irish masculinities’, Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, Vol. 19, (1), 16-32. https://arrow.dit.ie/ijass/vol19/iss1/3/
Darcy, C. (2018) ‘“You're with your ten closest mates ... and everyone is in the same kind of boat”: Friendship, Masculinities and Men's Recreational Use of Illicit Drugs’, AMITY: The Journal of Friendship Studies, Vol. 5 (1), 43-57. DOI: 10.5518/AMITY/27
Darcy, C. (2018) 'The Precarious Position of Drug Education Workers in Ireland', The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 49, (3), 361-372. DOI: https://www.esr.ie/article/view/981
Darcy, C. (2018) ‘Making the invisible visible: masculinities and men’s illicit recreational drug use’, Irish Journal of Sociology, Vol. 26, (1), 5-24.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0791603517735772
Book Reviews
Darcy, C. (2018) Review of ‘Boys, Masculinity and Reading – Gender Identity and Literacy as Social Practice’ by Laura Scholes. Routledge. In: NORMA International Journal for Masculinity Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/18902138.2018.1545172. (Online first 15.11.2018)
Darcy, C. (2016) Review of ‘Key Concepts in Drugs and Society’ by Coomber, McElrath, Measham and Moore. Sage Publications. In: Irish Journal of Sociology, Vol. 24, (1), 125-128. DOI: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.7227/IJS.0016a.
Darcy, C. (2016) Review of ‘Gender Roles in Ireland - Three decades of attitude change’ by Fine-Davis, Margaret. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. In: Irish Journal of Sociology, Vol. 24, (1), 128-130. DOI: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.7227/IJS.0016b.
Darcy, C. (2016) Review of ‘Indigenous Masculinities – legacies, identities, regeneration’ by Robert Innes and Kim Anderson. University of Manitoba Press. In: NORMA International Journal for Masculinity Studies, Vol. 11, (2), 129-134. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/18902138.2016.1181407.
Articles (Other)
Darcy, C. (2015) „Muži, kteří zírají do piva” (Trans. Stašová, E.), Lógr, Vol. 16, 20-23. Url: https://www.academia.edu/14019104/_Muži_kteř%C3%AD_z%C3%ADraj%C3%AD_do_piva_ [Accessed 03.05.2016]
Reports and Manuals
Darcy, C. (2019) Rapid Spatial Survey – Seomra Youth Centre Mapping Exercise. Wicklow, Ireland: Crosscare Bray Youth & Information Service. Url: https://www.academia.edu/39904030/Rapid_Spatial_Survey_-_Seomra_Youth_Centre_Mapping_Exercise_Report_2019
Darcy, C. (2019) ‘How to be safe around alcohol and drugs’: Results from a primary school-based drug education and prevention programme. Wicklow, Ireland: Bray Drugs Awareness Forum and Crosscare Bray Youth & Information Service. Url: https://www.academia.edu/39903993/How_to_be_safe_around_alcohol_and_drugs_Results_from_a_primary_school-based_drug_education_and_prevention_programme
Darcy C. and Roe, G. (2019) School Based Drug Education and Prevention Programme for Sixth Class Pupils - Programme Manual (Version 3). Wicklow, Ireland: Bray Drugs Awareness Forum and Crosscare Bray Youth & Information Service.
Darcy, C. (2018) ‘“I learned how to stay safe from drugs”: Pupils’ learning from a primary school-based drug education and prevention programme’. Wicklow, Ireland: Bray Drugs Awareness Forum and Crosscare Bray Youth & Information Service. Url: www.academia.edu/37482490/I_learned_how_to_stay_safe_from_drugs_Pupils_learning_from_a_primary_school-based_drug_education_and_prevention_programme
Darcy, C. (2017) In response to: Haase and Pratschke (2017) ‘A Performance Measurement Framework for Drug and Alcohol Task Forces’. Bray Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force, Position Paper (06/2017). Wicklow, Ireland: Bray Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force.
Darcy, C. (2013) A Survey of Drug Issues among Young People in Bray, Wicklow: Bray Drugs Awareness Forum & Bray Youth and Information Services. Url: https://www.academia.edu/10322389/A_Survey_of_Drug_Issues_among_Young_People_in_Bray.
Conference Presentations
‘Drug Education and Prevention in Ireland: Past, Present and Future?’, Conference Presentation, National Drug Education and Prevention Forum in association with the Health Research Board (HRB), Ashling Hotel, Dublin, 13th June, 2019.
‘“I learned how to stay safe from drugs”: Pupils’ learning from a primary school-based drug education and prevention programme’, Presentation to the Bray Drugs Awareness Forum, September 2018.
