Sociology postgrads present at SAI annual postgraduate conference

Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 00:00

Last weekend the Sociology Association of Ireland held a postgraduate conference at NUI Galway. The image above shows John Paul Byrne, Patrick Gallagher and Ivan Privalko.

Postgraduates from the department presented on a number of topics including:

Mr Jim Merricks White, Maynooth University
Not really smart, not really the city: Definitions, logics, strategies and critiques of the smart city.

Mr Ivan Privalko NUI, Maynooth
Career Systems in Ireland and Denmark

Mr Patrick Gallagher,Maynooth University
Conceptualising the Labour Process in an era of household financialisation: Comparing Denmark and Ireland

Mr John Paul Byrne, Maynooth University
Working Conditions and the Conditions of Workers: Old Models in a new context

Dr. Brian Conway from our department also presented on 'Publishing in the Irish Journal of Sociology' as well as discussing 'Life after the PhD' in a panel with Ciara Bradley (NUIG) and Jonathan Heaney (NUIG).

Dr. Paul Ryan from the Department of Sociology is currently the President of the SAI and the following photograph shows him with Anne Byrne NUI Galway at the Sociological Association of Ireland Postgraduate conference.