Dr Lorna Ryan

Researcher, Centre for Comparative Social Surveys

Department of Sociology

Overview

Lorna Ryan joined the Centre for Comparative Social Surveys in May 2008 as a Research Manager for the ESS Infrastructure Preparatory Phase.  Previously she was a Senior Researcher at National University of Ireland Galway (2004-2006) and a Development Centre Research Manager (social science) at Dublin Institute of Technology (2000-2003). 

She has been involved in EU social and research programmes (ESF & Framework Programmes) since 1994 in research, management and gender expert capacities.
 
She gained her PhD (Sociology) from the University of Kent and a PG Cert in Intellectual Property Law from Brunel Law School and has held academic positions in Ireland, UK and Australia.

Research interests

Her research publications have been in the areas of research methodology and substantive areas of research include: social aspects of HIV/AIDS; gender and labour market participation; social research ethics and most recently, gender and science careers. 

She has lectured on social research methods; research ethics; evaluation methods and social policy.  Current research interests include EU research policy; mainstreaming gender equality and science communication.  

She is a member of the university's Senate Ethics Committee and of the European Sub-committee of UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies).

Selected publications

2006 Gendering the School Plan: Science Subject Uptake by Students in Post-Primary Schools, The Liffey Press, Dublin
 
1997 Reading 'The Prostitute': Appearance, Place and Time in British and Irish Press Stories of Prostitution, Ashgate, Aldershot.