Dr. Aisling Murray Fleming

Dr Aisling Murray Fleming is Associate Dean for Engagement, Partnerships and Internationalisation at Dublin City University’s Institute of Education, where she also serves as Programme Chair for the MSc and Graduate Diploma in Guidance Counselling. Her work focuses on career guidance, career-related learning, education–industry partnerships and widening access to career development opportunities.

Aisling’s research focuses on Early Career-Related Learning (ECRL) and children’s emerging understandings of work, careers and future possibilities. Her doctoral research examined how children aged 5–9 develop career aspirations and how interests, gender, family, school and wider social environments shape their thinking about future work. Her current research interests include children’s career development, meaningful work, career-related learning, guidance in primary education and the future of career guidance.

She is the founder of the Guidance and Industry Network (GaIN), which brings together guidance practitioners, educators and industry partners to support innovative approaches to career learning. She also leads the VISION Virtual Reality Programme, using immersive technology to support career exploration and career-related learning in schools.

Aisling has extensive experience developing national and international partnerships. She is also leading the organisation of the IAEVG International Conference 2027, hosted by Dublin City University.

Her research and engagement work is underpinned by a commitment to understanding how career development begins in early childhood and how education and guidance can support individuals to develop the knowledge, skills, confidence and agency to navigate an evolving world of work.