Aisling Gallagher

My research interests are at the intersection of welfare restructuring, care, social policy and the use of markets and market mechanisms to meet important societal needs. I take an interdisciplinary approach to my work, drawing together critical literature from social and economic geography, critical social policy, education and social care. Most of my work date has focused on the changing nature of childcare and social reproduction more generally, notably in the contexts of Ireland, the UK and New Zealand. In 2022 I published a monograph entitled Childcare Provision in Neoliberal Times: The Marketisation of Care, with Bristol University Press, UK.