Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the areas of;

• Bioarchaeology (especially of Irish and Eurasian populations)
• Burial practices (including atypical, minority, deviant practices)
• Children's burial grounds (cillíní)
• Childhood in the past
• Archaeology of the Irish diaspora
• Community archaeology
• Archaeology of Fermanagh

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Public outreach & key achievements

Eileen was a founding leader of the Belfast Young Archaeologists’ Club that has been running in Queen’s since 2006. She is Co-Director, with Dr Colm Donnelly, of the Centre for Community Archaeology. She was awarded the Visit Belfast Ambassador of the Year award in 2019 for her role in securing the annual conference of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) for Belfast in 2023.

Research students

PhD area	Bioarchaeology, Archaeothanatology and Social Dimensions of Eurasian Steppe Populations from the Bronze Age to Iron Age
Name	Jeanna Loyer
Years of study	2013 -2019
Country	France
PhD area	Palaeopathology of Ornithopod Dinosaurs
Name	Filippo Bertozzo
Years of study	Jan 2017 – present
Country	Italy
PhD area	Biomechanics of Physically Impaired Individuals from Medieval Ireland
Name	Jess White
Years of study	Jan 2018 – present
Country	Republic of Ireland

 

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area	Palaeodietary Analysis of Prehistoric Populations from the Minusinsk Khakass Basin
Name	Dr Svetlana Svyatko
Years of study	2005 - 2009
Country	South Siberia
Current Position	Research Fellow in the 14CHRONO Centre, Queen’s University Belfast
PhD area	Biocultural Analysis of Ballyhanna Medieval Human Remains
Name	Dr Catriona McKenzie
Years of study	2006-2010
Country
Current Position	Lecturer in Osteoarchaeology, University of Exeter
PhD area	Taphonomic study of Neolithic human remains from Orkney
Name	Dr Rebecca Crozier
Years of study	2006-2012
Country
Current Position	Lecturer in Osteoarchaeology, University of Aberdeen