Dr. Honor Fagan
Dr. Honor Fagan
Dean of Graduate studies
Key Information:
Email:
honor.fagan@nuim.ie
Telephone:
01 708 3691 Professional Career to Date
2009 Dean of Graduate Studies National University of Ireland, Maynooth
2003-9 Senior Lecturer in Sociology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
1997-3 Lecturer in Sociology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
1996-7 Lecturer in Sociology, University of Leeds, Department of Sociology and Social Policy
(RAE 4*Department)
1995-96 Research Fellow on Women and Empowerment Project
1995-96 Lecturer, Politics Department, University of Durban, South Africa.
1994-95 Lecturer, Sociology Department, University of Durban, South Africa.
1991-94 Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.
1989-91 Research Fellow in the Centre for Education and Cultural Studies, Miami University, Ohio.
1988-89 P/T Lecturer in Adult Education Department, St. Patrick’s College, (NUI) Maynooth, Co. Kildare,
Ireland
Research Interests
In sociological terms social sustainability is both the substantive and theoretical social question which has guided my intellectual work. In common with environmental sustainability, social sustainability is the idea that future generations should have the same or greater access to social resources as the current generation ("inter-generational equity"), while there should also be equal access to social resources within the current generation ("intra-generational equity"). At the global level social sustainability promotes the development of human security where environment and natural resources should constitute a means of achieving better standards of living just as income represents a means of increasing social expenditure and, in the end, well-being.
A social sustainable community would be defined as one which was equitable, diverse, connected and democratic. While equity and diversity are straightforward concepts it may be necessary to explain the way in which interconnectedness helps create social cohesion through the processes and structures which connect communities locally, nationally and transnationally since the future of globe and its peoples’ security depends on an interconnected world.
My research trajectory over the last fifteen years has sought to engage with the above problematic and has been inspired by it. My sustained engagement with the problem of early school leaving in Ireland (Fagan, 1996) focused on a crucial democratic deficit in the educational system. An abiding subsequent concern has been with equity and diversity dimensions of gender both in Ireland (Fagan 1999a ) and in South Africa (1996). I have been an editor of Translocations (an Irish Journal of migration and social change studies) focused on one of the key challenges to equity and diversity in contemporary Ireland.
Most recently I have contributed to the dimension of interconnectedness which I see as central to social sustainability. This began with a novel international, interdisciplinary and policy oriented approach to the issue of electronic democracy (see Fagan et al 2010b). It also engaged me with the growing but neglected problem of waste in an Ireland subsumed under consumerism (Fagan 2011) which I also took to a more general theoretical level (Fagan 2002b).
My work to date around the concept and practice of social sustainability reaches a broader audience with my recent two volume encyclopaedia on human security in a globalising context (2010). I was able to gather and organise the efforts of scholars from countries and disciplines in a concerted bid to map the terrain of human security and insecurity and address what needs to be done to achieve social sustainability.
The following research projects are those I have led for NUI Maynooth -
2011 Translational Research Hub ‘Institute for Global Health and
Poverty Related Diseases’ €120,000
2008 Programme of Strategic Cooperation, Irish Aid and HEA
(Water is Life: Amazzi bulamu- DKIT led) €1.5 million
(NUI Maynooth €140,000)
2007 Programme of Strategic Cooperation, Irish Aid and HEA
(Sustaining Elements at Local level for Poverty) €10,000
2006 E-Consultation Evaluation for Houses of the Oireachtas (PI) €58,997
2003 HEA North/South Research Programme ‘E-Consultation:
Evaluating Appropriate Technologies and
Processes for Citizen’s Participation in Public Policy’ €581,191
(NUIM: €165,330 -PI)
2001 Trocaire -Civil Society and Conflict Resolution (PI) €20,000
2000 Centre for Cross Border Studies (PI) - €5,000
1999 Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (PI) - €7,000
Teaching and other Activities
Introduction to Sociology (BSc in Sociology); Sociological Inquiry (BA in Sociology); Contemporary Sociological Theory (BA in Sociology); Sociology of Development (BA in Sociology and MA in Development Studies); Women and Development (BA in Community Studies; MA in Women’s Studies); Sociology of Education (BSc in Sociology); Youth Studies (BSc in Youth and Community Studies); Sociology of the Media (BSc. in Sociology); Sociology of Health (BSc in Sociology); Introduction to Research Methods (BSc. in Sociology); Research Methods (MA in Sociology, MA in Politics, MA in Women’s Studies); Qualitative Researching (BA in Sociology); Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (BSc in Sociology) Sociology of Gender (BA in Sociology) Globalisation and Culture (BA in Sociology) Contemporary Social Theory (BA in Sociology); Theorising the Body (BA in Sociology); Embodiment and Performance (BA in Sociology); Qualitative Research Methods (MA in Sociology); Reflections on Modernity (MA in Sociology) Globalisation and Human Security (BA in Sociology)
In addition to making my examining contribution to Departments of Sociology where I have held lectureships, I have additionally been invited to act as external examiner on sociology, cultural studies and development programmes in four other third level institutions including two other Irish Universities.
