Stephen Harrison

Dr Stephen Harrison is a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Glasgow. His affiliations include the School of Archaeology, previously at University College Dublin and other institutions. He holds degrees from Trinity College Dublin (BA, PhD) and University College Cork (MA), with ERASMUS study at Aarhus University.

His research focuses on Viking Age archaeology, including burial practices, fortifications (longphuirt), and urbanisation in Ireland and Britain. Key projects include the Irish Viking Graves Project and the Irish Battlefields Project, culminating in co-authoring Viking Graves and Grave-Goods in Ireland (2015). He also explores metal-detection legislation and the contested historical narratives of 19th-century Ireland.

Recent publications analyze Viking-Age settlements, burial rites, and medieval urban dynamics. He leads the AHRC-funded 'York-Dublin Axis Reconsidered' project and supervises PhD students on topics like the Galloway Hoard and Viking-Age Christianity.

Teaching includes postgraduate courses on Viking artefacts and undergraduate modules on Public Archaeology and Scandinavian Scotland settlements. He contributes to academic societies such as the Glasgow Archaeological Society and the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland.