Research Interests

My current research interests include
  • Inequality & Social Exclusion
  • Neoliberalism and the retraction of the Welfare State.
  • The Social Aspect of Regeneration
  • Popular Music and Popular Culture
  • Social Protest
  • Media & Migration

Current Research Projects
    • Songs of Social Protest (With Dr Aileen Dillane & Prof. Eoin Devereux

    Professional Activities

    Association

    • 2017 Series Editor, Rowman and Littlefield International's Popular Musics Matter: Social, Political and Cultural Interventions Book Series
    • 2016 Board Member, The Football Collective
    • 2005 Ordinary Member, Sociological Association of Ireland
    • Founding (and Current) Director, Power, Discourse and Society Research Cluster
    • Founding (and Current) Director, Centre for the Study of Popular Music and Popular Culture
    • Series Editor, Rowman and Littlefield International's 'Discourse, Power and Society' Book Series

    Education

    • 2008 University of Limerick - Doctor of Philosophy
    • 2005 University of Limerick - Master of Arts
    • 2003 University of Limerick - Bachelor of Arts

    Peer Reviewed Journals

    2022

    Managing sport and leisure in the era of Covid-19

    A. Manoli, C. Anagnostopoulos, A. Ahonen, N. Bolton, A. Bowes, C. Brown, T. Byers, D. Cockayne, I. Cooper, J. Du, A. Geurin, E. Hayday, J. Hayton, C. Jenkin, J. Kenyon, N. Kitching, S. Kirby, P. Kitchin, G. Kohe, T. Kokolakakis, H. Leng, J. Ludvigsen, E. MacIntosh, H. Maxwell, A. May, K. Misener, J. O'Gorman, D. Parnell, K. Parry, Q. Peng, D. Plumley, M. Power, G. Ramchandani, M. Rayner, N. Scelles, T. Taylor, T. Webb, M. Winand (2022) Managing sport and leisure in the era of Covid-19. Managing Sport And Leisure :1-6

    2015

    'Urban Soundscapes : Special Edition

    Dillane, A., Langlois, T., Power, M. P. & Ní Bhriain, O., (eds). (2015) 'Urban Soundscapes : Special Edition. Bristol : Intellect Journals Journal of Urban Cultural Studies :89-164

    Books

    Book Chapters

    2021

    Introduction: Football and Popular Culture

    S Millar, M Power, D Parnell, P Widdop, J Carr (2021) Introduction: Football and Popular Culture. Abingdon : Routledge Football and Popular Culture: Singing Out from the Stands :1-8

    2016

    Opportunities for Resistance Through Discourse

    Haynes, A., Devereux, E., Carr, J., Power, M. and Dillane, A. (2016) Opportunities for Resistance Through Discourse. London : Rowman and Littlefield International Public and Political Discourses of Migration: International Perspectives :225-232

    2016

    Print Media Framings of Those Blonde Roma Children

    Marron, A., Joyce, A., Carr,J., Devereux, E., Breen, M., Power, M. and Haynes, A. (2016) Print Media Framings of Those Blonde Roma Children. London : Rowman and Littlefield International Public and Political Discourses of Migration: International Perspectives :117-134

    2013

    'Resistance in Ireland'

    O' Flynn, M., Power, M., McCabe, C and Silke, H. (2013) 'Resistance in Ireland' . Brighton : Institute for Education Policy Studies Immiseration Capitalism and Education: Activist Resistance to Neoliberal and Neoconservative Degradation :214-234

    2013

    'Neoliberal Capitalism and Education in Ireland'

    Power, M., O' Flynn, M., Courtois, A., and Kennedy, M. (2013) 'Neoliberal Capitalism and Education in Ireland'. Brighton : Institute for Education Policy Studies Immiseration Capitalism and Education: Activist Resistance to Neoliberal and Neoconservative Degradation :47-70

    2013

    Media representations, stigma, and neighbourhood identity

    Haynes A.;Devereux E.;Power M. (2013) Media representations, stigma, and neighbourhood identity. London : Routledge Social Housing, Disadvantage and Neighbourhood Liveability: Ten Years of Change in Social Housing Neighbourhoods :192-218

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