Susan O’Shea

Dr. Susan O’Shea is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University. She specializes in social movements, popular music, and gender studies, with particular focus on punk-inspired feminist networks and environmental humanities. Her interdisciplinary research includes social network analysis of cultural movements like Ladyfest and collaborations on music’s role in environmental discourse. She holds a PhD in Social Statistics from the University of Manchester (2014).

Education:

• PhD Social Statistics (2014), University of Manchester
• MSc Social Research Methods & Statistics (2009), University of Manchester
• PGCert Social Sciences with Social Policy (2006), Open University
• MPhil Women’s Studies (2001), Trinity College Dublin
• BA Sociology and English (1997), National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Research Focus: Combines sociology and musicology to explore intersections of gender, environment, and cultural performance. Co-authored Dissonant Landscapes: Music, Nature and The Performance of Iceland (2023), analyzing Iceland’s musical and environmental narratives. Recent work includes invited commentary on the cultural and ecological dimensions of music in Nordic contexts.

Awards & Grants: None explicitly listed in provided texts.

Advising & Grants: No students or grants detailed in current texts. Collaborates with institutions like the Norwegian University of Science and Technology on interdisciplinary projects.