Dr Laurence Cox

    Sociology

    Senior Lecturer

    Auxilia House
    3.1
    (01) 708 3985

    Biography

    In my main field of social movement research, I have written extensively on engaged and participatory approaches to movement research, on Marxism and social movement studies, on ecology movements, on European traditions of theorising movements and on social movements in Ireland, notably working-class community activism and global justice struggles. I have published Why Social Movements Matter; We Make Our Own History: Marxism, Social Movements and the Twilight of Neoliberalism; Voices of 1968: Documents from the Global North; Understanding European Movements: New Social Movements, Global Justice Struggles, Anti-Austerity Protest; Marxism and Social Movements; Silence Would be Treason: Last Writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa and many journal articles, book chapters and other pieces.  

    I co-founded the practitioner-oriented journal Interface; co-founded the Council for European Studies’ social movements research network; co-edit a new Pluto Press series on engaged social movement research; and organised Ireland’s first conference on social movements since 1998. I am chercheur associé (research associate) at the Collège d’études mondiales / Fondation maison des sciences de l’homme, Paris and have secured over €75,000 in 9 different social movement-related grants.  

    I have been a keynote, plenary or invited speaker at CUNY Graduate Center, Harvard’s Berkman Center / MIT Media Lab / Boston College MMRAP, the European University Institute (COSMOS), the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme / Collège d’Etudes Mondiales, European Solidarity Centre Gdańsk / International Sociological Association, the Transnational Institute Amsterdam / CES, ECPR, ESA social movement networks, the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Berlin / Networked Politics, the Dialogue of Civilisations Research Institute Berlin, Reykjavík Academy; at the universities of Oslo, Aarhus, Gothenburg (Forum for Civil Society and Social Movement Research), Bergen and Milano-Bicocca; at Ruskin College Oxford, the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice at Nottingham University and the Lancaster Institute for Advanced Studies / KnowledgeLab; British Sociological Association plenary, Sociological Association of Ireland plenary and many Irish institutions including Imagine! Belfast Festival of Ideas and Politics, the William Thompson weekend school in Cork, UCD Equality Studies Centre Egalitarian World Initiative and the international Popular Education Network conference at Maynooth.  

    I have given talks to many different social movement, community and civil society groups including the PianoTerra Lab social centre (Milan), Rød Ungdom (Bergen), the People's Forum in Erris, Occupy Dame Street, Community Workers Co-op, Latin America Solidarity Centre, Workers Solidarity Movement, Seomra Spraoi and the Grassroots Gathering among others. For five years I co-directed an MA on Community Education, Equality and Social Activism. I run a PhD-level programme of participatory action research in social movement practice and currently mentor two postdoctoral researchers on the Marie Curie / IRC CAROLINE programme of collaboration between universities and civil society organisations.

    In my secondary field of Buddhist Studies, I have written primarily on the western encounter with Buddhism in Asia as well as on Buddhism in Ireland and new religious movements. My books in the field include The Irish Buddhist: the Forgotten Monk who Faced Down the British Empire; Buddhism and Ireland; from the Celts to the Counter-Culture and Beyond; A Buddhist Crossroads: Pioneer Western Buddhists and Asian Networks 1860-1960; Ireland’s New Religious Movements; and many journal articles, book chapters and other pieces.  

    I co-founded the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religion (ISASR); co-organised Ireland’s first academic conference on new religious movements and ISASR’s second conference; and have twice guest-edited the journal Contemporary Buddhism. I have been an invited speaker to Kyoto University’s Jinbunken Institute, the University of Heidelberg's "Asia and Europe" cluster of excellence, King’s College London Buddhist Studies Research Seminar, SOAS Centre for the Study of Japanese Religions / Buddhist Forum, Trinity College Long Room Hub, the National Library of Ireland and the National Museum of Ireland among others. The Dhammaloka project, with Prof. Alicia Turner (York U Toronto) and Prof. Brian Bocking (UCC), has attracted over €240,000 in grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Irish Research Council, the Dhammakaya Foundation and York University Toronto.    

    I have written for or been interviewed by the Chronicle of Higher Education, Discover Society, OpenDemocracy, e-IR, Progress in Political Economy, the BBC, STT (Finland), RTÉ, Newstalk, Dublin City FM, the Irish Times, the Guardian, Klassekampen (Norway), The Ecologist, Resurgence, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, ROARmag, Ceasefire, Irish History Compressed and the Religious Studies Project among others about my work.   

    Research Interests

    Social movement research: engaged social movements research, European and Irish social movements, Marxism and social movement theory, social movement waves, ecology movements and resource conflicts, alterglobalization and anti-austerity movements, working-class community organising, protest policing, activist sustainability, knowledge and learning production in social movements.

    Academic study of religion: early western Buddhists in Asia, Buddhism and Ireland, new religious movements.

    Sociology of knowledge and culture: history of ideas, sociology of intellectuals, counter cultures.

    Social theory: western Marxist traditions, socialist feminism.

    Methodology: participatory action research, community-based research, other engaged research methods in social movement research, oral history.

