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Grainne is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Criminology, Politics and Sociology. She is a member of the Centre for Citizenship, Conflict, Identity and Diversity and an affiliate of the Centre for Applied Childhood, Youth and Family Research. She researches feminism, activism and social movements, and young people’s social, political and civic participation.
Grainne has just completed a European Commission, Horizon 2020 project entitled Partispace: Spaces and styles of participation. Formal, non-formal and informal possibilities of young people’s participation in European cities (partispace.eu). This study, which ran from 2015 to 2018, explored young people’s political and social participation in the public sphere - in formal, non-formal and informal settings - and took place in eight cities across Europe. Grainne is leading/ co-leading the following research projects:
Gráinne is the Research Lead for RAPAR, a human rights organisation based in Manchester, UK, working with displaced people, Co-Convenor of the British Sociological Association's Gender and Feminism Study Group, and on twitter: @grainnemcmahon.
Grainne completed a DPhil at the University of Oxford (Christ Church) (2009), an MSc at Queen’s University, Belfast (1999), and a BSc (Hons) at the University of Ulster (1998).
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Young people’s social, political and civic participation
Young women’s feminism and feminist activism
Feminist and human rights activism and social movements
Women, girls and feminism
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
Grainne McMahon (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Grainne McMahon (Panelist)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
Grainne McMahon (Chair)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of a Society or Institute
Grainne McMahon (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Grainne McMahon (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Barry Percy-Smith & Grainne McMahon
2/07/18
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