Enya Moore is a lecturer in design whose research and writing focus on the role of design and cultural festivals within broader social, political, and economic contexts. After completing her PhD at the University of Technology Sydney in 2022, where she critically analyzed design events and their relationship to public spaces and civic engagement, she joined Technological University Dublin as a postdoctoral researcher. There, she contributed to the Irish Research Council-funded project ‘Festivals, Audiences, and Digital Experience’, examining the digitization of arts festivals in rural Ireland and the impact of digital infrastructure on festival-making practices.
Design Theory and Culture; Design History; Festivals and Events; Design Activism; Emerging Technologies; Civic Engagement; Transdisciplinary Collaboration; Ethics of Care
Before joining the School of Architecture, Design & Planning Enya taught design programs at University of Technology Sydney and UTS: Insearch (Now UTS College). She has also contributed to programmes such as MSc Event Management (Technological University Dublin), MA Spatial Justice (Maynooth University) and BA (Hons) Digital Humanities and Information Technology (University College Cork).
Agility Award, Collaboration with Socially Engaged Artist, Kate O’ Shea, Arts Council of Ireland.
Research Excellence PhD Scholarship, UTS, Sydney, 2018-2022
Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship, UTS, Sydney 2018-21.
Student Travel Award, Design History Society, UK, April 2019.
Conference Bursary Award, Design History Society, UK, 2019.
First Runner Up, Holland Writers Award, London, 2016.
Judges Award for Excellence in Design, Futuremakers, Crafts Council of Ireland, 2012.
In the media
Moore, E., O’ Sullivan, J (2024) [Radio Interview] In conversation with: Cork International Film Festival Digital Archive, UCC 98.3FM. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ucc-983fm/episodes/The-Cork-Film-Festival-Archive-in-Discussion---UCC-Lecturer--James-OSullivan--TU-Dublin-Researcher---Enya-Moore-e2fg34v/a-aauiq2q
Ryan-Christensen, A. (2024, July 3). Does Ireland need a night mayor? RTÉ Brainstorm. https://tippfm.com/podcasts/art-good-social-space-broken-fields-clonmel-junction-arts-festival/
Moore, E., O’ Shea, K (2023) [Radio Interview] Art, what is it good for? A social space by Broken Fields with Clonmel Junction Arts Festival, Tipp FM Radio. Moore, E., O’ Shea, K (2023)[Radio Interview] Art, what is it good for? A social space by Broken Fields with Clonmel Junction Arts Festival, Tipp FM Radio.
Moore, E. (2020) Film Review: When Women Won, Tinteán: Australian Irish Heritage Network, https://tintean.org.au/2020/12/10/irish-film-festival-review-seamus-heaney-and-the-music-of-what-happens.