Pat O’Connor

Professor emeritus of sociology and social policy at the University of Limerick

Articles by Pat O’Connor

A woman looks out of a rain-splashed window, illustrating genderwashing

Athena SWAN is a facilitator of genderwashing

Even successful applications lack specificity and ambition, ignoring universities’ own data about where problems and strengths lie, says Pat O’Connor

By Pat O’Connor

16 October

Group of men sitting at a table in a business meeting to illustrate How I learned that keeping men at the top was leaders’ real task

How I learned that preserving the male status quo was leaders’ real task

As a woman concerned by gender inequality, I could be tolerated coming up to the elbows of the men in power, but not to their shoulders, says Pat O’Connor

By Pat O’Connor

14 February

Team of lady acrobats practise on a lawn to illustrate Irish universities’ gender rebalance may not persist

Irish university leadership’s gender rebalance may not persist

Senior management may be responding to national requirements, but fundamental, sustainable change needs more work, says Pat O’Connor

By Pat O’Connor

23 May

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Pat O’Connor

Articles by Pat O’Connor

Athena SWAN is a facilitator of genderwashing

How I learned that preserving the male status quo was leaders’ real task

Irish university leadership’s gender rebalance may not persist