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Professor Tomás O'Sullivan

Professor in Social Policy (Sch Office - Social Work & Social Policy)
The Senior Dean (Senior Dean)
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Professor Tomás O'Sullivan

Professor in Social Policy (Sch Office - Social Work & Social Policy)
ARTS BUILDING

 tosullvn@tcd.ie

 3531896 2548

The Senior Dean (Senior Dean)


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Research consultant to RTE documentary States of Fear. This three part documentary has won five media awards, including best documentary in the English Language at the Irish Film and Theatre Awards.
External Examiner in Social Policy for Cork and Waterford Institutes of Technology, 2000 - 2005; The University of Ulster, Degree and Post-Graduate Diploma / M.Litt in Housing Studies 2002-2007; Social Policy and Criminology, the Institute of Public Administration, 2006-10; UG programme in Criminology, Queens University Belfast, 2010-2013.
Ministerial Appointee to the Department of Environment and Local Government established Planning Group on Rental Assistance 2000 - 2004
Ministerial appointee to the Private Residential Tenancies Board 2004-2009 and 2009-2013
Ministerial Appointee to the Rent Tribunal 2009-2012 and 2012-2016
Lead Editor, European Journal of Homelessness 2009-
Ministerial appointee as Chair of the statutory National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee 2013-2016, 2017-2019 and 2020-2023
Ministerial Appointee as Chair of the Independent Statutory Committee to Review Local Government Arrangements in Galway 2015
Ministerial Appointee as Chair of the Expert Advisory Group on Local Government Arrangements in Galway. 2017
Chair of the Policing Authority Ethics Committee 2021
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Member of the Social Policy Association
Member of the British Society of Criminology
Member of the European Society of Criminology
Eoin O'Sullivan, Mike Allen and Sarah Sheridan, Understanding Homelessness in Ireland Since Independence: Decades in the Making, 1st, Bristol, Policy Press, 2026, 1 - 312pp, Book, PUBLISHED
A Century of Housing Privatisation: the case of Ireland in, editor(s)Graeme A Hodge, Carsten Greve,Eoin Reeves , Research Handbook on Privatisation, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar, 2025, pp213 - 228, [Eoin O Sullivan, Donal Palsic and Eoin Reeves], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Michelle Norris, Eoin O'Sullivan and Anna Visser, Accommodating nomadism - navigating policy conflicts regarding provision of culturally appropriate homes for Irish Travellers, Housing Studies, 2025, Notes: [Housing Studies, DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2025.2557283], Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Johnson, G., D. Culhane, S. Fitzpatrick, S. Metraux and E. O"Sullivan, Research Handbook on Homelessness, 1st, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar, 2024, 1 - 449pp, Book, PUBLISHED
Effective Systems to End Homelessness in, editor(s)1. Johnson, G., D. Culhane, S. Fitzpatrick, S. Metraux and E. O"Sullivan , Research Handbook on Homelessness, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar, 2024, pp406 - 417, [Eoin O'Sullivan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
COVID-19 and trends in homelessness in Ireland in, editor(s)Johnson, G., D. Culhane, S. Fitzpatrick, S. Metraux and E. O"Sullivan , Research Handbook on Homelessness, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar, 2024, pp313 - 325, [4O"Sullivan, E., Curran, H., Byrne, E. and M. Allen], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Researching homelessness: implications for policy and practice in, editor(s)Johnson, G., D. Culhane, S. Fitzpatrick, S. Metraux and E. O"Sullivan , Research Handbook on Homelessness, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar, 2024, pp40 - 51, [O"Sullivan, E., Pleace, N., Busch-Geertsema, V. and M Filipovi" Hrast], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Defining Homelessness in, editor(s)Johnson, G., D. Culhane, S. Fitzpatrick, S. Metraux and E. O"Sullivan , Research Handbook on Homelessness, Cheltenham, UK, 2024, pp12 - 22, [Busch-Geertsema, V., Johnson, G. and E O"Sullivan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Eoin O'Sullivan and Sam Tsemberis, Peer Review on Implementation of Housing First approach to tackle long term homelessness of people with complex needs, Publications Office of the European Union, September, 2024, p1 - 29, Report, PUBLISHED
Historical Perspectives on Homlessness in, editor(s)Joanne Bretherton and Nicholas Pleace , The Routledge Handbook of Homelessness, London, Routledge, 2023, pp13 - 23, [Eoin O'Sullivan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
  

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Eoin O'Sullivan, Aisling McGovern and Mike Allen, Focus on Homelessness: Regional Reports, 2014-2024, Focus Ireland, December, 2025, p1 - 172, Report, PUBLISHED
Pathie Maphosa, Yogi Chandrasekar and Eoin O'Sullivan, Patterns of Emergency Accommodatiuon UIse in the Dublin Region by Single Adults and Families, 2017-2024, Dublin Region Homeless Executive, December, 2025, p1 - 44, Report, PUBLISHED
Eoin O'Sullivan, Emma Byrne and Mike Allen, Focus on Homelessness. A Decade of Homelessness Data: Significant Developments in Homelessness 2014-2023, Focus Ireland, June, 2024, p1 - 43, Report, PUBLISHED
Eoin O'Sullivan, Emma Byrne and Mike Allen, Adult-only Homelessness, Focus on Homelessness, Dublin, Focus Ireland, January, 2024, p1 - 20, Report, PUBLISHED
Eoin O'Sullivan, Emma Byrne and Mike Allen, Public Expenditure on Services for Households Experiencing Homelessness, Dublin, Focus Ireland, Marrch, 2023, p1 - 15, Report, PUBLISHED
Isabel Baptista, Dennis Culhane, Nicholas Pleace and Eoin O'Sullivan, From Rebuilding Ireland to Housing for All: International and Irish Lessons for Tacking Homelessness , Dublin, Focus Ireland, September, 2022, p1 - 111, Report, PUBLISHED
Eoin O'Sullivan, Aisling Reidy and Mike Allen, Focus on Homelessness: Regional Data, Dublin, 2021, p1 - 150, Report, PUBLISHED
Eoin O'Sullivan, Aisling Reidy and Mike Allen, Focus on Homelessness: Significant Developments in Homelessness 2014-2021, Dublin, June, 2021, p1 - 40, Report, PUBLISHED
Nicholas Pleace, Isabel Baptista, Lars Benjaminsen, Volker Busch Geertsema, Eoin O'Sullivan and Nora Teller, European Homelessness and COVID-19, 1st, Brussels, European Observatory on Homelessness, March, 2021, p1 - 45, Report, PUBLISHED
Eoin O'Sullivan, Aisling Reidy and Mike Allen, Focus on Homelessness: Gender and Homlessness, Focus on Homelessness, Vol. 5, Dublin, Focus Ireland, March, 2021, p1 - 12, Report, PUBLISHED

  


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Award Date
FTCD 2006
Housing Policy, Homelessness, Comparative Penal Policy, Comparative Welfare States, History of Irish Social Policy.