I started QUIDDITY to continue my interest in methodologically innovative research, particularly in the use and analysis of naturally-occurring data (and especially observational and linguistic data) in research. With a background in both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, now specialising in discourse analysis and ethnography for policy across industries and policy areas, I am interested in exploring research problems through a focus on people’s attitudes, behaviour and culture in context, whatever the context.
I am also currently a PhD candidate in the School of Architecture, Building & the Environment in TU Dublin researching the accountability of active travel delivery. Outside of my research work, I am a member of Dublin City Council's Mobility & Public Realm Strategic Policy Committee and co-founder of D7 Play Streets, a community initiative advocating for greater opportunities for children to play freely and safely on the streets where they live. You can read more about D7 Play Streets here.
You can read some long-form opinion pieces on Medium here and follow my shorter-form posting on Bluesky here.
I cannot promise to solve every knotty problem you might have but I can guarantee a unique perspective.
Emmet Ó Briain.
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QUIDDITY KWID-ih-tee, noun:
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a : whatever makes something the type that it is : essence
b : another term for the essence of an object, literally its "whatness," or "what it is”
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c :what it is to be a thing, that is, that through which something has being as a particular kind of thing.
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a : a trifling point : quibble
b : crotchet (a highly individual and usually eccentric opinion or preference), eccentricity