Joe Whelan

UCC

Joe Whelan is a lecturer in the School of Applied Social Studies at UCC where he recently completed his PhD thesis on Stigma and Social Welfare in Ireland.

'People usually leave Ireland when a crisis hits our economy'

Economic migration from Ireland is unlikely to be an option in a world where movement is greatly restricted

Emigration • 06 May

4 questions to ask your election candidate about poverty

How serious and informed is the man or woman looking for your vote about issues to reduce poverty?

Election 2020 • 29 Jan

Does full employment mean good employment?

High employment numbers might suggest a healthy economy, but the stats only tell part of the story

Work & careers • 09 Sep 19

The positive effects of a basic income

Preliminary findings from Finland's experiment with basic income is largely encouraging for advocates of the scheme

Basic income • 01 Aug 19

Where do our ideas about what people deserve come from?

As with many contemporary debates, those surrounding deservingness are not new. In fact, they are ancient and have occupied the minds of some of humanity's ...

Society • 05 Jun 19