    Books

      Year Publication
    2019 The Irish Buddhist: the forgotten monk who faced down the British Empire.
    Alicia Turner, Laurence Cox, Brian Bocking (2019) The Irish Buddhist: the forgotten monk who faced down the British Empire. New York: Oxford University Press. [Details]
    2018 Why Social Movements Matter: An Introduction.
    Laurence Cox (2018) Why Social Movements Matter: An Introduction. London: Rowman and Littlefield International. [Details]
    2014 We make our own history: Marxism and social movements in the twilight of neoliberalism.
    Laurence Cox, Alf Gunvald Nilsen (2014) We make our own history: Marxism and social movements in the twilight of neoliberalism. London: Pluto. [Details]
    2013 Buddhism and Ireland: from the Celts to the counter culture and beyond.
    Laurence Cox (2013) Buddhism and Ireland: from the Celts to the counter culture and beyond. : Equinox. [Details]

    Edited Books

      Year Publication
    2018 Voices of 1968: Documents from the Global North
    Salar Mohandesi, Bjarke Skærlund Risager, Laurence Cox (Ed.). (2018) Voices of 1968: Documents from the Global North London and Aarhus: Pluto (English-language) and Slagmark (Danish-language). [Details]
    2016 A Buddhist crossroads: Pioneer western Buddhists and Asian networks 1860-1960
    Brian Bocking, Phibul Choompolpaisal, Laurence Cox, Alicia Turner (Ed.). (2016) A Buddhist crossroads: Pioneer western Buddhists and Asian networks 1860-1960 London: Routledge. [Details]
    2013 Silence would be treason: last writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa
    Ide Corley, Helen Fallon, Laurence Cox (Ed.). (2013) Silence would be treason: last writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa Dakar / Bangalore: Daraja / CODESRIA / Books for Change. [Details]
    2013 Marxism and social movements
    Colin Barker, Laurence Cox, John Krinsky, Alf Nilsen (Ed.). (2013) Marxism and social movements Leiden: Brill. [Details]
    2013 Understanding European Movements: new social movements, global justice struggles, anti-austerity protest
    Cristina Flesher Fominaya and Laurence Cox (Ed.). (2013) Understanding European Movements: new social movements, global justice struggles, anti-austerity protest London: Routledge. [Details]
    2011 Ireland's New Religious Movements
    Olivia Cosgrove, Laurence Cox, Carmen Kuhling, Peter Mulholland (Ed.). (2011) Ireland's New Religious Movements Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars. [Details]

    Peer Reviewed Journals

      Year Publication
    2017 'Pedagogy from and for Social Movements: A Conversation Between Theory and Practice'
    Cox L. (2017) 'Pedagogy from and for Social Movements: A Conversation Between Theory and Practice'. Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, :1-19 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]
    2016 'Early western lay Buddhists in colonial Asia: John Bowles Daly and the Buddhist Theosophical Society of Ceylon'
    Laurence Cox and Mihirini Sirisena (2016) 'Early western lay Buddhists in colonial Asia: John Bowles Daly and the Buddhist Theosophical Society of Ceylon'. Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions, 3 (1):108-139 [IR Link] [Details]
    2015 'Scholarship and activism: a social movements perspective'
    Dr Laurence Cox (2015) 'Scholarship and activism: a social movements perspective'. STUDIES IN SOCIAL JUSTICE, 9 :34-53 [IR Link] [Details]
    2015 'Challenging toxic hegemony: repression and resistance in Rossport and the Niger Delta'
    Laurence Cox (2015) 'Challenging toxic hegemony: repression and resistance in Rossport and the Niger Delta'. SOCIAL JUSTICE, 41 :227-245 [IR Link] [Details]
    2014 'The first Buddhist mission to the West: Charles Pfoundes and the London Buddhist mission of 1889 – 1892'
    Laurence Cox, Brian Bocking, Yoshinaga Shin'ichi (2014) 'The first Buddhist mission to the West: Charles Pfoundes and the London Buddhist mission of 1889 – 1892'. DISKUS, 16 :1-33 [IR Link] [Details]
    2014 'Movements making knowledge: a new wave of inspiration for sociology?'
    Dr Laurence Cox (2014) 'Movements making knowledge: a new wave of inspiration for sociology?'. SOCIOLOGY, 48 :954-971 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]
    2014 'Buddhism in Ireland: the inner life of world-systems'
    Dr Laurence Cox (2014) 'Buddhism in Ireland: the inner life of world-systems'. ETUDES IRLANDAISES, 39 :161-172 [IR Link] [Details]
    2013 'Rethinking early western Buddhists: beachcombers, going native and dissident Orientalism'
    Laurence Cox (2013) 'Rethinking early western Buddhists: beachcombers, going native and dissident Orientalism'. Contemporary Buddhism, 14 :116-133 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]
    2012 'Challenging austerity in Ireland: community and movement responses'
    Laurence Cox (2012) 'Challenging austerity in Ireland: community and movement responses'. Concept: the journal of contemporary community education practice theory, 3 [IR Link] [Details]
    2010 'Revolution in the air: images of winning in the Irish anti-capitalist movement'
    Liz Curry and Laurence Cox (2010) 'Revolution in the air: images of winning in the Irish anti-capitalist movement'. Irish Journal of Sociology, 18 :86-105 [IR Link] [Details]
    2010 'The politics of Buddhist revival: U Dhammaloka as social movement organiser'
    Laurence Cox (2010) 'The politics of Buddhist revival: U Dhammaloka as social movement organiser'. Contemporary Buddhism, 11 :173-227 [IR Link] [Details]
    2009 'Border country dharma: Buddhism, Ireland and peripherality'
    Laurence Cox and Maria Griffin (2009) 'Border country dharma: Buddhism, Ireland and peripherality'. JOURNAL OF GLOBAL BUDDHISM, 10 :93-125 [IR Link] [Details]
    2009 'Hearts with one purpose alone? Mapping the diverse landscapes of personal sustainability in social movements'
    Laurence Cox (2009) 'Hearts with one purpose alone? Mapping the diverse landscapes of personal sustainability in social movements'. EMOTION, SPACE AND SOCIETY, 2 :52-61 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]
    2007 'Building utopias here and now? Left and working - class utopias in Ireland'
    Laurence Cox (2007) 'Building utopias here and now? Left and working - class utopias in Ireland'. ECOPOLITICS ONLINE, 1 :123-132 [IR Link] [Details]
    2007 'Social movements research and the ‘movement of  movements’: studying resistance to neo-liberal globalisation'
    Laurence Cox and Alf Nilsen (2007) 'Social movements research and the ‘movement of  movements’: studying resistance to neo-liberal globalisation'. SOCIOLOGY COMPASS, 1 :424-442 [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]
    2001 'Barbarian Resistance and Rebel Alliances: Social Movements and Empire'
    Laurence Cox (2001) 'Barbarian Resistance and Rebel Alliances: Social Movements and Empire'. RETHINKING MARXISM, 13 :155-167 [IR Link] [Details]

