Patricia (Pat) O'Connor

Patricia O'Connor was a Research Assistant in the ESRI from 1970 until 1973. She then worked at the University of London, the Institute for Social Work (Tavistock Square) and at Waterford Institute of Technology. She has been Professor of Sociology at University of Limerick (1997); Faculty Dean (2000) and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences since 2008. Her research interests include women in Irish society; family relationships; and children and young people. She joined the ESRI Council in 2007. See http://www.artsoc.ul.ie/Userfiles/deans-cv-2008-.pdf