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RESEARCH INTERESTS
asexualities, queer geographies / geographies of sexualities, intimacy & kinship, sexuality & gender in Ireland
EDUCATION
PhD Geography, University College Dublin (2023-2026)
Dissertation: Aseuxal Geographies: The Spatialities of Asexuality & Compulsory Sexuality in Ireland
Supervised by Prof. Kath Browne and Prof. Alun Jones
MSc Critical Geographies, University College Dublin (First Class Honours)
Master’s Thesis: Exploring Asexual Geographies: Finding, Creating, and Using Ace Spaces in Ireland
BA Linguistics, University of Michigan (Highest Honors & Highest Distinction)
Honors Thesis: Null Subjects in Creole Languages
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles (Peer-Reviewed)
Jukes, J. and Bayer, R. (2025) ‘New Directions for Asexual Geographies’, Sexualities, pp. 1-16.
Bayer, R. (2024) 'Asexual Geographies: The Allosexualisation of Space in Ireland', Gender, Place & Culture, pp. 1-21.
Book Chapters
Bayer, R. (forthcoming) ‘Beyond Landscapes of Allonormativity?: Imagining Ace Liveabilities in Ireland’, in Chen, Y.-L. and Przybylo, E. (eds.) Routledge International Handbook of Global Asexualities and Aromanticisms.
Bayer, R. and Browne, K. (2024) 'Queer Geographies', in Dombroski, K., Goodwin, M., Qian, J., Williams, A. and Cloke, P. (eds.) Introducing Human Geographies Fourth Edition. London: Routledge, pp. 977-989.
Other Work
Bayer, R., McCartan, A. and Browne, K. (2025) Geografia Queer (Queer Geographies). São Paulo: Letra e Voz.
Bayer, R. (2024) 'Making Space to be Ace: Experiences of Asexuality and Compulsory Sexuality in Ireland', Cork LGBT+ Pride Festival Magazine.
TEACHING
Occasional Lecturer, UCD School of Geography (2024 - Present):
GEOG20260: Social Geographies
GEOG31070: Social Geography
GEOG40970: Critical Geographies (Master’s Seminar)
Tutor (Teaching Assistant), UCD School of Geography (2023 - Present):
GEOG10100: People, Places, Regions
GEOG10140: Mapping a Sustainable World
GEOG20210: Fieldstudies in Ireland
GEOG30900: Overseas Fieldwork
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2025
“It does have its perks”: Navigating the liminalities of ace (in)visibility - Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference; University of Birmingham, UK
Navigating the Landscapes of Compulsory Sexuality: The Allosexualization of Queer Space - American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting; Detroit, USA
2024
Irish Asexual Geographies: Theorising the Spatialities of Asexuality and Compulsory Sexuality from Ireland - 35th International Geographical Congress; Dublin, Ireland
Ace Spaces & Spatialities: A Queer Geographical Exploration of Asexual Placemaking in Ireland - IGU Commission on Gender and Geography’s Feminist & Queer Spatialities Conference; University College Dublin: Dublin, Ireland
2023
Exploring Asexual Geographies and the Allosexualisation of Space in Ireland - Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference; London, UK
Exploring Asexual Geographies and the Allosexualisation of (Queer) Space - Outside/rs Postgraduate & Community Conference; Brighton, UK
CONFERENCE & SESSION ORGANIZING
2025
Asexual Geographies (with Joe Jukes) - Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference; University of Birmingham, UK
Towards Queer Geographies of Asexualities & Nonsexualities - American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting; Detroit, USA
2024
Local Organizing Committee - IGU Commission on Gender and Geography’s Feminist & Queer Spatialities Conference; University College Dublin: Dublin, Ireland
2023
Emerging Queer & Sexualities Geographies (with Júlia Pascual-Bordas) - Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference; London, UK
SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS
UCD College of Social Sciences & Law Graduate Support Fund Conference Grants (January 2025 & February 2026)
Research Ireland Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship (September 2024)
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action: LGBTI+ Social and Economic (in)equalities - PhD Summer School (July 2024)
UCD College of Social Sciences & Law Graduate Research and Innovation Fund Grant (May 2023)
UCD School of Geography Full PhD Scholarship (January 2023)
UCD International Student Scholarship (December 2020)