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Title
Lisa Smyth
Category
undergraduate
UUID
b901552a68a24972a78ff7b421a9f899
Source URL
https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/lisa-smyth/
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https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/anthropology-sociology-ba/
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2026-03-23T19:00:47+00:00
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Lisa Smyth

Source: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/lisa-smyth/ Parent: https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/anthropology-sociology-ba/

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Lisa Smyth

Professor

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7082-8960

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

  1. Gendered social roles, particularly in relation to family life and care;\
  2. Social politics, particularly focusing on abortion, human reproduction and motherhood; \
  3. Emotions and social change.\
  4. Social change in Ireland.

1998 …Research output 2002: 1Research output 2003: 1Research output 2004: 1Research output 2005: 1Research output 2006: 2Research output 2008: 3Research output 2009: 2Research output 2010: 1Research output 2012: 7Research output 2013: 1Research output 2014: 1Research output 2015: 2Research output 2016: 2Research output 2017: 2Research output 2018: 1Research output 2019: 1Research output 2020: 6Research output 2021: 3Research output 2022: 1Research output 2023: 1Research output 2025: 22025

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Research Interests

My research focuses on norms, emotions and long-term social change, with an emphasis on gender, reproduction and family life. I have worked specifically on the social politics of abortion and motherhood. I am currently developing a monograph on Ireland's moral revolution. My previous book, The Demands of Motherhood: Agents, Roles and Recognition (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), returns to neglected sociological questions concerning the connections between agency and normative complexity, through the neo-pragmatist interpretation it offers of this contested and emotionally fraught role.

Abortion and Nation: The Politics of Reproduction in Contemporary Ireland (Ashgate 2005, Routledge 2016), analysed the changing gendered politics of nationhood over three decades of intense moral conflict. 

I am interested in supervising PhD work on normative conflicts and change in relation to moral politics and family life. \

Teaching

Sociological Imagination (Level 1)

Norms and Social Change (Level 3 option)

Inequality and Emotions (Masters)

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 5 Gender Equality

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Research output

Smyth, L., 2012, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 178 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book - ### Abortion and nation: the politics of reproduction in contemporary Ireland

Smyth, L., 28 Feb 2005, London: Routledge. 200 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

14 Citations (Scopus) - ### Non-sectarian Mothering in Belfast: the emotional quality of normative change

Smyth, L., 10 Nov 2014, The ‘Irish’ Family. Connolly, L. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 106-124 19 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review - ### Rethinking Social Roles: Conflict and Modern Life

Smyth, L., 01 Dec 2021, In: SOCIOLOGY-THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 55, 6, p. 1211 –1227 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

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7 Citations (Scopus)

236 Downloads (Pure) - ### Northern Ireland After Repeal the Eighth: Democratic Challenges

Smyth, L., 15 Jan 2020, After Repeal: Rethinking Abortion Politics. Browne, K. & Calkin, S. (eds.). London: Zed Books, p. 239-254 15 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Open Access

File

134 Downloads (Pure)

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Prizes

Smyth, L. (Recipient), Fischer, C. (Recipient) & Cullen, N. (Recipient), 09 Jun 2023

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards) - ### QUB: Seeds Fund- Covid -19 - QUB SSESW

Degenhardt, T. (Recipient), Smyth, L. (Recipient) & Carabelli, G. (Recipient), 01 Jun 2020

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Activities

Smyth, L. (Invited speaker)

10 Dec 2021

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference - ### Unpaid Care Work and Gender Equality after COVID-19

Smyth, L. (Invited speaker)

25 Nov 2021

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar - ### Ireland's Moral Revolution: Critical Events and Collective Emotions

Smyth, L. (Presenter)

02 Sept 2021

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference - ### Podcast-21st Century Body Politics, CCIR Think Tank

Smyth, L. (Interviewee)

10 Jun 2021

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar - ### Gender-based COVID-19 Recovery: What Policy Change is Needed to Support Women in the Labour Market?

Smyth, L. (Invited speaker)

25 Nov 2021

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar

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Press/Media

Smyth, L.

23/11/2021

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities - ### Solidarity and Marginality: Family care in a pandemic

Smyth, L.

23/03/2021

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities - ### Understanding the transformed moral landscape in Ireland following the ‘repeal the 8th’ referendum

Smyth, L.

29/05/2018

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities - ### Outraged about Alabama? The abortion law is even stricter in Northern Ireland

Smyth, L.

22/06/2019

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Expert Comment - ### Ireland's Time of Reckoning

Smyth, L.

21/05/2018

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Expert Comment

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