I am a member of both the BSocSc and DSocSc programme teams in the School of Applied Social Studies, and between 2017 and 2020 I was BSocSc2 year co-ordinator. The SS3009 module, Communities, Activism, and Development, that I teach is open to students on the second and third year of the BSoSc programme, on the Higher Diploma in Social Policy and to students on the second year of the BSc Government and Political Science. I teach core modules on the first and second years of the BSocSc Youth and Community Work (Modules SS1102 and SS2104) and I contribute to the SS6313 module on the MSocSc. I tutor and supervise doctoral students and contribute to the programme curriculum of the DSocSc via the SS7001, SS7002, SS7003, SS7004, SS7005, SS7006, SS7007 and SS7008 modules.
Biography
I am a lecturer and Vice-Head for Curriculum and Academic Development in the School of Applied Social Studies, UCC. Through my research, writing and teaching, I engage with and analyse ‘collective action’, a term that incorporates a wide range of processes, including community development, community arts, protest politics, social movements, and DIY cultures. My work interrogates how communities and social movements seek to negotiate, claim and reconstitute power and resistance in political, social and cultural spheres. I am interested also in the manifold discourses, tactics and structures through which people express and prefigure their democratic agency. Additionally, the politics of cultural representation - including how communities and movements are represented in/through the arts and media, and how they seek to represent themselves - has been a central theme in my work. Other key areas of interest include theories of the state; the politics of and resistances to neoliberalisation; territorial stigmatisation; cultural democracy; and the politics of ressentiment.
I greatly enjoy collaborative working and over the course of my career I have benefited in innumerable ways from research and learning partnerships with colleagues within and beyond the School of Applied Social Studies. From 2017 to 2021, I served as joint editor of the Community Development Journal (CDJ) with my colleague Órla O'Donovan. Órla and I were previously book review editors at the journal and are members of its editorial board.
Collaborating with my UCC colleagues Elizabeth Kiely and Katharina Swirak, I have been exploring the intersections between community development and the carceral state, and the potential for civil society groups and organisations to advance abolitionist alternatives to penalty and punishment. Together we have edited a Special Issue of the Community Development Journal (Volume 59, Issue 4) that includes exciting contributions on related themes from authors based in Albania, Brazil, Canada, India, Ireland, Kosovo, the UK and USA. I have co-edited three previous special issues of the CDJ; with Órla O’Donovan (2002) Corporatism and the ongoing debate about the relationship between the state and community development (37/1); with Mae Shaw (2007) Community Development and the Arts: Reviving the Democratic Imagination (42/4);and with Niamh McCrea and Mae Shaw (2017) Practising solidarity: challenges for community development and social movements in the 21st Century (52/3). In 2021, I also edited themed section of the CDJ on Territorial Stigmatisation in Theory and Practice, and its Implications for Community Development
With my international colleague Professor Marcelo Lopes de Souza (Department of Geography at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), I have been exploring ‘necropolitics’ as a distinctive form of injustice around which solidarity can be built across territorial borders. We are currently developing a book project that brings together authors from the Global South and Global North to document and analyse contemporary forms of necropolitics at different scales and in diverse contexts.
Alongside my School of Applied Social Studies colleagues Órla O'Donovan and Fiona Dukelow and Heather Laird of UCC's Department of English, I am an editor of the Síreacht: Longings for Another Ireland Series that is published by Cork University Press. The series publishes short, topical and provocative texts on controversial issues in contemporary Ireland.
Mae Shaw of Edinburgh University and Sarah Banks of Durham University and I have been working together to develop, edit and steer the Rethinking Community Development Series that is published by Policy Press. To date nine books have been published as part of the series, involving writers from across the globe.
My interest in cultural democracy and DIY cultures is reflected in my commitment to independent/alternative media. In 2022, Niamh McCrea (South East Technological University) and I created the Múscailt podcast with the generous support and encouragement of Tony Groves of Tortoise Shack. Niamh and I are co-hosts of the podcast, which involves interviews with scholars and writers who are raising important questions about Irish society through their research. Committed to critique and hope in equal measure, the show features discussions on a range of contemporary issues relating to ecology, criminal justice, politics, class, sexuality, culture, identity, social policy and more.
I am currently a member of the BSocSc and DSocSc Programme Teams in the School of Applied Social Studies, and I teach and/supervise students on the DSocSc, BSocSc, BSocSc (Youth and Community Work), MSocSc Social Policy and Social Justice (Online), Higher Diploma in Social Policy Online and Masters in Voluntary and Community Sector Management programmes.
Research Interests
My teaching, research and activist interests include (but are not limited to) the following:- the politics of community activism and community development;
- state theory, governmentalities and counter-conduct;
- community development, abolitionism and the carceral state.
