Carmel Gallagher

Carmel Gallagher, B. Soc. Sc., M. Sociology (1st), PhD
Lecturer

Current research interests
She is currently Programme Chair and Course Tutor for the MA in Child, Family and Community Studies.
She has a particular research interest in older people in Irish society and was awarded a PhD by NUI Galway in 2006 for a study titled ‘The Participation of Older People in their Communities’. She was awarded a Senior Research Scholarship by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and the Social Sciences for this work in 2002. Her current research focus is examining key elements of social care practice in successful care settings for older people in Ireland
She is at present supervising an M Phil/PhD project titled ‘Transferring Knowledge and Life Experience between Generations: The Potential of Community based Intergenerational Projects.
She has developed undergraduate and CPD courses for staff working with older people in residential and community settings.

Refereed publications:

Gallagher, C. (2009), 'Social Care and the Older Person' in K. Lalor and P. Share (eds.) Applied Social Care, an introduction for students (2nd ed.), Dublin, Gill and Macmillan.

Gallagher, C. (2009), 'Social Practices, moral frameworks and religious values in the lives of older people' in Edmonson, R and Kondratowitz, H. (eds.) Valuing Older People; A humanist approach to ageing. UK; The Policy Press.  

Gallagher, C. (2008), 'The community life of older people in Ireland', UK; Peter Lang.

Gallagher, C. and Doyle, J. (Eds.) (2007). Procedings of seminar held in the DIT in April, 2006 'In a changing Ireland Has Social Care Practice left Religious and Spiritual values behind?'.

Gallagher, C. (2006), Social policy and a good life in old age. In O'Dell, E. (ed) Older People in Modern Ireland: Essays on Law and Policy, Dublin: FirstLaw.

Gallagher, C. and Doyle, J. (Eds.) (2006). In a Changing Ireland Has Social Care Practice Left Religious and Spiritual Values Behind? Proceedings of Seminar held in DIT, April, 2006.

Gallagher, C. (2005), Social care work and the older person. In Share P. and Mc Elwee, N.(eds) Applied Social Care- An Introduction for Irish Students, Dublin: Gill and Macmillan.

Gallagher, C. and Kennedy, K. (2003), The Training Implications of a Social Care Approach to Working with Older People. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 4( 1), 21-35.

Gallagher, C., Kennedy, K., & Norton, F., eds. (2000), Reflections on Social Care Practice - Publication of Student Dissertations, Dublin Institute of Technology.

Gallagher, C. and O Toole, J. (1999), Towards a Sociological Understanding of Social Care Work in Ireland, Irish Journal of Social Work Research, vol. 2 no, 1, p.69-86.

Kennedy, K. and Gallagher, C. (1997), Social Pedagogy in Europe, Irish Social Worker, vol 15, no 1, pp. 6-8.

Contact:
Tel: +353 1 402 4197 Fax.: 402 4263
Email: carmel.gallagher@dit.ie