Dr. Jacqui O’Riordan is a lecturer at the School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, Ireland, where she works across a broad range of undergraduate, postgraduate and adult education programmes. Her research interests are largely located in qualitative participatory methodologies developed in co-operation with community participants and stakeholders. Her work embodies the activist and academic where her work with formal and informal community organisations and movements facilitates the activist/academic dynamic. Her interests centre on a range of issues concerning gender, equality and diversity in local and global contexts. Research contributions include analyses of aspects of women’s livelihoods; conditions experienced by a range of marginalized communities; child trafficking; care for children; migrant children’s experiences and interactions in education; community supports for people, younger and older, living with disabilities; as well as the analysis of care and experiences of carers.