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CV

Through a passion for hardwork and creativity, coupled with a natural curiousity I have worked across a range of subjects and roles. The following is organised by; academic experience and professional experience

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Academic Experience
Queen’s University Belfast - PhD in Politics

2018 – Present


I am an ESRC-funded PhD Candidate at Queen’s University Belfast. My research is focussed on advancing post-structuralist discourse theory and conceptions of governance. My PhD thesis “Fields of Possibility: Northern Ireland’s Rural Environment after Brexit” aims to explain current developments in Northern Irish Rural Environmental Governance using post-structuralist discourse theory. The rural environment identified here is the agricultural
environment which dominates the Northern Irish landscape and will focus on the issue of sustainable agriculture, funding, site designation for nature conservation and mechanisms for governing the rural environmental. This project
aims to contribute to the literature on rural governance, sustainable agricultureand climate action governance.

Academic accomplishments during PhD

2018 – Present

Publications:

Conferences organised

  • Researching Brexit PhD symposium at Queen’s University Belfast February 2019

  • Researching Brexit Conference at Durham University October 2019

Conference presentations

  • Papers presented at CCRI Winter School 2020, PSAI 2019, UACES Graduate Forum 2019

Teaching

  • Level 4 - Contemporary Europe

  • Level 5 - Modern Political Thought

Courses attended

  • Essex Summer School course- Applying Discourse Theory: Politics, Ideology and Populism

  • UACES Doctoral Training Academy 2018

Post-Graduate Certificate in Social Science Research Methods

2018-2019

  • I have developed research skills in both qualitative and quantitative methods

Queen’s University Belfast - MA in Politics (Commendation)

2016-2018

  • Dissertation: The Politics of Agriculture in Northern Ireland; in particular CAP Reform, the EU and post-Brexit politics

  • Modules taken include; Northern Irish Politics and Institutions and Policies of the European Union

University of Stirling - BA (Hons) in History (First Class)

2010-2014

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Professional Experience
Northern Irish Civil Service - Energy Division (secondment) - Staff Officer

September 2020 - September 2021

  • I facilitated the transposition of the Electricity Directive by taking on the administrative tasks such as the transposition note, working across branches in the division, as well as writing letters to the assembly committee and submissions to the minister, and providing comments on draft legislation for The Electricity (Internal Markets) Regulation (Northern Ireland) 2020

  • In addition to the above for the implementation of the Electricity Regulation with The Electricity (Priority Dispatch) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 I spearheaded the designation of relevant requirements to ensure Northern Ireland was compliant with EU policy.

  • Analysing the Northern Ireland/Ireland Protocol and its application, and crafted a document for use across the division to streamline application of it.

  • Working in the new Wholesale Electricity and Networks Branch I was respsonible for policy development in the future transposition of the electricity directive including; the role of system operators, energy storage, electromobility, use of data, and aggregation.

  • Working with the Consumer Retail Protection branch on the transposition of the directive on active consumers and citizen energy communities.

  • Forging partnerships across governments, departments, branches and organisations to develop policy.

Alzheimers Society - Dementia Friendly Communities Co-ordinator

September 2017-September 2018

  • I identified opportunities and developed relationships with local business, organisations and statutory services to create local dementia friendly community steering groups.

  • I spearheaded the creation of Local Dementia Friendly Community Steering Groups as a vehicle to deliver 16 dementia friendly community models in Northern Ireland.

  • I crafted networks within the locality and across the region to identify and share best practice as well as developed dementia awareness raising activity and/or training.

  • I worked in consultation with people with dementia and their carers to inform and monitor the actions of the steering groups.

  • I coordinated and managed the local steering group meetings, including setting agendas, creating an action plan, booking a venue, distribution meeting notes.

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