*Online event*

This event is the final output of the Project Diversity and Intercultural Inclusion in Hospitality (D&ICIH), an EDI-Funded Project from TU Dublin. This research looked to understand the challenges and career pathways of migrant workers in food and beverage services in TU Dublin campuses, looking to promote awareness of these challenges and promote the integration of workers in campus activities.

The organised panel looks to promote a conversation related to the cultural inclusion of migrant workers in hospitality in TU Dublin campuses, focusing on bringing awareness to cultural differences, challenges and barriers migrant workers face in work. It aims to bring visibility to the different trajectories and challenges migrant workers also face when moving and working in another country, especially migrant women, raising awareness of the well-being of workers and discussing equality, diversity and inclusion in Ireland. It also aims to discuss ways of promoting the integration of university hospitality workers into campuses’ different activities, such as participation in TU Dublin events, and possibilities of educational opportunities in the university. Please enter this link to see the online event :

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The event will have the following schedule:

10:00- 10:15 – Opening of the event, Prof Yvonne Galligan (start of the streamed event)

10:15- 10:45 – Presentation of the outputs of the EDI-funded project D&ICIH, Dr Fernanda Rabelo, Dr Ana Maria Fernandes and Dr Mariia Perelygina

10:45-11:30 – Panel with the participation of Dr Fernanda Rabelo (moderator), Dr Ashley O’Donoghue, Dr Alicja Bobek and Dr Brid Ni Chonaill

11:30-11:50 – Q&A and closure

Participants of the event:

Prof Yvonne Galligan, Director of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Directorate

Yvonne Galligan is Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Professor of Comparative Politics in Technological University Dublin. She is also founding director of the Allied Irish Bank Research Center on Inclusive and Equitable Cultures (RINCE) in TU Dublin. She is past Vice President and Executive Member of the International Political Science Association and currently serves as Honorary Treasurer of the Political Studies Association and Chair of the Athena SWAN National Committee. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, honorary Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, and recipient of an honorary doctorate in social science from the University of Edinburgh. She was founding board member of the European Journal of Gender and Politics. Recent publications include Women MPs from Northern Ireland: Challenges and Contributions, 1953–2020. Open Library of Humanities, 6(2): 20, pp. 1–45. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16995/olh.591 and ‘Delivering gender justice in academia through gender equality plans? Normative and practical challenges’, Gender, Work & Organisation, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12658 (with Sara Clavero, 2021).

Dr Alicja Bobek, Postdoctoral Researcher, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Directorate

Alicja is a Post-Doctoral Researcher on the RESISTIRÉ project. Before joining TU Dublin, Alicja worked as a Research Fellow in the Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin. Prior to that, Alicja completed several research projects in the area of work and employment, migration, workplace diversity, and social integration. She also worked as the Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin, where she taught undergraduate and postgraduate modules in research methods, sociology of migration, and European Societies. Alicja has a PhD in Sociology from Trinity College Dublin, an MA in Sociology and an MA in Migration and Ethnic Studies from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

Dr Brid Ni Chonaill, Senior Lecturer in Humanities, Blanchardstown Campus

Dr. Bríd Ní Chonaill is a senior lecturer in Humanities on the TU Dublin Blanchardstown campus where she delivers modules on Combatting Racism to final year Community Development and Youth Work (CDYW) and Social Care students. She has carried out research on issues related to migration, integration, and racism, working with organisations such as the Immigrant Council of Ireland, the FAI and Fingal County Council. During the academic year 2020/21 she was the project lead on the IMPACT funded Le Chéile project Embedding Antiracism in the Community Development and Youth Work Programme. Bríd led on the EDI funded project in 2021/22 which resulted in the forthcoming launch of the Community Development and Youth Work Anti-Racism Placement Resource. She has also been a lead member of the Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Committee on the Blanchardstown campus since it was started in 2012 advocating for change at an organisational level.

Dr Ashley O’Donoghue, Head of the Post Graduate Business, Business School

Ashley is an experienced academic practitioner combining industry and academic experience in Leadership Development, Human Resource Management, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, and Organisation Behaviour. Her research on leadership, employee emotions and work related wellbeing, coupled with 20 years industry experience ensures she delivers evidenced based teaching and practice that benefits both individual learners and their organisations. She has extensive experience working with senior leadership teams, staff and unions designing and implementing strategic initiatives including designing and implementing equality, diversity and inclusion action plans. Ashley holds a Masters in Strategic Human Resource Management and a PhD in Leadership from DCU. She is a Chartered member of the CIPD, a member of the Academy of Management, Certified MBTI practitioner and a Member of the Psychological Society of Ireland.

Dr Fernanda Rabelo, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology

Fernanda is a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology at Technological University Dublin, developing research related to sustainable skills and educational tools for the tourism and hospitality sector in an Erasmus+-funded project. She carried out research in the areas of education and curriculum, educational landscape and policies, tourism policies and skills development, ethnography, gender studies, and diversity and equality in the hospitality sector. She is currently working on the Pantour Project, an Erasmus + funded project (2022-2026), in partnership with 13 partners from 11 European countries, including 4 universities, 8 industry partners and the European Tourism Association (ETOA), and in the project Diversity & Intercultural Inclusion in Hospitality (D&ICIH) (2022): promoting intercultural awareness and integrating best practices among the TU Dublin community, funded by the Directorate of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion of TU Dublin.

Intercultural Inclusion and Diversity in the University