‘Pre and Post Tests: Findings from a school based drug education and prevention programme’, Conference Presentation at the BrayDrugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference- Entitled: “Brighter Futures: building resilience in children and young people, the role of drug education and prevention”, November 2016.
“Masculinity and Men’s Controlled Drug Taking” Conference Presentation at the UCD Graduate Research Symposium, Sutherland School of Law, UCD, Dublin, May 2016.
“Masculinity and Men’s Controlled Drug Taking” Poster Presentation at Masculinities, Roles and Transitions Symposium, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, May 2016. https://www.academia.edu/25208095/Masculinity_and_Mens_Controlled_Drug_Taking.
"Doing Drugs, Doing Masculinity: Using Researcher Made Artwork to Creatively Communicate Findings from PhD Research Exploring Irish Men’s Drug Use", Conference Presentation at the International Conference on Masculinities: engaging men and boys for gender equality, Roosevelt Hotel, Manhattan, New York, NY, March 2015. Url: https://www.academia.edu/11403131/Doing_Drugs_Doing_Masculinity.
"Irish Masculinities and Men's Competitive Recreational Use of Illicit Drugs", Conference Presentation at the 2015 Sociological Association of Ireland Postgraduate Conference, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, June 12th 2015. Url: https://www.academia.edu/12978870/Irish_Masculinities_and_Mens_Competitive_Recreational_Use_of_Illicit_Drugs.
"A Contemporary Perspective on Irish Masculinity - A Qualitative Study", Poster Presentation at the Sociological Association of Ireland Postgraduate Conference 2014, NUI Galway, March 2014. Url: https://www.academia.edu/10322342/_A_Contemporary_Perspective_on_Irish_Masculinity_A_qualitative_study.
“Findings from A Survey of Drug Issues among Young People in Bray, 2013”, - Presentation at the Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference - Entitled: “Scene, Sorting and Set: Drug Issues in a Community Context”, November, 2013.
Conferences/Symposiums Organised
21/11/2018 - Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference - “Exploring Connections, Overcoming Vulnerabilities: Drug Use, Suicide and Mental Health”. - Chair: Louise Cole. Keynote speakers: Dr Anne Cleary (UCD), Dr Marguerite Woods (Sail Project), Dr Aileen Murtagh (St. Patrick’s M.H.S.), John Duffy (BeLonG To) and Derek McDonnell (Mojo Men).
22/11/2017 - Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference - "Drug Use in Families and Communities: Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery" - Chair: Mick Mason (BCAT). Keynote Speakers: Professor Catherine Comiskey and Karen Galligan (TCD), Ms Anna Quigley (Citywide), Clara Geaney (Ballyfermot LDATF), Adrian McKenna (Crosscare) and Maureen Penrose.
24/11/2016 – Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference – “Brighter Futures: building resilience in children and young people. The role of drug education and prevention” – Chair: Fionnuala Curry (WCYPSC). Keynote Speakers: Dr Patricia Mannix-McNamara (UL), Clay Darcy (BDAF & BYS), Rosemary Scott (NYCI) and Cian Power (USI).
25/11/2015 – Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference – “Closing the Gateway and Roads to Recovery – New approaches to prevention and addiction” – Chair: Eva Devaney (University Limerick). Keynote Speakers: Tim Bingham (Independent Researcher), Siobhan Maher (NFSN), Yvonne Booth (Coolmine T.C.) and Marcus Keane (Ana Liffey Drug Project).
26/11/2014 – Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference – “The Psychoactive Landscape: new drug mixes, crime and the public health impact ” – Chair: Mr Tim Bingham (Independent Researcher). Keynote Speakers: Dr Johnny Connolly (Health Research Board), Dr Lelia Thornton (Health Protection Surveillance Centre), Michelle Boyle (Forensic Science Ireland), and Annette Kennedy (Bray Homeless Forum).
26/11/2013 – Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference – “Scene, Sorting and Set: Drug Issues in a Community Context” – Chair: Mr Philip Jennings (Safer Blanchardstown). Keynote Speakers: Trutz Haase (Social & Economic Consultant), Dr Cathal O’Sullivan (HSE), Clay Darcy (BDAF & BYS), and Philip Jennings (Safer Blanchardstown).
22/11/2012 – Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference – “Old Issues New Challenges: Drug Misuse and Young People” – Chair: Joan Byrne (Citywide Drug Campaign). Keynote Speakers: Dr Jean Long (HRB), Dr Barbara Dooley (UCD & Headstrong), Cliona Murphy (AAI), and Philip James (YoDA)
23/11/2011 – Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference – “Impacts of Drug Misuse on Families” – Chair: Gary Broderick (Saol Project). Keynote Speakers: Dr Des Corrigan (NACD), Mary Daly (Barnardos), Sunniva Finlay (Ballyfermot Star Project) and Sadie Grace (Family Support Network)
24/11/2010 – Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference – “Online Drug and Alcohol Marketing” – Chair: Robert Mc Clancy (BDAF). Keynote Speakers: Dr John McManus (BLDTF), Patrick Kenny (DIT), Marisa de Andrade (University of Sterling) and Mary Crosbie (NPCP)
Committee Membership
2009 - Present - Bray Drugs Awareness Forum: Core Group Member
2014 - 2016 - Executive Committee - Sociological Association of Ireland
2015 - 2016 - Boards and Voluntary Agencies Branch Executive Committee Member - Impact Trade Union
Awards
December 2014 - Awarded Graduate Research & Innovation Funding - UCD College of Human Sciences
December 2014 - Awarded Professional Development Funding - UCD School of Sociology
May 2014 - Awarded Graduate Research & Innovation Funding - UCD College of Human Sciences
March 2014 - Awarded Professional Development Funding - UCD School of Sociology
March 2016 - Awarded Professional Development Funding - UCD School of Sociology
Other
2014 - Student Representative for the College of Human Sciences in the UCD project - 'We need to talk about ethics because...' part of The President of Ireland's Ethical Initiative./
Darcy, C. (2017) Here are the Drug Takers: Men, Masculinities and Illicit Recreational Drug Use. PhD Thesis. Dublin: University College Dublin.
Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed)
Darcy, C. (2023) ‘From larceny and concealed births, to indecent assault and attempted suicide: A sociological analysis of rural crimes committed in three small Irish villages between 1941-1943’ – In review.
Darcy, C. (2021) ‘Cohesive magic, creative expression: Community arts in Ireland and their beneficial role in Youth Work and Community Development’, Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 21, (1), 73-84. https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijass/vol21/iss1/6/
Darcy, C. (2021) 'Drug education for health, community and youth workers: A practical and accessible tool-kit', Health Education Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896920950338.
Darcy, C. (2020) 'Precarious positions of understanding: the illicit drug landscape and drug education in Ireland', Irish Educational Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2020.1779111.
Darcy, C. (2020) ‘A Psychoactive Paradox of Masculinities: cohesive and competitive relations between drug taking Irish men’, Gender, Place and Culture, Vol. 27, (2), 175-195. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2019.1609427
Darcy, C. (2019) 'Men and the Drug Buzz: Masculinity and Men's Motivations for Illicit Recreational Drug Use', Sociological Research Online, https://doi.org/10.1177/1360780419879940
Darcy, C. (2019) ‘“We don’t really give a fiddlers about anything”: The ambiguity, contradiction and fluidity of Irish masculinities’, Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, Vol. 19, (1), 16-32. https://arrow.dit.ie/ijass/vol19/iss1/3/
Darcy, C. (2018) ‘“You're with your ten closest mates ... and everyone is in the same kind of boat”: Friendship, Masculinities and Men's Recreational Use of Illicit Drugs’, AMITY: The Journal of Friendship Studies, Vol. 5 (1), 43-57. DOI: 10.5518/AMITY/27
Darcy, C. (2018) 'The Precarious Position of Drug Education Workers in Ireland', The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 49, (3), 361-372. DOI: https://www.esr.ie/article/view/981
Darcy, C. (2018) ‘Making the invisible visible: masculinities and men’s illicit recreational drug use’, Irish Journal of Sociology, Vol. 26, (1), 5-24.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0791603517735772
Book Reviews
Darcy, C. (2018) Review of ‘Boys, Masculinity and Reading – Gender Identity and Literacy as Social Practice’ by Laura Scholes. Routledge. In: NORMA International Journal for Masculinity Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/18902138.2018.1545172. (Online first 15.11.2018)
Darcy, C. (2016) Review of ‘Key Concepts in Drugs and Society’ by Coomber, McElrath, Measham and Moore. Sage Publications. In: Irish Journal of Sociology, Vol. 24, (1), 125-128. DOI: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.7227/IJS.0016a.
Darcy, C. (2016) Review of ‘Gender Roles in Ireland - Three decades of attitude change’ by Fine-Davis, Margaret. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. In: Irish Journal of Sociology, Vol. 24, (1), 128-130. DOI: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.7227/IJS.0016b.
