Marc Scully
@marcscully.bsky.social
Lecturer in Psychology at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Does social psychology & qualitative methods, interested in identity in diaspora. Lives in Cork. Spends more time on the N20 than is good for me.
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Marc Scully
@marcscully.bsky.social
· Sep 2
“I feel I should put that work in”: Discourses of effortfulness and essentialism among post‐Brexit applicants for Irish citizenship
This article explores the post-Brexit increase in applications for Irish passports through descent, and in so doing, seeks to develop a social/political psychology of diasporic citizenship. It draws ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
New publication from me in Political Psychology on the phenomenon of the rise in applications for Irish passports post-Brexit and how such applicants negotiate discourses of citizenship and identity: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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In honour of #HolocaustMemorialDay, #Identities shares its Special Collection inviting reflection on the enduring legacies of the Holocaust for those affected, the wider world, and our understanding of race, nation, identity and otherness:
#FreeAccess during Jan and Feb:
www.tandfonline.com/...
#FreeAccess during Jan and Feb:
www.tandfonline.com/...
January 27, 2026 at 9:20 AM
In honour of #HolocaustMemorialDay, #Identities shares its Special Collection inviting reflection on the enduring legacies of the Holocaust for those affected, the wider world, and our understanding of race, nation, identity and otherness:
#FreeAccess during Jan and Feb:
www.tandfonline.com/...
#FreeAccess during Jan and Feb:
www.tandfonline.com/...
Hang on, they’re keeping Mark Daly in Ireland?
Like, one of the relatively few members of the Oireachtas with a genuine longstanding year-round (not just mid-March) interest in Diaspora policy, and he’s the guy that gets told to mind the house?
Mark bocht.
Like, one of the relatively few members of the Oireachtas with a genuine longstanding year-round (not just mid-March) interest in Diaspora policy, and he’s the guy that gets told to mind the house?
Mark bocht.
For the first time, literally every single minister has been listed for travel, as has the Ceann Comhairle and Attorney General.
In some previous years at least one minister had stayed at home.
The only holder of State office (other than the President) staying home is the Seanad Cathaoirleach.
In some previous years at least one minister had stayed at home.
The only holder of State office (other than the President) staying home is the Seanad Cathaoirleach.
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Hang on, they’re keeping Mark Daly in Ireland?
Like, one of the relatively few members of the Oireachtas with a genuine longstanding year-round (not just mid-March) interest in Diaspora policy, and he’s the guy that gets told to mind the house?
Mark bocht.
Like, one of the relatively few members of the Oireachtas with a genuine longstanding year-round (not just mid-March) interest in Diaspora policy, and he’s the guy that gets told to mind the house?
Mark bocht.
Amidst everything, a sign that Spring is imminent: our resident Blue Tit is back picking fights with his reflection in our dining room window. #Spéirghorm
a cartoon character with the words are you lookin ' at me below him
Alt: The Genie from Aladdin, doing his Taxi Driver impression by pointing at himself and saying “are you lookin’ at me?”
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Amidst everything, a sign that Spring is imminent: our resident Blue Tit is back picking fights with his reflection in our dining room window. #Spéirghorm
Kind of fascinated by the current vogue for "hands silhouetted against a colourful backdrop, probably at some kind of festival" in social psychology textbook design.
January 26, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Kind of fascinated by the current vogue for "hands silhouetted against a colourful backdrop, probably at some kind of festival" in social psychology textbook design.
When you’re the first one down to the coffee break at an underwhelming conference.
January 23, 2026 at 7:49 PM
When you’re the first one down to the coffee break at an underwhelming conference.
Minneapolis version of Arthur McBride (follow the thread down for all the verses).
Someone get Lankum to record this.
Someone get Lankum to record this.
Me and me cousin, one Arthur McBride,
One morning went walking along Lake Street's side
Now mark well what followed in that wintertide
As the cold Friday morning was dawning
One morning went walking along Lake Street's side
Now mark well what followed in that wintertide
As the cold Friday morning was dawning
January 23, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Minneapolis version of Arthur McBride (follow the thread down for all the verses).
Someone get Lankum to record this.
Someone get Lankum to record this.
Oh, this is excellent news.
Good news for Cork - the Savoy to reopen as a venue. From the same people behind Live at St Luke's
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
The Savoy in Cork to reopen as an events venue
The venue has been closed for a decade but is planning to reopen in February
www.irishexaminer.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Oh, this is excellent news.