- global expressions of necropolitics and necropower, and the development of geo-eco-necropolitical analysis
- media representations of social movements, collective action and protest;
- solidarity, democracy and the tactics of protest;
- cultural practices, cultural democracy and cultures of resistance;
- the theory and praxis of community arts;
- territorial stigmatisation and its implications for collective/community action;
- the politics of ressentiment and anti-welfare populism;
- neoliberal governmentalities and the professionalisation of civil society and community activism;
- the politics of the Left;
- alternative media practices;
Publications
Edited Books
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2021) | Arts, Culture and Community Development Meade, Rosie R; Shaw, Mae (Ed.). (2021) Arts, Culture and Community Development Bristol: Policy Press. [Details] | |
| (2016) | Politics, power and community development Meade, Rosie R; Shaw, Mae; Banks Sarah (Ed.). (2016) Politics, power and community development Bristol: Policy Press. [Details] | |
| (2015) | Defining events: Power, resistance and identity in twenty-first-century Ireland Meade, Rosie R; Dukelow, Fiona (Ed.). (2015) Defining events: Power, resistance and identity in twenty-first-century Ireland Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] | |
| (2009) | Youth and Community Work in Ireland: Critical Perspectives Forde, Catherine; Kiely, Elizabeth; Meade, Rosie R (Ed.). (2009) Youth and Community Work in Ireland: Critical Perspectives Dublin: Blackhall Publishing. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2024) | 'Community Development, the Carceral State and the Necessary Challenge of Penal Abolitionism' Meade, R., Kiely, L. and Swirak, K. (2024) 'Community Development, the Carceral State and the Necessary Challenge of Penal Abolitionism'. Community Development Journal, 59 (4) [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2023) | '‘Cruel Optimism’ in the Universities: A Discursive-Deconstructive Reading of Promising Promotional Projects of Gender Equality' Meade, R., Kiely, E. and O'Donovan, Ó (2023) '‘Cruel Optimism’ in the Universities: A Discursive-Deconstructive Reading of Promising Promotional Projects of Gender Equality'. Gender Work And Organization, [Details] | |
| (2023) | 'Book Review: It’s Not Where You Live, It's How You Live: Class and Gender Struggles in a Dublin Estate by John Bissett' Meade, Rosie R (2023) 'Book Review: It’s Not Where You Live, It's How You Live: Class and Gender Struggles in a Dublin Estate by John Bissett'. Critical Social Policy, 43 (4):739-741 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2022) | 'Classic texts 'How I became a socialist' by William Morris' Meade, RR (2022) 'Classic texts 'How I became a socialist' by William Morris'. Community Development Journal, 57 :589-594 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Representing community mobilisation on film: learning through and about movements and their struggles' Rosie R. Meade (2021) 'Representing community mobilisation on film: learning through and about movements and their struggles'. Concept: The Journal of Contemporary Community Education Practice Theory, 12 (3):1-12 [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Challenging conditions for academic writing and the limits of excellence through competition' Meade, Rosie R (2021) 'Challenging conditions for academic writing and the limits of excellence through competition'. Community Development Journal, 56 (4):551-560 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Territorial stigmatization in theory and practice, and its implications for community development' Meade, RR (2021) 'Territorial stigmatization in theory and practice, and its implications for community development'. Community Development Journal, 56 :191-202 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2020) | '(Neo)Liberal populism and Ireland’s ‘squeezed middle’' Meade R.;Kiely E. (2020) '(Neo)Liberal populism and Ireland’s ‘squeezed middle’'. Race & Class, 61 (4):29-49 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'What is this Covid-19 Crisis?' Meade, Rosie R. (2020) 'What is this Covid-19 Crisis?'. Community Development Journal, 55 (3):379-381 [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'So what are we about?' Rosie R. Meade (2019) 'So what are we about?'. Community Development Journal, 54 (4):571-580 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'The re-signification of state-funded community development in Ireland: A problem of austerity and neoliberal government' Meade, RR (2018) 'The re-signification of state-funded community development in Ireland: A problem of austerity and neoliberal government'. Critical Social Policy, 38 :222-243 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'Contemporary Irish youth work policy and practice: A Governmental analysis' Kiely, E;Meade, R (2018) 'Contemporary Irish youth work policy and practice: A Governmental analysis'. Child & Youth Services, 39 :17-42 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Solidarity, organizing and tactics of resistance in the 21st century: social movements and community development praxis in dialogue' McCrea, N;Meade, RR;Shaw, M (2017) 'Solidarity, organizing and tactics of resistance in the 