Aisling Walsh is a Postdoctoral research fellow, supported by the Irish Research Council. She recently completed a PhD in Sociology at the University of Galway, researching decolonial and feminist practices of healing justice in Guatemala, supported by the Andrew Grene Postgraduate Scholarship in Conflict Resolution, Irish Research Council. She previously worked as a Postdoctoral researcher for the Learning in Motion project at the University of Limerick, supported by the Irish Research Council's COALESCE fund.

She has written essays and features for The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Irish Times, The Sunday Business Post, Open Democracy, Women Under Siege, Electric Literature, Catapult and Literary Hub among others.

My full portfolio is available here: https://muckrack.com/aisling-walsh-1

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Postdoctoral research fellow , University of Galway
  • 2023–2023
    Postdoctoral research fellow , University of Limerick

Education

  • 2023 
    University of Galway, PhD in Sociology
  • 2012 
    Irish Centre for Human Rights, LLM in International Human Rights Law

Publications

  • 2023
    Embodied healing and justice in wounded territories: reflections from feminist and decolonial research-activism in Guatemala, Third World Quarterly
  • 2021
    Beyond extraction: co-creating a decolonial and feminist research practice in post-conflict Guatemala, Qualitative and Digital Research in Times of Crisis
  • 2020
    Feminist Networks Facilitating Access to Misoprostol in Mesoamerica, Feminist Review
  • 2020
    Publication Preview Source A Haunted City: Institutionalised Orders of Violence and Memory in Guatemala, Interfere Journal
  • 2016
    Publication Preview Source Regenerating Education from Below: Endogenous Tertiary Education in Alternative Development Niches, Policy and Practice
  • 2013
    The Legacy of Dictatorship and Persistent Socio-Economic Inequalities in Chile's Educational Policy, AIGNE

Grants and Contracts

  • 2019
    Andrew Gene Postgraduate Scholarship in Conflict Resolution (4 years)
    Role:
    Postgraduate Scholar
    Funding Source:
    Irish Research Council
  • 2019
    Simon Cumbers Media Fund Award
    Role:
    Research and reporting on maternal health in Guatemala
    Funding Source:
    Irish Aid
  • 2011
    Research Bursary
    Role:
    Research project on alternative pedagogies in Mexico
    Funding Source:
    Centre for Environment, Development and Sustainability, University of Galway

Contact Aisling for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision