Lecturer

Email: niall.hanlon@tudublin.ie

Tel: 01 220 5762

Diploma in Applied Social Studies (Social Care). Dublin Institute of Technology

B.A. (Hons) Applied Social Studies, NUI Maynooth

Master of Equality Studies, University College Dublin

PhD. Equality Studies, University College Dublin

PG Diploma in Third Level Learning and Teaching, TUDublin.

Recent Conference Papers/Publications

2017 (June) - ‘A Critical Pedagogy for Social Care in Ireland’, Annual Dublin Business School Research Day Seminar Series, DBS. Dublin.

2017 (March) –‘Nurturing Cultures of Caring Masculinities’ Trinity College and Carlow College,
One-day Conference, 7 March, 2017, Cobden Hall, Carlow College.

2016 (August) - Symposium ‘Challenging the Hegemony of Carefree Masculinities’, 8th Congress of the European Society on Family Relations (ESFR) Changing Family Relations – Gender and Generations, August 31 - September 3, 2016, TU Dortmund University, Germany.

2016 (May) - ‘Engaging Men in Gender Awareness and Equality in Higher Education’, Sociological Association of Ireland 43^rd Annual Conference, University of Limerick on May 13-14, 2016. 

2016 (March) - ‘Nurturing Cultures of Caring Masculinities’, Caring Cultures/Cultures of Care. Anthropological Association of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. 15^th -16^th March 2016.

2015 (November) - ‘Masculinities, Caregiving and Equality’, 20 Years of Family Carer Research in Ireland, Care Alliance Ireland, Dublin, Friday 20^th November 2015.

2015 (March) - ‘Challenges & Opportunities for Affective Equality in Fathering Relations’, The International Conference on Masculinities: Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality, 5-8 March 2015, Roosevelt Hotel New York.

2015 (Feb) - ‘Masculinities, Care & Social Justice:  Critical Studies of Men & Masculinities and Professional Care Work’. Invited speaker to the conference Social Care & Social Justice in Ireland: Seeking Social Justice in an Era of Austerity & Beyond, DIT Grangegorman Campus, February 13th 2015.

2014 (October) - ‘Masculinities, Care and Equality; some reflections on caring and egalitarian social change’, presentation to the conference Challenging Injustice in Ireland: Lessons from the Past, Actions for the Future, Saturday 4^th October, School of Social Justice, University College Dublin.

2014 (Sept) - ‘Masculinities, Care and Equality’,  Dads Included; International Conference on Active Fatherhood and Men´s Initiatives, 18th of September 2014, Evropský dům: Jungmanova 745/24, Prague, Czech Republic

2014 (Sept) ‘Active Fatherhood in Ireland’, International Workshop on Active Fatherhood (Project Full time Dad), 17^th September, Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Publications

Hanlon, N., & Gahan, F. (2023), ‘Caring Men and Masculinities: Issues for Social Care’, in Lalor, K., Share, P., & Brown, T. (Eds.). (2023). Social care work: An introduction for students in Ireland (4th ed.). Institute of Public Administration. 

Hanlon, N. (2022). “Masculinities and Affective Equality; the Case of Professional Caring.” Gender, Work & Organization, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12937.

Hanlon, N. (2022). Relational justice and relational pedagogy in professional social care work. Social Work Education, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2022.2123913 

Hanlon, N. (2021). Professional caring in affective services: the ambivalence of emotional nurture in practice. European Journal of Social Work, 1-13. doi:10.1080/13691457.2021.1997925 https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GN6Z25IRAPHAR3QR9BEP/full?target=10.1080/13691457.2021.1997925 or https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=creaart

Hanlon, N. (2018) ‘Carefree Masculinities in Ireland; gender conservativism and neo-liberalism’. Irish Journal of Anthropology. Vol 21.

Fabianowska, J. and Hanlon, N. (2014) ‘Emotional Labour in Harm-Reduction Practice in Ireland: An exploratory study,’ Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies: Vol. 13: Iss. 1, Article 5. http://arrow.dit.ie/ijass/vol13/iss1/5/ or http://hdl.handle.net/10147/314631

Hanlon, N. (2012). Masculinities, Care and Equality: Identity and Nurture in Men's Lives. Houndsmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Hanlon, N. and K. Lynch. (2011). Care-free Masculinities in Ireland. In Men and Masculinities Around the World: Transforming Men's Practices, edited by E. Ruspini, J. Hearn, B. Pease and K. Pringle. New York: Palgrave.

Evoy, J. & Hanlon, N. (2010) Report on the Engage Programme Review 2010, Co. Wexford Vocational Educational Committee: Wexford.

Hanlon, N. (2009) ‘Valuing Equality in Social Care, Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 9 (1), 6-14.

Hanlon, N. (2009). ‘Masculinities and Affective Equality: Love Labour and Care Labour in Men’s Lives’, Deconstructing the Hegemony of Men and Masculinities, Biricik, Alp and Jeff Hearn (eds.), GEXcel Work in Progress Report, Proceedings from GEXcel Theme 2, Institute of Thematic Gender Studies, Linkoping University, Sweden.

Hanlon, N. (2009) ‘Masculine Identities and Affective Equality; exploring love and care in men’s lives’, Intimate Explorations: Reading Across Disciplines, (ISBN E-Book), Cervantes-Carson, Alejandro & Beatriz Oria (eds.) Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, ISBN: 1-904710-47-6. http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/publishing/id-press/ebooks/intimate-explorations/

Hanlon, N. (2009) ‘Caregiving Masculinities: an exploratory analysis’, in Affective Equality: Who Cares? Love, Care and Injustice, Kathleen Lynch and John Baker (eds.) Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Hanlon, N. (2007) (February/ March), ‘An Equality Perspective on Residential Child Care’, Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 6(1).

Hanlon, N. (2007). ‘Positioning Equality within Social Care Education; a framework for teaching practice’, in European Journal of Social Education, No 12/13.

Research Reports

2011 - The Role of Men in Gender Equality, Eire Report: EU Commission.

2010 - Evaluation of the Engage Programme, Co. Wexford Vocational Educational Committee: Wexford.