21st century: social movements and community development praxis in dialogue'. Community Development Journal, 52 :385-404 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2017) | 'Practising Solidarity: challenges for community development and social movements in the 21st century' Rosie Meade, Niamh McCrea and Mae Shaw (2017) 'Practising Solidarity: challenges for community development and social movements in the 21st century'. Community Development Journal, 52 (3):379-384 [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Review - Identity and Capitalism' Meade, R (2016) 'Review - Identity and Capitalism'. Community Development Journal, 51 (1):165-167 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Review - New Media and Public Activism: Neoliberalism, the State and Radical Protest in the Public Sphere' Meade, R (2015) 'Review - New Media and Public Activism: Neoliberalism, the State and Radical Protest in the Public Sphere'. Critical Social Policy, 35 :439-441 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2014) | 'Foucault’s Concept of Counter-Conduct and the Politics of Anti-Austerity Protest in Ireland' Meade, Rosie (2014) 'Foucault’s Concept of Counter-Conduct and the Politics of Anti-Austerity Protest in Ireland'. Concept: The Journal of Contemporary Community Education Practice Theory, 5 (3):1-13 [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Book Review: Gwen Ottinger , Refining Expertise: How Responsible Engineers Subvert Environmental Justice Challenges' Meade, Rosie (2013) 'Book Review: Gwen Ottinger , Refining Expertise: How Responsible Engineers Subvert Environmental Justice Challenges'. Antipode, (August) [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Government and Community Development in Ireland: The Contested Subjects of Professionalism and Expertise' Meade, RR (2012) 'Government and Community Development in Ireland: The Contested Subjects of Professionalism and Expertise'. Antipode, 44 :889-910 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2012) | '“Our country’s calling card” Culture as the Brand in Recessionary Ireland' Rosie Meade (2012) '“Our country’s calling card” Culture as the Brand in Recessionary Ireland'. Variant, 43 (Spring):33-35 [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Community development and the arts: Sustaining the democratic imagination in lean and mean times' Meade, R and Shaw, M ; (2011) 'Community development and the arts: Sustaining the democratic imagination in lean and mean times'. Journal of Arts & Communities, 2 (1):65-80 [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Brand Ireland: Culture in the Crisis' Rosie Meade (2011) 'Brand Ireland: Culture in the Crisis'. Concept: The Journal of Contemporary Community Education Practice Theory, 2 (3):14-20 [Details] | |
| (2009) | 'The Tyranny of Structurelessness - Classic Texts: no. 11' Meade, R (2009) 'The Tyranny of Structurelessness - Classic Texts: no. 11'. Community Development Journal, 44 (1):123-127 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2009) | 'More than 'just' a novel: the Ragged Trousered Philantropists (1914)' Meade, R; (2009) 'More than 'just' a novel: the Ragged Trousered Philantropists (1914)'. Saothar: Journal of Irish Labour History, 34 :145-152 [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'Mayday, Mayday! Newspaper framing anti-globalizers! A critical analysis of the Irish Independent's anticipatory coverage of the 'day of the welcomes' demonstrations' Meade R. (2008) 'Mayday, Mayday! Newspaper framing anti-globalizers! A critical analysis of the Irish Independent's anticipatory coverage of the 'day of the welcomes' demonstrations'. Journalism, 9 (3):330-352 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'Community development and the arts: reviving the democratic imagination' Meade, R and Shaw, M, ; (2007) 'Community development and the arts: reviving the democratic imagination'. Community Development Journal, 42 (4):413-421 [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'Edited Special Issue - Community Development and the Arts' Meade, R and Shaw, M; (2007) 'Edited Special Issue - Community Development and the Arts'. Community Development Journal, 42 (4):413-533 [Details] | |
| (2005) | 'We Hate it Here, Please Let us Stay! Irish social partnership and the community/voluntary sector's conflicted experiences of recognition' Meade, R; (2005) 'We Hate it Here, Please Let us Stay! Irish social partnership and the community/voluntary sector's conflicted experiences of recognition'. Critical Social Policy, 25 (3):349-373 [Details] | |
| (2004) | 'Book Review of `Malcolm J Todd and Gary Taylor 'Democracy and Participation'' Meade R; (2004) 'Book Review of `Malcolm J Todd and Gary Taylor 'Democracy and Participation''. Community Development Journal, 39 (3):306-309 [Details] | |
| (2003) | 'The World Social Forum' Meade, R; (2003) 'The World Social Forum'. Saothar: Journal of The Irish Labour History Society, 28 :142-144 [Details] | |
| (2003) | 'Book Review of ' Peadar Kirby et al - Reinventing Ireland'' Meade, R; (2003) 'Book Review of ' Peadar Kirby et al - Reinventing Ireland''. Community Development Journal, 38 (2):170-173 [Details] | |
