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Garret Maher

Ph.D. National University of Ireland, Galway (2011) M.A. (Hons) University College Dublin (2006) B.A. (Hons) National University of Ireland, Galway (2005)
Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait
Email: maher.ggust.edu.kw
Phone: 00965 2530 7257
Websites: http://www.gust.edu.kw/ and http://kw.linkedin.com/pub/garret-maher/31/239/b28

Biography

In 2002, after returning from a one year working holiday in Australia, Garret moved from Dublin to Galway and enrolled at the National University of Ireland in 2002. He completed his B.A. in Geography and History in 2005 obtaining first class honours in Geography. Following this he moved back to Dublin for a year attending University College Dublin, where he received his M.A. in American Studies in 2006. It was time for a year of work and a period of reflection on his four years in University before returning to Galway and beginning his PhD in September 2007, which he completed in April 2011.

Research Interests

Garret’s primary research interests relate to transnationalism, in particular, aspects of transnational labour migration, recruitment, social networks, cultural adaptation and remittances, especially the effect of remittances in the receiving country. Garret also has broader research interests in globalisation, urban and rural change, demography and population geography.

Sample Publications

Maher, G. (2012) ’Migration Procedures and Brazilian Immigrants in Ireland: Evolving Policies During a Period of Economic Change’ (publication in preparation)

Maher, G. (2011) ’Impacts of Economic Change: Irish Attitudes to Brazilian Migrants in Rural Ireland’, Proceedings of the 19th Annual Colloquium of the Sustainability of Rural Systems, (under review for peer review publication of the proceedings)

Maher, G. (2011) ’Transnational Religious Practices: The Brazilians in Ireland’, Irish Migration Studies in Latin America, Vol.7 (4)

Maher, G. (2010) ’A Transnational Migrant Circuit: Remittances from Ireland to Brazil’, Irish Geography, Vol. 43 (2) pp.177-199

Maher, G. (2009) Contributor to ’ABC-Clio’s World Geography Database’, wrote country Profiles on Tanzania and Zimbabwe

Maher, G. (2009) ’Report from PopFest 2009’, Geonews: Christmas 2009, pp. 7-8

Editorial boards of Scholarly Journals

Editorial Board Member: Irish Migration Studies in Latin America. 2011-present

International and National Conference Presentations

2012 “Integration and Cultural Adaptation: Brazilian Migrants in Rural Ireland”, to be presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, New York, USA, February 24th – 28th

2011: “Brazilian Migration to Rural Ireland: Impacts of Economic Change”, presented at the 19th Annual Colloquium of the Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems of the International Geographical Union, The Sustainability of Rural Systems: Local and Global Challenges and Opportunities, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, August 1st – 7th

2010: “Stages in the Remitting Process: Brazilian Migrants in Ireland”, presented at the ’Contemporary Labour Migration’, Population Geography Research Group, RGS with the IBG, International Conference, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, May 12th – 13th

2010: “Social Networks, Migration and Brazilians Ireland”, presented at the Conference of Irish Geographers, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland, April 30th – May 2nd

2010: “The Brazilian Labour Force in Ireland: Transnational Migration and Migrant Remittances”, presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, Washington D.C. USA, April 14th – 18th

2009: “Labour Migration and Migrant Remittances: Brazilians in Ireland”, presented at POPFEST (postgraduate population studies conference) at the London School of Economics, July 2nd – 4th

2009: “Migrant Remittances: The Brazilian Labour Force in Ireland”, presented at the Old Ireland, New Irish: ’The same people living in the same place’ American Conference for Irish Studies 2009 and ’Into the heartland of the ordinary’ Second Galway Conference of Irish Studies 2009” at National University of Ireland, Galway, June 10th – 13th

2009: “Brazilian Transnational Migration: A Space of Migration to Ireland”, presented at the Conference of Irish Geographers at University College Cork, May 14th – 16th

2008: “Towards a greater understanding of Transnationalism”, Poster presented at the Children and Migration Conference, University College Cork, April 9th – 11th

2008: “Defining Transnationalism: A Geographical Perspective”, presented at: Migration studies in Ireland, Trinity Immigration Initative Conference, Trinity College Dublin, March 26th – 29th

2008: “Transnational Migration: Contextualising the Brazilian Experience in Ireland”, presented at the Irish Geography Postgraduate Training Consortium February 8th – 10th

Organisation

Member of the Organizing Committee for 19th Annual Colloquium of the Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems of the International Geographical Union, The Sustainability of Rural Systems: Local and Global Challenges and Opportunities, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, August 1st – 7th

Invited talks

Maher, G. (2011) “Brazilian Cultural Spaces: A walking tour in Gort, County Galway”. Talk and tour given at the 19th Annual Colloquium of the Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems of the International Geographical Union, The Sustainability of Rural Systems: Local and Global Challenges and Opportunities, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, August 1st – 7th.

Future Research

I am currently finalizing a number of research articles for submission to international peer reviewed journals, including, The Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Population Space and Place, and Sociologia Ruralis. In Kuwait, I am in the process of securing funding to conduct research with migrant groups in order to develop new research relating to transnational migration.

Awards

2011-2012: Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST), Conference Grant, awarded to attend the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference in New York, USA (€3,000)

2009-2010: Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences Postgraduate Scholarship Award (€16,000)

2008-2009: Arts Faculty PhD Fellowship (€12,700)

2007-2008: Arts Faculty PhD Fellowship (€12,700)

Other Awards

2010: College of Arts Bursary to attend the RGS with the IBG, RGRG, conference on ’Contemporary Labour Migration’ in NUI, Galway (€200)

2009: Travel Bursary from the British Society of Population Studies to present at POPFEST in the London School of Economics (£100)

2009: Arts Faculty Travel Bursary (€200)

2008: Arts Faculty Travel Bursary to conduct field work in Brazil (€1600)

2008: Society for Irish Latin American Studies - Irish Latin American Research Fund to conduct field work in Brazil (€800)

Discipline of Geography
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