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DSAI Team
Miriam Ryan Coordinator
A graduate of BA in Politics & Public Administration, University of Limerick, and is currently undertaking her Ph.D. in Public Admin., which seeks to document the experiences of stigmatised groups when engaging with state institutions. Miriam has tutored on a wide range of undergraduate PA modules. Her academic areas of interest are namely the interactions between the concepts, practices and processes of governance and social inclusion/exclusion, the role of PA in promoting social justice and equity, and community development and participation. During much of her degree programme, Miriam worked as an assistant project coordinator on an Irish Aid funded research project under the Programme for Strategic Cooperation. She has been an active member within her community having set up a Residents Assoc., and was instrumental in coordinating and resolving front boundary issues for 98 properties having liaised with public representatives, local government, state agencies, and preparing all the required legal paperwork.
A graduate of BA in Politics & Public Administration, University of Limerick, and is currently undertaking her Ph.D. in Public Admin., which seeks to document the experiences of stigmatised groups when engaging with state institutions. Miriam has tutored on a wide range of undergraduate PA modules. Her academic areas of interest are namely the interactions between the concepts, practices and processes of governance and social inclusion/exclusion, the role of PA in promoting social justice and equity, and community development and participation. During much of her degree programme, Miriam worked as an assistant project coordinator on an Irish Aid funded research project under the Programme for Strategic Cooperation. She has been an active member within her community having set up a Residents Assoc., and was instrumental in coordinating and resolving front boundary issues for 98 properties having liaised with public representatives, local government, state agencies, and preparing all the required legal paperwork.
Ciara O'Halloran Communications Officer
Ciara is the DSAI Communications Officer. She holds an MA in Digital Humanities from University College Cork and a BA in Anthropology and Sociology from NUI Maynooth. Ciara has worked on a wide number of local, community and area development projects across Ireland, with a focus on resilient and sustainable communities. She currently works on communications for Civic and Community Engagement in University College Cork. Research interests include design thinking and design science, service design, service learning, civic scholarship and communications that can connect, empower and engage people around new models of working together for more ethical, equitable and sustainable societies.
Ciara is the DSAI Communications Officer. She holds an MA in Digital Humanities from University College Cork and a BA in Anthropology and Sociology from NUI Maynooth. Ciara has worked on a wide number of local, community and area development projects across Ireland, with a focus on resilient and sustainable communities. She currently works on communications for Civic and Community Engagement in University College Cork. Research interests include design thinking and design science, service design, service learning, civic scholarship and communications that can connect, empower and engage people around new models of working together for more ethical, equitable and sustainable societies.