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Almar Ennis

Dr.

Dr. Almar Ennis is a lecturer in economic and social geography in the School of Geography and History, DCU. Almar obtained her Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin, and during her doctoral studies she was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. More recently, Almar has held visiting posts at the University of Cambridge, University of Gloucestershire and the University of Malta. In economic geography, Almar’s research interests are in the area of university-industry links and entrepreneurship education in universities. In social geography, Almar is undertaking research on Travellers in Ireland from the perspectives of their geography, population change, education, employment, health, housing, marriage patterns and family life, both in the 1950s and today.

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2016	Almar Ennis and Carol Barron (2016) Dialogue Across Education and Humanities, Dublin City University *A dialogue between Traveller children's experiences and existing patterns of early school leaving in Ireland*
	2016	Renatus Mushi, Deirdre Lillis, Almar Ennis and Said Jafari (2016) ICE.IEEE International Technology Management Conference, Trondheim, Norway *Exploring values of mobile phone technology in SMEs*
	2016	Carol Barron and Almar Ennis (2016) New Crops Old Fields 2; (Re)Imagining Irish Folklore Confernce, Queen's University, Belfast *More than just 'Jumping the Budget': Marriage rituals amongst Irish Travellers in the 20th Century*
	2016	Renatus Mushi, Deirdre Lillis, Almar Ennis and Said Jafari (2016) ICE.IEEE International Technology Management Conference, Trondheim, Norway *Metrics for assessing adoption of mobile phone technology in SMEs: A case of Tanzania*
	2016	Almar Ennis and Carol Barron (2016) 48th Conference of Irish Geographers on the theme of Memory, Identity and Landscape - Geographical Perspectives, Dublin City University *No road back: Rates of early school leaving amongst Traveller children in Ireland*
	2015	Mary Fenton, Almar Ennis and Ruth Davis (2015) Oman Higher Education Summit themed 'Entrepreneurship and Higher Education', organised by the Oman Ministry of Higher Education and GHEDEX Global Higher Education Exhibition, Muscat-Sultanate of Oman *Breathing space or hiding place? Graduate entrepreneurs' perspectives of entrepreneurship education*
	2013	Mary Fenton and Almar Ennis (nee Barry) (2013) Irish Academy of Management Conference 2013, Waterford Institute of Technology *Is entrepreneurship education at third level preparing graduates for self employment*
	2014	Almar Barry (2014) 46th Conference of Irish Geographers, University College Dublin *Geography, gender and sexual assault in Ireland: what do the statistics say?*
	2014	Almar Barry (2014) Sexuality Studies Self, Selves and Sexualities Conference, Dublin City University *Where is it dangerous and for whom?: ‘at risk factors’ and ‘at risk locations’ of rape in Ireland*
	2013	Almar Barry with Mary Fenton & Hugh Gash & Eugene Crehan (2013) Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Conference, Cardiff *Breathing space or hiding place? Graduate entrepreneurs’ perspectives of entrepreneurship education at third level*
	2013	Almar Barry with Mary Fenton (2013) Conference of Irish Geographers 2013, National University of Ireland, Galway *University-industry links in Celtic Tiger Ireland: where were the women?*
	2013	Mary Fento, Almar Barry & Hugh Gash (2013) Education and Learning Issues in Entrepreneurship, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens *Breathing space or hiding place? Graduate entrepreneurs perspectives of entrepreneurship education in Ireland*
	2013	Almar Barry with Mary Fenton (2013) 3rd GMLG Conference on Entrepreneurship, Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany *Academic links with industry in science and technology in Ireland: is there a gender gap?*
	2013	Almar Barry with Susan Hegarty, Sarah Murnaghan & Jonathan Cherry (2013) School of Geography and Archaeology, National University of Galway *International student perspectives on the cultural services and experiential qualities of the Irish landscape*
	2012	Almar Barry with Mary Fenton (2012) 3rd International Conference on Networks, Learning and Entrepreneurship, organised by the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE), Croke Park Stadium, Dublin *Gender differences in university-industry links in science and technology-based subjects in Irish HEIs during Ireland’s Celtic Tiger Period*
	2012	Almar Barry (2012) 2012 European Association of Geographers (EUROGEO) International Conference, Dublin City University *‘Making it count’: experiential learning using a drama-in-education approach in teaching geography*
	2011	Almar Barry (2011) Annual Conference of the Irish Association for Social, Scientific and Environmental Education (IASSEE), St. Patrick's College, Dublin *Active learning in academic geography using a drama in education approach in teaching and learning in teacher education in Ireland*
	2011	Almar Barry with Mary Fenton & Eugene Crehan (2011) ISBE Conference, Sheffield *Graduate enterprise programmes: the real deal in supporting HPSU entrepreneurs*
	2011	Almar Barry with Mary Fenton & Eugene Crehan (2011) 2nd International Conference on Networks, Learning and Entrepreneurship, organised by the Centre for Enterprise Development and Regional Economy, Waterford Institute of Technology *Graduate entrepreneurship education: perspectives of graduate entrepreneurs*

