Dr Fidelma McCorry
Research Manager
Adelaide Medical School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Research Manager for the Centre of Research Excellence in Translating Nutritional Science to Good Health.
Previously a University Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hugo Centre for Migration and Population Research.
Fidelma 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 was awarded a Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence in April 2018 and won the John Lewis Silver Medal for Geography 2018 awarded by the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia. Current research interests include international and regional migration, diaspora and cultural identity.
Dr Fidelma McCorry is Research Manager for the Centre of Research Excellence: Translating Nutritional Science to Good Health.
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.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2019 - ongoing Research Manager University of Adelaide 2018 - 2019 University Postdoctoral Fellow University of Adelaide -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2019 Award Belfast Ambassador Belfast Homecoming 2019 Ireland - 2018 Award Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence 2018 University of Adelaide Australia - 2018 Award John Lewis Silver Medal for Geography 2018 Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Australia - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2014 - 2017 University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2011 - 2013 University of Adelaide Australia M.Phil 1998 - 1999 University of Leicester United Kingdom Postgraduate Diploma in Management 1991 - 1994 University of Ulster Ireland Bachelor of Arts Honours -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Books
Year Citation 2025 O'Connor, P. M., & McCorry, F. (2025). Continuity and Change Postwar Migration Between Ireland and Australia 1945-2024. Routledge. 2024 Arthure, S., James, S., Lonergan, D., & McCorry, F. (Eds.) (2024). Irish Women in the Antipodes: Foregrounded. Mile End, South Australia: Wakefield Press. 2024 Arthure, S., James, S., Lonergan, D., & McCorry, F. (Eds.) (2024). Irish Women in the Antipodes: Foregrounded. Mile End, South Australia: Wakefield Press. 2019 Arthure, S., Breen, F., James, S., & Lonergan, D. (Eds.) (2019). Irish South Australia: new histories and insights (Vol. 1). Adelaide, South Australia: Wakefield Press. -
Book Chapters
Year Citation 2019 Breen, F. (2019). Ireland, Home Rule and the Orange Order in South Australia. In S. Arthure, F. Breen, S. James, & D. Lonergan (Eds.), Irish South Australia: new histories and insights (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 212-228). Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 2019 Breen, F. (2019). 'Yet we are told that Australians do not sympathise with Ireland'; South Australian support for Irish Home Rule.. In P. Payton, & A. Varnava (Eds.), Australia, Migration and Empire - Immigrants in a Globalised World (pp. 151-179). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
DOI2019 McCorry, F. (2019). Yet we are told that Australians do not sympathise with Ireland'; South Australian support for Irish Home Rule.. In P. Payton, & A. Varnava (Eds.), Australia, Migration and Empire – Immigrants in a Globalised World. Palgrave. 2015 Breen, F. (2015). Emigration in the Age of Electronic Media: Personal Perspectives of Irish Migrants to Australia, 1969–2013. In A. McCarthy (Ed.), Ireland in the World: Comparative, Transnational and Personal Perspectives (Vol. 16, pp. 198-225). New York: Routledge.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2018 Wasserman, R., & Breen, F. (2018). Highway to home: international migrant settlement in regional South Australia. In Unpublished. Darwin. -
Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2020 Wasserman, R., Barrie, H., & McCorry, F. (2020). An Evaluation of the Australian Migrant Resource Centre NDIS Building Stronger Communities Together Programme.
2014-2017 Australian Postgraduate Award $78,000
2016 EU Centre for Global Affairs Travel Grant $2,500
2016 Walter & Dorothy Duncan Trust Grant $1,000
2015 Charles and Frank Fenner Award $3,000
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2018 - 2019 Member Australian Population Association Australian Population Association Australia 2018 - ongoing Co-Founder ISAANZ 24 Conference Flinders University Australia 2018 - ongoing Member Food Culture Health Collective Flinders University Australia 2018 - ongoing President Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce: SA Chapter Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce Australia 2016 - ongoing Secretary Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand (ISAANZ) Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand (ISAANZ) Australia 2015 - ongoing Co-Founder 22nd Australasian Irish Studies Conference - Australia 2009 - ongoing Founder Adelaide Irish Connect - Australia
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