Dr Ruth Hally

Dr Ruth Hally is the Civic Engagement Programme Coordinator in UCC and actively works to support staff to integrate civic engagement into their teaching approaches. Ruth graduated with a PhD in Higher Education Strategic Planning in 2015. Prior to working in academia, Ruth worked for Enterprise Ireland in Toronto growing business leads for Irish companies. Ruth coordinates a Community-Based Participatory Research module for multi-discipline PhD students. She is the Co-Convenor of IUA Campus Engage national working group for Community Engaged Learning and Teaching and co-developed the first Community Engaged Learning short course launched in February 2021.Passionate about social and climate justice, Ruth is a member of the University of Sanctuary working group and the MaREI Public Engagement Advisory Board among others.