| (2002) | 'Book Review of 'John Horgan - Irish Media; A Critical History since 1922'' Meade, R; (2002) 'Book Review of 'John Horgan - Irish Media; A Critical History since 1922''. Media, Culture and Society, 24 (1):140-142 [Details] | |
| (2002) | 'Book Review of 'Stefan Berger and Hugh Compston eds - Policy Concertation and Social Partnership in Western Europe'' Meade, R; (2002) 'Book Review of 'Stefan Berger and Hugh Compston eds - Policy Concertation and Social Partnership in Western Europe''. Saothar: Journal of Irish Labour History, 27 (Winter):98-99 [Details] | |
| (2002) | 'Corporatism and the ongoing debate about the relationship between the state and community development' Meade, R. and O'Donovan, O; (2002) 'Corporatism and the ongoing debate about the relationship between the state and community development'. Community Development Journal, 37 (1):1-9 [Details] | |
| (2002) | 'Edited Special Issue on Ireland - Community Development Journal' Meade, R and O'Donovan, O; (2002) 'Edited Special Issue on Ireland - Community Development Journal'. Community Development Journal, 37 (1) [Details] | |
| (2002) | 'Book Review of `Chris Atton - Alternative Media', Media, Culture and Society' Meade, R; (2002) 'Book Review of `Chris Atton - Alternative Media', Media, Culture and Society'. Media, Culture and Society, 24 (5):727-729 [Details] | |
| (2001) | ''Den Projektalltag Organisieren' Meade, R, ; (2001) ''Den Projektalltag Organisieren'. Social Management, 6 [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2021) | 'Arts, culture and community development: introductory essay' Meade, RR;Shaw, M (2021) 'Arts, culture and community development: introductory essay' In: ARTS, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. BRISTOL: POLICY PRESS. [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'ARTS, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Afterword' Meade, RR;Shaw, M (2021) 'ARTS, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Afterword' In: ARTS, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. BRISTOL: POLICY PRESS. [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'More than 'just' a novel: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' Rosie R. Meade (2019) 'More than 'just' a novel: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' In: Jonathan Vereecke (eds). Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism 370. Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA: Gale. [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'Community Arts, Community Development and the Impossibility and Necessity of Cultural Democracy' Rosie R. Meade (2018) 'Community Arts, Community Development and the Impossibility and Necessity of Cultural Democracy' In: Sue Kenny, Brian McGrath and Rhonda Phillips (eds). The Routledge Handbook of Community Development. New York: Routledge. [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Politics, power and community development: an introductory essay' Meade, RR;Shaw, M;Banks, S (2016) 'Politics, power and community development: an introductory essay' In: POLITICS, POWER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. BRISTOL: POLICY PRESS. [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'The Older People's Uprising 2008' Meade, Rosie (2015) 'The Older People's Uprising 2008' In: Meade, R. and Dukelow, F (eds). Defining events: power, resistance and identity in 21st century Ireland. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Defining Events: Power, Resistance and Identity in Twenty-First-Century Ireland -Introduction' Meade Rosie R.;Dukelow Fiona (2015) 'Defining Events: Power, Resistance and Identity in Twenty-First-Century Ireland -Introduction' In: Defining Events: Power, Resistance and Identity in Twenty-First-Century Ireland. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Community development and the arts: Towards a more creative reciprocity' Shaw M.;Meade R. (2013) 'Community development and the arts: Towards a more creative reciprocity' In: Learning with Adults: A Reader. [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'Robert Tressell's The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' Meade, R (2010) 'Robert Tressell's The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists' In: MOBILISING CLASSICS: READING RADICAL WRITING IN IRELAND. MANCHESTER: MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS. [Details] | |
| (2009) | ''Introduction', Youth and Community Work in Ireland: Critical Perspectives' Meade, R; Forde, C; Kiely, E; (2009) ''Introduction', Youth and Community Work in Ireland: Critical Perspectives' In: Youth and Community Work in Ireland: Critical Perspectives. Dublin: Blackhall Publishing. [Details] | |
| (2009) | 'Community Development: A Critical analysis of its 'Keywords' and Values' Meade, R.; (2009) 'Community Development: A Critical analysis of its 'Keywords' and Values' In: Youth and Community Work in Ireland:Critical Perspectives. Dublin: Blackhall Press. [Details] | |
| (2005) | 'Where Another World is Possible - Looking in on the WSF' Meade, R; (2005) 'Where Another World is Possible - Looking in on the WSF' In: Citizenship Revisited - Threats or Opportunities of Shifting Boundaries. New York: Nova Science. [Details] | |
| (1999) | 'It's All Changed from Here: Women's Experiences of Community Education' Meade, R, Kiely, E & Leane; (1999) 'It's All Changed from Here: Women's Experiences of Community Education' In: Women and Education in Ireland. Maynooth: MACE. [Details] | |
