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DrPáraic Kerrigan

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Information and Communication Studies

School of Information and Communication Studies

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  • Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Information and Communication Studies
    School of Information and Communication Studies
  • 01 716 8360
  • University College Dublin, School of Information and Communication Studies, Newman Building Belfield Dublin 4

RESEARCH INTERESTS

-Communications
-Digital Media
-Media Industries
-Critical Data Studies
-LGBTQ Studies
-Queer Irish Culture

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Resisting Hate: New Foundations for Developing Safeguards and Toolkits for Public Librarians Against Reactionary Responses to LGBTQ Materials
    Irish Research Council (IRC)1 Dec 2023 - 30 Nov 2024
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  • GRANT
    Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education: Exploring student perceptions and use of large language models (LLMs)
    National Forum/Higher Education Authority under the Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (SATLE)4 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
    The emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) creates new challenges and opportunities within Higher Education (HE), most notably around pedagogy, academic integrity, and ethical practice. For this project, several factors determined our choice of topic: The public release of free ChatGPT 5 in November 2022, which caused widespread disruption across HE in Ireland and worldwide. The resulting uncertainty in HE about the potential impact of GenAI technologies, particularly around academic integrity, and assessment practices. The erstwhile lack of a GenAI policy or robust guidelines in In general, the HE sector seemed unprepared for the GenAI storm. The scarcity of empirical research or factual evidence, beyond speculation and anecdotes, regarding students’ actual behaviours and perceptions of GenAI, as well as their training needs.
  • GRANT
    Government of Ireland Scholarship
    Irish Research Council1 Oct 2015 - 31 Oct 2018
  • GRANT
    John and Pat Hume Scholar
    National University of Ireland, Maynooth1 Oct 2014 - 1 Oct 2015