· 2004-7 External Examiner for the National College of Ireland in Sociology, Social Research Methodology Degrees and Foundation in Philosophy and Ethics
- · 2007-11 Dublin City University, SALIS Programmes
- · 2008-12 Kimmage Development Studies Centre, BA in Development Studies, Post Graduate Dimploma, and Masters in Development Studies.
- · 2010-14 University of Limerick, Sociology Programmes.
In addition I was appointed as external examiner to four doctoral panels by two Irish, one UK and one South African third level institution –
- · PhD External Examiner for HETAC, National College of Ireland (2004), Gender Progression of Women in Management 1973-2002 (2004)
- · Phd External Examiner for University of Aberdeen. (2007) A Road Less Travelled: An Exploration of Community Health
- · PhD External Examiner, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (2007) A Sociological Investigation into the Socialisation Process of the Female African Domestic Worker.
- · PhD External Examiner, Dublin City University (2008) Tracing the Journey of Cross-cultural Adaptation of Polish Migrant Women in Ireland – A Process of Creating Home When Home is Away.
Publications
Books
1995 Cultural Politics and Irish Early School Leavers; Constructing Political Identities (Critical Studies in Education and Culture Series, Edited by H. Giroux and P. Freire) Bergin and Garvey: USA, 1995.
2009 Globalization and Human Security: An Encyclopaedia Volume 1 Economic and Political Aspects, Praeger Security Press: USA, 2009 (co-edited with R. Munck).
2009 Globalization and Human Security: An Encyclopaedia Volume 2: Social and Cultural Aspects, Praeger Security Press: USA, 2009 (co-edited with R. Munck).
2B (iii) Articles/ Chapters
2011 ‘Wasting Ireland and Consuming Sustainability: the ‘Celtic Tiger’ Years and Beyond’ in (eds) Patrick O Mahony and Kieran Keohane, Irish Environmental Politics after the Communicative Turn Manchester University Press: UK 2010.a A Burning Issue? Governance and Anti-Incinerator Campaigns in Ireland, North and South Liam Leonard, Peter Doran and Honor Fagan in Liam Leonard & Chris Rootes, (eds) Environmental Movements and Waste Infrastructure. March 2010: Routledge.
2010.b ‘Addressing the real world of public consultation: Whither e-Consultation?’in (eds) Nixon, P.G., Rawal, R. and V Koutrakou Understanding E-Government in Europe: Issues and Challenges (Co-Authored) (UK: Routledge) pp.113-129.
2010.c The Politics of Waste, Consumption and Sustainability in the Republic of Ireland Global Ecological Politics, Emerald Books Advances in Ecopolitics, Volume 5. pp. 221-240. Emerald Group Publishing: UK
2010.d ‘Graduate Schools and Structured PhD Programmes’ in (Eds) M. Healy and MG. Nakabugo, Research Capacity Building for Development: Resources for Higher Education Institutions TSO Press: Belfast
2009.a Liam Leonard, Peter Doran and G. Honor Fagan: "A Cross-Border Burning Issue: Irish Campaigns against Incineration, North And South". Environmental Politics Journal Special Edition: Environmental Movements and Waste Infrastructure.
2009.b Murray, Michael; Fagan, G. Honor; McCusker, Paul, ‘Measuring horizontal governance: a review of public consultation by the Northern Ireland government between 2000 and 2004’ in Policy and Politics, Volume 37, Number 4, October 2009, pp. 553-571(19) by Policy Press.
2007.a ‘Green Ireland? Waste in its Social Context’ in (eds) Bartley, B. and R. Kitchin Understanding Contemporary Ireland. (co-authored with M. Murray) (UK: Pluto Press)
2007.b ‘Changing a Mindset: From Recognition of Qualifications Towards Embedding Ethnic Reflexivity and Translational Positionality’ Translocations, Vol.2, No.1 pp.134-152).