| (1997) | 'Domestic Violence; An Analysis and Response from Community Activists' Meade, R ; (1997) 'Domestic Violence; An Analysis and Response from Community Activists' In: Anne Byrne and Madeleine Leonard (eds). Women and Irish Society. Belfast: Beyond the Pale. [Details] | |
| (1996) | 'A Critical Understanding of Social Policy and The Welfare State' Meade, R. & Kiely, E., ; (1996) 'A Critical Understanding of Social Policy and The Welfare State' In: Social Policy: A Course Reader. University College Cork: Centre for Adult and Continuing Education. [Details] | |
| (1996) | 'Theoretical Issues in Community Work'' Meade, R ; (1996) 'Theoretical Issues in Community Work'' In: Youth and Community Work Reader. UCC: Centre for Adult and Continuing Education. [Details] |
Articles
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2007) | Drawing inspiration from activism in Ireland and beyond¿. R Meade; (2007) Drawing inspiration from activism in Ireland and beyond¿. Oaxaca, Mexico: Articles [Details] | |
| (2005) | Professionalism and the politics of Irish community development. Meade, R. ; (2005) Professionalism and the politics of Irish community development. Udaipur, India: Articles [Details] | |
| (2001) | Corporate Ireland - Lacking Bodily Integrity. Meade, R; (2001) Corporate Ireland - Lacking Bodily Integrity. Cork: Articles [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (1999) | Social Partnership Meade, R; (1999) Community participation in partnership: Our common future? Social Partnership Cork Environmental Alliance, Cork, [Details] |
ANET/COS
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2023) | 'Reflections at the End of the Day'. Rosie Meade (2023) 'Reflections at the End of the Day'. Dublin: ANET/COS [Details] | |
| (2011) | Branding the Nation; Marketing our Culture(s). Rosie Meade (2011) Branding the Nation; Marketing our Culture(s). ANET/COS [Details] |
Blog
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2021) | Cultural democracy and the collective creation of meaning. Meade, Rosie R; Shaw, Mae (2021) Cultural democracy and the collective creation of meaning. Bristol: Blog [DOI] [Details] |
Published Reports
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2004) | Class: Politics, Agency and Identity, 5th William Thompson Weekend. Meade, R; (2004) Class: Politics, Agency and Identity, 5th William Thompson Weekend. Saothar, Ireland. [Details] | |
| (2003) | ‘Culture, creativity & resistance: 4th William Thompson Weekend. Meade, R.; (2003) ‘Culture, creativity & resistance: 4th William Thompson Weekend. Saothar, Ireland. [Details] |
Newspaper Articles
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2019) | Síreacht: little books that tackle big topics. Meade, Rosie R; O'Donovan, Órla; Dukelow, Fiona; Laird, Heather (2019) Síreacht: little books that tackle big topics. Dublin: Newspaper Articles [Details] |
Professional Activities
Conference Contributions
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2024) | The EU Elections in Context, Niamh Ni Bhriain, David Broder, Rosie Meade, Research in Ireland for Transformation (2024) 'EU Complicity in Gaza' and 'The European Right and the Meloni Model'. [Conference Organising Committee Member], The EU Elections in Context, University College Cork , 04-JUN-24. [Details] | |
| (2023) | School of Applied Social Studies Series, Mary McDermott, Caroline Williamson Sinalo, Rosie Meade (2023) New Patriarchies, Old Domestications. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], School of Applied Social Studies Series, University College Cork , 29-MAR-23. [Details] | |
| (2023) | It's Not Where You Live, It's How You Live, John Bissett, Rosie Meade, Kate O'Shea (2023) John BIssett and Rosie Meade in Conversation. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], It's Not Where You Live, It's How You Live, Maureen's, Cork . [Details] | |
| (2023) | Trade Union Renewal, Adrian Kane, Eoin O'Broin, SIPTU, Sireacht, Cork University Press and Rosie Meade (2023) Launch seminarn/event for Síreacht Series publication 'Trade Unions'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Trade Union Renewal, Teachers' Club, Dublin . [Details] | |
| (2022) | Independent Living Movement Ireland's 'VOICE Project' Seminar Series, Meade, Rosie R (2022) The Values and Principles of Community Development - A Critical Overview. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Independent Living Movement Ireland's 'VOICE Project' Seminar Series, Online , 27-OCT-22. [Details] | |
| (2022) | School of Applied Studies Series, Eilis Ward (2022) SELF in the time of neoliberalism: A radical appraisal. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], School of Applied Studies Series, CACSSS Seminar Room, UCC . [Details] | |
| (2022) | Independent Living Movement Ireland's 'VOICE Project' Seminar Series, Meade, Rosie R (2022) Why Social Movements and Protest Matter. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Independent Living Movement Ireland's 'VOICE Project' Seminar Series, Online , 20-OCT-22. [Details] | |