Darcy, C. (2016) Review of ‘Indigenous Masculinities – legacies, identities, regeneration’ by Robert Innes and Kim Anderson. University of Manitoba Press. In: NORMA International Journal for Masculinity Studies, Vol. 11, (2), 129-134. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/18902138.2016.1181407.
Articles (Other)
Darcy, C. (2015) „Muži, kteří zírají do piva” (Trans. Stašová, E.), Lógr, Vol. 16, 20-23. Url: https://www.academia.edu/14019104/_Muži_kteř%C3%AD_z%C3%ADraj%C3%AD_do_piva_ [Accessed 03.05.2016]
Reports and Manuals
Darcy, C. (2019) Rapid Spatial Survey – Seomra Youth Centre Mapping Exercise. Wicklow, Ireland: Crosscare Bray Youth & Information Service. Url: https://www.academia.edu/39904030/Rapid_Spatial_Survey_-_Seomra_Youth_Centre_Mapping_Exercise_Report_2019
Darcy, C. (2019) ‘How to be safe around alcohol and drugs’: Results from a primary school-based drug education and prevention programme. Wicklow, Ireland: Bray Drugs Awareness Forum and Crosscare Bray Youth & Information Service. Url: https://www.academia.edu/39903993/How_to_be_safe_around_alcohol_and_drugs_Results_from_a_primary_school-based_drug_education_and_prevention_programme
Darcy C. and Roe, G. (2019) School Based Drug Education and Prevention Programme for Sixth Class Pupils - Programme Manual (Version 3). Wicklow, Ireland: Bray Drugs Awareness Forum and Crosscare Bray Youth & Information Service.
Darcy, C. (2018) ‘“I learned how to stay safe from drugs”: Pupils’ learning from a primary school-based drug education and prevention programme’. Wicklow, Ireland: Bray Drugs Awareness Forum and Crosscare Bray Youth & Information Service. Url: www.academia.edu/37482490/I_learned_how_to_stay_safe_from_drugs_Pupils_learning_from_a_primary_school-based_drug_education_and_prevention_programme
Darcy, C. (2017) In response to: Haase and Pratschke (2017) ‘A Performance Measurement Framework for Drug and Alcohol Task Forces’. Bray Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force, Position Paper (06/2017). Wicklow, Ireland: Bray Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force.
Darcy, C. (2013) A Survey of Drug Issues among Young People in Bray, Wicklow: Bray Drugs Awareness Forum & Bray Youth and Information Services. Url: https://www.academia.edu/10322389/A_Survey_of_Drug_Issues_among_Young_People_in_Bray.
Conference Presentations
‘Drug Education and Prevention in Ireland: Past, Present and Future?’, Conference Presentation, National Drug Education and Prevention Forum in association with the Health Research Board (HRB), Ashling Hotel, Dublin, 13th June, 2019.
‘“I learned how to stay safe from drugs”: Pupils’ learning from a primary school-based drug education and prevention programme’, Presentation to the Bray Drugs Awareness Forum, September 2018.
‘Pre and Post Tests: Findings from a school based drug education and prevention programme’, Conference Presentation at the BrayDrugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference- Entitled: “Brighter Futures: building resilience in children and young people, the role of drug education and prevention”, November 2016.
“Masculinity and Men’s Controlled Drug Taking” Conference Presentation at the UCD Graduate Research Symposium, Sutherland School of Law, UCD, Dublin, May 2016.
“Masculinity and Men’s Controlled Drug Taking” Poster Presentation at Masculinities, Roles and Transitions Symposium, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, May 2016. https://www.academia.edu/25208095/Masculinity_and_Mens_Controlled_Drug_Taking.
"Doing Drugs, Doing Masculinity: Using Researcher Made Artwork to Creatively Communicate Findings from PhD Research Exploring Irish Men’s Drug Use", Conference Presentation at the International Conference on Masculinities: engaging men and boys for gender equality, Roosevelt Hotel, Manhattan, New York, NY, March 2015. Url: https://www.academia.edu/11403131/Doing_Drugs_Doing_Masculinity.
"Irish Masculinities and Men's Competitive Recreational Use of Illicit Drugs", Conference Presentation at the 2015 Sociological Association of Ireland Postgraduate Conference, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, June 12th 2015. Url: https://www.academia.edu/12978870/Irish_Masculinities_and_Mens_Competitive_Recreational_Use_of_Illicit_Drugs.
