Experience

Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

• Ireland
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Associate Professor

  • Jul 2015 - Present

  Joint co-ordinator of Social Inclusion and Equality Research & Joint co-ordinator of Demography, Migration and Integration Research at the ESRI. Senior Research Advisor for the European Migration Network (Ireland). My main areas of research are equality and inclusion, migrant integration, discrimination, work-life balance and childcare and child development. I am currently coordinating a major programme of research on Migrant Integration and Equality funded by the Irish Department of Children, Equality, Disability Integraiton and Youth, and co-ordinating a research programme on Human Rights and Equality for the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. Show less



Economic and Social Research Institute

• Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

• Senior Research Officer

  • Jan 2008 - Jun 2015

  I have been principal investigator on the Irish Integration Monitor since it started in 2010 and I also co-coordinated a major research programme on Equality from 2007-2012. Other research areas include work-life conflict and childcare, in Ireland and from a comparative perspective. I have been principal investigator on the Irish Integration Monitor since it started in 2010 and I also co-coordinated a major research programme on Equality from 2007-2012. Other research areas include work-life conflict and childcare, in Ireland and from a comparative perspective.



Economic and Social Research Institute

• Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

• Research Officer

  • Nov 2004 - Dec 2007

  After joining the ESRI I developed new areas of expertise in migration, discrimination, time-use and work-life balance. I continued to work on comparative research with German colleagues and with Patricia McManus of Indiana University. After joining the ESRI I developed new areas of expertise in migration, discrimination, time-use and work-life balance. I continued to work on comparative research with German colleagues and with Patricia McManus of Indiana University.



Max Planck Institute for Human Development

• Germany
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Researcher (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin)

  • May 2003 - Oct 2004

  While continuing longitudinal research on labour market inequality, the position of research officer saw me taking on administrative and teaching responsibilities. I set up a new research project, Employment Relationships at Risk, with a labour economist, Antje Mertens, where we wrote a number of papers on temporary employment in Germany.

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • May 2001 - Apr 2003

  During my post-doctoral research fellowship I worked on unemployment in Britain and Germany, publishing an article in the European Sociological Review, and developed my thesis into a book manuscript published in May 2004. I collaborated with Steffen Hillmert on a comparative paper on social class and unemployment, and with Antje Mertens on temporary employment.