O’Reilly, Gerry

Gerry O'Reilly is an Associate Professor in Geography, and International Coordinator for the School of History and Geography, Dublin City University (DCU). His research and teaching interests are in geopolitics, human-made catastrophes, humanitarian action, cultural geography, places of memory, sustainable development, and education. He obtained his Ph.D. from Durham University UK, MA from the National University of Ireland (University College Cork), HDipEd, and BA, Maynooth University. Post-doctoral research was undertaken in political geography and sustainable development at University College Dublin. Before joining DCU in 1997, Gerry held lectureship and research posts at UCD, and Universities of Durham, Tunis, and Algeria-Annaba, and Visiting Professorship at the Ohio State University, Columbus. He was Erasmus Mundus Visiting Fellow at the Western Cape University (2009), Toronto York University (2008), and Columbia University NY (2007). He is Vice President of EUROGEO (European Association of Geographers).