Doctor Matty Kennedy

Dr Matty Kennedy

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Interdisciplinary Trans StudiesInterdisciplinary Queer studiesTransgender, queer, feminist, critical race and gender theoriesAutoethnographyDisciplinarityResearch EthicsQualitative and Quantitative MethodologiesArrival StudiesYouth studiesSportMasculinities

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Dr Matty Kennedy (he/they), is an interdisciplinary empiricist in the area of trans studies, an educator and a writer. He is currently a research fellow at the ÃÛÌÒTV’s Winchester School of Art, an adjunct assistant professor at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin and the vice chair of the Trans* Research Association of Ireland. Prior to this he was employed in Belong To, Ireland’s National LGBTQ+ youth organisation as the research and advocacy manager during which time he completed his PhD. His PhD was a qualitative, interdisciplinary, community-based project exploring transnormativity and the lifeworlds of young trans men in Ireland and is currently in progress as a monograph.