    Book Chapters

      Year Publication
    2019 'International religious organisations in a colonial world: the Maha Bodhi Society in Arakan'
    Alicia Turner, Laurence Cox (2019) 'International religious organisations in a colonial world: the Maha Bodhi Society in Arakan' In: Hans-Martin Krämer, Julian Strube (eds). Theosophy across boundaries. New York: SUNY Press. [Details]
    2019 'Social movements'
    Laurence Cox (2019) 'Social movements' In: Spyros Themelis, Paolo Vittoria, Joyce Canaan (eds). Dangerous Words: Education, Language and Ideology in and Beyond Neoliberalism. London: Zed. [Details]
    2019 'Sustainable activism'
    Laurence Cox (2019) 'Sustainable activism' In: Uri Gordon, Ruth Kinna (eds). Routledge Handbook of Radical Politics. London: Routledge. [Details]
    2019 'Resisting Shell in Ireland: making and remaking alliances under fire between communities, movements and activists'
    Hilary Darcy, Laurence Cox (2019) 'Resisting Shell in Ireland: making and remaking alliances under fire between communities, movements and activists' In: Eurig Scandrett, Anne Harley (eds). Community, Development and Environmental Justice. Bristol: Policy Press. [Details]
    2017 '‘Learning to be loyal to each other’: conversations, alliances and arguments in the movements of movements'
    Dr Laurence Cox (2017) '‘Learning to be loyal to each other’: conversations, alliances and arguments in the movements of movements' In: Jai Sen (eds). The movements of movements: struggles for other worlds vol. 1. New Delhi / New York: OpenWord / PM Press. [Details]
    2015 'The birth of Indymedia. ie: a critical space for social movements in Ireland'
    Gillan, M;Cox, L (2015) 'The birth of Indymedia. ie: a critical space for social movements in Ireland' In: DEFINING EVENTS: POWER, RESISTANCE AND IDENTITY IN TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY IRELAND. MANCHESTER: MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS. [Details]
    2014 '"A Whole Way of Struggle?": Western Marxisms, Social Movements, and Culture'
    Cox, L (2014) '"A Whole Way of Struggle?": Western Marxisms, Social Movements, and Culture' In: CONCEPTUALIZING CULTURE IN SOCIAL MOVEMENT RESEARCH. BASINGSTOKE: PALGRAVE. [Details]
    2016 'The southern question and the Irish question: a social movement landscape with migrants'
    Dr Laurence Cox (2016) 'The southern question and the Irish question: a social movement landscape with migrants' In: Solidarity without borders: Gramscian perspectives on migration and civil society. London: Pluto. [IR Link] [Details]
    2016 'European Traditions'
    Dr Laurence Cox (2016) 'European Traditions' In: Michael Jerryson (eds). Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [IR Link] [Details]
    2016 'Studying social movements in a movement-become-state: research and practice in postcolonial Ireland'
    Laurence Cox (2016) 'Studying social movements in a movement-become-state: research and practice in postcolonial Ireland' In: Social movement studies in Europe: the state of the art. Oxford / New York: Berghahn. [IR Link] [Details]
    2014 'Changing the world without getting shot: how popular power can set limits to state violence'
    Laurence Cox (2014) 'Changing the world without getting shot: how popular power can set limits to state violence' In: Political power reconsidered: state power and civic activism between legitimacy and violence. Peace report 2013. Berlin, Wien: LIT-Verlag. [IR Link] [Details]
    2014 'Learning from each other's struggles'
    Laurence Cox (2014) 'Learning from each other's struggles' In: Sociologists in action on inequalities: race, class, gender and sexuality. Thousand Oaks: Sage. [IR Link] [Details]
    2013 'Introduction Rethinking European movements and theory'
    Fominaya, CF;Cox, L (2013) 'Introduction Rethinking European movements and theory' In: UNDERSTANDING EUROPEAN MOVEMENTS: NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, GLOBAL JUSTICE STRUGGLES, ANTI-AUSTERITY PROTEST. LONDON: ROUTLEDGE. [IR Link] [Details]
    2013 'Conclusion: Anti-austerity protests in European and global context - future agendas for research'
    Cristina Flesher Fominaya, Laurence Cox (2013) 'Conclusion: Anti-austerity protests in European and global context - future agendas for research' In: Cristina Flesher Fominaya and Laurence Cox (eds). Understanding European Movements: New Social Movements, Global Justice Struggles, Anti-Austerity Protest. London: Routledge. [IR Link] [Details]
