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Biography

Liam is a political geographer, interested in the geographies of international migration and migration policy. 

His primary research lies in the area of state-power.  He is particularly interested in examining how mechanisms of state control manifest through the International Protection (IP) system.  Current research suggests that international patterns of migration management and control, whilst increasingly deterritorialised, continue to be deployed in a spatialised manner.

Liam's work also explores the individual experience of migration in general, and in the migration decision-making process, in particular.  He has particularly wide-ranging intersectional experience in the formulation and evaluation of Assisted Return Programmes (AVR), internationally.  He interacts with a range migration agencies, most particularly with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

Liam teaches across the range of modules in geography and conducts post-graduate supervision in migration, migration policy and geopolitics.




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Research Interests

The Geographies of state power.  Geographies of Migration and Migration Policy.  Migrant choice and the return decision.

Research Grants

	Project	Funding Body	Start Date	End Date	Award
	Services within the framework of the project entitled Leave? Remain? Leading factors in Voluntary return or remaining in Ireland	Irish Funded Research Non Exchequer	25-MAY-10	24-JUN-11	€54,681.00
	Modelling the entwinned dynamics of social and physical distancing	Irish Research Council

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Publications

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Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	'Ireland's Global Ireland Diaspora Policy: Soft power and Ireland's strategic narrative in 2022' Coakley, L. (2022) 'Ireland's Global Ireland Diaspora Policy: Soft power and Ireland's strategic narrative in 2022'. [Details]
	(2021)	'Ireland’s White Paper to End Direct Provision and Establish a New International Support Service (2021) and the sticky discourse of control' Coakley, L. (2021) 'Ireland’s White Paper to End Direct Provision and Establish a New International Support Service (2021) and the sticky discourse of control'. Irish Journal of Sociology, 30 (1) [Details]
	(2021)	'Ireland's White Paper to End Direct Provision and Establish a New International Support Service (2021): Continuity and Change in Ireland's International Protection process' Coakley, L. and MacEinri, P. (2021) 'Ireland's White Paper to End Direct Provision and Establish a New International Support Service (2021): Continuity and Change in Ireland's International Protection process'. International Migration Review, [Details]
	(2019)	'Overcoming “Crisis”: Mobility Capabilities and “stretching” a Migrant Identity among Young Irish in London and Return Migrants' Lulle A.;Coakley L.;MacÉinrí P. (2019) 'Overcoming “Crisis”: Mobility Capabilities and “stretching” a Migrant Identity among Young Irish in London and Return Migrants'. International Migration, [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Racialised inequality, anti-racist strategies and the workings of the ‘dialogical self’: A case study in the shifting construction of migrant identity in Ireland' Coakley L. (2014) 'Racialised inequality, anti-racist strategies and the workings of the ‘dialogical self’: A case study in the shifting construction of migrant identity in Ireland'. Irish Journal of Sociology, 22 (1):51-66 [DOI] [Details]
	(2012)	'Ireland's IBC/05 Administrative Scheme for Immigrant Residency, the Separation of Families and the Creation of a Transnational Familial Imaginary' Coakley, L;Healy, C (2012) 'Ireland's IBC/05 Administrative Scheme for Immigrant Residency, the Separation of Families and the Creation of a Transnational Familial Imaginary'. International Migration, 50 :1-24 [DOI] [Details]
	(2007)	''Sea, sail, steam and emigration': The imagining of a heritage tourist town in the Republic of Ireland' Coakley, L; (2007) ''Sea, sail, steam and emigration': The imagining of a heritage tourist town in the Republic of Ireland'. Geography, 92 :13-24 [Details]
	(2003)	'“I don’t relax until I’m home”: Cork women’s fear of violent crime in public space – Some preliminary remarks' Coakley, L. (2003) '“I don’t relax until I’m home”: Cork women’s fear of violent crime in public space – Some preliminary remarks'. Irish Geography, 36 (2) [Details]
	(2002)	'“All over the place, in the park, in the pub, everywhere”: A social geography of women’s friendships in Cork city' Coakley, L. (2002) '“All over the place, in the park, in the pub, everywhere”: A social geography of women’s friendships in Cork city'. Irish Geography, 35 (1) [Details]

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Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	'Homeland Diaspora Engagement – The Irish case' Coakley, L. and McEinri, P. (2022) 'Homeland Diaspora Engagement – The Irish case' In: Homeland Diaspora Engagement in times of severe economic crisis. London: Palgrave MacMillan. [Details]
	(2021)	'Marinas and Coastal Tourism: The Case of Cobh' Liam Coakley (2021) 'Marinas and Coastal Tourism: The Case of Cobh' In: The Coastal Atlas of Ireland. Cork: Cork University Press. [Details]
	(2014)	'The discourse of justifiable flight in current asylum seekers’ contemplations of Assisted Voluntary Return – Some recent evidence from Ireland' Coaley, L. (2014) 'The discourse of justifiable flight in current asylum seekers’ contemplations of Assisted Voluntary Return – Some recent evidence from Ireland' In: Migration - global processes caught in national answers. Vienna: WVFS publishing. [Details]
	(2013)	'African migrants in Ireland: the negotiation of belonging and family life' Coakley, L (2013) 'African migrants in Ireland: the negotiation of belonging and family life' In: MIGRATIONS: IRELAND IN A GLOBAL WORLD. MANCHESTER: MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS. [Details]
	(2009)	'Migration to Rural Ireland: A North Cork Case Study' Coakley, L;Mac Einri, P (2009) 'Migration to Rural Ireland: A North Cork Case Study' In: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND RURAL AREAS: CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES. ALDERSHOT: ASHGATE PUBLISHING LTD. [Details]

