Ronan Foley
Professor
Geography
National University of Maynooth
Ireland
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography at Maynooth University and started work here in 2003. I currently teach courses on GIS and Health Geographies at undergraduate level. I am the course leader of the MSc. in GIS and Remote Sensing and also teach on the MA Geography course. My research is primarily in the area of health geography, with significant publications on therapeutic landscapes, healthy blue space and health care services while I also research on historical and cultural geographies. I have been a PI or Co-PI on a wide range of funded research including current projects funded by the Environmental Protection Agency and the UK's Economic and Social Research Council. Prior to my arrival in Maynooth I worked at the University of Brighton from 1988 to 2003 and I have also taught at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2015 and as an occasional lecturer at Queen's University Belfast and Trinity College Dublin.
Research Interest
GIS and Health Care Planning, with particular attention on accessibility and utilisation, health care service planning, mental health and inequalities in general.
Publications
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2015 'Editorial: Mobility and Stillness: Duties of Care in Irish Geography' Foley, R. (2015) 'Editorial: Mobility and Stillness: Duties of Care in Irish Geography'. Irish Geography, 48 (1):3-5
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2016 'Inter-temporal Disposable Income in Ireland 1996-2011' Kilgarriff, P., O’Donoghue, C., Charlton, M., Foley, R. (2016) 'Inter-temporal Disposable Income in Ireland 1996-2011'. 9 (2):123-143
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2017 'Swimming as an accretive practice in healthy blue space' Foley, R. (2017) 'Swimming as an accretive practice in healthy blue space'. Emotion, Space and Society, 22 :43-51
