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SSJ40010

Academic Year 2024/2025
This course provides students with a grounding in approaches to research and knowledge generation within feminist and egalitarian theory and practice. Debates on epistemological perspectives and methodologies within social, historical and cultural approaches to research will be explored. The key principles, practical and ethical considerations in research design will be explained. Students will learn the role of theory and analytical frameworks in the research process and how to formulate a meaningful research question. Approaches to research will be critically reviewed and debated with a focus on the principles of research for social justice. The module prepares students to identify approaches to and design of their research projects with critical guidance on writing and completion of projects. Faculty from within the subject of Social Justice teach on the course to enable students to hear from and engage with a wide variety of different researchers and research methods.

This Module is offered within the subject of social justice at level 4.

PhD students interested in this module should review and apply for the same module coded specifically for PhDs as follows : SSJ50140 Feminist Egalitarian Research

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Name Role
Dr Michael Byrne Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Matthew Donoghue Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Mary McAuliffe Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Nita Mishra Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Marie Moran Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Aideen Quilty Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Krisna Ruette-Orihuela Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Karen Smith Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Dorota Szelewa Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Ernesto Vasquez Del Aguila Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Judy Walsh Lecturer / Co-Lecturer