    2013 'Marxism and social movements: an introduction'
    Colin Barker, Laurence Cox, John Krinsky and Alf Nilsen (2013) 'Marxism and social movements: an introduction' In: Marxism and social movements. Leiden: Brill. [IR Link] [Details]
    2013 'What would a Marxist theory of social movements look like?'
    Alf Gunvald Nilsen and Laurence Cox (2013) 'What would a Marxist theory of social movements look like?' In: Marxism and social movements. Leiden: Brill. [IR Link] [Details]
    2013 'Eppur si muove: thinking the social movement'
    Laurence Cox (2013) 'Eppur si muove: thinking the social movement' In: Marxism and social movements. Leiden: Brill. [IR Link] [Details]
    2013 'Ken Saro-Wiwa in political context: social movements in the Niger Delta'
    Laurence Cox (2013) 'Ken Saro-Wiwa in political context: social movements in the Niger Delta' In: Silence would be treason: last writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa. Dakar / Bangalore: Daraja / CODESRIA / Books for Change. [IR Link] [Details]
    2013 'European social movements and social theory: a richer narrative?'
    Laurence Cox and Cristina Flesher Fominaya (2013) 'European social movements and social theory: a richer narrative?' In: Understanding European movements: new social movements, global justice struggles, anti-austerity protest. Abingdon: Routledge. [IR Link] [Details]
    2012 'El Proyecto Interface: una reflexión sobre los movimientos sociales y el conocimiento'
    Cristina Flesher Fominaya and Laurence Cox (2012) 'El Proyecto Interface: una reflexión sobre los movimientos sociales y el conocimiento' In: Tentativas, contagios, desbordes. Territorios del pensiamento. Granada: Universidad de Granada. [IR Link] [Details]
    2011 'Understanding Ireland's new religious movements'
    Olivia Cosgrove, Laurence Cox, Carmen Kuhling, Peter Mulholland (2011) 'Understanding Ireland's new religious movements' In: Ireland's New Religious Movements. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars. [IR Link] [Details]
    2011 'The Wild Irish Girl and the dalai lama of little Thibet: the long encounter between Ireland and Asian Buddhism'
    Laurence Cox (2011) 'The Wild Irish Girl and the dalai lama of little Thibet: the long encounter between Ireland and Asian Buddhism' In: Ireland's New Religious Movements. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars. [IR Link] [Details]
    2011 'When is an assembly riotous, and who decides? The success and failure of police attempts to criminalise protest'
    Ealair ni Dhorchaigh and Laurence Cox (2011) 'When is an assembly riotous, and who decides? The success and failure of police attempts to criminalise protest' In: Riotous assemblies: rebels, riots and revolts in Ireland. Cork: Mercier. [IR Link] [Details]
    2006 'News from nowhere: the movement of movements in Ireland'
    Laurence Cox (2006) 'News from nowhere: the movement of movements in Ireland' In: Social movements and Ireland. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [IR Link] [Details]
    2005 'Romans i bàrbars. Formes acadèmiques i activistes de teoritzar el moviment'
    Laurence Cox and Colin Barker (2005) 'Romans i bàrbars. Formes acadèmiques i activistes de teoritzar el moviment' In: Recerca activista i moviments socials. Barcelona: El Viejo Topo / Fundació Jaime Bofill. [Details]
    1999 'Power, politics and everyday life: the local rationalities of social movement milieux'
    Laurence Cox (1999) 'Power, politics and everyday life: the local rationalities of social movement milieux' In: Transforming politics: power and resistance. London: MacMillan. [IR Link] [Details]
    1999 'From social movements to counter cultures: steps beyond political reductionism'
    Laurence Cox (1999) 'From social movements to counter cultures: steps beyond political reductionism' In: Humanities in WIT: Festschrift for Tony Scott. Waterford: Waterford Institute of Technology. [IR Link] [Details]
    1997 'Towards a sociology of counter cultures?'
    Laurence Cox (1997) 'Towards a sociology of counter cultures?' In: Ireland: emerging perspectives. Belfast: Queen's University Belfast. [IR Link] [Details]
    1994 'Discovery and dialectics: Gerhard Kleining’s methodology of qualitative research'
    Laurence Cox (1994) 'Discovery and dialectics: Gerhard Kleining’s methodology of qualitative research' In: Post-methodology? New directions in research methodologies in the social sciences. Dublin: Trinity College Dublin. [IR Link] [Details]

