In 2023, Maggie O’Neill, Professor of Sociology & Criminology at University College Cork, was awarded an IRC Advanced Laureate Award for her research project EuroBorderWalks - Walking Borders, Risk and Belonging: advances in ethno-mimetic research in the making and re-making of three European borders.This project aims to open up horizons and opportunities for scholarship and produce knowledge and understanding that make a difference, not only in better understanding the problems and challenges associated with the three borders (Croatia/Bosnia-Herzegovina, Poland/Ukraine, NI/RoI) at the edges of the European Union, and the meaning, experience and practices of borders, but also in contributing to European policy and education.

Join us to hear about her research at this Sussex Development Lecture (SDL). The SDL series is an opportunity to hear from leading global thinkers on development. It is jointly run by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), the School of Global Studies, the Science Policy and Research Unit (SPRU) and the Centre for International Education (CIE). 

Full details and registration information here!

By: Eve Wilcox
Last updated: Friday, 16 January 2026