Dr. James Carr

PHD

Biography

Dr James Carr teaches and researches at the Department of Sociology in the University of Limerick. In 2010 he was awarded a three year scholarship from the Irish Research Council to engage in research into racism directed towards Muslim communities in Ireland. He is a well-known speaker on the topics of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism in Ireland. Building on previous publications, in 2016, James published his book Experiences of Islamophobia: Living with racism in the neoliberal era (London and New York: Routledge) which focused on anti-Muslim racism in Ireland set to the international context. James has also recently undertaken and published research with the Immigrant Council of Ireland, supported by the Open Society Foundations, entitled Islamophobia in Dublin: Experiences and how to respond'. James is also a co-editor on the recently published Public and Political Discourses of Migration, London: Rowman and Littlefield. James also contributes on Ireland for the Yearbook of Muslims in Europe (Leiden: Brill) and the European Islamophobia Report.

Research Interests

My research interests include 'race', racisms and in particular anti-Muslim racism; issues of intersectionality; masculinity studies; hate crime; political economy and social exclusion. In terms of methodological skills, I am trained in both quantitative and qualitative research methods of data collection and analysis. I have a partiuclar interest in mixed methods approach to research although the majority of my work to date has used qualitative research approaches. I am experienced in using NVivo Qualitative Analytic software as well as SPSS and Stata packages for quantitative statistical analysis.

Professional Activities

Committee

2015 Sociological Association of Ireland, Executive Committee,

Award

2010 - Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholar
2010 - Advanced Scholar Award - University of Limerick
2008 - Exceptional Q.C.A Recognition

Publications

Book Chapter

2016

''You can't have Muslim Irish children'. Media, Islamophobia and Ireland: constructing different shades of green'
James Carr
Public and Political Discourses of Migration

2015

Muslim communities in Ireland and the Irish gaze
James Carr
Instances of Islamophobia: Demonising the Muslim Other'

2015

'Media Discourses of those blonde Roma children' in Ireland'
James Carr, Aileen Marron, Annemarie Joyce, Martin J. Power, Amanda Haynes, Michael Breen, Eoin Devereux
Public and Political Discourses of Migration

2015

''You can't have Muslim Irish children'. Media, Islamophobia and Ireland: constructing different shades of green'
James Carr
Public and Political Discourses of Migration

2013

Communicating Truth': Challenging Islamophobia
James Carr
Communication: Breakdowns and Breakthroughs