Alexander O'Hara PhD

Experience

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  The Irish Times

  Oct 1999 - Aug 2000

  Journalist

  Researching and writing features for publication

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  Casalini Libri S.p.a.

  Jun 2002 - Aug 2002

  Sales Manager

  • Sales, customer relations, and liasing with clients in UK and USA with leading Italian publishing distributor

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  University of St Andrews

  Sept 2005 - Jun 2009

  • Seminar leader on first and second-year undergraduate courses, educational and communication skills PhD research on the writings of the Italian monastic author Jonas of Bobbio, subsequently published with Oxford University Press.

  • Academic Instructor

    Oct 2007 - Jun 2009

  • Carnegie Scholar, PhD Researcher

    Sept 2005 - Apr 2009
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  Austrian Academy of Sciences

  Oct 2009 - May 2016

  Research Fellow

  • Post-doctoral Research Fellow responsible for writing, researching and compiling data, revising work for publication, and establishing contacts with international colleagues• Wrote and developed research grant that was awarded Euro 200,000 from Austrian Science Fund for three year project. Organized international conference in Vienna and published research results in four books and scholarly articles. • Collaborated with team of scholars at Institute on a number of major EU funded research projects • Lectured widely in Europe and presented scholarship to academic and non-specialist audiences Show less

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  University of St Andrews

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2019

  Honorary Research Fellow

  Honorary Research Fellow in the School of History, University of St Andrews

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  University of Vienna

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Researcher/ Lecturer

  Lecturer in MA course

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  Liverpool University Press

  Sept 2014 - Feb 2017

  Co Author

  Co-author, translator, and editor of book published by Liverpool University Press.

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  Oxford University Press

  Sept 2015 - Jun 2018

  Published author with Oxford University Press. Sole editor of collected volume published by Oxford University Press.

  • Book Author

    Sept 2015 - Jun 2018

  • Editor

    Sept 2015 - May 2018
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  Institute for Advanced Study

  May 2016 - Jul 2016

  Visiting Research Fellow

  Visiting Research Fellow (Summer 2016) in the School of Historical Studies.

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  National University of Ireland, Galway

  Sept 2018 - Sept 2020

  Research Fellow, Moore Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences

  Research Fellow responsible for managing research outputs and authoring book and journal publications. Editor and contributor to book project with Norwegian colleagues, promoted and marketed launch of two books published with Oxford University Press through talks and events throughout Ireland, delivered lecture for 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage at the Royal Irish Academy funded by The Heritage Council which won 2019 National Heritage Week Award

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  Enterprise Ireland

  Mar 2019 - May 2019

  New Frontiers: Phase 1 Participant

  New Frontiers is Enterprise Ireland's national entrepreneur development programme for innovative startups.

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  Local Enterprise Offices

  Apr 2019 - Nov 2019

  Lean Launch Participant

  Lean Launch is a ‘hands-on’ entrepreneurial start up situation where the individual has an idea and the purpose of this workshop is to immediately start testing the business model using Lean Startup principles and methods. With the guidance of an experienced business mentor, the entrepreneur is taken through actual steps and get out of the classroom / training situation and physically does the market research. Entrepreneurs analyse their business model and how to cost their business. Fundamental to the programme, entrepreneurs look at their potential customers and conduct ongoing customer conversations throughout the training period. Show less

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  ALVHEIM & EIDE AKADEMISK FORLAG

  Sept 2019 - May 2020

  Co Editor

  Co-editor with Professor Aslaug Ommundsen and Professor Alf Tore Hommedal (University of Bergen) on book project "Saint Sunniva – Irish Queen, Norwegian Patron Saint due for publication in Norwegian and English in Spring 2021.

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  Pagexpage.com

  May 2020 - Jun 2024

  EdTech Founder & CEO

  Founder and CEO of EdTech startup serving researchers and institutes of Higher Education. Developing research management solutions for early career researchers to assist them in achieving their research goals on time. Product manager leading team of UX designer and software engineers in developing software, creating online course and digital content, and mentoring PhD students.

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  Trinity College Dublin

  Sept 2020 - Aug 2021

  Research Fellow

  Loyola Scholar in Theology. Research Fellow in Historical Theology, Loyola Institute, School of Religion, Trinity College Dublin

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  Irish Catholic Bishops'​ Conference

  Sept 2021 - Feb 2025

  National Director & Executive Secretary

  The National Director for Catechetics is responsible for working closely with the Chair and Council for Catechetics, the Executive Secretaries of the various Episcopal Commissions, and with other relevant Councils and Agencies of the Conference as the Church in Ireland sets out on a Synodal Pathway as announced at the Spring 2021 meeting of the Irish Bishops’ Conference. The National Catechetical Office supports the Irish Bishops’ Conference in its work of promoting reflection, strategies and resources in initial proclamation, Christian initiation, catechesis and religious education for the island of Ireland. The National Catechetical Office is a key component of the Church’s mission of evangelisation. The Council for Catechetics is one of the councils in the Department of Catholic Education and Formation. The Catechetics Council articulates policy and vision for the catechetical needs of Ireland, North and South, on behalf of the Episcopal Conference. It liaises with the Episcopal Commission for Education, other Commissions of the Bishops’ Conference and with other bodies and individuals in the area of catechesis and Religious Education. The Council draws from a variety of sources of expertise to help inform its proceedings. Show less

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  Harvard University

  Oct 2021 - Aug 2022

  Fulbright Fellow | Visiting Scholar

  Fulbright Fellow & Visiting Scholar for Academic Year 2021-'22, Harvard University

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  St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth

  Jan 2022 - now

  Honorary Secretary to the Patristics Symposium

  • Honorary Secretary, Patristics Symposium

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Honorary Research Fellow, Faculty of Theology

    Jan 2022 - now