Jane Suiter Explained

Jane Suiter
Workplaces:Dublin City University[1]
Thesis Title:Chieftains delivering : political determinants of capital spending in Ireland 2001-07
Thesis Year:2011
Thesis Url:http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/78221?show=full
Alma Mater:Trinity College Dublin

Jane Suiter is an Irish political scientist, professor and director of Dublin City University's Institute for Future Media, Democracy, and Society ("FuJo")[2] and research lead of Ireland's Constitutional Convention and the Citizens' Assembly.[3] She is the co-author or co-editor of three academic books and one guide book,[4] [5] and over 40 journal articles.[6] In December 2020, she was named "Researcher of the Year" by the Irish Research Council[7] and in February 2021, she was promoted to the position of professor by DCU.[8]

Career

Suiter began her career at the FT Group and AP Dow Jones, and joined The Irish Times in 1996, before becoming economics editor in 2001.[9] [10] She earned a doctorate from Trinity College Dublin's political science department in 2010.[11] As a media commentator she has contributed to BBC News,[12] The Washington Post,[13] and The Late Debate on RTÉ Radio 1.

At Dublin City University, she has specialised in the fields of deliberative democracy, journalism, and disinformation.[14] In 2018 she led a research project "journalism and Leadership Transformation"[15] as well as a European Commission Horizon 2020-funded project "Provenance" with Science Foundation Ireland's ADAPT stream to tackle online disinformation.[16] She is a visiting Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University.[17]

In 2020 she co-authored a study into behaviours and attitudes during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown.[18] She is co-editor of the Taylor & Francis academic journal Journal of Contemporary European Studies.[19]

Public projects

In 2011, Suiter created (with University College Dublin political scientist David M. Farrell)[20] "We the Citizens", a national initiative to increase public engagement with politics.[21] The pair convened the Constitutional Convention in 2012, as well as the Citizens' Assembly on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution in 2016,[22] both of which reviewed potential constitutional changes in the Irish state.[23] This culminated in successful referendums; the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland introduced marriage equality and the Thirty-sixth repealed the constitutional ban on abortion. The project was awarded the Brown Medal for Democracy in 2019 by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State University.[24] In 2020, Suiter, Farrell, TU Dublin's Yvonne Galligan and Simon Niemeyer of the Australian Citizen's Parliament, received a research fellowship[25] to convene the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality.[26]

In 2021, Suiter convened a Citizen's jury for IPPOSI, a patients' advocacy group, to consider how medical information could best be centralised to ensure maximal patient benefit will minimise privacy and sensitivity concerns.[27]

Work with the Royal Irish Academy

Suiter is a member of the Social Sciences Committee of the Royal Irish Academy.[28]

