UCD School of Sociology

Scoil na Socheolaíochta UCD

Dr Alice Feldman BA, MA, PhD

Contact Details

Title	Lecturer
Address	School of Sociology Newman Building Belfield Dublin 4
Telephone:	Ext. 8599
Email:	ei.dcu@namdlef.ecila

Biography:

Over the past 15 years, my research and teaching have addressed the social and policy dynamics of ethnic diversity, migration and social change in local, national and international contexts. I have also served in a variety of research and advisory capacities with a number of NGOs and agencies in Ireland involved in interculturalism and integration.

Research Interests

Research & Teaching Areas:

Migration, Identity and Diversity in Ireland & Europe
Social Movements, Civil Society and Ethnic Diversity
Research Methods
Indigenous Peoples, Colonialism and Self-Determination

Recent/Current Funded Research Programmes:

Migration, Identity and Diversity in Ireland

Advancing Interdisciplinary Analysis of Cultural Change in Ireland in the Contexts of Contemporary Migration, Marie Curie Transfer of Knowledge fellowship, 2009, located at the University of Brighton, School of Historical and Critical Studies.
Changing Ireland (Revisiting the 1935 Schools Folklore Project and the 1955 Emigration to America Questionnaire). UCD IVRLA Project; PRTLI-3, 2009, CO-PI with Brian Jackson and Anne Mulhall.
Community, Heritage and Cultural Change in the New Ireland. UCD Research Seed Funding Scheme; Horizon Scanning. 2008-2009.
Placing Voices, Voicing Places: Stories of Clanbrassil Street and the ‘Monto' (co-PI with Pat Cooke UCD Arts Policy, Cormac O'Donnell (Dublin City Council), Tadhg O'Keeffe (UCD Archaeology) and Sarah Tuck (CREATE, the national development agency for collaborative arts); Heritage Council (2008-09)
Integration in Ireland: The Experiences of Chinese, Indian, Lithuanian and Nigerian Migrants (co-PI with Mary Gilmartin, Steve Loyal and Bettina Migge). Immigrant Council of Ireland (2006-2008).
Migration, Belonging and Social Change in Ireland. Government of Ireland Research Fellowship (2004-05).
Changing Irish Identities. Identity, Diversity & Citizenship Research Programme, Co-PI, with Tom Inglis (UCD Sociology) and Jennifer Todd and John Coakley (UCD Politics), HEA PRTLI3 (2002-05)

Ethnic Diversity, Civil Society and Social Research in Ireland

Evidence-Based Policy and Practice in Irish Immigration and Integration Policy, Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (2006-8) Co-PI with Mary Gilmartin
Ethnic Diversity and the Transformation of Irish Civil Society: An Analysis of the Emergence of ‘Intercultural Capital'. Royal Irish Academy Third Sector Research Programme. (2005-7).
Diversity and Civil Society in the New Ireland: Activist Biographies and Accounts of Anti-Racism. Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (2004-5)
Towards a New Interculturalism in the Irish Third Sector: The Development of Minority- Led Organisations. Royal Irish Academy Third Sector Research Programme & the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (2003-5)
Research, Development and Critical Interculturalism: A Study on the Participation of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Research- and Development-Based Initiatives. Applied Social Science Research Programme, UCD (2002)

Research Administration and Advisory Work

Founder and Co-Director (with Bryan Fanning), Migration and Citizenship Research Initiative, UCD (www.ucd.ie/mcri)
Member, Oversight Committee, Humanities Institute of Ireland, UCD
Member, Editorial Board, Translocations: Migration and Social Change (Irish on-line, open access journal)
Member, International Editorial Board, Social Movement Studies
Occasional reviewer, Ethnicities
Advisory Committee member, European Cultural Foundation project, 'National Dialogues on Integration' 2008-present, funded by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Advisory Committee member, CREATE (the national development organisation for the collaborative arts) project, 'Cultural Diversity and the Arts' , funded by the Arts Council and the Department of Justice , Equality and Law Reform.
Member, Research and Policy Advisory Group, Immigrant Council of Ireland, 2003-05.