    Editorial

      Year Publication
    2018 Open issue.
    Laurence Cox et al. (2018) Open issue. Editorial [Details]
    2017 Social movement thinking beyond the core: theories and research in post-colonial and post-socialist societies.
    Laurence Cox, Alf Nilsen and Geoffrey Pleyers (2017) Social movement thinking beyond the core: theories and research in post-colonial and post-socialist societies. Editorial [Details]
    2017 General issue.
    Laurence Cox, multiple co-authors (2017) General issue. Editorial [Details]
    2016 Introduction: A Buddhist crossroads: Pioneer European Buddhists and globalizing Asian networks 1860-1960.
    Turner A.;Cox L.;Bocking B. (2016) Introduction: A Buddhist crossroads: Pioneer European Buddhists and globalizing Asian networks 1860-1960. Editorial [Details]
    2016 Social movement auto/biographies.
    Peter Waterman, Lesley Wood, Laurence Cox (2016) Social movement auto/biographies. Editorial [IR Link] [Details]
    2015 Movements in post/socialisms.
    Jiři Navrátil, Kevin Lin, Laurence Cox (2015) Movements in post/socialisms. Editorial [IR Link] [Details]
    2015 Movement practice(s).
    Cal Andrews, Laurence Cox, Lesley Wood (2015) Movement practice(s). Editorial [Details]
    2014 Movement internationalism(s).
    Peter Waterman, Laurence Cox (2014) Movement internationalism(s). Editorial [Details]
    2014 Movement internationalism(s).
    Peter Waterman and Laurence Cox (2014) Movement internationalism(s). Editorial [IR Link] [Details]
    2013 A Buddhist crossroads: pioneer European Buddhists and globalizing Asian networks 1860-1960.
    Turner, A;Cox, L;Bocking, B (2013) A Buddhist crossroads: pioneer European Buddhists and globalizing Asian networks 1860-1960. ABINGDON: Editorial [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]
    2013 Interface tenth issue.
    Laurence Cox et al. (2013) Interface tenth issue. Editorial [Details]
    2010 Beachcombing, Going Native and Freethinking: Rewriting the History of Early Western Buddhist Monastics.
    Turner, A;Cox, L;Bocking, B (2010) Beachcombing, Going Native and Freethinking: Rewriting the History of Early Western Buddhist Monastics. ABINGDON: Editorial [DOI] [IR Link] [Details]

    Working Paper

      Year Publication
    2017 The multiple traditions of social movement research: theorising intellectual diversity.
    Laurence Cox (2017) The multiple traditions of social movement research: theorising intellectual diversity. Paris: Working Paper [IR Link] [Details]
    2011 How do we keep going? Activist burnout and personal sustainability in social movements.
    Dr Laurence Cox (2011) How do we keep going? Activist burnout and personal sustainability in social movements. Working Paper [IR Link] [Details]
    2011 Gramsci in Mayo: a Marxist perspective on social movements in Ireland.
    Dr Laurence Cox (2011) Gramsci in Mayo: a Marxist perspective on social movements in Ireland. Working Paper [IR Link] [Details]
    2005 What should the movement of movements do if we want to win?.
    Cox, L. (2005) What should the movement of movements do if we want to win?. Working Paper [IR Link] [Details]
    2001 Globalisation from below? Ordinary people, movements and intellectuals from Seattle to Genova to war.
    Cox, L. (2001) Globalisation from below? Ordinary people, movements and intellectuals from Seattle to Genova to war. Working Paper [IR Link] [Details]

    Article

      Year Publication
    2017 The Irish water charges movement: theorising ‘the social movement in general’.
    Laurence Cox (2017) The Irish water charges movement: theorising ‘the social movement in general’. Article [Details]
    2017 Reading neoliberalism as a social movement from above.
    Laurence Cox, Alf Nilsen (2017) Reading neoliberalism as a social movement from above. Article [Details]
    2017 An oral history of Peoples’ Global Action.
    Laurence Cox, Lesley Wood (2017) An oral history of Peoples’ Global Action. Article [Details]
    2016 Das Ende neoliberaler Hegemonie durch soziale Bewegungen?.
    Laurence Cox, Alf Nilsen (2016) Das Ende neoliberaler Hegemonie durch soziale Bewegungen?. Article [Details]
    2016 Researching transnational activist lives: Irish Buddhists and the British Empire.
    Laurence Cox (2016) Researching transnational activist lives: Irish Buddhists and the British Empire. Article [IR Link] [Details]
    2016 Recent movements and movement theory in Ireland.
    Laurence Cox (2016) Recent movements and movement theory in Ireland. Article [IR Link] [Details]
    2014 Activist experiences of solidarity work.
    Peter Waterman and Laurence Cox (2014) Activist experiences of solidarity work. Article [IR Link] [Details]
    2014 “A Masters for activists”: learning from each other’s struggles.
    Dr Laurence Cox (2014) “A Masters for activists”: learning from each other’s struggles. Article [IR Link] [Details]
    2013 Social movement research in Europe – the state of the art.
    Laurence Cox and Anna Szolucha (2013) Social movement research in Europe – the state of the art. Article [IR Link] [Details]
    2013 Social movements and the European crisis: activist and academic reflections.
    Laurence Cox and multiple co-authors (2013) Social movements and the European crisis: activist and academic reflections. Article [IR Link] [Details]
    2010 The interests of the movement as a whole: response to David Harvey.
    Laurence Cox (2010) The interests of the movement as a whole: response to David Harvey. Article [IR Link] [Details]
    2010 Current debates: new religion(s) in Ireland.
    Dr Laurence Cox (2010) Current debates: new religion(s) in Ireland. Article [IR Link] [Details]
    2009 Lawrence O’Rourke / U Dhammaloka: working-class Irish freethinker, and the first European bhikkhu?.
    Dr Laurence Cox (2009) Lawrence O’Rourke / U Dhammaloka: working-class Irish freethinker, and the first European bhikkhu?. Article [IR Link] [Details]
    2005 Why do activists need theory?.
    Laurence Cox, Alf Gunvald Nilsen (2005) Why do activists need theory?. Article [IR Link] [Details]