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Policy Contribution

	Year	Publication
	(2014)	Length of time spent in Ireland’s Direct Provision accommodation system, the threat of deportation and the asylum-seeker’s ability to think about voluntary return. Coakley, L. (2014) Length of time spent in Ireland’s Direct Provision accommodation system, the threat of deportation and the asylum-seeker’s ability to think about voluntary return. Geneva: Policy Contribution [Details]
	(2013)	Ideas of ‘home’ and ‘return home’ in voluntary return messaging - A contemplation on the impact that passage of time and sense of failure have on current asylum seekers’ engagements with voluntary return in Ireland. Coakley, L. (2013) Ideas of ‘home’ and ‘return home’ in voluntary return messaging - A contemplation on the impact that passage of time and sense of failure have on current asylum seekers’ engagements with voluntary return in Ireland. Geneva: Policy Contribution [Details]
	(2011)	Ireland - Migrant Integration Policy Index III - MIPEXIII. Coakley, L. and MacEinri, P. (2011) Ireland - Migrant Integration Policy Index III - MIPEXIII. Policy Contribution [Details]

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Published Reports

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	Welcome Europe Toolkit – Local Welcoming Policies for EU mobile Citizens. Coakley, L. (2016) Welcome Europe Toolkit – Local Welcoming Policies for EU mobile Citizens. MiraMedia, Utrecth. [Details]
	(2015)	AVRR information and Outreach procedures: A seven country study. Coakley, L. (2015) AVRR information and Outreach procedures: A seven country study. International Organisation for Migration, Dublin. [Details]
	(2012)	Ireland’s IBC/05 scheme for immigrant residency - five years after renewal. Coakley, L. (2012) Ireland’s IBC/05 scheme for immigrant residency - five years after renewal. New Communities Partnership, Dublin. [Details]
	(2012)	Bangladesh and Pakistani Mapping Project. Coakley, L. (2012) Bangladesh and Pakistani Mapping Project. international Organisation for Migration, Dublin. [Details]
	(2011)	Where do I go from here?: Leading factors in the decision to stay in Ireland or return to country of origin. Coakley, L. (2011) Where do I go from here?: Leading factors in the decision to stay in Ireland or return to country of origin. International Organisation for Migration, Dublin. [Details]
	(2009)	Refugees, people granted leave to remain and people granted subsidiary protection and post-second level education in Ireland. Coakley, L. (2009) Refugees, people granted leave to remain and people granted subsidiary protection and post-second level education in Ireland. Refugee Information Service, Dublin. [Details]
	(2006)	The integration of refugees and persons with leave to remain in the Cork City area. Report commissioned by Reception and Integration Agency. Mac Éinrí, P. and Coakley, L. ; (2006) The integration of refugees and persons with leave to remain in the Cork City area. Report commissioned by Reception and Integration Agency. Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dublin, Dublin. [Details]

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Other Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2005)	'Narratives of migration and return: reflections on the process of developing an all-island oral archive' Coakley, L. and Ni Laoire, C.; (2005) 'Narratives of migration and return: reflections on the process of developing an all-island oral archive' Chimera: UCC Geographical Journal, 20 :*-*. [Details]

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Professional Activities

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Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	Ireland's Soft power: Potential and Limitations, Coakley, L. and MacEinri, P. (2022) An overview of Ireland's foreign policy. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Ireland's Soft power: Potential and Limitations, Universitee Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris . [Details]
	(2017)	IMISCOE - 14th Annual Conference, Coakley, L. and MacEinri, P. (2017) Youth Mobilities and Migration: Case Studies from Ireland. [Oral Presentation], IMISCOE - 14th Annual Conference, Roterdam, Netherlands . [Details]

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Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	Editorial Committee, Cork University Press	editorial advisor	/

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Employment

	Employer	Position	From / To
	Department of Geography	College Lecturer	/

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Teaching Activities

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Teaching Interests

I teach across the range of modules in Geography.  I am particularly interested in Geopolitics, the Geographies of Migration, and the Philosophy of Geography.

Under-graduate modules coordinated - 

GG1015 -  Applied Geography
GG2038 - Geographical Methods
GG3001 -  Ideas in Geography
GG3046 - Geopolitics and Geostrategies

Post-graduate supervision  - 

Mathew Manley Coughlan (M.res) -
The ecology of Ireland's International protection process (primary supervisor)

Lucky Ikani (M.res) -
A geospatial analysis of tourist sites, hospitality facilities and tourist mobility in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria (secondary supervisor)

Olive Conroy (PhD) - 
A Social Geography of women in Cork City (primary supervisor)

Accepting PhD Students

PhD Projects Areas:  The Geographies of Migration and Migration Policy, Securitization, Borders and Bordering
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Research Information

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Internal Collaborators

	Name	Institute	Country
	Dr Piaras MacEinri	Department of Geography, UCC	IRELAND
	Dr Paul Holloway	Department of Geography, UCC	IRELAND

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External Collaborators

	Name	Organisation / Institute	Country
	Dublin City Council		IRELAND