Trans* Research Association of Ireland (TRAI)
The Trans* Research Association of Ireland (TRAI) is a research network open to all trans* researchers working in Ireland, and all researchers working on and with Irish transness.
Research Aims
The Trans* Research Association of Ireland is a network for trans* researchers & researchers working on Irish trans* issues. It aims to disseminate Irish researchers’ contributions to international field of trans* studies & prioritise applied trans theory and scholarship in an Irish context. TRAI is excited to foster a community around trans research in Ireland.
TRAI Symposium
The network hosts a symposium each year.
The 2025 Symposium will took place on the 21st and 22nd of November in Queen’s University Belfast in collaboration with Outburst Queer Arts Festival and the Centre for Gender in Politics at Queen’s. See “Symposium” for the CFP and more details.
Details of the 2026 Symposium will be announced in the fall.
News & Events
Do you have an upcoming event that might be of interest to the network? Let us know at transresearchireland@gmail.com so we can add it to our upcoming events list.
Keynote Encounter with Liz Rosenfeld
Call for T*RAI Committee Members
CFP – The Trans* Research Association of Ireland’s Second Annual Symposium
Network Leadership
Dr Taylor Follett
Co-Chairperson & Founder
Tutor & Occasional Lecturer, UCD School of English, Drama and Film
Dr Matty Kennedy
Co-Chairperson & Outreach Manager
Research Fellow, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton
Dr El Reid-Buckley
Secretary
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, UCD School of Computer Science
Daniel Murphy
Media Manager
MA Student, UCD School of English, Drama and Film
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