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Biographical Details:

John Connolly lectures in the area of research methods. He holds a PhD from University College Dublin.

Research Interests:

Consumption studies, Process-sociological approach to the study of both sport and organisations.

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Connolly, J. and Dolan, P. (forthcoming). Re-theorizing the 'structure-agency' relationship: Figurational theory, organizational change and the Gaelic Athletic Association. Organization,
• Dolan, P. and Connolly, J. (forthcoming). Emotions, violence and social belonging: An Eliasian analysis of sports spectatorship. Sociology,
• Connolly, J. and Dolan, P. (forthcoming). 2013. The amplification and de-amplification of amateurism and professionalism in the Gaelic Athletic Association. The International Journal Of The History Of Sport,
• Connolly, J. and Dolan, P. 2012. Sport, Media and the Gaelic Athletic Association: the Quest for the 'Youth' of Ireland. Media Culture & Society, 34, 4, pp407-423.
• Connolly, J. and Dolan, P. 2011. Organizational centralization as figurational dynamics: Movements and counter-movements in the Gaelic Athletic Association. Management & Organizational History, 6, 1, pp37-58.
• Connolly, J. and Dolan, P. 2010. The civilizing and sportization of Gaelic football in Ireland: 1884-2009. Journal Of Historical Sociology, 23, 4, pp570-598.
• Dolan, P. and Connolly, J. 2009. The Civilizing of Hurling in Ireland. Sport In Society, 12, 2, pp196-211.
• Connolly, J.and Prothero, A.. 2008. Green Consumption: Life-politics, risk and contradictions. Journal Of Consumer Culture, 8, 1, pp117-14..
• Connolly, J and Shaw, D. 2006. Identifying Fair Trade in Consumption Choice. Journal Of Strategic Marketing, 14, 4, pp353-368.
• Connolly, J.and Prothero, A. 2003. Sustainable Consumption: Consumption, Consumers and the Commodity Discourse. Consumption, Markets And Culture, 6, 4, pp275-291.

Selected Chapters

• Connolly, John. 2013. Sustainable Consumption. In Michalos, A. (Ed) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research, Springer.
• Connolly, J.and Dolan, P. 2009. The Civilising of Gaelic football. In McAnallen, D., Hassan, D., and R. Hegarty (Eds). The Evolution of the GAA. Ulaidh, Éire agus Eile, Belfast: Stair Uladh. , pp154-163.
• Dolan, P. and Connolly, J. 2009. Civilizing processes and hurling in Ireland: 1884-2000. In Jütting, D., Schulze, B and U. Müller (Eds). Local sport in Europe, Munster: Waxmann. , pp76-84.
• Connolly, J, McDonagh, P., Polonsky, M., and A. Prothero. 2007. Green Marketing and Green Consumers: Exploring the Myths. In Marinova, D., Annandale, D. and J. Phillimore. (Eds). The International Hendbook on Environmental Technology Management, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. , pp251-268.

Reviews

• Connolly, John. 2012. The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life. Book Reviews. Human Figurations, 1,

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

• Bradley, F. and Connolly, J. 2002. International marketing strategy - Instructors Manual, Third Edition.
• Bradley, F. and Connolly, J. 2001. R & A Bailey and Company Ltd. Teaching Note. ECCH Reference No 501-044-8,
• Bradley, F. and Connolly, J. 2001. Alltech Inc. Teaching Note. ECCH,

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• Connolly, J., Habitus, Doping and Professional Cycling, Norbert Elias and Figurational Sociology: Prospects for the Future, 02-APR-12 - 04-APR-12, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Connolly, J., Bureaucratization ¿ a developmental explanation based on a case study of the Gaelic Athletic Association, European Group for Organization Studies, 06-JUL-11 - 09-JUL-11, Gothenburg
• Connolly, J. and Dolan, P., Amateurism and the Gaelic Athletic Association. A figurational-sociological explanation, European Association for the Sociology of Sport, 18-MAY-11 - 22-MAY-11, Umea, Sweden
• Connolly, John & Dolan, Paddy, Centripetal and centrifugal tensions in the Gaelic Athletic Association: 1884-2009, Sixth Annual Conference of Sports History Ireland, 25-SEP-10 - 25-SEP-10, Dublin
• Connolly, J. and Dolan, P., Globalization Processes and Functional Specialization: The Emergence of communications and media functions in a national sports organization, XVII World Congress of Sociology. International Sociological Association., 11-JUL-10 - 17-JUL-10, Gothenburg
• Dolan, Paddy and Connolly, John, The Questfor Pleasure and the Prevalence of pain: The Civilizing and Decivilizing of Gaelic Football Spectators in Ireland, World Congress of Sociology of Sport, 15-JUL-09 - 18-JUL-09, Utrecht
• Connolly, John and Dolan, Paddy, Organizational centralization as figurational dynamics: Movements and countermovements in an Irish sports organization, European Group for Organization Studies, 02-JUL-09 - 04-JUL-09, Barcelona
• Connolly, J. and Dolan, P., The civilising of gaelic games in Ireland, Pobal, Club, Contae & Tír COMHDHÁIL CHEILIÚRTHA 125 BLIAIN C.L.G., 13-MAR-09 - 14-MAR-09, Cardinal Ó Fiaich library & archive, Armagh, 13-14 March 2009
• Connolly, J. and Dolan, P., The Civilizing and Sportization of Gaelic Football in Ireland, European Association for Sociology of Sport, 22-MAY-08 - 25-MAY-08, Bles, Slovenia
• Connolly, J. and Dolan, P., Civilizing Processes and Hurling in Ireland: 1884-2000, European Association for Sociology of Sport Conference, 31-MAY-07 - 02-JUN-07, Munster, Germany
• Connolly, J. and Prothero, A., ¿ `Plant a tree, save the world¿ ¿ Hobson¿s choice or an environmental citizen?¿, 30th Macromarketing Conference, 28-MAY-04 - 31-MAY-04, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
• Connolly, J. and Prothero, A., The Ecological Modernisation of Consumption ¿ A Challenge for Macromarketing?, 29th Macromarketing Conference, 29-MAY-03 - 01-JUN-03, Vancouver, Canada
• Connolly, J. and Prothero, A., Marketing to low-impact consumers in a high growth developing economy - Working paper, 8th International Conference on Marketing and Development, 04-JAN-03 - 07-JAN-03, Bangkok, Thailand
• Connolly, J. and Prothero, A., Sustainable Consumption: Consumption, Consumers and the Commodity Discourse, 26th Macromarketing Conference, 07-AUG-01 - 10-AUG-01, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA