Prof Aislinn O'Donnell

Biography
Research Interests
Research Projects
Project | Role | Funding Body / Program | Description | Start Date | End Date | Award (€) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EDURAD: Educational Responses to Extremism | Co-Principal Investigator | European Union / EU / | 01-JAN-20 | 31-DEC-21 | 666392 | ||
Embracing Cultural Diversity in the Classroom (2018-2020) | Partner | Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission / Government State Bodies | 01-OCT-18 | 01-MAR-20 | 20000 | ||
Horizon 2020: The Ethics of Coding: A Report on the Algorithmic Condition | Co-Investigator | EU Horizon 2020 / | 01-JAN-17 | 31-DEC-17 | 265222.5 | ||
The Enquiring Classroom (ERASMUS+) | Lead Partner | European Union / EU / | 01-SEP-16 | 31-AUG-18 | 210455 | ||
COST: New Materialism: Networking European Scholarship on ‘How Matter Comes to Matter’. | Management Committee Member | European Cooperation in Science & Technology (COST) / | 23-APR-14 | 22-APR-18 |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Year | Publication | |
---|---|---|
2018 | 'Spinoza, experimentation and education: How things teach us'
O'Donnell, A (2018) 'Spinoza, experimentation and education: How things teach us'. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 50 :819-829 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
|
2018 | 'Experimentation in Institutions: Ethics, Creativity, and Existential Competence'
O’Donnell A. (2018) 'Experimentation in Institutions: Ethics, Creativity, and Existential Competence'. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 37 (1):31-46 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
|
2017 | 'Anti-Heroic Education: For the Scavengers and the Gleaners'
Aislinn O'Donnell (2017) 'Anti-Heroic Education: For the Scavengers and the Gleaners'. Other Education, 5 (2):17-38 [full-text] [Details] |
|
2017 | 'The Matter of Thinking: Material Thinking and the Natural History of Humankind'
Aislinn O'Donnell (2017) 'The Matter of Thinking: Material Thinking and the Natural History of Humankind'. Studier i Pædagogisk Filosofi, 6 (1):39-54 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
|
2017 | 'Shame is already a revolution: The politics of affect in Gilles Deleuze'
Aislinn O'Donnell (2017) 'Shame is already a revolution: The politics of affect in Gilles Deleuze'. Deleuze Studies, 11 (1) [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
|
2017 | 'Pedagogical injustice and counter-terrorist education'
O’Donnell A. (2017) 'Pedagogical injustice and counter-terrorist education'. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 12 (2):177-193 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
|
2016 | 'Securitisation, Counterterrorism and the Silencing of Dissent: The Educational Implications of Prevent'
O’Donnell A. (2016) 'Securitisation, Counterterrorism and the Silencing of Dissent: The Educational Implications of Prevent'. British Journal of Educational Studies, 64 (1):53-76 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
|
2016 | 'Introduction: Shifting education's philosophical imaginaries: relations, affects, bodies, materialities'
Todd S.;Jones R.;O'Donnell A. (2016) 'Introduction: Shifting education's philosophical imaginaries: relations, affects, bodies, materialities'. Gender and Education, 28 (2):187-194 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
|
2016 | 'Contagious ideas: vulnerability, epistemic injustice and counter-terrorism in education'
O’Donnell A. (2016) 'Contagious ideas: vulnerability, epistemic injustice and counter-terrorism in education'. Educational Philosophy and Theory, :1-17 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
|
2015 | 'Curriculum as Conversation: Vulnerability, Violence, and Pedagogy in Prison'
O'Donnell A. (2015) 'Curriculum as Conversation: Vulnerability, Violence, and Pedagogy in Prison'. Educational Theory, 65 (4):475-490 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
|
2015 | 'Contemplative Pedagogy and Mindfulness: Developing Creative Attention in an Age of Distraction'
O'Donnell A. (2015) 'Contemplative Pedagogy and Mindfulness: Developing Creative Attention in an Age of Distraction'. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 49 (2):187-202 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
|
2014 | 'Another Relationship to Failure: Reflections on Beckett and Education'
O'Donnell A. (2014) 'Another Relationship to Failure: Reflections on Beckett and Education'. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 48 (2):260-275 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
|
2013 | 'Unpredictability, Transformation, and the Pedagogical Encounter: Reflections on What is Effective in Education'
O'Donnell A. (2013) 'Unpredictability, Transformation, and the Pedagogical Encounter: Reflections on What is Effective in Education'. Educational Theory, 63 (3):265-282 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
|
2012 | 'Thinking-in-concert'
O'Donnell A. (2012) 'Thinking-in-concert'. Ethics and Education, 7 (3):261-275 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
Edited Books
Year | Publication | |
---|---|---|
2015 | The Inclusion Delusion? Reflections on Democracy, Ethos and Education
Aislinn O'Donnell (Ed.). (2015) The Inclusion Delusion? Reflections on Democracy, Ethos and Education Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details] |
Book Chapters
Year | Publication | |
---|---|---|
2021 | ''What is an Educational Response to Extreme and Radical Ideas, and Why Does it Matter?''
Aislinn O'Donnell (2021) ''What is an Educational Response to Extreme and Radical Ideas, and Why Does it Matter?'' In: Encountering Extremism: Theoretical Issues and Local Challenges. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] |
|
2015 | 'Introduction'
Aislinn O'Donnell (2015) 'Introduction' In: Aislinn O'Donnell (eds). The Inclusion Delusion?: Reflections on Democracy, Ethos, and Education. Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details] |
|
2015 | 'Beyond Hospitality: Re-imagining Inclusion in Education’'
Aislinn O'Donnell (2015) 'Beyond Hospitality: Re-imagining Inclusion in Education’' In: Aislinn O'Donnell (eds). The Inclusion Delusion?: Reflections on Democracy, Ethos and Education. Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details] |
|
2015 | 'The Human Animal'
Aislinn O'Donnell (2015) 'The Human Animal' In: Sarah Browne and Sara Greavu (eds). Between a Dog and a Wolf. Derry: CCA. [Details] |
|
2015 | 'Experimental Philosophy and Pedagogy: A Single Vision'
Aislinn O'Donnell (2015) 'Experimental Philosophy and Pedagogy: A Single Vision' In: Anna Hickey-Moody and Tara Page (eds). Arts, Pedagogy and Cultural Resistance. London: Rowman and Littlefield. [Details] |
|
2014 | 'Speaking the Truth to Power: Parrhesia, Critical Inquiry, and Education in Prison'
Aislinn O'Donnell and Jonathan Cummins (2014) 'Speaking the Truth to Power: Parrhesia, Critical Inquiry, and Education in Prison' In: Eoin Carroll and Kevin Warner (eds). Re-Imagining Imprisonment in Europe. Liffey Press: Dublin. [Details] |
|
2014 | 'Cartesian Meditations: Voice, Body, Mind and the Prison'
Aislinn O'Donnell and Anonymous Authors (2014) 'Cartesian Meditations: Voice, Body, Mind and the Prison' In: Sarah Tyson and Joshua Hall (eds). Philosophy Imprisoned: The Love of Wisdom in the Age of Mass Incarceration. Maryland: Lexington Books. [Details] |
|
2012 | 'Transformative Education'
Aislinn O'Donnell (2012) 'Transformative Education' In: Patricia Kieran and Thomas Grenham (eds). New Educational Horizons in Contemporary Ireland. Oxford: Peter Lang. [Details] |
|
2011 | 'Of Love, Failure and Revolutions'
Aislinn O'Donnell (2011) 'Of Love, Failure and Revolutions' In: Frida Beckmann (eds). Deleuze and Sex. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. [Details] |
Published Reports
Year | Publication | |
---|---|---|
2019 | The Enquiring Classroom Handbook.
Aislinn O'Donnell, Lovisa Bergdahl, Patricia Kieran, Stephanos Cherouvis, Elisabet Langmann (2019) The Enquiring Classroom Handbook. European Commission ERAMUS+, https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/eplus-project-details/#project/2016-1-IE01-KA2. [Details] |
|
2019 | The Enquiring Classroom Theoretical Framework.
Aislinn O'Donnell, Lovisa Bergdahl, Patricia Kieran, Stephanos Cherouvis, Elisabet Langmann (2019) The Enquiring Classroom Theoretical Framework. European Commission - ERASMUS+, https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/eplus-project-details/#project/2016-1-IE01-KA2. [Details] |
|
2018 | Ethics of Coding: A Report on the Algorithmic Condition.
