Margaret Buckley is a Lecturer in Social Policy in the School of Applied Social Studies. She is First Year Co-ordinator of the Bachelor of Social Science degree and Social Policy and Social Research Lead on the BA Social Care. She teaches a diverse range of topics which include Irish social policy, politics, housing and homelessness, retirement and pensions and social research methods. She has an interest in the areas of; the development of social policy; Politics; Demographics and population; housing and homelessness; retirement and pensions.

Her main research interests lie in the changing political and social landscape of Ireland and tracing the routes through which change occurs. Her research interests include housing and homelessness, retirement living standards, pension policy, education and equality. She is interested in the use of both quantitative and qualitative data and methods to produce evidence-based conclusions on social issues and evaluations of programmes and initiatives.

She teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate levels including the Bachelor of Social Science, Bachelor of Social Work, BA Social Care and Higher Diploma in Social Policy, on the following modules:

SS1007 - Social Policy: Theory and Application

SS1017 - Politics and Social Policy (Part 1)

SS1018 - Politics and Social Policy (Part 2)

SS2012 - Research Methods

SS3031 - Social Research Report

SS3045 - Critical Perspectives on Age and Ageing

SS3049 - Politics and Social Policy IV

SS5102 - Contemporary Social Policy Analysis

SS5104 - Social Research Report online

SS5106 - Housing and Homelessness

I currently supervise:

Edith Busteed (PhD in Applied Social Studies) (co-supervised with Dr Fiona Dukelow and Dr Tracey Skillington (Sociology)

Brian Slocum (PhD in Applied Social Studies) (co-supervised with Dr Conor Cashman and Pat Leahy)

Jean Stout (MRes in Applied Social Studies) (co-supervised with Dr Fiona Dukelow)