Aoife Quinn Hegarty (UCD)

Speaking Sessions

24th May 202314:30

Biography

Aoife Quinn Hegarty completed a Masters in Library and Informations Studies in 2020. Aoife works as Scholarly Communications Librarian in University College Dublin, supporting strategic publishing, open research, research promotion and responsible research evaluation. Aoife was also part of the team in UCD who developed and launched the Library Research Toolkit series aimed at supporting graduate students. Aoife is also a PhD Researcher and SICS scholarship student in UCD investigating the modalities of representation of Irish feminist movements in Irish media 1960-2019: media activism, production cultures and feminist organising. Aoife’s research interests include; feminist studies, gender representation, media studies, bias, political and social movements.