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Dr Rachel McArdle

BA, MA, PhD

Contact Details

Lecturer Below The Bar
E: Rachel.McArdle@nuigalway.ie
 
researcher
 

Biography

Rachel is a researcher and lecturer. Rachel joined the School of Geography, Archaeology, and Irish Studies at the National University of Ireland Galway in 2021. Her teaching is focused on the BSc in Social Sciences: http://www.ssrc.ie/bass/ 

In the past, Rachel has been a lecturer at Maynooth University, a post-doctoral Researcher in a collaboration between the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI) and Dublin City Council Culture Company, and a post-doctoral researcher working with Threshold.

Rachel¿s research focuses on cities, networks, housing, climate, culture, community, artistic and activist interventions. Rachel teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in these areas and invites postgraduate students researching these topics. Two current projects she is working on is the crossover between housing and climate justice, and also a community mapping project with Irish Travellers in North Dublin: https://www.paveepoint.ie/pavee-roads-home-community-mapping/

Her PhD research was entitled 'Liquid Urbanisms: Dublin's Loose Networks and Provisional Places¿ and looked at places and spaces in Dublin from 2013-2017. She was funded by an Irish Research Council Scholarship (2016-2018) and the John and Pat Hume Scholarship (2014-2016). Recent research awards include the Geographical Society of Ireland UGI-IGU International Geographical Union Paris 2022 Bursary, Irish Research Council New Foundations Grant and MUSSI and Faculty of Social Science Co-funded Small Research Grants 2020-2021 and Project Live Co-Created Research Project Funding, Experiential Learning Office, Maynooth University, 2020-2021. 



  

Research Interests

Rachel's research focuses on cities, networks, housing, climate, culture, community, and artistic and activist interventions. Rachel teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in these areas and invites postgraduate students to research these topics. Two current projects she is working on are the crossover between housing and climate justice, and also a community mapping project with Irish Travellers in North Dublin. 

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2023) 'Liquid urbanisms: Framing the intrinsic fluidity of the urban'
McArdle, R. (2023) 'Liquid urbanisms: Framing the intrinsic fluidity of the urban'. Geo: Geography and Environment, [DOI] [Details]
(2022) 'Flexible Methodologies: A Case for Approaching Research with Fluidity'
McArdle, Rachel (2022) 'Flexible Methodologies: A Case for Approaching Research with Fluidity'. The Professional Geographer, :1-8 [DOI] [Details]
(2022) 'Rootlessness: How the Irish private rental sector prevents tenants feeling secure in their homes and tenant¿s resistance against this'
McArdle, R. and Byrne, M. (2022) 'Rootlessness: How the Irish private rental sector prevents tenants feeling secure in their homes and tenant¿s resistance against this'. Geoforum, [DOI] [Details]
(2022) 'Secure occupancy, power and the landlord-tenant relation: a qualitative exploration of the Irish private rental sector'
Byrne, Michael and McArdle, Rachel (2022) 'Secure occupancy, power and the landlord-tenant relation: a qualitative exploration of the Irish private rental sector'. Housing Studies, 37 (1):124-142 [DOI] [Details]
(2022) '‘Squat City’: Dublin’s temporary autonomous zone. Considering the temporality of autonomous geographies'
Rachel McArdle (2022) '‘Squat City’: Dublin’s temporary autonomous zone. Considering the temporality of autonomous geographies'. City, 26 (4):630-645 [DOI] [Details]
(2021) 'Intersectional climate urbanism: Towards the inclusion of marginalised voices'
McArdle, Rachel (2021) 'Intersectional climate urbanism: Towards the inclusion of marginalised voices'. Geoforum, 126 :302-305 [DOI] [Details]
(2019) 'Supporting Women in Geography (SWIG) Ireland: Confronting the role of gender and asserting the importance of the female voice'
Ahern, J and McArdle, R (2019) 'Supporting Women in Geography (SWIG) Ireland: Confronting the role of gender and asserting the importance of the female voice'. Irish Geography, 52 (1):101-122 [DOI] [Details]
(2015) 'The Improvisional city: Valuing urbanity beyond the chimera of permanence'
Till, Karen and McArdle, R. (2015) 'The Improvisional city: Valuing urbanity beyond the chimera of permanence'. Irish Geography, 48 :37-68 [DOI] [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2021) 'Tracing the role of material and immaterial infrastructures in imagining diverse urban futures: Dublin¿s Bolt Hostel and Apollo House'
McArdle Rachel (2021) 'Tracing the role of material and immaterial infrastructures in imagining diverse urban futures: Dublin¿s Bolt Hostel and Apollo House' In: The New Urban Ruins Vacancy. Urban Politics and International Experiments in the Post-Crisis City. Bristol: Policy Press. [Details]
(2020) 'The Temporality Within Temporary Urbanism: Listening to Rhythms and Timespace'
McArdle Rachel (2020) 'The Temporality Within Temporary Urbanism: Listening to Rhythms and Timespace' In: Transforming Cities Through Temporary Urbanism: A Comparative International Overview. :29-42 Cham: Springer International Publishing. [DOI] [Details]

Published Reports

  Year Publication
(2020) Security and Agency in the Irish Private Rental Sector.
Byrne Michael and McArdle Rachel (2020) Security and Agency in the Irish Private Rental Sector. Threshold, Dublin. [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2022 Geographical Society of Ireland UGI-IGU International Geographical Union Paris 2022 Bursary Geographical Society of Ireland
2021 Summer Programme for Undergraduate Research Maynooth University Experiential Learning Office
2020 Summer Programme for Undergraduate Research Maynooth University Experiential Learning Office
2020 Research Fund Allocation Scheme Maynooth University
2020 Project Live Co-Created Research Project Funding Maynooth University Experiential Learning Office
2020 Maynooth University of Social Sciences Institute and Faculty of Social Science Co-funded Small Research Grants Maynooth University of Social Sciences Institute
2020 New Foundations Grant Irish Research Council
2019 PhD of the Year Award Finalist Geographical Society of Ireland
2018 Student Paper Award European Specialty Group American Association of Geographers
2016 PhD Scholarship Irish Research Council
2014 John and Pat Hume Scholarship Maynooth University
2013 T. Jones Hughes Award Department of Geography, Maynooth University

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Supporting Women in Geography Ireland Co-convener and co-creator 01-SEP-16 /
Geographical Society of Ireland Member 01-AUG-14 /

Community Engagement

  Title Type From / To
Research (e.g. Community based research) Travellers' Tales and Memory Maps: A collaboration of Pavee Roads Home and Maynooth Geography 01-SEP-20 / 19-AUG-22
Other Feminist Epistemologies Reading Group Organiser 01-SEP-21 /

Reviews

  Journal Role
Geoforum Editor

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
2021-2023 Professional Skills and Pathways for Social Scientists BSS3100
2021-2023 Work Placement for Social Scientists BSS3101
2021-2023 Research Seminar in Social Sciences BSS4100
2021-2023 Introduction to the Study of the Social Sciences BSS1101
2021-2023 International Work Placement for Social Scientists BSS3102
2021-2023 Cooperative Learning and Group Research Methods BSS2101

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