Athena Swan Champions Network

University of Galway's Athena Swan Champions Network

_{Front Row (Sofa): Bernadine Brady, Paul Flynn, Sarah-Anne Buckley, Florence Abram
Middle Row: Laura Loftus, Marion, Ciara O’ Meara, Anne O’ Grady, Aoife Cooke, Dearbhaile Morris
Back Row:  Paul Murphy , Aoibhin Keighron, Edward Jones, Gwen Ryan, John McCrae}

University of Galway’s Athena Swan Champions meet on a quaterly basis to discuss progress and obstacles arising at School and Unit level in relation to Athena Swan. Items raised during these meetings feed into the discussions of the Athena Swan ISAT.

The aim of the Athena Swan Champions Network is to facilitate knowledge exchange and support between those involved in Athena Swan activities across the University. The Champions Network consists of the SAT (Self-Assessment Team) Chairs, the Vice Deans for Equality Diversity and Inclusion and the Office of the Vice President for Equality Diversity and Inclusion.

The Role of a Champion

Each School in the University of Galway typically has two Swan Co-Champions, appointed from within a School, who report directly to their Head of School. Athena Swan Champions are usually the Chair of their local Athena Swan Self-Assessment Teams (SAT) and are members of their School's Senior Management/Executive Boards.

The role of Athena Swan Co-Champion is a significant leadership position and Athena Swan activity is recognised under the contribution criterion for academic promotion. 

Purpose

This network enables new Champions to make connections with Champions in other schools, facilitates horizontal and vertical exchange of information, enables integration of institutional and school-level actions and fosters synergising of solutions.

Current Athena Swan Champions

Athena Swan Champions	Gender	School
Edel Doherty	F	Cairnes School of Business and Economics
Padraic De Búrca	M
Orla Cullinane	F	Shannon College of Hotel Management
Pamela Likely	F
Eoin Daly	M	School of Law
Maeve Duffy	F	School of Engineering
Eddie Egan	M
Rachel Quinlan	F	School of Mathematics, Statistics, and Applied Mathematics
Kishor Das	M
Stephan Rudykh	M
Joshua Maglione	M
Florence Abram	F	School of Biological & Chemical Sciences
Paul Murphy	M
Miriam Byrne	F	School of Natural Science
John McCrae	M	School of Computer Science/DSI
Michael Madden	M
Edward Curry	M
Jenny Hanafin	F	Irish Centre for High-End Computing
Ananya Gupta	F	School of Medicine
Derbhaile Morris	F
Ciara O'Meara	F	School of Nursing and Midwifery
Anne O'Grady	F
Caroline McIntosh	F	School of Health Sciences
Gerry Molloy	M	School of Psychology
Helena Lydon	F
Kathy Reilly	F	School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies
Bernadine Brady	F	School of Political Science and Sociology
Declan Coogan	M
Paul Flynn	M	School of Education
Catherine Emerson	F	School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Katherine Pigott	F	College of Arts Social Science and Celtic Studies
Sarah-Anne Buckley	F	Vice Dean for EDI CASSCS/SAT Chair School of History and Philosophy
Deirdre Curran	F	Vice Dean for EDI CBPPL
Mary Dempsey	F	Vice Dean for EDI CSE
Kasia Whysall	F	Vice Dean for EDI CMNHS
Helen Maher	F	OVPEDI, VP EDI
Laura Loftus	F	OVPEDI, Chair and EDI Programme Manager for Gender Equality
Aoife Cooke	F	OVPEDI, Head of EDI
Margaret Forde	F	OVPEDI, EDI Data Manager
Owen Ward	M	OVPEDI, EDI Programme Manager for Race Equality
	25 F/ 14 M
Additional Associates
Niamh Gallagher		OVPEDI
Emma Hawkins		CMNMHS EDI Manager
Muhammad Naveed Abbas		CMNHS EDI Research Assistant
Aoibhin Keighron		Cairnes School of Business and Economics Research Assistant

University of Galway's Athena Swan Champions Network 2022

‌Left to right: Dr. Sandra Galvin, Dr. Katarzyna Goljanek, Dr. Victoria Hogan, Dr. Deirdre Gilpin, Dr. Helen Maher, Dr. Laura Loftus and Aoife Cooke attended the first Athena Swan Champions Network- 1st December 2022