The Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) is a platform for those interested in sex work and sexual governance scholarship within the island of Ireland.
The Board
Dr Gillian Wylie Dr Gillian Wylie is assistant professor of International Peace Studies at Trinity College Dublin. Her research work centres on the issue of human trafficking with a particular interest in the politics of trafficking discourses. Her recent published work includes The International Politics of Huma Read More...
Dr Kathryn McGarry (Co-chair of ISWRN) is a lecturer in social policy in the Department of Applied Social Studies, Maynooth University. Her research interests include gender and risk, prostitution policy and discourse analysis. She is participated as an expert academic witness in the recent Irish government Read More...
Dr Leigh-Ann Sweeney is a Lecturer and health service researcher within the Discipline of Health Promotion and Social care at NUI Galway. Her research to date has focused on qualitative, service-user led research, with a specific interest in narrative inquiry, socio-environmental theories and gender. Dr Sweeney’s PhD Read More...
Dr Paul Ryan is a lecturer in sociology at Maynooth University. His research focuses on questions of sexuality, personal life and the law. His earlier work has focused on LGBTI communities and the history of the movement from the decriminalisation of homosexuality to the successful campaign for gay marriage in Read More...
Professor Graham Ellison is a criminologist with a primary interest in the policing and regulation of commercial sex. He has conducted research on both male and female sex workers in a number jurisdictions (Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Germany, Czech Republic and England). His current research interests include Read More...
Professor Maggie O'Neill is a Professor in Sociology at University College, Cork. Before taking up a chair at University College, Cork, she was Chair in Sociology & Criminology in the Department of Sociology at the University of York, and Professor in Criminology at the University of Durham and Principal of Ustinov College Read More...