Paul Reilly

Really enjoyed delivering media broadcast training to @uofgsocsci.bsky.social colleagues today!

Great to share best practice, tips and advice from peers.

If you missed it, don't worry as we'll be offering it again or I can do individual sessions as needed.

Get in touch to find out more 😁

SPS Teaching Team Award

Photo by Clem_nat reproduced by Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International Yesterday I was delighted to hear that the Media Research Methods team had received the Teaching Team Award. This was part of the annual School of Social Sciences Learning & Teaching…

Invited presentation at event on social media and good relations in Northern Ireland

T:BUC Engagement Forum Yesterday I was an invited speaker at a Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC) Engagement Forum event. The topic was 'Social Media and its impact on Good Relations'. I spoke about my…

Presentations at MeCCSA 2025

This week I was at Edinburgh Napier University to attend the annual MeCCSA conference. The theme this year was 'Identity and Belonging', with a specific focus on how identities are mediated and mediate themselves. First, I was part of a Glasgow University Media Group…

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Can’t help but reflect on the *5 years of strikes* we did to defend our pensions, on this, the day USS announce their £10 billion surplus.

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Interview on Nicosia’s Green Line for 10DaysofConflictMemory series 2

UN Watchtower, Nicosia John Coster (Documentary Media Centre) interviewed me last week for series 2 of #10DaysofConflictMemory. We discussed my experiences walking the Green Line in Nicosia, Europe's last divided capital city.…

The Herald op-ed on racist violence in Northern Ireland

Yesterday I had an op-ed published in the Herald (Glasgow). It discusses the racist rioting seen in Northern Ireland earlier this month. I argued that politicians have to take responsibility for their role in producing a toxic political…

Join #VoC# ECRs & Emerging Scholars session June 25, 10:00-11:30 (CET) via Zoom, w. keynotes @profweiyu.bsky.social + @pauljreilly.bsky.social on navigating challenges of early academic life
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Consultation event on benefit cuts in Belfast is labelled a 'ConsultASham' by disability protestors - VIEWdigital By VIEWdigital editor Brian Pelan A number of disabled campaigners and trade unionists held a protest outside the offices of NICVA in Belfast yesterday over a consultation organised by the Department ...

Consultation event on benefit cuts in Belfast is labelled a ‘ConsultASham’ by disability protestors - viewdigital.org/consultation...

Hold the front page! VIEWdigital and University of Atypical are taking part in the Bank of Ideas - VIEWdigital Find out more about VIEWdigital’s new Community Journalism project supported by the National Lottery Community Fund Northern Ireland at a special event at the University of Atypical in Belfast to mark...

Hold the front page! VIEWdigital and University of Atypical are taking part in the Bank of Ideas - viewdigital.org/hold-the-fro...

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Webinar: Turning Your PhD Thesis into a Book

On 25 June (9-10:30am GMT), I will be one of the keynote speakers (along with Weiyu Zheng, National University of Singapore) at a webinar as part of the Activism, Democracy & Social Justice series. The focus of my talk will be on how to publish…

What AI Can’t Read: Ambiguities and Silences (opinion) By using AI for a task for which it is particularly ill-equipped—analyzing the testimony of Holocaust survivors—students deepen their own thinking, Jan Burzlaff writes.

Opinion | What AI Can’t Read: Ambiguities and Silences

By using AI for a task for which it is particularly ill-equipped—analyzing the testimony of Holocaust survivors—students deepen their own thinking, Jan Burzlaff writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4kv6UtA

Great to see this out - in this article I elaborate on passive and active academic facilitation of #illicittrade in cultural objects, taking Mary Slusser and Emma Bunker as examples #returnthegods @saa-aap.bsky.social‬ @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social

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The UK govt is about to do two things which will likely make the university crisis much worse, markedly tightening the tailspin. One: cut international student numbers further. Two: link fees to inflation. (1/3)

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Publication: Article on #BrexitRiots published in International Journal of Communication

My article 'The Blame Game? #Brexitriots as an affective ritualized response to civil disorder in Northern Ireland has been published in the International Journal of Communication. This paper focuses on how…

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The National interview on anti-far-right summit in Scotland

I was quoted in an article by The National’s Steph Brawn on the anti-far right summit in Scotland. I argued that there was too much focus on the spectacle of the rise of Reform. The Scottish political mainstream needs to test their…

Op-ed published in Scotsman on the Rise of Far-Right Extremism in Scotland

Yesterday I had an op-ed published in The Scotsman. In 'Social media isn't solely to blame for rise of far-right', I argue for a holistic approach. It's too easy to pin the blame solely on online platforms that amplify hate…

Big thanks to @cbocomms.bsky.social for the help with this!

Thanks :)

Recognised as Outstanding Mentor at University of Glasgow Research Culture & Researcher Development, University of Glasgow I have been recognised as an Outstanding Mentor by the University of Glasgow’s Research Culture and Researcher Development (RCRD…

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Participant in UNOCHA Debate: Enhancing Crisis Communication Strategies Debate on social media and crisis communication, UNOCHA HNPW, 21 March Next Friday (21 March) I will be an invited participant in a debate on social media and crisis communication. This event is or…

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This looks great - thanks for sharing @saifshahin.bsky.social !

Another really fascinating interview here. Was a pleasure to hear Soma present at our workshop last year. Please do check it out.

Day 3 #10DaysOfConflictMemory Conflict Memory Series: #10DaysOfConflictMemory 19th – 28th February 2025 Day 3: Friday 21st February David Andrés Lotero Castro, University of Passau; António Reis Baía, Universidad Carlos II…

Conflict Memory Series: #10DaysOfConflictMemory 19th – 28th Feb 2025 Day 3: Fri 21st Feb David Andrés Lotero Castro, University of Passau - Immersive Media to Remember conflict: use of 360 video to narrate conflict memory conflictreportage.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/d...