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2014	Almar Barry & Mary Fenton (2014) 'Breathing space: graduate entrepreneurs’ perspectives of entrepreneurship education in higher education'. Education and Training, :733-744.
	2014	Almar Barry and Desmond Gillmor (2014) 'Children as genealogists: exploring possibilities for primary classroom practice'. Geographical Viewpoint, 41 :25-39.
	2013	Almar Barry & Mary Fenton (2013) 'University-industry links in research and development (R&D) and consultancy in Ireland’s indigenous high-tech sector'. Irish Geography, 40 (1-2):51-77.
	2012	Almar Barry, Mary Fenton & John O'Connor (2012) 'Entrepreneurship education – Ireland’s solution to economic re-generation'. 26 (3):241-249.
	2012	Almar Barry and Desmond Gillmor (2012) 'Family histories and geographies: Interrelationships between genealogy and geography'. Geographical Viewpoint, 40 :15-23.
	2011	Almar Barry & Mary Fenton (2011) 'The efficacy of entrepreneurship education: perspectives of Irish graduate entrepreneurs'. 25 (6):451-460.
	2002	Almar Barry & Barry Brunt (2002) 'Female employment in the multinational electronics industry in Ireland’s South-West Planning Region'. Irish Geography, 35 (1):28-39.

Research Interests

Dr. Almar Ennis is a lecturer in economic and social geography in the School of History and Geography, DCU. In economic geography, Almar’s research interests are in the area of university-industry links, high-tech SMEs and entrepreneurship education in universities. In social geography, Almar is undertaking research on Travellers in Ireland from the perspectives of their geography, population change, education, employment, health, housing, marriage patterns and family life, both in the 1950s and today.
Almar is happy to supervise doctoral research in any area in economic geography and in the following areas in social geography: Travellers; social construction of youth cultures; geographies of work and social class; geographies of leisure; drinking; homelessness; disability; children’s geographies; one-parent families; geography education; early school leaving; geographies of rape and sexual assault; and geographies of crime and policing policies.

PhD Supervision

2008-2012: Mary Fenton, 'Breathing space or hiding place? Graduate entrepreneurs' perspectives of entrepreneurship education in Ireland', School of History and Geography, DCU. Principal Supervisor: Dr. Almar Ennis (Geography) and Second Supervisor: Dr. Hugh Gash (Education) [Completed].

2015 - to date: Renatus Mushi, 'Designing and evaluating an employee mobile phone acceptance model - a case of Tanzanian Tourism SMEs'. Principal Supervisor: Dr. Deirdre Lillis (DIT) and Second Supervisor: Dr.Almar Ennis (DCU).

Masters Supervision

2010:   Lucy O’ Mahony: The Role of Teaching for Understanding Theory in Irish Primary School Practice, WIT, [Completed]
2006:   Joanne O’Gorman: An Investigation of Discrimination and Social Exclusion of the Travelling Community in Cork, UCD, [Completed]
2006:   Catriona Lavin: Early School Leaving in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, UCD, [Completed]
2006:   Deirdre Moran: The Changing Geography of Children’s Play and Play Spaces in Dublin, UCD, [Completed]

Internal Collaborators

	Type	Name	Company	Role
	Internal	Dr. Carol Barron	Dublin City University	Academic