2006.a ‘On the road from consultation cynicism to energising e-consultation’. Electronic Journal of e-Government, Vol. 4 No. 1. (co-authored with D. O’Donnell and P. Mc Cusker)
2006.b ‘Urban Governance and the Environment: An Irish Case Study’, in the Journal of Irish Urban Studies, Vol. 2 pp39-53.
2005 ‘Urban Governance and the Environment: An Irish Case Study’ in Gupta K (ed) Urban Development Debates in the New Millenium: Studies in Revisited Theories and Redefined Praxes. (Co-authored with M. Murray) Vol. 4 (New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers and Distributors).
2004 ‘Waste Management and its Contestation in the Republic of Ireland’ in Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, Volume 15, No.1, March, 2004 pp.83-102.
2003 ‘Colombia in Crisis’ Review Article in Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 22, No. 1, 2003
2003 Sociological Reflections on Governing Waste in Irish Journal of Sociology, Vol.12, 1:67-85.
2002.a ‘Culture, Globalisation and Contemporary Irish Society’ in Coulter, C. and Coleman, S. The End of History? : Critical Approaches to the Celtic Tiger, Manchester University Press: UK.
2002.b ‘Globalisation and Culture: Ireland in the Frame’ in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, pp.133-143, May 2002.
2001 “Globalization, Identity and 'Ireland'” in Danks and Kennedy (Eds.) Globalization and Identities: Reconstructing the Local, Palgrave Publishers: UK, 2001.
1999.a “Engendering Conflict; Women, War and Peace” in Munck and de Silva Eds. Post-modern Insurgency: Political Identity, Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Macmillan Press. 1999. [Sole author]
1999.b “Cultural Politics and (Post) Development Paradigm(s)” in R. Munck and D. O’Hearn, Critical Development Theory: Contributions to a New Paradigm, Zed Press. 1999. [Sole author]
1997.a ‘Gender, Citizenship and National Identity in Northern Ireland’ in Alan O’Day, The Troubles and Society in Northern Ireland, Frank Cass Co-authored with R. Munck). [Fagan contribution 75%]
1997.b “Gender, Culture and Development” in V. Tucker (Ed) Culture and Development, New Perspectives, Frank Cass.
1996 “Gender, Culture and Development: A South African Experience” in European Journal of Development Research (Special issue on Culture and Development edited by Vincent Tucker) (co-author with K. Nadassen and R. Munck) [Fagan contribution 50%]
1995 “Development Discourses: Conservative, Radical and Beyond” in P. Shirlow (Ed). Development Ireland: Contemporary Issues, Pluto Press (co-authored with R. Munck). [Fagan contribution 50%]
1991 ‘Local Struggles - Women in the Home and Critical Feminist Pedagogy in Ireland’, Journal of Education, Vol. 173 No.1 (1991), pp.65-75. [Sole author]
2B (iv)National Policy Reports
2001 Waste Management Strategy: A Cross Border Perspective (Co-Author) National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis: NUI Maynooth, 2001. (25 pages) [Fagan contribution 40%]
2002 Civil Society and Conflict Resolution: The Case of Colombia Trocaire: Dublin. [Fagan contribution 30%]
2005 International Students and Professionals in Ireland: An Analysis of Access to Higher Education and Recognition of Professional Qualification. (Co-Authored) Integrating Ireland, Comhlamh: Dublin, 2005 (35 pages). [Fagan contribution 40%]
2006 E-Consultation: Evaluating Appropriate Technologies and Processes for Citizens’ Participation in Public Policy. HEA, Dublin 2006 (co-authored) http://www.e-consultation.org/files/ecrp_report.pdf (Book length) [Fagan contribution 60%]
2006 An On-line Guide to Consultation and E-Consultation @ http://www.e-consultation.org/guide/ (co-authored). (Book length) [Fagan contribution 50%]
2007 Evaluation of the Houses of the Oireachtas Pilot e-Consultation
for the Proposed Broadcasting Bill. (co-authored) http://www.oireachtas.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=/documents/eConsultation/ECRG_Report.doc (Book length) [Fagan contribution 50%]
2B (v) Conference and Working Papers
2005 ‘Waste Management and its Contestation in the Republic of Ireland’ in Waste – The Social Context, University of Alberta Publications: Canada, pp.319-332.
2005 Fagan, G.H, Murray, M, McCusker, P. ‘Digitally Renewing Democracy’? The Potential for E-Consultation in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in Electronic Government – Proceedings of the 4th International EGOV Conference, Association for Database and Expert Systems Applications, Trauner Verlag Universtat.
2002 Grounding Waste, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, Working Paper Series, No. 1, 2002: NUI Maynooth.