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Personal profile
Biography
I'm Professor of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences at UCC, where I'm based in the Radical Humanities Laboratory, and in the Department of Sociology & Criminology. My research interests lie broadly in the historical sociology of the brain and mind sciences; my two most recent books are 'The Urban Brain' (with Nikolas Rose, Princeton University Press, 2023) and 'The City of Today is a Dying Thing' (Faber & Faber, 2024). My current book project, 'Birth Weight' is a set of personal essays on the themes of reproduction, self-harm, and memory, to be published by Faber & Faber in 2027. I am a graduate of University College Cork (BA), the University of Cambridge (MPhil) and the London School of Economics (PhD). I won the Philip Leverhulme Prize for Sociology in 2017, and my work has been supported by the Wellcome Trust, the Leverhulme Trust, the Volkswagen Foundation and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) among others.
Research Interests
Sociology of psychology and neuroscience, history and sociology of urban mental health, critical approaches to nature and green space.
UCC Futures (primary)
- Future Humanities Institute
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The City of Today is a Dying Thing: In Search of the Cities of Tomorrow
Fitzgerald, D., 13 Feb 2025, (Faber and Faber)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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The Urban Brain: Mental Health in the Vital City
Fitzgerald, D. & Rose, N., 2022, (Princeton University Press)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Reading as therapy: medicalising books in an era of mental health austerity
Redman, H., Green, J., Partington, G. & Fitzgerald, D., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Health Sociology Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Introduction-knowing COVID-19: The pandemic and beyond
Cooper, F. & Fitzgerald, D., 28 May 2024, Knowing COVID-19: The pandemic and beyond. Manchester University Press, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Chapter › peer-review
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Knowing COVID- 19: The pandemic and beyond
Cooper, F. & Fitzgerald, D., 28 May 2024, Manchester University Press. 204 p. (Manchester University Press)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Activities
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The 52nd Annual Conference of the Sociological Association of Ireland
Macarie, J.-C. (Co-Organiser), Balfe, M. (Co-Organiser), Fitzgerald, D. (Co-Organiser), Billy, G. (Co-Organiser), Sharifi Isaloo, A. (Co-Organiser), Toledo, B. M. (Co-Organiser), Watson, T. (Co-Organiser) & O'Brien, J. (Organiser)
8 May 2025 → 9 May 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Ireland launches €1.5bn initiative to attract global academic talent – particularly from the US
20/05/25
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Government launches bid to entice researchers to Ireland
19/05/25
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