| (2021) | Arts, Culture and Community Development, Lynne Segal, Sarah Bird, Mae Shaw and Rosie R Meade (2021) Seminar and launch event for 'Arts, Culture and Community Development' including presentations and video montage of arts practices. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Arts, Culture and Community Development, Online , 16-SEP-21. [Details] | |
| (2021) | Boys in the Making A Methodology Workshop, Fiona Whelan, Michael Byrne, Dannielle Mc Kenna, Jim Lawlor, Ciaran Smyth, Ailbhe Murphy, Brokentalkers, Rosie Meade (2021) An exploration of participatory art methodolgies and praxis. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Boys in the Making A Methodology Workshop, F2, Rialto, Dublin . [Details] | |
| (2021) | ‘Streets Ahead | What can Street Art bring to our community’, Rosie Meade (2021) Art as a tool for social development, community empowerment and expression. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], ‘Streets Ahead | What can Street Art bring to our community’, Online , 31-MAY-21. [Details] | |
| (2019) | Community Organizng for Social Action, Community Development Journal and Meade, Rosie R (2019) Community Development Journal Thinkery and International Advisory Board Meeting, (2019), ‘Community Organizing for Social Action’, July 3rd to 5th. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Community Organizng for Social Action, London . [Details] | |
| (2019) | ESRA Conference – The Art of Listening,, Rosie R Meade (2019) ‘Academic Publishing and the Community Development Journal’. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], ESRA Conference – The Art of Listening,, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway , 28-FEB-19. [Details] | |
| (2019) | Yavor Tarinski on ‘Direct Democracy, Context, Society, Individuality’, Meade, Rosie R (2019) Art, Architecture Activism In Cork. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Yavor Tarinski on ‘Direct Democracy, Context, Society, Individuality’, Cork . [Details] | |
| (2019) | Funding, Power and Community Development, McCrea, N, Finnegan, F, Shaw, M, McGoey, L, Bissett, J and Meade, RR (2019) Seminar and launch event for Funding, Power and Community Development. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Funding, Power and Community Development, F2, Rialto, Dublin , 29-APR-19. [Details] | |
| (2019) | SEA CHANGE, COMMUNITY ARTS ENCOUNTERS “Socially Engaged Arts on the island of Ireland - A Blueprint for Change”, Cork Community Artlink, Blue Drum and Rosie R Meade (2019) Community arts conference involving guest speakers and participants from across the Island of Ireland and from the UK. [Conference Organising Committee Member], SEA CHANGE, COMMUNITY ARTS ENCOUNTERS “Socially Engaged Arts on the island of Ireland - A Blueprint for Change”, University College Cork & Lido, Blackpool Cork , 17-MAY-19. [Details] | |
| (2018) | Money: Progressive and Radical Responses to the Power of Finance in Ireland, Conor McCabe, Donal O'Drisceol and Rosie Meade (2018) Seminar and launch event for Síreacht series book 'Money'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Money: Progressive and Radical Responses to the Power of Finance in Ireland, University College Cork , 15-NOV-18. [Details] | |
| (2016) | Neoliberal Cultures - The Space for Critique and Resistance, Rosie Meade, Elizabeth Kiely, Marie Moran, Jim McGuigan, Roisin O'Gorman, Cara Levey, Stephen O'Brien (2016) CACSSS Masterclass. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Neoliberal Cultures - The Space for Critique and Resistance, CACSSS Seminar Room, UCC . [Details] | |
| (2015) | Why Community Development? Continuity and Innovation,, Community Development Journal Board, IAB and Rosie Meade (2015) Community Development Journal, 50th Anniversary International Conference. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Why Community Development? Continuity and Innovation,, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh . [Details] | |
| (2015) | Towards another Referendum, Gerry Mooney, Rosie Meade (2015) School of Applied Social Studies, Seminar Series. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Towards another Referendum, University College Cork . [Details] | |
| (2014) | Community TV Festival, Rosie Mede & Cork Community TV (2014) Exploring the history, scale, scope and possibilities of Community TV. [Oral Presentation], Community TV Festival, County Hall, Cork City . [Details] | |
| (2014) | The Irish Welfare State in and after crisis: resilience, resistance, retrenchment, reform,, Meade, Rosie (2014) The Older People’s Uprising as Counter-Conduct: Resisting Austerity, Protecting Universalism?. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], The Irish Welfare State in and after crisis: resilience, resistance, retrenchment, reform,, University College Cork , 28-MAR-14 - 28-MAR-14. [Details] | |
| (2014) | What’s Left?’: Radicalism and the Academy, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences Masterclass,, Meade, Rosie (2014) 'The politics of the Community Sector in Ireland - Navigating the complexity. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], What’s Left?’: Radicalism and the Academy, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences Masterclass,, University College Cork , 29-APR-14 - 29-APR-14. [Details] | |
