Dr Michael Punch BA PhD
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Biography:
| Originally from County Clare, I moved to Dublin in 1988. After my primary degree I worked in North America as a long-distance truck driver before returning to Dublin to work with a publishing company in 1995. My PhD research was carried out 1997-2000 and the final Thesis was passed without any amendments in Spring 2001. Since then I worked as a lecturer in Geography and Sociology in Trinity College Dublin for five years before joining the School of Sociology in University College Dublin. Over the years I have also been closely involved with community action in disadvantaged communities in Dublin both through action research and voluntary consultancy. More recently, I have worked with the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice on housing issues from social justice and social theology perspectives. I am actively engaged with Tenants First, a cross-city network of local authority tenants' associations and anti-poverty groups working on housing and regeneration issues. I am also the Chair of the Parish Pastoral council of Gardiner Street Parish. My main interests otherwise include sport and (playing/listening to) music. I am a long-suffering supporter of Clare hurling, the Gunners and Bohemians FC (my local club), and I have a keen interest in many forms of slightly left-of-field music genres, including folk/alternative/acoustic/jazz, among others: Sigur Ros, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Richmond Fontaine, Charlie Haden, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Damien Jurado, Jim White, Horse Feathers, Mary Gauthier, Thomas Denver Jonsson, Brad Mehldau, Joseph Arthur, Slint, Patti Griffin, Sufjan Stevens, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John Coltrane, Loney Dear, The Civil Wars, Kathleen Edwards, The Antlers, etc. |
Research Interests
| My main research interests include the social and environmental consequences of uneven economic development; the neoliberal turn in urban governance and planning; political economy and cultural materialist perspectives on urban regeneration; and social conflict and community action in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. I have also focused on questions about commodification, public policy and inequality in the Irish housing system. More recently I have been exploring more theoretical insights from process philosophy with a practical aim of working out the consequences of its ontological emphasis on relational becoming for our understanding of society-environment relations. |
Recent Postgraduates
| Sinead Kelly (2008) Taking Liberties: Entrepreneurial Governance and Gentrification in inner Dublin. PhD awarded 2010 (Trinity College Dublin Ciaran Fallon (2010) Swimming Upstream: Knowledge, Power and Sustainability in Modern Ireland. PhD awarded 2010 Siobhan McFee (2012) Immigration, Segmentation and Geography: Learning From Recent Irish Experience. Submitted August 2012 |
Books
| Drudy, P. J., Punch, M.; (2005) Out of Reach: Inequalities in the Irish Housing System. Dublin: New Island Books. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Michael Punch; (2009) 'Contested Urban Environments: Perspectives on the Place and Meaning of Community Action in Dublin, Ireland'. Interface, 1 (2). [Details] |
| Michael Punch; (2006) 'The politics of memory: the socio-cultural contradictions of globalisation and urban regeneration in Dublin'. Irish Geography, 39 (2):27-31. [Details] |
| Punch, M.; (2005) 'Problem drug use and the political economy of urban restructuring: heroin, class and governance in Dublin'. Antipode, 37 (4):754-774. [Details] |
| MacLaran, A. and Punch, M. ; (2004) 'Tallaght: the planning and development of an Irish town'. Journal of Irish Urban Studies, 3 (1):17-40. [Details] |
| Drudy, P.J. and Punch, M.; (2002) 'Housing models and inequality: perspectives on recent Irish experience'. Housing Studies, 17 (4):657-672. [Details] |
| Punch, M.; (2002) 'Local development issues on the urban periphery: Tallaght from the bottom up'. Journal of Irish Urban Studies, 1 (1):61-77. [Details] | |||||||||
| Punch, M. ; (2002) 'Economic geographies of the urban system: top-down/bottom-up trajectories of development and change in Dublin'. Journal of Irish Urban Studies, 1 (2):31-54. [Details] | |||||||||
| Drudy, P.J. and Punch, M. ; (2000) 'Economic restructuring, urban change and regeneration: the case of Dublin'. Journal of Statistical & Social Inquiry Society of Irl, 29 :155-212. [Details] | |||||||||
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Book Chapters
| Punch, M, Redmond, D, and Kelly, S. ; (2007) 'Uneven development, city governance and urban change: unpacking the global-local nexus in Dublin's inner city' In: Hambleton R. and Gross J. S (eds). Governing Cities in a Global Era. Urban Innovation, Competition and Democratic Reform. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. [Details] |
| Michael Punch; (2007) 'Commodity or home? Critical perspectives on Irish housing' In: Sara O'Sullivan (eds). Contemporary Ireland: A Sociological Map. Dublin: University College Dublin Press. [Details] |
| Michael Punch; (2007) 'Uneven development and the private rental market: problems and prospects for low-income households' In: Housing Contemporary Ireland: Policy, Society and Shelter. Netherlands: Springer. [Details] |
| Redmond, D., Williams, B. & Punch, M.; (2007) 'Planning and sustainability: metropolitan planning, housing and land policy' In: Housing Contemporary Ireland: Policy, Society and Shelter. Netherlands: Springer. [Details] |
| Punch, M; (2005) 'Uneven development and the private rental market: problems and prospects for low-income households' In: Norris, M. & Redmond, D (eds). Housing Contemporary Ireland: Policy, Society and Shelter. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration. [Details] |
| Redmond, D., Williams, B. & Punch, M.; (2005) 'Planning and sustainability: metropolitan planning, housing and land policy' In: Norris, M. & Redmond, D (eds). Housing Contemporary Ireland: Policy, Society and Shelter. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration. [Details] | |||||||||
| Drudy, P. J., and Punch, M.; (2001) 'Housing and inequality in Ireland' In: S. Cantillon, C. Corrigan and P. Kirby (eds). Rich and Poor: Perspectives on Tackling Inequality in Ireland. Dublin: Combat Poverty Agency and Oak Tree Press. [Details] | |||||||||
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Other Journals
| Michael Punch (2010) 'Dublin Docklands Reinvented (Book Review)' Urban Studies :3157-3159. [Details] |
| Michael Punch (2011) 'Social vulnerability in a divided housing system' Working Notes . [Details] |
| Michael Punch; (2009) 'Time for New Directions in Irish Housing?' Cornerstone 39 . [Details] |
| Michael Punch; (2009) 'Housing Ireland: Looking Back, Moving Forward' Studies 98 (391) :259-272. [Details] |
| Michael Punch; (2009) 'Housing Ireland: Time for New Vision' The Messenger . [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Punch, M., Redmond, D., and Kelly, S. ; (2004) Uneven development, city governance and urban change: unpacking the global-local nexus in Dublin's inner city Paper to conference on City Futures: An International Conference on Globalism and Urban Change, University of Chicago [Details] |
| Punch, M., Redmond. D. and Kelly, S.; (2004) Selling the City: Entrepreneurial Governance and the Geography of Resistance in Dublin Paper to Conference of Irish Geographers, National University of Ireland, Maynooth [Details] |
Michael Punch; (2009) Housing Systems and Life Spaces: Uneven Development, Environment and Values in the Irish Case Housing Assets, Housing People: ISA International Housing Conference  [Details] |
| Punch, M., Redmond, D.; (2009) The politics of urban meaning: the place of memory and vision in contested regeneration processes in Dublin City, Ireland City Futures: An International Conference on Globalism and Urban Change [Details] |
| Brudell, P. , Kelly, S., MacLaran, A. and Punch, M.; (2006) Dublin's neoliberal agenda and entrepreneurial planning Revenge and Renewal Newcastle, UK, , 10-AUG-05 - 11-AUG-05 [Details] |
| Punch, M, Redmond, D., and Kelly, S. ; (2004) Uneven development, city governance and urban change: unpacking the global-local nexus in Dublin's inner city City Futures: An International Conference on Globalism and Urban Change University of Illinois, Chicago, [Details] | |||||||||