    Conference Publications

      Year Publication
    2011 Popular responses to the Irish crisis and the hope for radical change: organic crisis and the different meanings of counter-hegemony
    Dr Laurence Cox (2011) Popular responses to the Irish crisis and the hope for radical change: organic crisis and the different meanings of counter-hegemony Sixteenth international conference on alternative futures and popular protest: a selection of papers from the conference [IR Link] [Details]
    2010 Plebeian freethought and the politics of anti-colonial solidarity: Irish Buddhists in imperial Asia
    Dr Laurence Cox (2010) Plebeian freethought and the politics of anti-colonial solidarity: Irish Buddhists in imperial Asia Alternative Futures and Popular Protest 15 [IR Link] [Details]
    2007 Counter culture and social change since the 70s
    Cox, L. (2007) Counter culture and social change since the 70s Everyday creativity, counter culture and social change. Symposium proceedings , pp.12-19 [IR Link] [Details]
    2002 What have the Romans ever done for us? Activist and academic forms of movement theorizing
    Colin Barker, Laurence Cox (2002) What have the Romans ever done for us? Activist and academic forms of movement theorizing Alternative Futures and Popular Protest 8 [IR Link] [Details]
    2001 Social movements never died:community politics and the social economy in the Irish Republic
    Cox, L. and Mullan, C. (2001) Social movements never died:community politics and the social economy in the Irish Republic International Sociological Association / British Sociological Association social movements conference [IR Link] [Details]

    Book Review

      Year Publication
    2017 Review of William K. Carroll, A world to win: contemporary social movements and counter-hegemony.
    Laurence Cox (2017) Review of William K. Carroll, A world to win: contemporary social movements and counter-hegemony. Book Review [Details]
    2017 Review of Dylan Taylor, Social Movements and Democracy in the 21st century.
    Laurence Cox (2017) Review of Dylan Taylor, Social Movements and Democracy in the 21st century. Book Review [Details]
    2016 Review of Oliver Scharbrodt, Tuula Sakaranaho, Adil Hussain Khan, Yafa Shanneik and Vivian Ibrahim, Muslims in Ireland: past and present.
    Laurence Cox (2016) Review of Oliver Scharbrodt, Tuula Sakaranaho, Adil Hussain Khan, Yafa Shanneik and Vivian Ibrahim, Muslims in Ireland: past and present. Book Review [Details]
    2016 Muslims in Ireland: Past and Present.
    Cox, L (2016) Muslims in Ireland: Past and Present. ABINGDON: Book Review [DOI] [Details]
    2014 Review of Kate Crosby, Traditional Theravada meditation and its modern-era suppression.
    Dr Laurence Cox (2014) Review of Kate Crosby, Traditional Theravada meditation and its modern-era suppression. Book Review [IR Link] [Details]
    2014 Review of Donatella della Porta, Can democracy be saved? Participation, deliberation and social movements.
    Dr Laurence Cox (2014) Review of Donatella della Porta, Can democracy be saved? Participation, deliberation and social movements. Book Review [IR Link] [Details]
    2013 Review of Sheila Rowbotham, Lynne Segal and Hilary Wainwright, Beyond the fragments (3rd edition).
    Laurence Cox (2013) Review of Sheila Rowbotham, Lynne Segal and Hilary Wainwright, Beyond the fragments (3rd edition). Book Review [IR Link] [Details]
    2011 Review of Hilary Wainwright, Reclaim the state.
    Laurence Cox (2011) Review of Hilary Wainwright, Reclaim the state. Book Review [IR Link] [Details]
    2011 Review of Institute for Development Studies, Powercube website.
    Laurence Cox (2011) Review of Institute for Development Studies, Powercube website. Book Review [IR Link] [Details]
    2010 Review of John Charlton, Don't you hear the H-Bomb's thunder? Youth and politics on Tyneside in the late 'fifties and early 'sixties.
    Laurence Cox (2010) Review of John Charlton, Don't you hear the H-Bomb's thunder? Youth and politics on Tyneside in the late 'fifties and early 'sixties. Book Review [IR Link] [Details]
    2010 Review of Mastaneh Shah-Shuja, Zones of proletarian development.
    Laurence Cox (2010) Review of Mastaneh Shah-Shuja, Zones of proletarian development. Book Review [IR Link] [Details]
    2006 Review of Liam Leonard, Politics inflamed: GSE and the campaign against incineration in Ireland.
    Laurence Cox (2006) Review of Liam Leonard, Politics inflamed: GSE and the campaign against incineration in Ireland. Book Review [Details]
    2005 Review of Fred Powell and Martin Geoghegan, The politics of community development.
    Laurence Cox (2005) Review of Fred Powell and Martin Geoghegan, The politics of community development. Book Review [IR Link] [Details]
    2001 Review of Robin Cohen and Shirin Rai, Global social movements.
    Laurence Cox (2001) Review of Robin Cohen and Shirin Rai, Global social movements. Book Review [IR Link] [Details]
    2001 Review of Amory Starr, Naming the enemy: anti-corporate movements confront globalization.
    Laurence Cox (2001) Review of Amory Starr, Naming the enemy: anti-corporate movements confront globalization. Book Review [IR Link] [Details]
    1998 Review of Sabine von Dirke, “All power to the imagination!” The west German counterculture from the student movement to the Greens.
    Laurence Cox (1998) Review of Sabine von Dirke, “All power to the imagination!” The west German counterculture from the student movement to the Greens. Book Review [Details]
    1997 Review of Colin Barker and Paul Kennedy (eds.), To make another world: studies in protest and collective action.
    Laurence Cox (1997) Review of Colin Barker and Paul Kennedy (eds.), To make another world: studies in protest and collective action. Book Review [Details]
    1997 Reflexivity, social transformation, and counter culture.
    Cox, L. (1997) Reflexivity, social transformation, and counter culture. Book Review [IR Link] [Details]