Research Projects

Sponsor : UCD College of Human Sciences
Title : Advancing Interdisciplinary Approaches to Migration Studies
Start Date / End Date : 01-JUN-08 / 30-NOV-09

Sponsor : University College Dublin (UCD)
Title : Community, Heritage and Cultural Change in the New Ireland: Rendering the Landscapes of Clanbrassil Street
Start Date / End Date : 26-MAY-08 / 01-DEC-09

Sponsor : Royal Irish Academy (RIA)
Title : Ethnic diversity and the transformation of Irish Civil Society: an analysis of the Emergence of 'Intercultural Capital'
Start Date / End Date : 01-SEP-05 / 31-AUG-07

Sponsor : Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS)
Title : Diversity and Civil Society in the New Ireland
Start Date / End Date : 01-MAR-04 / 31-OCT-04

Sponsor : Royal Irish Academy (RIA)
Title : Towards a New Interculturalism in the Irish Third Sector: Research on the Development of New Minority Community Organisations
Start Date / End Date : 01-JAN-03 / 03-SEP-03

Book Chapters

Feldman, A.; (2008) 'Facing All the Others: The Legacy of Old Identities for New Belongings in Post-Emigration Ireland' In: O'Sullivan, M and B Farago (eds). Facing the Other: Interdisciplinary Studies on Race, Gender and Social Justice in Ireland. *: Cambridge Scholar Press. [Details]

Feldman, A.; (2007) 'Immigrant Civic Mobilisation' In: B. Fanning (eds). Immigration and Social Change in the Republic of Ireland. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details]

Feldman, A.; (2007) 'From Post-Colonial Critique to Post-Occidental Paradigm: Indigenous Peoples' Mobilisation and the Advancement of New Scholarship'' In: N. Persram (ed) (eds). Postcolonialism and Political Theory. *: Lexington Press. [Details]

Feldman, A.; (2006) 'Alterity and Belonging in Diaspora Space: Changing Irish Identities and 'Race'-Making in the Age of Migration' In: Yuval-Davis, N., Kannabiran, K. & Vieten, U (eds). The Situated Politics of Belonging. London: Sage. [Details]

Feldman, A.; (2006) 'Social Research and Immigration' In: Fanning, B. & Rush, M (eds). Care and Social Change in the Irish Welfare Economy. Dublin: Ucd. [Details]

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Peer Reviewed Journals

Feldman, Alice; (2000) 'Othering Knowledge and Unknowing Law: Oppositional Narratives in the American Indian Religious Freedom Struggle'. Social and Legal Studies, 9 (4). [Details]

Feldman, Alice; (1994) 'Dances With Diversity: American Indian Self-Presentation Within the Re-Presentative Contexts of a Non-Indian Museum'. Text and Performance Quarterly, 14 :1-12. [Details]

Feldman, Alice; (2002) ''Making Space at the Nations Table: Mapping the Transformative Geographies of an International Movement'. Social Movement Studies Journal, 1 (1):31-46. [Details]

Feldman, Alice; (2001) 'Transforming Peoples and Subverting States: A Pedagogical Approach to the International Indigenous Peoples Movement'. Ethnicities, 1 (2):147-178. [Details]

Conference Publications

A Feldman; (2008) Integration: Mapping the Terrain Integration - Getting It Right (hosted by Minister for Integration) [Details]

Published Reports

Migration and Citizenship Research Initiative, UCD; (2008) Getting On - From Migration to Integration: Experiences of Chinese, Indian, Lithuanian and Nigerian Migrants in Ireland. Immigrant Council of Ireland, Dublin.

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A Feldman, D Ndakengerwa, A Nolan and C Frese; (2005) Diversity, Civil Society and Social Change in Ireland: A North-South Comparison of the Role of Immigrant-Led Organisations. Geary Institute, UCD, Dublin. [Details]

Weller, P., Feldman, A., Purdam, K. ; (2001) Religious Discrimination in England and Wales. British Home Office, London. [Details]

Teaching Interests

Undergradute & Graduate Courses Developed and Taught

Race, Migration & Multiculturalism
Race/Ethnicity & Identity
Identity, Diversity & Change
Politics in the USA
American Cultural Studies
Race & Ethnic Relations
Social Organisation
Organisational Communication Research Methods

Research & Teaching Areas:

Migration, Identity and Diversity in Ireland & Europe
Social Movements, Civil Society and Ethnic Diversity
Research Methods
Indigenous Peoples, Colonialism and Self-Determination

Recent Postgraduates

Carmen Frese (Full-time Phd student, Sociology; supervisor)

Edith Andrees (Full-time Phd student, Arts Policy; associate supervisor)

Modules Taught

200800 SOC10040 Sociology: Sociology in Practice

200800 SOC40360 Sociology: Race, Ethnicity and Society

Weller, Paul, Alice Feldman and Kingsley Purdam ; (2004) 'Muslims and Religious Discrimination in England and Wales' In: J Malik (ed) (eds). Muslims in Europe: From the Margin to the Centre. Munster, Germany:: Lit Verlag. [Details]
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