| (2014) | 6th International Conference of the Popular Education Network (PEN), Meade, Rosie (2014) The Older People’s Uprising as Counter-Conduct:Some Reflections on Clientelism and the Politics of Anti- Austerity in Ireland. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], 6th International Conference of the Popular Education Network (PEN), University of Valetta , 24-APR-14 - 26-APR-14. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Critical Thinking Network Seminar Series, Meade, Rosie (2014) An Independent Identity for 'Professional' Community Development?. [Invited Oral Presentation], Critical Thinking Network Seminar Series, Waterford Women's Centre , 27-FEB-14 - 27-FEB-14. [Details] | |
| (2011) | Beyond the crisis: global justice, equality, social movements, Meade, R; (2011) Has Culture Been Bought?. [Invited Oral Presentation], Beyond the crisis: global justice, equality, social movements, Dublin , 07-MAY-11 - 07-MAY-11. [Details] | |
| (2011) | Knowing Ways: Critical Learning in Arts Practice, Meade, R and Shaw, M (2011) Community development and the arts: Sustaining the democratic imagination in lean and mean times. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Knowing Ways: Critical Learning in Arts Practice, North Edinburgh Arts, Edinburgh , 08-SEP-11 - 10-SEP-11. [Details] | |
| (2010) | Equality in a Time of Crisis - International Confererence, Meade, R; (2010) Social Movements and the Response to the Economic Crisis. [Invited Oral Presentation], Equality in a Time of Crisis - International Confererence, Dublin , 07-MAY-10 - 07-MAY-10. [Details] | |
| (2008) | Ken Saro-Wiwa Seminar - 2008, Meade, R; (2008) The Politics of OIl. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Ken Saro-Wiwa Seminar - 2008, UCC , 19-NOV-08 - 19-NOV-08. [Details] | |
| (2008) | Comunity Development and the Arts - Reviving the Democratic Engagement, Meade, R; (2008) The Political Limits and Possibilities of Community Arts. [Oral Presentation], Comunity Development and the Arts - Reviving the Democratic Engagement, Edinburgh University, Royal Mile, Edinburgh , 30-JAN-08 - 30-JAN-08. [Details] | |
| (2007) | Social Theory Politics and the Arts Conference, Meade, R.; (2007) Community Development and the Arts, Reviving the Democratic Imagination. [Oral Presentation], Social Theory Politics and the Arts Conference, Washington Square, New York , 19-SEP-07 - 19-SEP-07. [Details] | |
| (2007) | Popular Education Network International Conference, Meade, R; (2007) Reflections and Projections - Community educations political limits and possibilities. [Oral Presentation], Popular Education Network International Conference, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co, Kildare , 22-APR-07 - 22-APR-07. [Details] | |
| (2006) | ‘The Dynamics of Irish Development – A Critical Perspective’, Rosie Meade (2006) Udaipur School of Social Work/Centre for Women’s Studies jointly hosted seminar. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], ‘The Dynamics of Irish Development – A Critical Perspective’, anardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan, Udaipur, India . [Details] | |
| (2006) | ‘The Politics of Reproductive Health in Ireland’, Meade, Rosie R (2006) Aajeevika Bureau Seminar. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], ‘The Politics of Reproductive Health in Ireland’, Aajeevika Bureau, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India . [Details] | |
| (2006) | Now Activism, Berkana Institute and Universidad del Tierra, Meade, R; (2006) Drawing Inspiration from Resistance in Ireland and Beyond. [Oral Presentation], Now Activism, Berkana Institute and Universidad del Tierra, Universidad Del Tierra, Oaxaca, Mexico , 24-MAY-06 - 30-MAY-06. [Details] | |
| (2006) | Ken Saro-Wiwa Seminar, Meade, R; (2006) `Environmental Victims ¿ New Risks, New Injusticeording. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Ken Saro-Wiwa Seminar, UCC , 10-NOV-06 - 10-NOV-06. [Details] | |
| (2006) | Learning Journeys, Berkana Insititute, Universidad Del Tierra and Shikshantar, Meade, R.; (2006) Greening Tourism - What is the potential. [Oral Presentation], Learning Journeys, Berkana Insititute, Universidad Del Tierra and Shikshantar, Shikshantar, , 04-MAR-06 - 04-MAR-06. [Details] | |
| (2004) | William Thompson Weekend `Class: Politics, Agency and Identity, Meade, R; (2004) Organisation, scheduling, publicity, chairing and fundraising. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], William Thompson Weekend `Class: Politics, Agency and Identity, Firkin Crane, Cork , 30-APR-04 - 01-MAY-04. [Details] | |
| (2003) | Glen Leadership and Equality Network Seminar, Rosie R Meade (2003) 'Insights and encounters from the World Social Forum'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Glen Leadership and Equality Network Seminar, Glen Resource Centre, Cork . [Details] | |
| (2003) | William Thompson Weekend - Culture, Creativity and Resistance, Meade, Rosie (2003) Reclaiming the Public Sphere at the World Social Forum. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], William Thompson Weekend - Culture, Creativity and Resistance, Firkin Crane, Cork . [Details] | |
| (2003) | William Thompson Weekend 2003, Indymedia, The Revolution Will Not be Televised, etc, (2003) Culture, Creativity and Resistance. [Conference Organising Committee Member], William Thompson Weekend 2003, Firkin Crane, Cork , 04-MAY-03 - 04-MAY-03. [Details] | |
