Welcome!
I am an assistant professor in Economic and Organizational Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, Dublin University. My research is situated in the intersection of organizational sociology and social inequality. I am interested in how organizations shape markets and how their strategies affect individuals. My academic journey has allowed me to explore this question in two different thematic areas:
Although these fields are distinct, the over-arching topic I work on stays the same: I am interested in organizations’ motivation to cooperate and the impact of their cooperation on individuals. Art organizations play a key role in generating a shared understanding of the world but are also exclusive in their pursuit of prestige. Education and the workplace can be a major source of social belonging in today’s world but at the same time limit access to certain positions in society. I am convinced that understanding organization’s motives and strategies promotes our capacity to build more inclusive societies.
My work has been published in Social Networks, Poetics, the Journal of Public Policy, Social Policy and Administration, and the Journal of Vocational Education and Training.