Postgraduate Research
We have a flourishing PhD community within the School of Archaeology. If you would like to apply to undertake a PhD with us please visit the postgraduate section of our web site for further information and procedures.
For current PhD Researchers UCD supports and procedures can be found here >>. Current information and downloads for your Research and Professional Development Plan (RPDP) can be found here >>
Current PhD Researchers
- Abebe, Afework Hailegiorgis: Values & conservation priorities for Kawo Amado Kella Defensive Walls in S.Ethiopia
- Bruyere, Caroline: Metal Circulation and the Fortified Landscape of the Late Bronze Age Balkans
- Comis, Lara: Exploring the uses of Experimental Archaeology in European Archaeological Open-Air Museums
- Duffy, Martin: Settlement and Landscape In The Early Medieval Kingdom Of Brega, AD 400-1100
- Marta Estanqueiro: The Urnfield influence in Balkans settlement dynamics
- Evetts, Kate: Multi-Isotope Investigation of Faunal Remains from Newgrange, Co. Meath
- Fogarty, Irene: How is Indigenous and Western Knowledge integrated in Protected Areas co-management?
- Galbari, Allison: Archaeology of the places, myths, folklore and modern celebrations of Ireland’s festivals
- Gleman, Jessica: Behind the Brew: The Materiality of Alcoholic Fermentation in Early Medieval Ireland, A.D. 400-1100
- Gowen, Margaret: Outstanding Universal Value in World Heritage as global standard
- Ivory, Tom: Hospitals and Infirmaries: The Social Archaeology and Architectural History of Care in Medieval Ireland
- Kearney, Dolores: Manufacture, Uses & Discarding of Textiles & Cloth in Early Medieval Ireland, AD 500-1100
- Kenny, Patricia: Secrets in the Stones: the Presence of Stones with Inclusions in the Passage Tombs of Atlantic Europe
- L'Estrange, Maeve: Food, culture and identity in medieval Ireland AD1200-1500
- Mackie, Meaghan: Palaeoproteomics and Lipids to investigate dietary diversity & the transition to agriculture in Ireland
- Mallía-Guest, Sol: The use of flint in the Irish Neolithic
- Martin, Liliana Silvina: Cistercian Ideals in the Landscapes of the West of Ireland
- Millward, Niamh: Reconstruction of submerged Irish archaeological landscapes through coastal peat deposits
- Moucheron, Martin: A geoarchaeological reassessment of three Mesolithic sites on the East Coast of Ireland
- Nic Aoidh, Nora: Animal Iconography in Bronze Age Europe
- O'Mahony, Daniel: The Deserted Town of Newtown Jerpoint, Co Kilkenny, and its Hinterland
- O'Toole, Karen: What, when, where and why? Understanding the origins of bog butter in Ireland
- Pyrgies, Joanna: Cult of Archangels in Eastern Christian Tradition & Early Medieval Hiberno-Scottish Iconography
- Rinehart, Grace: Medieval heretics, modern tourists, and the contestation of heritage in Occitanie
- Swallow, Eleanor: Animal Deposition in Bronze Age Europe
- Wigboldus, Leanna: The Contributions of Biocultural Practices and Traditional Knowledges to Continuing Landscapes
Previous Postgraduates
2022
2021
2020
- Claybrook, Danielle: The culture of urban consumption 1600-1850: a Co. Mayo case study
- Susan Curran: Hidden Depths and Empty Spaces? A remote sensing approach to the exploration of settlement patterns, identity and social hierarchy in early medieval Ireland (AD 400 - 1100)
2018
- Corcoran, Michael: Expanding Landscapes - agricultural systems & enclosure in Ireland, AD 1100–1800
- Fernandes, Daniel: Population variation following the Neolithic revolution, the palaeogenetics of southern Europeans
- Gilhooly, Bernard: An investigation into the mechanical properties and uses of Irish shale and porcellanite axes
- Guglielmi, Alexandra: Roman material culture & Iron Age dress in Ireland & Southern Scandinavia, AD 1-500
- O'Neill, Brendan:Craft, Industry and Society in Early medieval Ireland
- O'Sullivan, Niall: The application of next generation sequencing to Archaeology
- Stevens, Paul: The role of the church in the expansion of the early medieval Irish economy, AD 400-1100
2017
2016
- Ash, Abigail: Farming and Forging: Stress, behaviour, and health in central European populations
- Colfer, Nial: Turning Stone into Bread: Millstone Quarries in Post-Medieval and Early Modern Ireland
- Harney, Lorcan: Church in early medieval Ireland, archaeological perspectives on the sacred and profane, AD 400-1100
- Ó Murchú, Séamus: The Blackstairs Mountains, South East Ireland; Archaeological Potential of an Upland Landscape
2015
- Dempsey, Karen: Freestanding 13th century castle halls
- Rice, Kim: Understanding Neolithic settlement and society in Dublin/Wicklow uplands and Lowlands
2014
- De Groote, Kevin - The Art of Combat
- Ni Lionáin, Clíodhna - Irish-Iberian connections in prehistory
- Scharding, Laura - Red-light Philadelphia, 1850-1900
2013
- Lafaye, Anne-Julie: An Archaeology of the Mendicant Orders
- Parnell, Catherine: Curved blades in ancient Greece
2012
- Boyd, Rebecca - Norse Houses in Ireland and Western Britain
- Carlin, Neil - Beaker material culture in Ireland
- Dolan, Brian - Ironworking in early medieval Ireland
- Megarry, Will - A Fresh Look at Minoan Peak Sancturies
2011
- Doyle, Maureen - Dress, ornament and bodily identities
- Nicholl, Triona - Houses and daily life in medieval Ireland
- O'Donnell, Lorna: Woodlands,Charcoal & Prehistoric Ireland
- Prendergast, Frank - Archaeoastronomy & Passage Tombs of Ireland
- Parker, Madeleine - Archaeology of manuscript recipe books
- Ullrich, Johanna - Geoarchaeology & land use, Achill, Co. Mayo
- Whelan, David: Landscape, Settlement & Society in West Waterford
2010
- Driscoll, Killian - Understanding quartz technology
- Greene, Sharon - Settlement & Identity, Connacht's Atlantic Isles
- Little, Aimée - Mesolithic identities, memeory and meaning
- Nugent, Louise - Medieval Pilgrimage in Ireland, AD 600-1600
- Quirke, Sinead - Architecture & Identity, Plantation-era Miunster
2009
- Keating, Denise - Childhood in early medieval Ireland
- McGarry, Tiernan - Burials of the Irish Iron Age
- Ó Riain, Diarmuid - Ireland and Germany in the Twelfth Century
2007
- Brady, Conor - Earlier Prehistoric Settlement, Boyne Valley
- Cummins, Thomas - Archaeology of Anthropogenic Soils in Ireland
- Kador, Thomas - People, Landscape & Mobility, Mesolithic Ireland
- Smyth, Jessica: Settlement in Neolithic Ireland
2006
- Becker, Katharina - Hoards & deposition, Bronze/Iron Age Ireland
- Tierney, Andrew - Building Identity: Gaelic-Irish Castles
- O'Flaherty, Ronan - Early Bronze Age Halberd in Ireland
- O'Connor, Blaze - Prehistoric Rock Art
- Ní Cheallaigh, Máirín: How 'monuments' are understood