Professor
Ian O'DonnellProfile page
Full Professor
School of Law
- Full ProfessorSchool of Law
- 01 716 4121
- University College Dublin, School of Law, Sutherland School of Law Belfield Dublin 4
BIO
Ian O'Donnell is Professor of Criminology at University College Dublin. Previously he was Director of the Irish Penal Reform Trust, Research Officer at the Oxford University Centre for Criminological Research, and Research Assistant at the University of London.
He is a Research Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford; a Fellow of the British Psychological Society; a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society; a Member of the Academia Europaea; a Member of the Royal Irish Academy; and co-editor of Incarceration: An International Journal of Imprisonment, Detention and Coercive Confinement. In 2023 he was awarded an LLD by the University of Cambridge.
Professor O'Donnell's latest book, "Prison Life: Pain, Resistance, and Purpose", published by New York University Press, won the Outstanding Book Award given by the American Society of Criminology’s Division of International Criminology.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Professor of CriminologyUniversity College Dublin, IrelandJul 2006
- College LecturerUniversity College Dublin, IrelandSep 2003 - Jun 2006
- Research FellowUniversity College Dublin, IrelandOct 2000 - Aug 2003
- Research OfficerUniversity of Oxford, United KingdomJun 1992 - Sep 1997
- Research AssistantUniversity of London, United KingdomSep 1989 - May 1992
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- DirectorIrish Penal Reform Trust.Oct 1997 - Sep 2000
DEGREES
- LLDNational University of Ireland
- LLDUniversity of Cambridge
- MATrinity College Dublin
- MAUniversity of Oxford United Kingdom
- MPhilUniversity of Cambridge
- PhDUniversity of London
CERTIFICATIONS
- FBPsSBritish Psychological Society, Leicester, United Kingdom
- FRHistSRoyal Historical Society, London, United Kingdom
- MRIARoyal Irish Academy, Dublin, Ireland
- MAEAcademia Europaea