Colman, F., O’Donnell, A., Bühlmann, F & I. Van der Tuin (2018) Ethics of Coding: A Report on the Algorithmic Condition. European Commission, https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/documents/downloadPublic/L1lCT2Vuc0gxKzc3NncwQkZmNXZqV2Nn. [Details] |
|
2012 | The NCAD Fine Art Programme in Portlaoise Prison: Historical Chronology.
Aislinn O'Donnell (2012) The NCAD Fine Art Programme in Portlaoise Prison: Historical Chronology. NCAD, Dublin. [Details] |
|
2012 | Unfamiliar Voices: A Review of the Legacy of NCAD’s Art Programme in Portlaoise Prison, 1987-2011.
Aislinn O'Donnell (2012) Unfamiliar Voices: A Review of the Legacy of NCAD’s Art Programme in Portlaoise Prison, 1987-2011. NCAD, Dublin. [Details] |
Article
Year | Publication | |
---|---|---|
2016 | Epistemic Injustice and the Policing of the Artworld.
Aislinn O'Donnell (2016) Epistemic Injustice and the Policing of the Artworld. Article [full-text] [Details] |
Catalog
Year | Publication | |
---|---|---|
2019 | An Alchemical Proposition - Time to Think: Subtracting the Citizen Artist from the Command to Be Active.
Aislinn O'Donnell (2019) An Alchemical Proposition - Time to Think: Subtracting the Citizen Artist from the Command to Be Active. Catalog [Details] |
|
2018 | Our Common World: Incarceration and Exile.
Aislinn O'Donnell (2018) Our Common World: Incarceration and Exile. Catalog [Details] |
|
2013 | Who will refuse me the right to listen.
Aislinn O'Donnell (2013) Who will refuse me the right to listen. Catalog [full-text] [Details] |
|
2013 | On Listening, if you wish.
Aislinn O'Donnell (2013) On Listening, if you wish. Catalog [full-text] [Details] |
Educational Article
Year | Publication | |
---|---|---|
2018 | Why Schools must give up the myth of success.
O’Donnell, A (2018) Why Schools must give up the myth of success. Educational Article [Details] |
Encyclopedia Entry
Year | Publication | |
---|---|---|
2007 | Kristeva.
Aislinn O'Donnell (2007) Kristeva. London: Encyclopedia Entry [Details] |
Invited Review Articles
Year | Publication | |
---|---|---|
2019 | Muslims, Schooling and Security: Trojan Horse, Prevent and Racial Politics by Shamim Miah.
Aislinn O'Donnell (2019) Muslims, Schooling and Security: Trojan Horse, Prevent and Racial Politics by Shamim Miah. Invited Review Articles [Details] |
Manual
Year | Publication | |
---|---|---|
2014 | HIV: Our Responsibilities.
Aislinn O'Donnell, Positive Now and the All-Ireland Network of PLHIV (2014) HIV: Our Responsibilities. Manual [full-text] [Details] |
Newspaper Articles
Year | Publication | |
---|---|---|
2020 | Does Philosophy have a Problem with Race?.
O’Donnell, A (2020) Does Philosophy have a Problem with Race?. Newspaper Articles [Details] |
|
2018 | Why we need community philosophy.
Aislinn O'Donnell (2018) Why we need community philosophy. Newspaper Articles [Details] |
|
2015 | Teaching Children about World Religions and Ethics could help counter Islamophobia’.
Aislinn O'Donnell (2015) Teaching Children about World Religions and Ethics could help counter Islamophobia’. Newspaper Articles [Details] |
Artwork
Year | Publication | |
---|---|---|
2013 | The Impossible Conversation.
