Dr Fidelma McCorry is the Research Manager for the Centre of Research Excellence: Translating Nutritional Science to Good Health in the Adelaide Medical School.

She was formerly a University Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hugo Centre for Migration and Population Research at the University of Adelaide. She completed a PhD in Human Society, in the Discipline of Geography, Environment and Population, with a thesis entitled 'Contemporary Irish Migration to Australia, 2000-2015: Pathways to permanence'.  This research focused on contemporary Irish migrants to Australia, Australia’s immigration system and its underlying policy, settlement processes, mental health and social media as a platform for support in the migration process. Her thesis received a Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence and won the Royal Geographic Society of South Australia's John Lewis Silver Medal in 2018. Her interest in migration, particularly the global movement of the Irish, stems from a lived experience of repeat and frequent migration. You can follow her on Twitter @DivaDiaspora.  

PUBLICATIONS

Articles:

Middleton G, Patterson K, Muir-Cochrane E, Velardo S, McCorry F, Coveney J. The health and wellbeing impacts of community shared meal programs for older populations: A scoping review’. Innovations in Ageing 2022:6(7):14 10.1093/geroni/igac068

Street J, Barrie H, Eliott J, Carolan L., McCorry F, Cebulla A, Phillipson L, Prokopovich K, Hanson-Easey S, Burgess, T. Older Adults' Perspectives of Smart Technologies to Support Aging at Home: Insights from Five World Café Forums. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022: 19(13);7817. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137817  

van den Berg M, Winsall M, Dyer S, Breen F, Gresham M, Crotty M. ‘Understanding the barriers and enablers to the use of outdoor spaces in nursing homes: a systematic review’. The Gerontologist 2020:60(4);e254-269 https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnz055  

Barrie H, Soebarto V, Lange J, Breen F. Senior Citizen Science: a new methodology for exploring neighbourhood influences on ageing well. Office of Ageing Well. Senior Citizen Science: a new methodology for exploring neighbourhood influences on ageing well

Barrie H, Soebarto V, Breen F, Lange J, Walker L. ‘Using Citizen Science to Explore Neighbourhood Influences on Ageing’. Healthcare, 2019:7(4);126 https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare7040126 

Barrie, H., Soebarto, V., Lange, J., Mc Corry-Breen, F., & Walker, L. ‘Using Citizen Science to Explore Neighbourhood Influences on Ageing Well: Pilot Project’. Healthcare, 2019:7(4), 126. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare7040126 

Breen F, Coveney J. and Pflaum C.A.  ‘A literature scoping review of eating practices and food environments in 1 and 2-person households in the UK, Australia and USA’. Appetite. 2018:126;43-53 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.03.005

Breen, F. 'Australian Immigration Policy in Practice: a case study of skill recognition and qualification transferability amongst Irish 457 visa holders'. Australian Geographer 2016:47(4):491-509. https://doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2016.1220895

Edited Books:

McCorry F and O’Connor P.  Continuity & Change: Postwar migration from Ireland to Australia, 1945-2024, Routledge (2025) (Routledge). 

https://www.routledge.com/Continuity-and-Change-Postwar-Migration-Between-Ireland-and-Australia-1945-2024/OConnor-McCorry/p/book/9781032606040

Arthure S, James S, Lonergan D and McCorry F. Foregrounding Irish Women in the Antipodes. Wakefield Press (2024) Wakefield Press :: History:: Irish Women in the Antipodes 

Arthure S, Breen F, James S and Lonergan D. The Irish: A South Australian History. Wakefield Press (2019) Wakefield Press :: History :: Irish South Australia

Book Chapters:

Breen F. ‘Yet we are told that Australians do not sympathise with Ireland'; South Australian support for Irish Home Rule.’ in Payton, P. and Varnava, A. Australia, Migration and Empire – Immigrants in a Globalised World, Palgrave (Britain and the World series), 2019.

Breen F. ‘Ireland, Home Rule and the Orange Order in South Australia’ in The Irish: A South Australian History. Wakefield Press (2019) 

Breen F. ‘Emigration in the Age of Electronic Media: Personal Perspectives of Irish Migrants to Australia, 1969-2013’ in McCarthy, A. Ireland in the World: Comparative, Transnational, and Personal Perspectives, Routledge, 2015. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315749020-16/emigration-age-electronic-media-personal-perspectives-irish-migrants-australia-1969%E2%80%932013-fidelma-breen