Irish Society is the podcast of the Sociological Association of Ireland.
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Episode 4: Economic Sociology and Platform Capitalism with Tom Boland
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In this episode Conor and John are joined by Tom Boland of the Economic Sociology Study Group of the Sociological Association of Ireland. Tom gives us the lowdown on platform capitalism - the proliferating form of business which has Google, Linkdin, Amazon, Uber and more as major examples. He explains the effect it has on people and how they relate…
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Episode 3: From PhD to Career, with Lucy Michael
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The path from PhD to career is generally not a simple one. It is also a journey that we often ignore as we fight to get to the finish. In this episode Dr. Lucy Michael expands our thinking on the opportunities that exist after finishing a PhD. An academic post may be calling to you, but these may not be all they are cracked up to be, and this dream…
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Episode 2. Governing the Urban Periphery, with Matt Bowden
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Our second episode is an interview with Dr. Matt Bowden of Technological University Dublin. Matt is a sociologist and criminologist, and a very good friend and supporter of the SAI. We were talking to him about his book Crime, Disorder and Symbolic Violence : Governing the Urban Periphery, which is the first of a type of episode that we plan on doi…
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Episode 1. The Gift of Sociology, with Anne Byrne
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In this episode, Anne Byrne of the Department of Sociology and Politics in National University of Ireland, Galway, discusses 'the gift of sociology'. We asked Anne, as a long-standing friend of the Sociological Association of Ireland, to give a talk based on her approach to sociological research, discussing the methods that she uses, but also the s…
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