She was educated at Oxford University (D Phil) and at University College, Dublin (BA and MA) and was Reader at The University of Birmingham from 2000 to 2017. Clodagh leads a large AHRC funded grant, Interdisciplinary Italy 1900-2020: Interart/Intermedia, which explores the relations between arts and media in Italy and will produce 3 books, articles, pedagogical materials and an exhibition. Her publications include a monograph on Eugenio Montale (OUP, 2002), a monograph on Italian cinema (2010), as well as edited books on transmedia (2014) and on oppositional cultures under Berlusconi (2009).