Emma Geoghegan MRIAI
Head of Architecture, TU Dublin and SABE Lead for the Building Change project
Emma Geoghegan MRIAI is Head of Architecture at the SABE TU Dublin leading on the undergraduate, postgraduate and professional programmes. She has been teaching in TU Dublin since 2008 and was Programme Chair of the Bachelor of Architecture (Hons) degree 2017-2021. Since 2021 Emma has been TU Dublin lead on the Erasmus+ project ARCH4change.
Emma studied in London and Edinburgh graduating in 2002 with an MArch from the University of Edinburgh. After working for practices in London focussing on healthcare and university projects she co-founded MEME Architecture (2007-2017) working on community and social care projects in the UK and Ireland.
In 2009 Emma completed an MSc Urban Design at UCD and in 2011 was awarded an Irish Arts Council Architecture Bursary. She is currently a PhD candidate researching care, disability and the built environment with the TU Dublin Centre for Socially Engaged Practice & Research.
Emma served as RIAI Second Vice President 2020 and 2021, leading on the development of a new RIAI Cultivating Research Scheme – connecting researchers, universities and practices. She is also currently a member of the RIAI Board of Architectural Education, Registration Committee and the Education Taskforce re-writing the national policy for Architectural Education.
Meet more of our team
Maroun Tabbal
Building Change Lead, Lecturer CCAE, mARCH AT6012 Coordinator, Year 2 Design Studio Tutor
Orla Murphy
Assistant Professor, Co-Director UCD Centre for Irish Towns, UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy
Oliver Kinnane
Head of School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, UCD and Associate Professor of Sustainable Building Technologies
