For this episode the podcast returns to Ireland and specifically the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland at Derry where Caitriona Mullan is based, and which has featured in the academic work of Dr Giada Lagana.
Caitriona is a Derry native and has specialised in cross-border collaboration and policy across Europe in her career in European Union (EU) Affairs, Regional Development, Local Government, Health & Social Care and Communities policy.
Giada is a Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellow & Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff University. Giada's 2021 book 'The European Union and the Northern Ireland Peace Process' on Palgrave outlines the European Union’s approach to conflict resolution and peacebuilding in Northern Ireland. It is available here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-59117-5
Giada and Catriona discuss the importance of not only the EU in the peace process in Northern Ireland but the role of communities and community leaders, in particular women, in ensuring that that policy framework is complemented by community dialogue and collaboration.
You can follow Catriona at:
x.com/catrionamullan
linkedin.com/in/caitriona-mullan-4a46234
You can follow Giada at:
linkedin.com/in/giada-lagana-035474159
https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/laganag
The Irish Association of Contemporary European Studies website is: https://www.iaces.ie/
Follow the podcast on Bluesky at: https://bsky.app/profile/cdpodcast.bsky.social
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Produced by Russell Todd (russell@russelltodd.cymru)
My book Community Development, Social Action and Social Planning: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Twelvetrees) is available to order from Policy Press: https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/community-development-social-action-and-social-planning-6e