    Thesis

      Year Publication
    1999 Building counter culture: the radical praxis of social movement milieux.
    Laurence Cox (1999) Building counter culture: the radical praxis of social movement milieux. Thesis [Details]

    Conference Contributions

      Year Publication
    2018 The social relationships of Marxist thought: movements, universities, social media.
    Laurence Cox (2018) The social relationships of Marxist thought: movements, universities, social media. [International Refereed Conference], The rebirth of Marxism: Haunting the Future, Maynooth [Details]
    2017 Anthroposophy and its daughter movements in the UK and Ireland.
    Laurence Cox (2017) Anthroposophy and its daughter movements in the UK and Ireland. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions annual conference, Waterford IT [Details]
    2016 ‘Changing the world or changing yourself?’ Historicising the cliché.
    Laurence Cox (2016) ‘Changing the world or changing yourself?’ Historicising the cliché. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions annual conference, UCC [Details]
    2015 What should they know of Ireland who only Ireland know?’ U Dhammaloka / Laurence Carroll, religion and empire.
    Laurence Cox (2015) What should they know of Ireland who only Ireland know?’ U Dhammaloka / Laurence Carroll, religion and empire. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions annual conference, TCD [Details]
    2014 We make our own history.
    Laurence Cox (2014) We make our own history. [International Refereed Conference], Historical Materialism conference, LSE [Details]
    2013 What Buddhism? Whose Buddhism? John Bowles Daly, Mahinda College and the Buddhist Theosophical Society.
    Laurence Cox, Mihirini Sirisena (2013) What Buddhism? Whose Buddhism? John Bowles Daly, Mahinda College and the Buddhist Theosophical Society. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions annual conference, UCD [Details]
    2013 Understanding contemporary waves of protest.
    Laurence Cox (2013) Understanding contemporary waves of protest. [International Refereed Conference], Council for European Studies 20th annual conference, University of Amsterdam [Details]
    2013 Rewriting the history of UK Buddhism: the first London Buddhist Mission of 1890.
    Brian Bocking, Laurence Cox (2013) Rewriting the history of UK Buddhism: the first London Buddhist Mission of 1890. [National Refereed Conference Paper], Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions annual conference, UCD [Details]
    2010 Irish Network for Studies in Buddhism.
    (2010) Irish Network for Studies in Buddhism. [Oral Presentation], Knowledge and study of Buddhism in Ireland, Trinity College, Dublin [Details]
    2009 Historical Materialism annual conference.
    (2009) Historical Materialism annual conference. [Oral Presentation], Marxism and social movements, SOAS, London [Details]
    2009 Alternative spiritualities... conference.
    (2009) Alternative spiritualities... conference. [Oral Presentation], The Wild Irish Girl and the dalai lama, NUI Maynooth [Details]
    2009 Asian Art and Ireland.
    (2009) Asian Art and Ireland. [Oral Presentation], Arhats in the attic: hidden histories, National Museum of Ireland [Details]

    Technical Publication

      Year Publication
    1997 A voice of our own: the need for an alternative public space.
    Laurence Cox (1997) A voice of our own: the need for an alternative public space. Galway: Technical Publication [IR Link] [Details]

    Biographical-Item

      Year Publication
    2017 Peter Waterman 1936 – 2017: in memoriam.
    Laurence Cox (2017) Peter Waterman 1936 – 2017: in memoriam. Biographical-Item [Details]

