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DrRachel McArdle

(she/her)

Research Co-Ordinator

School of Geography

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  • Research Co-Ordinator
    School of Geography
  • 0857737716
  • University College Dublin, School of Geography

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interests include: sustainability, communities, climate justice, energy poverty and housing.

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Geographical Society of Ireland UGI-IGU International Geographical Union Paris 2022 Bursary
    Geographical Society of Ireland1 Jul 2022 - 31 Jul 2022
    This is an important award for the Geographical Society of Ireland given the role Ireland McArdle, 8 plays in the IGU community, and the hosting of the International Geographical Congress in Dublin in 2024. This award allowed me as the recipient to attend this prestigious conference and represent Ireland while there.
  • GRANT
    Summer Programme for Undergraduate Research
    National University of Ireland, Maynooth1 Jun 2021 - 31 Aug 2021
    This research funded an undergraduate research assistant for an experiential learning programme. Two undergraduate students worked on the Pavee Roads Home collaborative community mapping project.
  • GRANT
    Summer Programme for Undergraduate Research
    National University of Ireland, Maynooth1 Jun 2020 - 31 Aug 2020
    This research funded an undergraduate research assistant for an experiential learning programme. This gave me experience working closely with a student on a research project and the student successfully met the outcomes of helping to create a literature review for my project on environmental activism.
  • GRANT
    Research Fund Allocation Scheme
    National University of Ireland, Maynooth1 May 2020 - 31 Aug 2020
    The Department of Geography receives an annual allocation from the Research Incentivization Fund, and I was successfully awarded funding to enable new research on environmental activism.
  • GRANT
    Faculty of Social Science Co- funded Small Research Grants 2020-2021
    National University of Ireland, Maynooth1 Jan 2020 - 31 Jan 2021
    These research funds are to support researchers in their ongoing research projects, and I was co-awarded this grant as co-PI with Prof. Karen Till. This funding is part of an ongoing project between Maynooth University and Pavee Roads Home, a Traveller Men’s Health Team within Pavee Point.
  • GRANT
    Irish Research Council New Foundations Grant
    1 Jan 2020 - 30 Jan 2021
    These research funds are to support researchers in their ongoing research projects, and I was co-awarded this grant as co-PI with Prof. Karen Till. This funding is part of an ongoing project between Maynooth University and Pavee Roads Home, a Traveller Men’s Health Team within Pavee Point.
  • GRANT
    Project Live Co-Created Research Project Funding, Experiential Learning Office, Maynooth University, 2020-2021.
    National University of Ireland, Maynooth1 Jan 2020 - 31 Jan 2021
    This research was co-awarded, and involved Pavee Roads Home as a partner in the research application to ensure that partnership was embedded in research design. Again this was used as part of the MA class of Public Engagement, but also included work with Dr Debangana Bose and her undergraduate research class of final year students, who attended workshops Pavee Point members gave, and the research done in the class included a variety of topics important to Travellers, including housing, health and discrimination