New publication from @micireland.bsky.social colleagues Suzanne Egan & Jennifer Pope in Early Childhood Education Journal, looking at teacher perspectives on the 2024 primary intake (i.e. children who would have been in infancy during the 2020 pandemic & lockdowns): link.springer.com/article/10.1...
From Infancy in COVID-19 Lockdowns To Starting School in 2024: Teacher Insights on the Influence of the Pandemic for Early Child Development - Early Childhood Education Journal
This study explored teacher insights on the skills, early development, and a range of indicators of school readiness of children who started school in September 2024. These children spent the early mo...
link.springer.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:04 AM
New publication from @micireland.bsky.social colleagues Suzanne Egan & Jennifer Pope in Early Childhood Education Journal, looking at teacher perspectives on the 2024 primary intake (i.e. children who would have been in infancy during the 2020 pandemic & lockdowns): link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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New CfP in Qualitative Research in Psychology:
🔮 "The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research"
We're inviting papers that address the big question: What does the *future* of good, quality, rigorous qual research look like?
📄 Deadline Sept 2026
💬 Happy to answer Qs
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🔮 "The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research"
We're inviting papers that address the big question: What does the *future* of good, quality, rigorous qual research look like?
📄 Deadline Sept 2026
💬 Happy to answer Qs
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Call for Papers: The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research
Call for Papers for Special Issue of Qualitative Research in Psychology The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research Special Issue Guest Editors: Dr Madeleine Pownall, Dr Nicki Lisa Cole, Dr Annayah ...
docs.google.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:48 AM
New CfP in Qualitative Research in Psychology:
🔮 "The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research"
We're inviting papers that address the big question: What does the *future* of good, quality, rigorous qual research look like?
📄 Deadline Sept 2026
💬 Happy to answer Qs
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🔮 "The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research"
We're inviting papers that address the big question: What does the *future* of good, quality, rigorous qual research look like?
📄 Deadline Sept 2026
💬 Happy to answer Qs
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Not sure about this - Brooklyn Nine-Nine, for instance, is a recent, fairly mainstream sitcom that uses the same device of a couple of extremely well-read characters who make highbrow allusions that most of the rest of the cast don't get.
"If you watch an episode of Cheers, you might hear references to foreign filmmakers, to classical musicians, to Russian novelists. The level of assumed knowledge back then was far greater; now, TV is rarely adventurous in its allusions."
TV brain rot: The real reason television shows are getting stupider www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
January 21, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Not sure about this - Brooklyn Nine-Nine, for instance, is a recent, fairly mainstream sitcom that uses the same device of a couple of extremely well-read characters who make highbrow allusions that most of the rest of the cast don't get.
The Iron Law of Using Bluesky as a Lecturer: You will spot papers that people have posted that are relevant to your Autumn modules in the Spring, and papers relevant to your Spring modules in the Autumn.
January 21, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The Iron Law of Using Bluesky as a Lecturer: You will spot papers that people have posted that are relevant to your Autumn modules in the Spring, and papers relevant to your Spring modules in the Autumn.
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refute vs reject
what's a difference between two words and concepts that most people overlook but that is important to you? mine is random vs arbitrary
January 20, 2026 at 9:29 PM
refute vs reject
But now you’re here
Brighten my Northern Sky.
Brighten my Northern Sky.
January 19, 2026 at 9:24 PM
But now you’re here
Brighten my Northern Sky.
Brighten my Northern Sky.
Still think my ‘Blue Monday as contemporary folk holiday’ concept has legs, tbh. People pointing out that it was made up 20 years ago at the behest of a travel agency is now part of the ritual.
This is the third Monday in a row that I’ve seen people on the INTERNET describe as ‘Blue Monday’.
Which would suggest that we’re now moved beyond the point of ‘’makey-uppy pseudoscientific marketing nonsense” to “folk holiday catering to perceived cultural need”. So why is this? #BlueMonday
Which would suggest that we’re now moved beyond the point of ‘’makey-uppy pseudoscientific marketing nonsense” to “folk holiday catering to perceived cultural need”. So why is this? #BlueMonday
January 19, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Still think my ‘Blue Monday as contemporary folk holiday’ concept has legs, tbh. People pointing out that it was made up 20 years ago at the behest of a travel agency is now part of the ritual.
Relatedly, this is one of my concerns with the PRISMA guidelines becoming seen as *the* way to do a systematic review. Too often, students come out the other side with a sense of what the metrics tell them are the main papers in the field, but less of a sense of how the field hangs together.
