Gerry O Reilly
Lecturer
School of History & Geography
Dublin City University
Ireland
Biography
Gerry O'Reilly is Senior Lecturer in Geography, and International Coordinator for the School of History and Geography, with research and teaching interests in political and economic geography, geopolitics, cultural geography, sustainable development and education. Modules include: Geopolitics and Humanitarian Action; Geopolitics: Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Europe. He obtained his PhD from Durham University, MA from the National University of Ireland (University College Cork), HDipEd and BA, Maynooth University. Post-doctoral research was undertaken in political geography and sustainable development at University College Dublin. Before joining SPD - DCU in 1997, Gerry held lectureship and research posts at UCD, and Universities of Durham, Tunis, and Algeria-Annaba, and Visiting Professorship at the Ohio State University, Columbus. Relating to Humanitarian Aid and Geopolitics and as Faculty member of ECHO (EU Humanitarian Office) - sponsored NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Action), he was Erasmus Mundus Visiting Fellow at the Western Cape University (2009), Toronto York University (2008) and Columbia University NY (2007).
Research Interest
Political and economic geography, Geopolitics, Cultural geography, Sustainable development Education
Publications
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'The EU & Humanitarian Action: Breaking Down Borders' Gerry O'Reilly (2014) 'The EU & Humanitarian Action: Breaking Down Borders' In: K. Donert and J. Smith (eds). European Borders: Geographical Perspectives of Territorial Cooperation. Berlin: mbv-berlin
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'Heritage Tourism and the Commodification of Contested Spaces: Ireland and the Battle of the Boyne Site' Gerry O'Reilly & Ruth McManus (2016) 'Heritage Tourism and the Commodification of Contested Spaces: Ireland and the Battle of the Boyne Site' In: G. Hooper (eds). Heritage and Tourism in Britain and Ireland: Conservation, Nation, Identity. London: Palgrave Macmillan Press.
