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Gill Harold

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20132025

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Gill Harold is a lecturer in the School of Applied Social Studies. Her research and teaching interests lie broadly in the areas of critical scholarship in Deaf and Disability Studies, and social policy. A research associate of ISS21, with a background in social geography, Gill is interested in contemporary debates around active citizenship, human rights and social justice. Within the School of Applied Social Studies, Gill is the Year 3 co-ordinator on the BSocSc (Youth and Community Work) programme. Gill currently works in the role of Academic Director for the Diploma in Disability Studies and Higher Diploma in Facilitating Inclusion programmes in Adult and Continuing Education at UCC. Please use the link below to download a copy of ‘Providing Access for Deaf Irish Sign Language Users: Guidance for Public Bodies'. This is a key output from a study funded by IHREC’s 2018 Grants Scheme, which was a collaborative project carried out in partnership between Applied Social Studies/ISS21 at UCC with community co-researchers from Cork Deaf Association and Community K (formerly Kerry Deaf Resource Centre). https://www.ucc.ie/en/media/research/iss21/GuidanceforPublicBodiesonAccessProvisionforDeafISLUsers.pdf

Research Interests

Gill's primary research interests lie in the area of social geography, focusing on the concepts of social identity and difference as they relate to questions of active citizenship, senses of place, community and civic belonging. In her work to date, these interests have been mobilised by discourse on the sensory construction of place, Deafness, disability and relationships between people and the spaces they occupy.

Teaching Activities

I currently teach on a range of programmes at both under- and post-graduate level in the School of Applied Social Studies, as well as contributing to social policy teaching on programmes in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. I supervise undergraduate research projects on the BSocSc (Youth and Community Work) and BSocSc. At postgraduate level, I supervise student research on taught masters programmes, which have included the MSocSc Social Policy, the MSocSc Voluntary and Community Sector Management and the MA Women’s Studies. I currently co-supervise three doctoral research candidates on the DSocSc programme, as follows: Janet Dennehy (co-supervised with Dr Shirley Martin) Gemma O' Leary (co-supervised with Dr Claire Edwards) Cliona Doherty (supervised with Dr Claire Edwards and Dr Edel Walsh [Economics])

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  3. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  4. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  5. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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