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Biography
2001 - 2004 PhD, NUI Galway. 1998 - 2001 BA, Political Science amp; Sociology, Geography (1st Hons), NUI Galway. 1995 - 1996 BA, Fine Art (1st Hons), Crawford College of Art amp; Design, Cork. 1992 - 1995 National Diploma in Art (Distinction), Crawford College of Art amp; Design, Cork.
Research Interests
Kevin Ryan is a lecturer at the School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, and a graduate of the Crawford College of Art and Design in Cork. He is the author of Refiguring Childhood: Encounters with Biosocial Power (2020, MUP); Freedom? (with Fiona Whelan, 2018, Cork University Press); and Social Exclusion and the Politics of Order (2007, MUP). His current research focuses on fugitive freedom and the dialogical aesthetics of power relations.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Ph.D
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Enclosure and Capture: The Paradox of Opacity/Legibility
Ryan, K., 15 Jun 2025, In: FIELD: A Journal of Socially-Engaged Art Criticism. 30Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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From critical theory to critical fabulism: Aesthetics in a minor key
Ryan, K., Dec 2024, In: Irish Journal of Sociology. 32, 3, p. 272-284 13 p.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Homo Mimeticus, Wayward Lives, The Biology of Adversity and Resilience: Early life adversity and the politics of fabulation
Ryan, K., 1 Jan 2024, In: Constellations: An international journal of critical and democratic theory.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Review of Tom Boland and Ray Griffin (2023) `The Reformation of Welfare: The New Faith of the Labour Market. Critical Social Policy.
Ryan, K., 1 Jan 2024Research output: Other contribution (Published) › Other contribution
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The power of critique in the time of emergency: on normative fiction and critical fiction: on normative fiction and critical fiction
Ryan, K., 1 Jan 2024, In: Journal Of Political Power.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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The Power of Critique in the Time of Emergency
Ryan, K. (Other)
31 May 2024 → 1 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation (Unpublished) › Oral Presentation
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Jonathan Hannon
Ryan, K. (Primary Supervisor)
2024 → …Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised
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Frankfurt School: Passion, Profanation, Apocalypse
Ryan, K. (Other)
23 Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation (Unpublished) › Oral Presentation
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Sociology and signature between logos and bios
Ryan, K. (Other)
10 May 2019 → 11 May 2019Activity: Talk or presentation (Unpublished) › Oral Presentation
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Violence, Space, and the Political
Ryan, K. (Other)
7 Jun 2018 → 9 Jun 2018Activity: Talk or presentation (Unpublished) › Oral Presentation