Katie Young

Dr. Katie Young is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Geography at Concordia University’s School of Irish Studies. She holds a PhD in Geography and Music from Royal Holloway, University of London (2019), and has conducted postdoctoral research at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, Ireland, exploring music, migration, and night spaces in Cork and Galway. She currently serves as Canadian Co-Principal Investigator for the European Research Council-funded Beyond Opposition project, examining gendered geographies of everyday life in Ireland, Canada, and the UK. Her research merges ethnography with creative arts-based methods, exemplified by projects like the Music, Memory and the Night digital archive and the From Canvas to Cassette exhibition. She teaches courses on Irish cultural geography, including The Making of the Irish Landscape and Cultural Geographies of the Irish Night.

Dr. Young’s work focuses on spatial practices, gender, and transnational music cultures, often using creative methodologies to explore how marginalized communities negotiate public spaces. She has published in journals like Ethnomusicology and Crossings: Journal of Migration and Culture, and co-edited Sonic Signatures: Music, Migration and the City at Night. She is editorial assistant for the Ethnomusicology Forum and collaborates on ERC-funded interdisciplinary research. Her current projects emphasize participatory arts-based research to map nocturnal cultural dynamics in urban settings.

Her research grants include the ERC-funded Beyond Opposition, and her future works include in-press chapters on Irish pub spaces and night-time urban studies. She actively bridges academic and public spheres through curated exhibitions and interactive digital platforms.