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Biography
Dr Julius-Cezar Macarie, Department of Sociology & Criminology and Collective Social Futures is the Principle Investigator of NIGHTWORK_FOOTPRINT project (2025 – 2029) funded by Research Ireland Pathways Programme. Currently, he teaches at the University College Cork, Night Matters: Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives on Life after Dark to anthropology, criminology and sociology undergraduates. His monograph Invisible Migrant Nightworkers in 24/7 London (2023), cogently unpacks the experiences of embodied precarity, the nightnographic component adding an original dimension to the inquiry.
Teaching Activities
Current PhD Students
Destiny Nezam, PhD Student on NIGHTWORK_FOOTPRINT project.
Research Grants
NIGHTWORK_FOOTPRINT: A Synthesis of Contemporary CapitalismS Across Nightshift Cities
2025 – 2029 | Research Ireland Pathway Program Research Fellow | University College Cork
Funding amount: €676,282
The NIGHTWORK_FOOTPRINT project investigates and theorises nightwork. Armies of people, usually migrants, carve out an existence by working at night. For these millions of people across nightshift cities, nightwork means little or other way to opt out. Nightwork practices lie below the radar. They are conducive to the invisibility and multi-layered precarity, informality and irregularity of nightworkers. Yet, nightwork and nightworkers are underrepresented in labour history, and urban and night studies. Today the theoretical importance and empirical urgency of this research becomes even greater, as the current era of Night Time Economy boosterism does not focus on nightwork, but on nightlife.
Research Grants
2024 – 2026 | Research Associate | Enterprise Ireland ERC Supporting Grant Fellow | University College Cork
2022 - 2024 | PRECNIGHTS: Precarity Amongst Women Migrant Nightworkers in Ireland | Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship | Funder: Horizon Europe (HORIZON) | Grant Project №101063938 | University College Cork
2021 | Ştefan Odobleja Fellowship Program NEC Odobleja Fellow | Funder: Executive Unit for Finance in the Higher Education, Research, and Innovation (UEFISCDI) | Grant № U-2100-068Y-1088, New Europe College
2013 – 2016 | Marie-Skłodowska Curie INTEGRIM Early-Stage Researcher | Funder: FP7 EC, Grant № 316796 | Host: Central European University, Budapest.
External positions
Night Working Group Leader, International Night Studies Network
2019 → 2024
UCC Futures (primary)
- Collective Social Futures
Other research affiliations
- Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century (ISS21)
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):
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Invisible Migrant Nightworkers in 24/7 London
MacQuarie, J.-C., 31 Aug 2023, 1 ed. Cham: Springer. 270 p. (IMISCOE Books)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Meet the invisible work force: women migrant nightworkers in Ireland
MacQuarie, J.-C., 2 Jan 2024, RTE.Research output: Other output › peer-review
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Researcher's Nightworkshop: Immersing in the night cityscape of El Raval, Barcelona. A story in the making.
MacQuarie, J.-C., 19 Jul 2024, Cork, Ireland : Zenodo.Research output: Other output › peer-review
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A Nightnography of Food Couriers: Precarity and Inequality in After Dark Platform Work
MacQuarie, J. C., 1 Oct 2025, Urban Nightlife and Contested Spaces: Cultural Encounters After Dusk. Taylor and Francis Ltd., p. 89-110 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Chapter › peer-review
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Book Review: Working at Night
MacQuarie, J.-C., 1 Jan 2024, Budapest : Central European University Press.Research output: Other output › peer-review
Activities
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Migration, Placemaking, Belonging
Chu, M. (Organiser of Symposium), Fathi, M. (Organiser of Symposium), Martin, S. (Organiser of Symposium), Meng, M. (Organiser of Symposium), Ní Laoire, C. (Organiser of Symposium) & Macarie, J.-C. (Co-Organiser)
5 Jun 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Researcher's Nightworkshop: The night cityscape of Barcelona
Macarie, J.-C. (Organiser) & Clua García, R. (Co-Convenor of Panel)
23 Jul 2024 → 25 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Anthropology Day
Macarie, J.-C. (Co-Organiser) & Cuffe, J. (Organiser of Symposium)
19 Feb 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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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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Atlantic Anthropological Workshop 2025
Macarie, J.-C. (Co-Organiser), Cuffe, J. (Organiser), Murphy, F. (Organiser) & Mattingly, M. (Organiser)
4 Apr 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Press/Media
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The plight of migrant women nightworkers in the Irish night-time economy
17/01/25
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Meet the invisible work force: women migrant nightworkers in Ireland
2/01/24
1 Media contribution
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Special event to reflect on life after dark in Cork city
Noonan, M., O'Connor, M., Ross, S. & MacQuarie, J.-C.
29/04/25
1 item of Media coverage
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Courses
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Night Matters: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Life After Dark
Macarie, J.-C. 15/01/26 → 2/04/26
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