We ask students do lit reviews as means to become familiar with the field, critically assess evidence, learn how to write, establish justification for research questions. If we outsource it to a bullshit engine that makes up citations we might as well just give up on the whole idea of education.
Listening to a discussion about AI in university education with Amol Rajan & Prof Duncan Iveston on Radio 4 Today. Too short to get into the nuance of course, but an observation that copilot can do a literate review for you very quickly perfectly illustrates one of my main concerns with AI…1/1
January 19, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Relatedly, this is one of my concerns with the PRISMA guidelines becoming seen as *the* way to do a systematic review. Too often, students come out the other side with a sense of what the metrics tell them are the main papers in the field, but less of a sense of how the field hangs together.
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"It can't just be doom the whole way down", you think, incorrectly.
January 17, 2026 at 1:31 PM
"It can't just be doom the whole way down", you think, incorrectly.
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BOOK LAUNCH: Irish Digital Cultures - Identity, Contexts, Space
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
Irish Digital Cultures: Identity, Contexts, Space
Irish Digital Cultures explores how questions of Ireland and Irishness are represented in online environments, and what these phenomena say about contemporary Irish identities both within the country ...
www.routledge.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 AM
BOOK LAUNCH: Irish Digital Cultures - Identity, Contexts, Space
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
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Academic life is just repeating this to one another until we retire
@jamiecummins.bsky.social
@jamiecummins.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Academic life is just repeating this to one another until we retire
@jamiecummins.bsky.social
@jamiecummins.bsky.social
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📣Calling all #Teachers and/or #Parents of children in 4th, 5th and 6th class!
👫We are conducting an in-school study with children around the country, all about what it means to be Irish and European, and the implications for inclusion in #Ireland.
🧵👇
#IrelandEd #Teacher #Education #Teaching
👫We are conducting an in-school study with children around the country, all about what it means to be Irish and European, and the implications for inclusion in #Ireland.
🧵👇
#IrelandEd #Teacher #Education #Teaching
January 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM
📣Calling all #Teachers and/or #Parents of children in 4th, 5th and 6th class!
👫We are conducting an in-school study with children around the country, all about what it means to be Irish and European, and the implications for inclusion in #Ireland.
🧵👇
#IrelandEd #Teacher #Education #Teaching
👫We are conducting an in-school study with children around the country, all about what it means to be Irish and European, and the implications for inclusion in #Ireland.
🧵👇
#IrelandEd #Teacher #Education #Teaching
A discovery when clearing out a room in my parents’ house: my late mother’s Sociology notes from @ucc.ie in 1968.
The lecturer is noted as Fr Ryan, which I presume is Fr Liam Ryan, later of @maynoothuniversity.ie
The lecturer is noted as Fr Ryan, which I presume is Fr Liam Ryan, later of @maynoothuniversity.ie
January 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
A discovery when clearing out a room in my parents’ house: my late mother’s Sociology notes from @ucc.ie in 1968.
The lecturer is noted as Fr Ryan, which I presume is Fr Liam Ryan, later of @maynoothuniversity.ie
The lecturer is noted as Fr Ryan, which I presume is Fr Liam Ryan, later of @maynoothuniversity.ie
I know that on #Spéirghorm we tend to valorise the #grandstretch in the evening, but bloody hell, I’m looking forward to the mornings getting a bit brighter.
This post brought to you while peering out into the inky darkness at *quarter past 8 in the morning*.
This post brought to you while peering out into the inky darkness at *quarter past 8 in the morning*.
January 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
I know that on #Spéirghorm we tend to valorise the #grandstretch in the evening, but bloody hell, I’m looking forward to the mornings getting a bit brighter.
This post brought to you while peering out into the inky darkness at *quarter past 8 in the morning*.
This post brought to you while peering out into the inky darkness at *quarter past 8 in the morning*.
A 9 year wait for Cork to win a Hurling All-Ireland was considered an absolutely interminable famine, never to be borne again.
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 10:05 AM
A 9 year wait for Cork to win a Hurling All-Ireland was considered an absolutely interminable famine, never to be borne again.
I have submitted my grades for the January exam board, so it's time for my annual, Blackadder-derived, January Exam Board Joke...
January 7, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I have submitted my grades for the January exam board, so it's time for my annual, Blackadder-derived, January Exam Board Joke...