Personal profile
Biography
Aodheen McCartan joined the School of Communication in 2003 (now the School of Communication and Media). She teaches in the areas of advertising, consumer behaviour and digital communication and she is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She was the Course Director of the BSc (Hons) Communication, Advertising and Marketing for more than ten years. Her research interests are in the fields of advertising, small firm marketing and financial services marketing. She has also engaged in research focusing on cross-community relations and youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.Prior to an academic career, Aodheen worked in marketing positions in the voluntary and private sectors. Her first degree is in Business Administration and Computer Science which she followed with a Master’s in Business Administration. She completed her PhD in 2002 and her doctoral thesis centred on the role of networking in small firm marketing.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Exploring the Embeddedness of Entrepreneurship in Course Curricula: A Document Analysis Across Disciplines
Joseph-Richard, P., Cummins, D., Morgan, M. & McCartan, A., 18 Mar 2025, (Accepted) p. 1-30. 30 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering Education: Creating an Entrepreneurial Mind-set
Morgan, M., Joseph-Richard, P., McCartan, A., Cummins, D., Henry, R., Beagon, U. & McKennedy, J., 8 Dec 2025, (Accepted).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Newspaper Framing of Food Poverty and Insecurity on the Island of Ireland
Kerins, C., Kerrigan, P., Furey, S., McCartan, A., Kelly, C., Jahir, T. & Vaughan, E., 30 Dec 2025, In: Health Promotion International. 40, 6, p. 1-11 11 p., daaf206.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘Holding On’: Postfeminist Articulations of Menopause in Advertising
McCartan, A., 8 Mar 2025, (Published online) In: Journal of Marketing Management. 41, 3-4, p. 343-377 35 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘I suppose language is important’: investigating news media and third sector views on food poverty
Kerins, C., Furey, S., Kerrigan, P., McCartan, A., Kelly, C., Brown, E., Neelakant, N. & Vaughan, E., 30 Jun 2025, In: Health Promotion International. 40, 3, p. 1-11 11 p., daaf073.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Grammar Dataset 2021.sav
McCartan, A. (Creator), figshare, 28 Jul 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.15067386.v1, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3947-4161
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Projects
- 1 Finished
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Communicating food poverty: Understanding the current discourse on the island of Ireland
Furey, S. (PI) & McCartan, A. (CoI)
1/01/23 → 31/03/24
Project: Research