Publications & papers

(2016) The Neoliberalisation of Cultural Production: An Ethnography of Professional Irish Traditional Music, University of Limerick, Doctoral dissertation

(2017) “Success in the Culture Industries: Entrepreneurial Neoliberal Rhetoric and Resilience” Irish Council for Traditional Music – World Conference, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, Limerick, Ireland.

(2016) "Navigating the Neoliberal Music Industry: A Case for Resilience" Working in Music Conference, Glasgow, Scotland.

(2015) "Capitalism and Resistance in Professional Irish Music" FocaalBlog, Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, Apr 9, 2015

(2015) "Navigation, Negotiation, and the Neoliberal Music Industry: A Case for Resilience", European Seminar for Ethnomusicology, Limerick, Ireland.

(2015) "Versatility, Portability, Grit, and Grace: The Economic and Cultural Power of the Fiddle in Commercial Instrumental Performance" North Atlantic Fiddle Convention, Cape Breton, Canada.

(2015) "Resistance, Resilience, Autonomy: Professional Irish Traditional Musicians in the Music Industry" Guest speaker, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

(2014) '“I Want the Moon”: Negotiating Capitalism and Creativity in the Commercial Music Industry through Discursive Acts of Resistance', Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference, Music and Labour, Pittsburgh, USA.

(2014) "‘I Want the Moon’: Negotiating Capitalism and Creativity in the Commercial Music Industry through Acts of Resistance", Music and Capitalism Conference, University of London, England.

(2013) "Image vs. Identity: Professional Irish Traditional Musicians and the Construction of Disparate Personal and Occupational Musical Identities"  Post-ip Postgraduate Conference, Universidad de Aveiro, Portugal.

(2013) "Agency through Technology: How Professional Irish Traditional Musicians are Adapting to (and Thriving in) the New Music Industry", Society for Ethnomusicology, Indianapolis, USA.

(2013) “The Voices Behind the Music: How Professional Irish Traditional Musicians and Industry Personnel Experience the Intersection of Music and Capitalism”, Limerick Postgraduate Conference, Limerick, Ireland.

(2013) "Off the Record: The Impact of Digital Technology on Professional Irish Traditional Musicians and the Music Industry", British Forum for Ethnomusicology & International Council for Traditional Music, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

(2012) “Off the Record: Irish Traditional Musicians in the Music Industry”, North Atlantic Fiddle Convention, University of Ulster, Derry, Northern Ireland.

(2012) “‘Ethnomusicology, Meet Music Industry’: Studying Performance Interaction within the Commercial Recording Studio”, British Forum for Ethnomusicology, Durham, England.

(2011) "Off the Record: Irish Musicians in the Music Industry" University of Limerick, MA thesis.