Elizabeth Folan O'Connor

I am a researcher and lecturer in the School of Applied Social Studies in UCC. Most recently, I am working with with co-PIs Dr Siobhan O’Sullivan and Dr Martin Galvin on the Horizon Europe-funded GreenInCities project through the Institute for Social Science in the 21st century (ISS21) at UCC. The GreenInCities research project aims to adapt co-creative methodologies and tools developed by leader cities to co-create innovative nature-based solutions in the deprived area of Knocknaheeny for the purposes of collaborative climate mitigation, adaptation, and sustainable urban planning and regeneration.

I am also a lecturer in UCC’s School of Applied Social Studies, where I teach communication (SS2101) and contemporary issues in youth and community work (SS1130) and have experience supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Research interests include community-based participatory research in areas of disadvantage, interdisciplinary research, education policy, and communication policy and theory. Research goals are to further develop experience working with disadvantaged communities in the co-creation of knowledge.