Dr Marc Scully
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Marc has been a lecturer in the Department of Psychology since 2017. He is a social psychologist who gravitates towards qualitative methods and analysis, in particular critical discursive psychology. He is interested in social constructions of identity and 'authenticity', particularly in the context of migration, diaspora and transnationalism. His most recent research projects have looked at:
a. The phenomenon of the rise in applications for Irish passports following the Brexit referendum.
b. Transnational families during the Covid pandemic.
His most recent publications have been as follows:
- Scully, M. (2025). “I feel I should put that work in”: Discourses of effortfulness and essentialism among post‐Brexit applicants for Irish citizenship. Political Psychology, 46(3), 603-622. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.13026
- Gallagher, S., O'Brien, T., & Scully, M. (2024). Listening to the experiences of students from refugee backgrounds in Irish post primary schools; implications for schools. Learn, The Journal of the Irish Learning Support Association, 9-27. Link
Other publications can be found on his Google Scholar profile. Marc is also active on Bluesky.