| Punch M., Redmond, D., and Kelly, S.; (2003) Restructuring the divided city: uneven development and gated communities in Dublin Gated Communities Conference: Building Social Division or Safer Communities University of Glasgow, [Details] |
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Published Reports
| Michael Punch; (2009) The Irish Housing System: Vision, Values, Reality. Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, Dublin. [Details] |
Encyclopedia Entry
| Michael Punch; (2010) Uneven Development. London: Encyclopedia Entry [Details] |
Book Reviews
| Michael Punch; (2010) Beyond Walls: Reinventing the Canada-United States Borderlands. Journal of Borderlands Studies 25(1): Book Reviews [Details] |
Articles
| Michael Punch; (2004) Economic restructuring in Dublin: global connections, local variations. Dublin: Articles [Details] |
Conference Contributions
| Punch, M., Redmond. D. and Kelly, S.; Mapping the uneven city: urban restructuring, entrepreneurial governance and social conflict in Dublin. [Oral Presentation], Royal Geographical Society and Institute of British geographers Conference, London. 2003 , London . |
| Punch, M., Redmond. D. and Kelly, S.; Mapping the uneven city: urban restructuring, entrepreneurial governance and social conflict in Dublin. [Oral Presentation], Conference on Gated Communities, University of Glasgow, 2003 , University of Glasgow . |
| Punch, M. and Redmond, D.; Housing , Social Need and Land Policies. [Oral Presentation], Feasta Conference on Land: Our Common Future, 2003, * . |
| Redmond, D. and Punch, M.; Taking Liberties: Access to Housing in Dublins Inner City. [Oral Presentation], Towards Environmental Citizenship, Urban Institute Ireland, September, 2003 , * . |
| Redmond, D. and Punch, M.; (2003) The Politics of Social and Affordable Housing. [Oral Presentation], Conference of Irish Geographers, May 3rd, 2003, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin , 03-MAY-03. |
Committees
| Committee : Respond College Academic Board |
| Committee : Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice Board |
| Committee : Human Research Ethics Committee - Humanities |
| Committee : Parish Pastoral Council, Gardiner Street Parish |
| Committee : Tenants First |
| Committee : Royal Irish Academy Geography Committee | |||||||||
| Committee : Royal Irish Academy Social Sciences Committee | |||||||||
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Employment
| Employer: Departments of Sociology and Geography, Trinity College Dublin Position: Broad Curriculum Lecturer |
| Employer: Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin Position: Lecturer |
Education
| Year 2010 Institution: Milltown Institute Qualification: Subject: Theology |
| Year 2001 Institution: Trinity College Dublin Qualification: PhD Subject: |
| Year 1993 Institution: Trinity College Dublin Qualification: BA Subject: |
Consultancy
| Client: : Oireachtas Library and Research Service |
Outreach Activities
| Housing Policy Advice, Respond! Housing Association, 2009 |
| Housing Policy Seminar (in-house), Focus Ireland |
| Secretary, Tenants First, Dublin, since 2004 Planning and Regeneration Consultant (voluntary), O'Devaney Gardens Community Forum Member Fatima Advisory Strategic Team, Fatima Groups United Research Fellow, Threshold, 2001-2004 Chair Parish Pastoral Council, Gardiner Street Parish, since June 2008 |
Internal Collaborators
| Dr Declan Redmond, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy |
External Collaborators
| Prof PJ Drudy, Fellow Emeritus, Department of Economics, School of Social Science and Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin Dr Andrew MacLaran, Department of Geography, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin Dr Sinead Kelly, Department of Geography, NUI Maynooth |
Teaching Philosophy
| 1st Year: Contemporary Irish Society 3rd Year: Cities in a Global Context MSocSc: Contested Urban Environments |
Modules Coordinated
| 201100 SOC10030 Sociology: Irish Culture and Society |
| 201100 SOC40530 Sociology: Contested Urban Environments |
| 201100 SOC40140 Sociology: Dissertation |
| 201100 SOC30160 Sociology: Cities in a Global Context |
