Nicholas O’Neill
University College Dublin
Nicholas O’Neill
I am a PhD candidate at University College Dublin fully funded by the Irish Research Council, Government of Ireland postgraduate scholarship (amount: €112,250.00). My research currently focuses on political economy of LTC.
Since January 2022, I also teach and grade several UCD undergraduate modules on topics such as: Brexit, globalisation, geopolitics, sustainability, climate change, and global monopoly rights for medicines. Certificate awarded for completing the “Higher Education Social Science & Law Teacher Support Training”.
Prior to beginning my PhD in September 2020, I worked as an Assistant Researcher for the social policy think-tank TASC (Think-tank for Action on Social Change).
I received an MA in Geopolitics and Global Economics (first class honours) from UCD in 2019 and a BA in History and Political Geography (first class honours) from UCD in 2017. A particular highlight of my MA was organising and chairing meetings with high-level diplomats at the EU and NATO in Brussels in March 2019.
Skills:
– NVivo – Computer Aided Qualitative Data Analysis.
– R and R Studio – Quantitative Statistical Programming and Data Analysis.
– Project management.
– Cutting edge writing, research and analysis.
– Extensive knowledge of social policy, geopolitics, international relations, political economy, geography, and history.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Countries | Ireland; |
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Topics | Economics of LTC; Financing LTC; LTC Policy; LTC Reforms; LTC Systems; |
Methods | Case studies; Comparative policy analysis; Document analysis; Mixed methods; Policy analysis; Qualitative studies; Quantitative data analysis; |
Role | Research; |
Interest Groups | Care home markets and regulation; Economics of Long-Term Care; Long-Term Care Policy; Migration Mobility and Care Workers; |
ORC.ID | 0000-0002-0687-3887 |
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-o-neill-7086a3231/ | |
Research interests | Political economy of long-term care, marketisation, financialisation, social policy, welfare markets, working conditions, care labour, business interests in the welfare state. |
Key publications | • (2023) “Home care workers’ views of employment conditions: private for-profit vs public and non-profit providers in Ireland”, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, (43), 13/14: 19-35, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-10-2022-0276 |