Michael O’sullivan

Biography

Michael O’Sullivan is Executive Director of the Spirituality Institute for Research and Education (SpIRE), and a Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa. He currently serves on the Executive Board of the British Association for the Study of Spirituality (BASS), the inaugural International Relations Committee, and the Promotions Committee, of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality (SSCS), the premier international society of its kind, the Leadership Board of the Centre for the Academic Study of Christian Spirituality at the University of Zurich, and the editorial board of Spiritus, the premier journal in its field. He is a Fellow of the European Institute for Spirituality in Economics and Society, a Research Associate of the Centre for Spirituality, University of Hull, and a member of the Spirituality Interest Group, TCD.

Research Interest

The Academic Study of Spirituality, Spirituality/theology and social justice, Theology/spirituality, and the situation of women, Spirituality and Childhood, Spiritual Care and Health Care, Beyond traditional biosocial-gender dualism, The Writings of Bernard Lonergan