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Meet the Researcher – Dr Joanne Banks Trinity College Dublin

For Learnovate’s Meet the Researcher series, we speak to Dr Joanne Banks, a lecturer and researcher in the School of Education at Trinity College Dublin (TCD).

Dr Banks began her academic journey with an undergraduate degree in Sociology and Geography at TCD. After graduating in 1999, she went on to earn an MA in Geography and a PhD in History from University College Dublin before beginning a 10-year career with the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in 2008. 

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