Academic Career

1978 PhD, Queen’s University Belfast
1971 BA (Natural Sciences), Trinity College, Dublin.

1974-Present Lecturer in Geography, NUIM
1996 Visiting Lecturer, Rhodes University, Republic of South Africa
1980-81 Visiting Lecturer, Wilfred Laurier University, Ontario, Canada
1980-81 Visiting Lecturer, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1979 Visiting Lecturer, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada
 

Research Interests

Emerging Infectious Diseases / History of Infectious Diseases
Health and Social Inequalities
Nationalism / Ethnic Conflicts / Boundary Disputes in Eastern Europe
 

Publications

Pringle, D. and Houghton, F. (2007) ‘Health and Disease in Ireland’ in Bartley, B. and Kitchin, R. eds. Understanding Contemporary Ireland. Pluto Press, London, 279-288.

Pringle, D. (2005) Cancer Mortality And Morbidity In County Louth. Cooley Environment And Health Group, Louth, 62pp.

Pringle, D. and Connell, P. (2005) ‘Population Ageing In Ireland: Projections 2002-2021’ in O’Shea, E. and Conboy, P. eds Planning For An Ageing Population: Strategic Considerations. Report No. 87, National Council on Ageing and Older People, Dublin. 118pp.

Pringle, D. and Connell, P. (2004) Population Ageing In Ireland: Projections, 2002-2021. Report No. 81, National Council for Ageing and Older People, Dublin.(ISBN 1 900378 32 9). 142pp.

Pringle, D. (2004) ‘Was The QSMS Ireland’s First GIS?’. Irlogi Newsletter, 7(3), 10-12.

Pringle, D. (2003) ‘Demographic Patterns’, in Lalor, B. ed. The Encyclopaedia of Ireland. Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 280-281.

Pringle, D. (2003) ‘Classics in Human Geography Revisited: Agnew, J.A. 1987 Place and Politics: The Geographical Mediation Of State And Society. Commentary 2.’ (Invited Commentary). Progress in Human Geography, 27(5), 607-9.

Pringle, D. (2002) ‘Mirovni Proces U Sjevernoj Irskoj: Ubrzano, Nikamo (The Peace Process In Ireland: Going Nowhere Fast)’. Hrvatska Revija (Croatian Review), Godiste II, Broj 1, 101-108.

Pringle, D. (2002) ‘The Geographical Distribution of Poverty in Ireland’ in Signposts To Rural Change. Proceedings, Rural Development Conference, Teagasc, Dublin, pp.152-164.

Pringle, D. and Grassick, D., Youssef, H.A., Scully, P.J,. and Waddington, J. (2001) ‘Spatial Variation In Prevalence Of Schizophrenia: Empirical Bayes Estimates And Ecological Correlation With Indices Of Social Isolation Within An Epidemiologically Complete Population In Rural Ireland’, Schizophrnia Research, 49(2), Supplement 1, 31-32.

Pringle, D. and Cook, S., Poole, M.A. and Moore, A.J. (2000) Comparative Spatial Deprivation in Ireland: A Cross-Border Analysis. Oak Tree Press, Dublin.

Pringle, D. and Cook, S., Poole, M.A. and Moore, A.J. (2000) Cross-Border Deprivation Analysis: A Summary Guide. Oak Tree Press, Dublin.

Pringle, D. and Cook, S., Poole, M.A. and Moore, A.J. (2000) ‘Methodological Issues In Cross-Border Analyses of European Small Area Data: A Case Study’. Environment and Planning, A, 32, 361-376.

Papers Delivered

‘Are Area-Based Deprivation Indices A Nonsense?’ All Ireland Social Medicine Symposium, Druid’s Glen, Co. Wicklow. 20th October, 2007.

(With Johnson H, Beaton D, Boyle E, Brazil J, Doyle D, Cullen C, Hennessy C McIntyre M, McKeown P, O’Kiersey C, Staines A). Health Atlas Ireland: A Web-Based GIS For The Irish Health Services. IRLOGI, 17th October, 2007.

(With Johnson H, Cullen C, Boyle E, Doyle D, Brazil J, McKeown P, Staines A, Beaton D, McIntyre M, Hennessy C, O’Kiersey C) ‘Health Atlas Ireland – an open-source mapping, database and statistical system’. International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 19th Annual Conference, Mexico City, 5th-9th September, 2007.

(With Johnson H, Cullen C, Boyle E, Doyle D, Brazil J, McKeown P, Staines A, Beaton D, McIntyre M, Hennessy C, O’Kiersey C) ‘Health Atlas Ireland: An open-source mapping, database and statistical system’. GeoComputation 2007, National University of Ireland, Maynooth. 3rd-5th September, 2007.

’The Re-Emergence Of Tuberculosis In The Republic Of Ireland.’ 12th International Symposium in Medical Geography, Bonn, July 9-13, 2007.

‘From White Plague To Black Death: The Threat Of Emerging Infectious Diseases’. Conference of Irish Geographers, St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, 11th-13th May, 2007.

‘Urban Sprawl in Ireland’. Cooley Environment and Health Workshop, Omeath. 27th January, 2007.

‘Public Health And Private Medicine: Local Articulations Of National Contestations’. Place, Environment and Politics, GSI Conference, NUIM, 23rd March, 2007.

‘Health Atlas Ireland: A Preliminary Overview’. GIS and Health Conference, National Centre for Geocomputation, Maynooth, 23rd June, 2006.