"A Contemporary Perspective on Irish Masculinity - A Qualitative Study", Poster Presentation at the Sociological Association of Ireland Postgraduate Conference 2014, NUI Galway, March 2014. Url: https://www.academia.edu/10322342/_A_Contemporary_Perspective_on_Irish_Masculinity_A_qualitative_study.
“Findings from A Survey of Drug Issues among Young People in Bray, 2013”, - Presentation at the Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference - Entitled: “Scene, Sorting and Set: Drug Issues in a Community Context”, November, 2013.
Conferences/Symposiums Organised
21/11/2018 - Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference - “Exploring Connections, Overcoming Vulnerabilities: Drug Use, Suicide and Mental Health”. - Chair: Louise Cole. Keynote speakers: Dr Anne Cleary (UCD), Dr Marguerite Woods (Sail Project), Dr Aileen Murtagh (St. Patrick’s M.H.S.), John Duffy (BeLonG To) and Derek McDonnell (Mojo Men).
22/11/2017 - Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference - "Drug Use in Families and Communities: Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery" - Chair: Mick Mason (BCAT). Keynote Speakers: Professor Catherine Comiskey and Karen Galligan (TCD), Ms Anna Quigley (Citywide), Clara Geaney (Ballyfermot LDATF), Adrian McKenna (Crosscare) and Maureen Penrose.
24/11/2016 – Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference – “Brighter Futures: building resilience in children and young people. The role of drug education and prevention” – Chair: Fionnuala Curry (WCYPSC). Keynote Speakers: Dr Patricia Mannix-McNamara (UL), Clay Darcy (BDAF & BYS), Rosemary Scott (NYCI) and Cian Power (USI).
25/11/2015 – Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference – “Closing the Gateway and Roads to Recovery – New approaches to prevention and addiction” – Chair: Eva Devaney (University Limerick). Keynote Speakers: Tim Bingham (Independent Researcher), Siobhan Maher (NFSN), Yvonne Booth (Coolmine T.C.) and Marcus Keane (Ana Liffey Drug Project).
26/11/2014 – Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference – “The Psychoactive Landscape: new drug mixes, crime and the public health impact ” – Chair: Mr Tim Bingham (Independent Researcher). Keynote Speakers: Dr Johnny Connolly (Health Research Board), Dr Lelia Thornton (Health Protection Surveillance Centre), Michelle Boyle (Forensic Science Ireland), and Annette Kennedy (Bray Homeless Forum).
26/11/2013 – Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference – “Scene, Sorting and Set: Drug Issues in a Community Context” – Chair: Mr Philip Jennings (Safer Blanchardstown). Keynote Speakers: Trutz Haase (Social & Economic Consultant), Dr Cathal O’Sullivan (HSE), Clay Darcy (BDAF & BYS), and Philip Jennings (Safer Blanchardstown).
22/11/2012 – Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference – “Old Issues New Challenges: Drug Misuse and Young People” – Chair: Joan Byrne (Citywide Drug Campaign). Keynote Speakers: Dr Jean Long (HRB), Dr Barbara Dooley (UCD & Headstrong), Cliona Murphy (AAI), and Philip James (YoDA)
23/11/2011 – Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference – “Impacts of Drug Misuse on Families” – Chair: Gary Broderick (Saol Project). Keynote Speakers: Dr Des Corrigan (NACD), Mary Daly (Barnardos), Sunniva Finlay (Ballyfermot Star Project) and Sadie Grace (Family Support Network)
24/11/2010 – Bray Drugs Awareness Forum Annual Conference – “Online Drug and Alcohol Marketing” – Chair: Robert Mc Clancy (BDAF). Keynote Speakers: Dr John McManus (BLDTF), Patrick Kenny (DIT), Marisa de Andrade (University of Sterling) and Mary Crosbie (NPCP)
Committee Membership
2009 - Present - Bray Drugs Awareness Forum: Core Group Member
2014 - 2016 - Executive Committee - Sociological Association of Ireland
2015 - 2016 - Boards and Voluntary Agencies Branch Executive Committee Member - Impact Trade Union
Awards
December 2014 - Awarded Graduate Research & Innovation Funding - UCD College of Human Sciences
December 2014 - Awarded Professional Development Funding - UCD School of Sociology
May 2014 - Awarded Graduate Research & Innovation Funding - UCD College of Human Sciences
March 2014 - Awarded Professional Development Funding - UCD School of Sociology
March 2016 - Awarded Professional Development Funding - UCD School of Sociology
Other
2014 - Student Representative for the College of Human Sciences in the UCD project - 'We need to talk about ethics because...' part of The President of Ireland's Ethical Initiative./
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