William Peters
Lecturer
Email: william.peters@TUDublin.ie
Will is a lecturer in Social Science and Humanities on TU Dublin's Access Foundation Programme. He established the programme in 2009. He has also lectured on youth work, community and regional development undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for both TU Dublin and Dundalk Institute of Technology. Prior to working in higher education Will worked for over 10 years in the community and voluntary sector. He currently serves as Chairperson of Digital Action, an international NGO established to combat digital threats to democracy. He is also a trustee of the Mount Street Club Trust, a charitable foundation set up to combat the effects of educational disadvantage. He was a company director for the Yes Equality campaign in Ireland in 2015. Will has been a Central Group member of the Community Worker’s Cooperative and Chairperson of Lourdes Youth and Community Services. Will worked in the western Balkans and Turkey in the mid 2000s on equality and education projects with a particular emphasis on post-conflict institution building. He was a ministerial appointment to the National AIDS Strategy Committee from 2000 – 2005 and was the national evaluator for the KnowNow Rapid HIV testing programme in 2016/17. He holds postgraduate qualifications in both community development and education. He is a member of the Sociological Association of Ireland.
Research/Practice Interests: Digital threats to democracy, Queer studies, LGBTQI community building, Community Development, Educational Disadvantage, HIV prevention strategies