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 2015. Since 2009 he has been involved in a number of research projects on sex work as a researcher or in an advisory capacity (Drug Use, Sex Work and the Risk Environment 2009; Research into Prostitution in Northern Ireland 2004) and have been a member of the Cost Action – Comparing European Prostitution Policies: Understanding Scales of Governance 2015-17. He was a founding member of Sex Work Alliance Ireland and he is currently completing a book on migrant male sex in Dublin which will be published by Palgrave in late 2018. More details about his work and publications can be found at –
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/sociology/our-people/paul-ryan#3