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Maedhbh Nic Lochlainn

Postdoctoral researcher

Department

Fachbereich Geographie und Raumplanung

Postadresse

Université du Luxembourg
Maison des Sciences Humaines
11, Porte des Sciences
L-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette

Büroadresse

MSH, E02 15-010

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Profile
CV
Conference presentations
Publications

Maedhbh has recently joined the department as a Postdoctoral Researcher on the FINCITY project, which is an FNR-funded research project on European Financial Centres in Transition (PI: Markus Hesse). Maedhbh is from Dublin and her research focus is the intersection between urban and digital geographies, with a particular interest in the financialisation of urban space as digital/material process. Supervised by Dr Cian O’Callaghan, Maedhbh’s doctoral research at Trinity College Dublin focused on housing and urban contestation in post-crash Dublin and, drawing from her expertise in GIS and computational skills, used a combination of mixed methods for data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Beyond research, Maedhbh’s interests are music, running, and photography – she is happiest when shopping for vinyl and exploring cities.

Research Interests

Urban geography
Digital geography
Hhousing
Financialisation
Activism

Awards

Irish Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship Award - highly competitive postgraduate funding (average success rate 18%).
2020 Creativity Award – Union of Students’ Ireland & Irish Research Council Why Research Matters Video Competition.
2019 Trinity College Dublin Postgraduate Teaching Award - awarded by university with only one nominee per faculty shortlisted to recognise excellence in teaching and learning by postgraduate students.

Last updated on: Montag, den 18. Juli 2022

Research Experience

Doctoral Research – Geographies of digital/material contention: Social media and housing activism in post crash Dublin, 2018-present. Key points:
- Innovative mixed methods approach to data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
- Cutting-edge conceptual framing that extends existing work on housing financialisation – see Nic Lochlainn, 2021b.
- Strong track record of research dissemination.
Researcher – Rethinking Urban Vacancy project and Dublin Housing Observatory, 2021-present. Key points:
- Working as part of an active and policy-oriented research team with external partners.
- Proven ability to integrate, prepare, work with, and analyse urban planning, property, and real estate datasets.
- Producing high-quality data-driven research outputs for academic, policy, and public audiences.

Education

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland - Ph.D. in Geography (submitted June 2022)
Thesis title - Geographies of digital/material contention: Social media and housing activism in post-crash Dublin.
Maynooth University, National University of Ireland - First Class Honours M.Sc. in GIS and Remote Sensing, 2017
Awarded University Prize for top student on the M.Sc. course
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland - First Class Honours B.A. (Joint Honours) in Geography and History, 2016.
Awarded Haughton Prize for top student in 3rd Year Geography and a Gold Medal (University Award) for degree results.

Teaching Experience - Trinity College Dublin

Invited guest lecturer, Digital Humanities Skills and Scholarship Workshops - 2020-‘22.
Co-taught 3rd Year module on GIS: Data & Tools — 2018-2020.
Tutorial design and facilitation, 1st Year Human Geography — 2019-2020.
Team teaching on 4th Year Urban Geography Module — 2018-2021.
Short-course design, instruction, and assessment for 2nd Year Student Seminars — 2018-2020

Other Relevant Experience/Contributions

Social media and public engagement – Department of Geography, 2021-present.
Organising Committee for Geographical Society of Ireland’s 2021 Conference of Irish Geographers.
Events Officer (2020-’22) and Webmaster (2022-present) for Geographical Society of Ireland’s Postgraduate and Early Career Network

Technical Skills

Certified MSc qualification and significant practical research experience in using Geographical Information Systems/GIS and Remote Sensing softwares.
Significant practical research experience in using quantitative and qualitative data analysis software for standard (e.g. interview transcript) and bespoke (e.g. social media data) purposes.
Proficient in computer programming (R, Python, and Java) with practical experience in research database and data management.
Significant practical experience in website maintenance, social media management, filmmaking, video, and audio editing, as well as online teaching delivery and event support

Last updated on: 18 Jul 2022

2022: GCEG (June): Building communities and creating value? Ires-REIT, housing financialisation, and tenant disempowerment in post-crash Dublin
2022: Conference of Irish Geographers (May): Housing need met? Assessing plans for social housing demand and provision in Dublin (slides available here).
2021: RGS-IBG (August): Join the union + raised fist emoji: Ireland’s Community Action Tenants Union and digital/material organising in a disorganised setting (slides available here).
2021: Disrupting Housing (August): Disruption through consolidation: Company landlords, financialisation, and the private rental sector in post-crash Dublin (slides available here).
2021: Conference of Irish Geographers (May): Rebuilding Dublin to rent, institutional investors, and “morbid symptoms” of private rental in the post-pandemic city to come (slides available here) / Our product is the opportunity: Using digital methods to understand the financialisation of vacancy in Dublin (video available here; slides available here).
2021: HSA Annual Conference (April): We only want the Earth: Digital/material tactics and learning in post-crash Dublin housing activism (slides available here).
2019: RGS-IBG (August): Take Back The City: Occupation, housing activism, and digital contention in post crash Dublin (slides available here).
2019: EUGEO Congress (May): Digital contention, housing activism, and the right to the city in post-crash Dublin (slides available here).
2018: Association of American Geographers (April): Networks of counter-power: The geographies of social media in post-financial crisis social movements in Ireland (slides available here).
2018: Conference of Irish Geographers (May): What does Dublin City Council’s vacant sites register tell (and show) about “vacant sites” in Dublin? (slides available here).