Head of Research at AONTAS (2023 - ), Ireland's National Adult Learning Organisation, committed to advocating for the rights of all adults to quality lifelong learning. I lead all research initiatives and a dynamic Research Team, ensuring AONTAS has a strong evidence-base for advocacy and for informing national policy and practice in the field of adult and community education.Postdoctoral researcher, educator, and team lead with extensive experience in diverse teaching and learning contexts. Interdisciplinary teaching and research expertise in human rights, adult community education, comparative politics and policy. Disciplinary training in politics and mixed-method social inquiry.Author of Contesting Economic and Social Rights in Ireland: 1848-2016’ (Cambridge University Press, 2016).