Dominic Hewson

Dominic is a social theorist with interdisciplinary experience at universities in Vietnam, the UK and Ireland.  He obtained his PhD from the University of Limerick in 2014, based on action research collaborations with asylum seekers and refugees. He went on to work at Ton Duc Thang University in Vietnam, where he conducted research into the costs of creeping privatization in the Vietnamese education system.

After returning from Asia, he taught at the University of Aberdeen, contributing to a range of modules across the Sociology Department, the Politics and International Relations Department, and the Business School, while continuing his research on asylum, detainment and displacement.

Dominic is currently based at Ulster University, where he teaches social theory and conducts research on neoliberalism, governance, and the shifting parameters of power and knowledge. These themes inform the content of his forthcoming book, Power. Knowledge. Governance: From the Enlightenment to Artificial Intelligence.

Dominic has taught a broad range of modules, including:
Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory, Political Sociology, Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, Sociology of Mental Health and Illness, Sociology of Work, Sociology of Everyday Life, and Introduction to Sociology.

He has also delivered interdisciplinary modules such as Deconstructing Peace and Conflict, International Political Economy, Dimensions of Globalization, and Global Conflict and Peace Processes.