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Dr James McCauley

Lecturer

James McCauley is a Lecturer in the School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology at Technological University Dublin, where he teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. His lecturing experience spans Marketing, Management and Communications, and he has delivered modules across a broad range of food, beverage and hospitality programmes throughout his academic career.

His research interests centre on evolution and change within the Irish pub trade, with a particular focus on the cultural and social role of the rural public house. He has contributed to national media, industry publications, and academic and trade conferences on this and other topics.

His PhD research, “The Irish Rural Pub: A Phenomenological Examination of the Role of the Publican as Host in Cultivating the Pub as a ‘Third Place’ (1960–2021)”, examined the publican’s role in sustaining the pub as a vital social space within rural Irish communities.

Prior to entering academia, he worked throughout the 1990s with Cadbury Ireland Ltd and in the financial services and retail sectors, holding a number of sales and marketing roles that inform his applied and practice‑oriented teaching approach.