‘GISing The Penguin: Opportunities For Free GIS Using Linux’. Conference of Irish Geographers, UCD, 5th-7th May, 2006.

(With Ronan Foley) ‘Measuring Deprivation: Problems of Spatial Scale’. All-Ireland Social Medicine Conference, Belfast, 1st April, 2006.

‘Are Doctors Bad For Your Health?’. Conference of Irish Geographers, NUI Galway, 6th-8th May, 2005.

‘Infectious Diseases: Past, Present and Future’. Association of Geography Teachers in Ireland, Annual Conference, Church of Ireland Education College, Rathmines, 1st October, 2004.

‘The Past and Future Impact of Infectious Diseases’. Geographical Association, Queen’s University, Belfast, 28th September, 2004.

(With P. Connell) ‘Population Ageing In Ireland: Projections 2002-2021’. Planning For An Ageing Population: Strategic Considerations, National Council On Ageing And Older People, Burlington Hotel, Dublin, 15th June, 2004.

(With P. Connell) ‘Voting With Their Feet: Migration Patterns Under The Celtic Tiger, 1996-2002’. Conference of Irish Geographers, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 7th-9th May, 2004.

‘Cancer in County Louth’. Cooley Environment and Health Workshop, Omeath. 18th April, 2004

‘The Decline of Ireland’s ‘Anomalous’ Pattern of Regional Mortality’. 10th International Symposium in Medical Geography, Manchester, 14th-18th July, 2003.

‘Regional Patterns of Mortality in the Republic of Ireland, 1971-1999'. Conference of Irish Geographers, Trinity College Dublin, 3rd May, 2003.

‘Changing Geographical Patterns In All-Cause Mortality in the Republic of Ireland’. 20th All-Ireland Social Medicine Conference, Newcastle, Co. Down. 5th April, 2003.

‘Medical Geography: A Matter of Life and Death’. Talk given to University College Dublin Geography Society, 27th February, 2002.

The Geographical Distribution of Poverty in Ireland’. Signposts To Rural Change, Rural Development Conference, Teagasc, Tullamore, 12th February, 2002.

(With Grassick, D., Youssef, H.A., Scully, P.J,. and Waddington, J.). Spatial Variation In Prevalence Of Schizophrenia: Empirical Bayes Estimates And Ecological Correlation With Indices Of Social Isolation Within An Epidemiologically Complete Population In Rural Ireland. Poster presentation, Conference of Irish Geographers, Cork, 3rd-5th May, 2001. (Poster presentation).

Geographical Informations Systems. Presentation to South Dublin County Development Board, May 15th, 2001.

(With Grassick, D., Youssef, H.A., Scully, P.J,. and Waddington, J.). Spatial Variations In The Prevalence Of Schizophrenia In Monaghan And East Cavan. 19th All Ireland Social Medicine Meeting, Killarney, 12th-14th October, 2001.

(With Grassick, D., Youssef, H.A., Scully, P.J,. and Waddington, J.). Spatial Variation In Prevalence Of Schizophrenia: Empirical Bayes Estimates And Ecological Correlation With Indices Of Social Isolation Within

An Epidemiologically Complete Population In Rural Ireland. Poster presentation, International Congress on Schizophrnia Research, Whistler, British Columbia, April 28th-May 2nd, 2001.

‘Small Area Indicators of Deprivation.’ Poverty Measurement – A Tool Of Policy Making. Combat Poverty Agency Workshop, SIPTU College, 3rd April, 2001.

'Mapping Inequalities In Health'. Health Matters! A Conference On Inequalities In Health And Lifestyle,Drogheda, 22nd. January, 2000.
 

Teaching

Medical Geography; Health Geography
GIS; Geographical Information Science; Computer Cartography
Political Geography; Geopoliotics (no longer taught)
Geography of Eastern Europe (no longer taught)
 

Professional Service

Academy Committee For Geography / National Committee For Geography: Chair, 2004- ; Honorary Secretary, 1992-1995; Committee Member, 1992-1995, 2004- ; Digital Data Sub-Committee, 1994-1995: Olympiad Sub-Committee, 2005-2007; Member, Project Team, National Atlas of Ireland, 2005-
Royal Irish Academy: Secretary and Co-Ordinator, Digital Data Working Group, 1995-2002.; Member, Board of Science, 2005-
IGU Commision on the World Political Map. Corresponding member 1992-2004.
IGU Commission on Health and Environment. Corresponding member 2004-
Cross-Border Health Research Network: Co-Ordinator, 1996-2002.
Academic Staff Association: Committee Member, 1976-1978; 1986-1988; 2004- ; Executive Secretary, 1976-1978; 1987-1988; Assistant Secretary, 2005- ; Treasurer, 1979-1980; Member, 1974- .
Assistant Returning Officer for Elections to the Governing Body and other College Committees, 1997-2002.
Academic Council, 2005-2007 ; Academic Supports Sub-Committee, 2005-2007.
Faculty of Arts, 1977-2006; Faculty of Social Science, 2006-
Member of International Advisory Board of the Arab World Geographer, 1998-
Member of International Editorial Board of Geography Research Forum, 2000-
External examiner, St. Mary’s University College, Belfast, 2002-2006.
External examiner, Stranmillis University College, Belfast, 2002-2006.
Organising Committee, Society of Environmental Geochemistry and Health / International Medical Geology Society Conference on ‘Environmental Quality and Human Health’, Galway, 2010.
 

Professional Membership

Geographical Society Of Ireland

Contact Details

Contact Prof. Dennis Pringle