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Biography
I am a Lecturer in Human Geography and GIS at University College Cork. My research interests are at the intersection of urban and digital geographies, and I am particularly interested in urban financialisation, housing, and the transformation of urban space as digital/material process. I teach across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules in geography, but have particular strengths in critical GIS, digital/urban geographies, critical housing studies, and research methods. After studying at Trinity College Dublin (BA (Mod) in History and Geography) and Maynooth University (MSc in GIS and Remote Sensing), I completed my PhD in the Department of Geography at Trinity College Dublin. Supervised by Dr Cian O’Callaghan, my doctoral research focused on housing and urban contestation in post-crash Dublin and, drawing from my expertise in GIS and computational skills, used a combination of mixed methods for data collection, analysis, and interpretation. I took up a post in the Department of Geography and Spatial at the University of Luxembourg before moving to UCC in 2023. ORCID: 0000-0002-5391-1401 Google Scholar Researchgate profile Academia.edu profile Twitter account
Research Interests
My research interests are at the intersection of urban and digital geographies, and I am particularly interested in urban financialisation, housing, and the transformation of urban space as digital/material process.
Teaching Activities
I teach across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules in geography, but have particular strengths in critical GIS, digital/urban geographies, and research methods.
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 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Creating connections and spaces for resistance across difference Erin McElroy, Silicon Valley Imperialism: Techno Fantasies and Frictions in Postsocialist Times, Duke University Press: Durham and London, 2024, 280pp.: ISBN: 978-1-4780-3021-8
Lochlainn, M. N., Mar 2025, Dialogues in Urban Research.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
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Not quite public, not quite private: the piecemeal financialisation of social housing provision by approved housing bodies in post-crash Ireland
Lochlainn, M. N., 22 Dec 2025, In: International Journal of Housing Policy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Book review: Neoliberal Urban Governance: Spaces, Culture and Discourses in Buenos Aires and Chicago
Lochlainn, M. N., Jan 2024, In: Urban Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Digital/material housing financialisation and activism in post-crash Dublin
Lochlainn, M. N., 2 Jul 2024, In: Housing Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Corporate landlords and disruption through consolidation in post-crash Dublin’s private rental sector
Lochlainn, M. N., Dec 2023, In: Digital Geography and Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review