Ciara Bradley
Biographic Data
| ID | 4227386 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ciara Bradley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ciara |
| FAMILY NAME | Bradley |
| SIGNATURE | BRADLEY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Ireland, Maynooth |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6492-9570 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Celebrating 60 years
International Community Development Practice
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Community Development Journal
Community Development-Grounded and Led
This paper presents a community development-grounded and community-led research approach that explores Roma employment experiences in Ireland. The study used a research process rooted in the values of participation, collective analysis, and action for social justice, while centring Roma epistemologies and community accountability. The research was developed collaboratively by community workers and Roma researchers from Pavee Point Traveller and R…
Still waters run deep
This article explores the challenges faced by women with disabilities in combining the roles of ‘mother’ and ‘worker’ in Lithuania and reflects on the strategies mothers employed to overcome these. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with twenty women with a variety of (dis)abling conditions and diverse life experiences between 2014 and 2018. In-depth thematic analysis by qualitative research teams revealed a constant tension in women’s as…
Persistent stigma despite social change
‘Single’ women continue to experience stigma during pregnancy and mothering in the Republic of Ireland. This article explores the experiences of stigma of single women who were pregnant and mothering in Ireland between 1996 and 2010. The biographic narrative interpretive method (BNIM) was used to elicit biographical narratives. Analysis on both the lived experience of the women and the social context of the time created a ‘situated subjectivity’ …
Doing the Job as a Parent
Recent studies of family life in Ireland have focused on changes in 'traditional' family structures, including the increase in one-parent families. This article illustrates the impact dominant conceptions in Irish society that privilege the family based on marriage have on one-parent family policy. The authors focus on two key areas of social interaction associated with family life-parenthood and (un)paid work-to identify both congruences and ten…
Doing the Job as a Parent
Recent studies of family life in Ireland have focused on changes in 'traditional' family structures, including the increase in one-parent families. This article illustrates the impact dominant conceptions in Irish society that privilege the family based on marriage have on one-parent family policy. The authors focus on two key areas of social interaction associated with family life-parenthood and (un)paid work-to identify both congruences and ten…
Doing the Job as a Parent
Recent studies of family life in Ireland have focused on changes in 'traditional' family structures, including the increase in one-parent families. This article illustrates the impact dominant conceptions in Irish society that privilege the family based on marriage have on one-parent family policy. The authors focus on two key areas of social interaction associated with family life-parenthood and (un)paid work-to identify both congruences and ten…
Persistent stigma despite social change
‘Single’ women continue to experience stigma during pregnancy and mothering in the Republic of Ireland. This article explores the experiences of stigma of single women who were pregnant and mothering in Ireland between 1996 and 2010. The biographic narrative interpretive method (BNIM) was used to elicit biographical narratives. Analysis on both the lived experience of the women and the social context of the time created a ‘situated subjectivity’ …
Still waters run deep
This article explores the challenges faced by women with disabilities in combining the roles of ‘mother’ and ‘worker’ in Lithuania and reflects on the strategies mothers employed to overcome these. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with twenty women with a variety of (dis)abling conditions and diverse life experiences between 2014 and 2018. In-depth thematic analysis by qualitative research teams revealed a constant tension in women’s as…
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Community Development Journal
Community Development-Grounded and Led
This paper presents a community development-grounded and community-led research approach that explores Roma employment experiences in Ireland. The study used a research process rooted in the values of participation, collective analysis, and action for social justice, while centring Roma epistemologies and community accountability. The research was developed collaboratively by community workers and Roma researchers from Pavee Point Traveller and R…
Celebrating 60 years
International Community Development Practice
Community and Sustainable Development (3 works) · Community development (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Community Health and Development (2 works) · Community organization (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Narrative (2 works)