| (2003) | World Social Forum, Meade, R; (2003) Delegate. [Oral Presentation], World Social Forum, Porte Alegre, Brazil , 23-JAN-03 - 28-JAN-03. [Details] | |
| (2002) | William Thompson Weekend 2002, Dolores Dooley, Hilary Wainright, Rosie Meade etc (2002) Reclaiming Democracy. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], William Thompson Weekend 2002, Firkin Crane, Cork . [Details] | |
| (2002) | Access and Participation in the Arts, Cork Community ArtLink/ Combat Poverty Agency Funded Conference, Rosie Meade (2002) What is the Future for Community Arts?. [Invited Oral Presentation], Access and Participation in the Arts, Cork Community ArtLink/ Combat Poverty Agency Funded Conference, Cork , 04-OCT-02 - 04-OCT-02. [Details] | |
| (2001) | Wiiliam Thompson Weekend, Sheila Rowbotham, Peter Linebaugh, Laurence Cox, Rosie Meade, Donal O'Drisceoil (2001) Globalisation and Resistance -Making the Links. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Wiiliam Thompson Weekend, Firkin Crane, Cork . [Details] | |
| (2000) | First William Thompson Weekend School 200, Rosie Meade (2000) 'Globalising Social Protest, Issues for Activists'. [Chair Sessions at Symposia], First William Thompson Weekend School 200, Firkin Crane, Cork . [Details] | |
| (1999) | Anti-Racism in Ireland: Comhlamh Seminar Series, Rosie Meade (1999) 'Anti-Racism, The Work of Immigrant Solidarity'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Anti-Racism in Ireland: Comhlamh Seminar Series, Comhlamh, Cork . [Details] | |
| (1999) | ARNOVA Conference, Washington DC, USA, Meade, R; (1999) 'Stating the Truth About Partnership¿ at ARNOVA Conference. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], ARNOVA Conference, Washington DC, USA, Washington DC , 03-NOV-99 - 05-NOV-99. [Details] | |
| (1999) | True Colours Seminar - Community Development Programme, Rosie Meade (1999) 'The Implications of the Immigration Act for Asylum Seekers in Ireland'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], True Colours Seminar - Community Development Programme, Ballyphehane/Togher Community Development Project, Cork . [Details] | |
| (1999) | World's Apart, Same Issues Conference,, National Commitee for Development Education, Rosie Meade (1999) 'Community Development and Development Education, What are the linkages?'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], World's Apart, Same Issues Conference,, National Commitee for Development Education, Dublin . [Details] | |
| (1999) | Community Participation In Partnership, Our Common Future?, Cork Environmental Alliance, Rosie Meade (1999) 'Area Based Partnerships'. [Chair Sessions at Symposia], Community Participation In Partnership, Our Common Future?, St Peter's Church Auditorium, Cork . [Details] | |
| (1998) | IACD Conference, Meade, R and Nolan, N; (1998) A Critical Reflection on the Potential of Area Local Development Partnerships to Enhance Participative Democracy. [Oral Presentation], IACD Conference, Edinburgh , 03-MAR-98 - 05-MAR-98. [Details] | |
| (1998) | Local Government Reform, Community Workers Co-operative and Rosie Meade (1998) 'Community Representation and SPCs',. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Local Government Reform, Cork City . [Details] | |
| (1998) | Geography Society and Socialist Society Seminar, Rosie Meade (1998) ) 'Anti- Racist Work in Ireland - The Experience of Immigrant Solidarity',. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Geography Society and Socialist Society Seminar, University College Cork . [Details] |
Teaching Activities
Teaching Interests
I am a member of both the BSocSc and DSocSc programme teams in the School of Applied Social Studies, and between 2017 and 2020 I was BSocSc2 year co-ordinator. The SS3009 module, Communities, Activism, and Development, that I teach is open to students on the second and third year of the BSoSc programme, on the Higher Diploma in Social Policy and to students on the second year of the BSc Government and Political Science. I teach core modules on the first and second years of the BSocSc Youth and Community Work (Modules SS1102 and SS2104) and I contribute to the SS6313 module on the MSocSc. I tutor and supervise doctoral students and contribute to the programme curriculum of the DSocSc via the SS7001, SS7002, SS7003, SS7004, SS7005, SS7006, SS7007 and SS7008 modules.
Research Information
Internal Collaborators
| Name | Institute | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiona Dukelow | School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork | IRELAND | |
| Orla O'Donovan | School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork | IRELAND | |
| Heather Laird | University College Cork | IRELAND | |
| Katharina Swirak | UCC | ||
| Elizabeth Kiely | School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork | IRELAND |
External Collaborators
| Name | Organisation / Institute | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mae Shaw | Institute for Education, Community and Society, Moray House, University of Edinburgh | SCOTLAND | |
| Professor Marcelo Lopes de Souza | Departamento de Geografia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | BRAZIL | |
| Niamh McCrea | Carlow Institute of Technology | IRELAND | |
| Professor Sarah Banks | Centre for Social Justice and Community Action, University of Durham | ENGLAND |