Carole Pollard is a graduate of Dublin School of Architecture at TU Dublin and holder of MA in History of Design from NCAD and a PhD from the School of Architecture, Planning & Environmental Policy at UCD. She is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland (RIAI) and served as RIAI President for 2016/2017. She is the Convenor of the recently reestablished RIAI Professional Practice Examination programme.
Carole was researcher and co-editor of the three-volume book series More Than Concrete Blocks, Dublin city’s twentieth-century builidng and their stories (2016, 2018, 2023) and co-editor of Irish Cities in Crisis (2024).
Carole will contribute as the rapporteur in the Irish Opportunity: Neighbourhood and Housing session on Wednesday 26 March.