Awards and honours

Books

Personal life

Suiter married music journalist Leo Finlay in 1990. English rock band Blur, played at the reception in King's Inns, Dublin.[30] [31] They had one son.[32] Finlay died in 1996.[32]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jane Suiter Staff Profile DCU . www.dcu.ie . 29 January 2015 . 16 March 2019 .
  2. Web site: Adrian . Weckler . 29 April 2020 . Big tech 'failing to tackle the spread of fake news'. .
  3. Web site: Democracy In Crisis Part 2: Mini-publics, Citizens' Assemblies and Juries . ((8 O'Clock Buzz)) . 28 August 2020 . . 31 August 2020.
  4. Book: 0-86278-814-5 . Dublin for Kids . Suiter . Jane . Trehy . Louise. 17 June 2003 . O'Brien Press.
  5. Web site: ECPR Press: Constitutional Deliberative Democracy in Europe - ISBN 9781785521454 . . 16 March 2019 .
  6. Web site: Jane Suiter - Google Scholar Citations . scholar.google.com. 16 March 2019 .
  7. Web site: 9 December 2020 . Dr Jane Suiter named Irish Research Council Researcher of the Year . 19 January 2021 . . en.
  8. Web site: FuJo Director Jane Suiter promoted to professor. 12 February 2021 . FUJOMedia.eu.
  9. Web site: Economics Editor is appointed . 2 February 2001 . . 16 March 2019 .
  10. Web site: "Articles tagged "Jane Suiter" . IrishTimes.com. 16 February 2022 .
  11. Jane . Suiter . Chieftains delivering : political determinants of capital spending in Ireland 2001-07 . 2010 . Trinity College Dublin. 2262/78221?show=full .
  12. Web site: . Why Ireland's holding a same-sex marriage referendum. Suiter. Jane. Reidy. Theresa. 21 May 2015. 22 March 2019.
  13. Web site: The Irish vote for marriage equality started at a constitutional convention . Farrell. David. David Farrell (political scientist). Harris. Clodagh. 5 June 2015. WashingtonPost.com. 22 March 2019. Suiter. Jane.
  14. News: Hutton . Brian . All politics is social: How Fine Gael and Sinn Féin have taken the fight online . en . . 1 May 2021 . 1 May 2021.
  15. News: DCU leading €3.9m data journalism project . 28 April 2018 . Peter . Hamilton . 21 March 2019 . The Irish Times.
  16. Web site: DCU leads €2.4m EU project to tackle 'fake news' . John . Kennedy . 8 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181108100448/https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/dcu-provenance-project-fake-news . 8 November 2018 . 1 April 2019 . . live.
  17. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190107035537/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/specialreports/threats-abound-in-the-future-of-news-895919.html . Threats abound in the future of news . 7 January 2019 . Joyce . Fegan . 7 January 2019 . . live.
  18. Web site: DCU responds with multiple research initiatives to find swift solutions to challenges posed by Covid-19 crisis . https://web.archive.org/web/20200528231817/https://www.dcu.ie/news/news/2020/May/DCU-responds-multiple-research-initiatives-find-swift-solutions-challenges-posed. 28 May 2020. DCU.ie. 13 May 2020.
  19. Web site: 1 April 2019 . 1 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190401105034/https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=cjea20 . Journal of Contemporary European Studies - Editorial board . . live.
  20. S08E07 . Future Hindsight . Mila . Atmos . Interview with the Irish Citizens' Assembly (Jane Suiter & David Farrell)--Future Hindsight . . 26 December 2019 . 29 May 2020 .
  21. Web site: A Jury of Peers . McKay . Susan . 5 January 2019 . ForeignPolicy.com.
  22. Web site: The Irish Citizens' Assembly Project . . 19 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190616171354/http://citizenassembly.ie/ . 16 June 2019 . live .
  23. News: Quinn . David . 2 May 2021 . Citizens' assembly is a stitch-up, not democracy . en . . subscription . 2 May 2021 . 0140-0460.
  24. Web site: The Irish Citizens' Assembly Project to receive the 2019 Brown Democracy Medal . 13 March 2019. . . https://web.archive.org/web/20190322133802/https://news.psu.edu/story/562496/2019/03/13/impact/irish-citizens-assembly-project-receive-2019-brown-democracy-medal . live . 22 March 2019. 22 March 2019 .
  25. Inaugural meeting of Citizens' Assembly on gender equality . . 19 February 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200219184453/http://www.citizensassembly.ie/en/news-publications/press-releases/inaugural-meeting-of-citizens-assembly-on-gender-equality.html . 19 February 2020 . 25 January 2020 .
  26. News: McGarry . Patsy . Gender equality: Citizen's Assembly moves to fulfil 1916 Proclamation aims . . 19 February 2020 . Patsy McGarry . subscription .
  27. Web site: O'Regan . Eilish . 9 January 2021 . Public asked to be part of a 'Citizens' Jury' on how personal health records are used . 19 January 2021 . . en.
  28. Web site: Social Sciences Committee: S . 4 May 2021 . Royal Irish Academy.
  29. Web site: live . 21 May 2019 . Research award recipients honoured . . https://web.archive.org/web/20190521155416/https://www.dcu.ie/news/news/2019/May/Awards-for-outstanding-contributions-journalism-climate-change-information . 3 May 2019 . 21 May 2019 .
  30. Web site: Pics: A ridiculously young Blur playing at an Irish wedding back in 1990 . 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190322134347/https://www.joe.ie/music/pics-a-ridiculously-young-blur-playing-at-an-irish-wedding-back-in-1990-511787 . 22 March 2019 . live. Tony . Cuddihy . JOE.ie.
  31. News: Air we go . 12 July 2009 . 19 March 2019 . . subscription . Tina . Calder.
  32. Colm . Finlay . Blur At Oxygen . . MP3 . 26 August 2019.

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