Staff Members
There are three full-time and permanent academic staff in the Department who are assisted by a number of others on a contract/part-time basis.
Dr. Niall Keane
- Qualifications: B.A., M.A. (NUI), M.Phil. (KU Leuven), Ph.D. (KU Leuven)
- Position: Senior Lecturer and Head of Department
- Research Interests: Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Ancient philosophy; Nineteenth-Century German philosophy
- Telephone: 353-61-204579
- Email: niall.keane@mic.ul.ie
- Niall Keane Profile
Dr. Catherine Kavanagh
- Qualifications: B.A., M.Phil. (NUI), M.M.S (University of Notre Dame), Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame)
- Position: Senior Lecturer
- Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy; Neo-Platonism; Medieval philosophy, Philosophical theology; Patristic Philosophy
- Telephone: 353-61-204904
- Email: Catherine.Kavanagh@mic.ul.ie
Dr. Basil Vassilicos
- Qualifications: B.A. (Penn State University), M.A. (KU Leuven), Ph.D. (KU Leuven)
- Position: Lecturer
- Research Interests: Social and Political Philosophy; Phenomenology; Environmental Ethics; Philosophy of Technology; Aesthetics and Philosophy of Culture
- Telephone: 353-61-204576
- Email: Basil.Vassilicos@mic.ul.ie