Aislinn O'Donnell (2013) The Impossible Conversation. Artwork [full-text] [Details] |
Committees
Committee | Function | From / To | |
---|---|---|---|
SRESC Social Science Research Ethics Commitee | Committee Member | 2018 / 2019 | |
University of Sanctuary Committee | Committee Member | 2018 / 2021 | |
MJMU Board (Mountjoy Maynooth Prison University Partnership) | Board Member | 2019 / 2021 | |
Irish Penal Reform Trust | Vice-Chair | 2016 / 2021 | |
Journal of Prison Education and Re-Entry | Research Editor | 2017 / 2021 | |
Educational Theory | Editorial Board Member | 2017 / 2021 |
Education
Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | University of Warwick | PhD | Philosophy | |
1997 | University College Dublin | Masters (First Class Honours) | Philosophy | |
1996 | Georgetown University | Graduate One Year Non-Degree Scholarship | Political Theory, Government and Philosophy | |
1995 | Trinity College Dublin | BA (First Class Honours) | Politics and Sociology | |
1993 | Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Strasbourg, France | Erasmus Year | Politics and Sociology |
Outreach Activities
Description | |
---|---|
COST Network 'New Materialisms' TATE Training School’: Delivered 'Art Matters'. An art and philosophy public workshop at TATE in collaboration with Katy Fitzpatrick. http://www.tate.org.uk/about/projects/art-matters-contemporary-art-and-philosophy-children Link |
|
Positive Now and All-Ireland Network of People Living with HIV: Workshops and collaborative writing and production of booklet "HIV: Our Responsibilities". http://positivenow.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/HIV-Our-Responsibilities.pdf Link |
|
Studio 468 and Common Ground "Citizen Artist" programme: Witness, interlocutor and engagement in developing public events in collaboration. http://www.commonground.ie/studio-468-cit-for-proposals/ |
|
PHILOSOPHY Ireland: Founding member of new grassroots network Philosophy Ireland that seeks to promote philosophy in schools and in communities on the island of Ireland. www.philosophyireland.ie Link |
|
Dublin Ships Project: Collaboration with four schools commissioned by Dublin City Council (Ruari O'Cuiv and Liz Coman) in response to Cliona Harmey's public art commission. Working in collaboration with Cliona Harmey (artist), Martina Galvin (artist) and Katy Fitzpatrick (gallery educator and curator) and the following schools: St Lawrence’s Girls National School, St Lawrence’s Boys National School (Sheriff Street), St Joseph’s National School (East Wall) and St Patrick’s Girls National School (Ringsend). http://slides.com/dubships/deck/fullscreen?token=1-S51GSa#/ Link |
|
PALLS (Probation and Linkage in Limerick Scheme): Taught philosophy in the project over the period of 2011-2014. |
|
Portlaoise Prison: Taught philosophy in the prison to both social and Republican prisoners from 2010-2015 |
|
PACE: Taught philosophy to people on day release from prison and on the community scheme from 2010-2011. |
|
Project 2020: Art and Philosophy Project in Collaboration with Dublin City Council and The Lab, Dublin City Gallery. Collaboration with children and teachers from Rutland St NS and Gaelscoil Mhuire, Parnell Square. |
|
FASNET - Dublin Aids Alliance: Pedagogical project supported by GradCAM and Dublin Aids Alliance. Developed "Two Laws" project with students on Special Community Employment scheme from 2009-2010. |
|
Nghathal Youth Club, Manipur: Developed funding proposals and collaborated on development of music project to respond to HIV and drug use in Churchandpur, North-East India. Secured funding from range of funders including MTV Staying Alive Foundation and UNODC. http://www.mtvstayingalive.org/video/nghathal-youth-club/ Link |
|
EVA International 2016: 8 week art and philosophy project with children from Scoil Mhathair De and Le Cheile after school project, engaging with the 2016 EVA Biennial exhibition curated by Koyo Kouoh "Still (the) Barbarians". Link |
|
EVA international 2014: 8 week art and philosophy project with children from Scoil Mhathair De, Limerick, engaging with the 2014 EVA Biennial exhibition curated by Bassam El-Baroni, "Agitationism". https://www.youtubef.com/watch?v=P0e0N6TIEcM Link |
|
Wicklow Imaginaries: A Collaborative Art and Philosophy Project with Katy Fitzpatrick (Gallery Educator and Curator), Fiona Hallinan (Artist) and Jennie Guy (Curator), St Mary's and St Gerard's NS, Enniskerry and Educate Together NS, Bray. Wicklow Council and Arts Council Funded. |
|
SOILSE: Designed and taught six-week philosophy programme to people in recovery from drug use. |
Recent Postgraduates
Graduation | Student Name | University | Degree | Thesis | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Lindsey Liston | Maynooth University | PhD | "The Problem Class"?: A Critical Analysis of Experiences of Schooling and Involvement with the Criminal Justice System | |
2021 | Margaret Murphy | Mary Immaculate College | PhD | Beyond a Single Narrative: Struggle and Agency in the Lives of Asylum Seekers and Refugees |