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Tom Boland is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Criminology, UCC. His main research interests are in critique, culture unemployment and welfare. His work draws on multiple disciplines, from anthropology through to philosophy, and in particular, historical genealogies of the present - particularly the governmentality of welfare and the discourse of critique. Also, he is a cultural sociologist, with interests in literary theory and cultural studies. He is the co-director of the Economy + Society Summer School with Dr. Ray Griffin (WIT), and similarly the WUERC group.
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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 1 No Poverty -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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A Genealogy of the Scarring Theory of Unemployment: Reconsidering the Economic Narrative That Drives Activation Policies
Boland, T. & Griffin, R., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Social Policy and Administration.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An international perspective on the proposed Australian Tertiary Education Commission
Boland, T., 2025, In: Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 47, 3, p. 442-447 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Debate
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Book Review: Whos Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler ButlerJudith (2024) Whos Afraid of Gender?New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 320 pp. ISBN-10: 0374608229
Boland, T., 2025, In: Thesis Eleven.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Book Review: Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
Boland, T., 2025, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England.Research output: Other output › peer-review
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Critique
Boland, T., 2025, Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Anthropology. Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 419-424 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Chapter › peer-review
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Findings from University College Cork Provide New Insights into Sociology (Spectres of critique: The nostalgia of social transformation)
14/11/24
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Social Protection Committee to discuss the impact of means testing on the social welfare system with representatives from UCC, TCD and SETU
23/04/24
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Good Friday Committee to discuss pensions and social security with representatives from Ulster University and University College Cork
19/04/23
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MIL-OSI Global: Dystopian games: how contemporary stories critique capitalism through deadly competition
24/02/23
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Plan to link jobseeker's benefit to income scraps key welfare principle; WEDNESDAY INSIGHT
15/02/23
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