    Conference Hosted

      Year Publication
    2018 The (re)birth of Marxism: haunting the future?.
    Colin Coulter, Laurence Cox, Fergal Finnegan, Conor McCarthy, Chandana Mathur (2018) The (re)birth of Marxism: haunting the future?. Conference Hosted [Details]
    2016 Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions annual conference Religion and Revolution, UCC.
    Laurence Cox (co-convenor) (2016) Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions annual conference Religion and Revolution, UCC. Conference Hosted [Details]
    2013 JNU New Delhi / UCC Asian Studies conference Ireland-India-Asia: entangled histories and cultural processes, New Delhi.
    Laurence Cox (international advisory committee) (2013) JNU New Delhi / UCC Asian Studies conference Ireland-India-Asia: entangled histories and cultural processes, New Delhi. Conference Hosted [Details]
    2013 Council for European Studies 20th annual conference, University of Amsterdam.
    Laurence Cox (section organizer) (2013) Council for European Studies 20th annual conference, University of Amsterdam. Conference Hosted [Details]
    2013 CES / ECPR / ESA / Transnational Institute symposium Social movements and the European crisis, Amsterdam.
    Laurence Cox (co-convenor) (2013) CES / ECPR / ESA / Transnational Institute symposium Social movements and the European crisis, Amsterdam. Conference Hosted [Details]
    2013 Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions annual conference Ireland, America and transnationalism: studying religion in a globalised world, Clinton Institute UCD.
    Laurence Cox (co-convenor) (2013) Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions annual conference Ireland, America and transnationalism: studying religion in a globalised world, Clinton Institute UCD. Conference Hosted [Details]
    2009 Alternative spiritualities, NRMs and the New Age.
    Laurence Cox (2009) Alternative spiritualities, NRMs and the New Age. Conference Hosted [Details]

    Electronic Book

      Year Publication
    2011 The Buddha and the barcode: understanding Buddhism in the twenty-first century.
    Laurence Cox (2011) The Buddha and the barcode: understanding Buddhism in the twenty-first century. Helsinki / Dublin Buddhist Centre: Electronic Book [IR Link] [Details]
    2011 Building counter culture: the radical praxis of social movement milieux.
    Laurence Cox (2011) Building counter culture: the radical praxis of social movement milieux. Helsinki: Electronic Book [IR Link] [Details]

    Other

      Year Publication
    2018 Struggles from below in the twilight of neoliberalism.
    Laurence Cox, Dylan Taylor (2018) Struggles from below in the twilight of neoliberalism. Other [Details]

    Exhibition

      Year Publication
    2013 NUIM Library exhibition Encountering Buddhist Asia: sources of Irish knowledge from the sixth to the twenty-first centuries, April - August.
    Laurence Cox (2013) NUIM Library exhibition Encountering Buddhist Asia: sources of Irish knowledge from the sixth to the twenty-first centuries, April - August. Exhibition [Details]
    2013 NUIM Library exhibition Ken Saro-Wiwa's letters, April - June.
    Helen Fallon, Ide Corley, Laurence Cox (2013) NUIM Library exhibition Ken Saro-Wiwa's letters, April - June. Exhibition [Details]

    Languages

      Language Reading Writing Speaking
    Italian Fluent Functional Fluent
    German Fluent Functional Fluent
    Latin Basic Basic None
    Irish/Gaeilge Functional Basic Basic
    French Fluent Functional Functional

    Reviews

      Journal Role
    Interface Journal Editor

    Teaching Interests

    PhD Dissertations, In Progress

    Samuel Udogbo, “Participatory action research on youth activism in the Niger Delta”. 

    John Ó Laoidh, “Korean Buddhist Identity and its implications for the Spread of Contemporary Korean Zen in Europe”. Awarded IRC postgraduate scholarship

    Jenvit Chaiyakul (co-supervised with University of Berne, Institut für Religionswissenschaft), “Buddhism - Joyceism: A Case Study on the Reception of Buddhist Thought in Europe Based on James Joyce and His Writing” 

    Hilary Darcy, “The limits to public dissent in the Republic of Ireland: a comparative study of protest policing”. Awarded IRC postgraduate scholarship and NUIM’s John and Pat Hume PhD fellowship.

    Jean Bridgeman, “Community education and popular culture with drug users in an Irish small town”

    Taught Masters Dissertations, Completed

    MA Community Education, Equality and Social Activism: total 7

    MA Societies in Transition: total 9

    MA Culture, Religion and Society: total 1

    Taught courses

    My taught PhD/MA modules have included "Participatory action research in social movement practice", "Power and politics" and "Community of practice".

    My undergraduate "special topic" research group themes in recent years include "Social movements", "How can we change the world?" and "The movement against water charges: an oral history".

    Other undergraduate modules taught recently include "Online and documentary research methods", "Social movements and collective action", "Sociology of religions", "Sociology of revolutions".

    Recent Postgraduates

      Graduation Student Name University Degree Thesis
    2015 Terry Dunne Maynooth University PhD Cultures of resistance in pre-Famine Ireland
    2014 Anna Szołucha Maynooth University PhD No stable ground: real democracy in the Occupy movement
    2010 Margaret Gillan Maynooth University PhD Class, voice and state: knowledge production in self-organised working class activity and the politics of developing community television in Ireland using PAR strategies
    2002 Shane Dunphy Maynooth University MLitt Running with the raiders: a study of an Irish street gang
    2000 Martin Geoghegan Waterford Inst of Technology MLitt Meaning, action and activism: community development as a social movement
    1999 Theresa Graham Waterford Inst of Technology MLitt Social interaction in the Irish pub: a popular culture perspective