Business & Economics

Business and Economics

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- Professor Alan Ahearne   alan.ahearne@universityofgalway.ie (seconded to Government of Ireland)

Economy, central banks, interest rates, budgetary policy, housing markets, ports and shipping economics

- Dr Patrick Collins   p.collins@universityofgalway.ie 

Economic geography, economics of culture, foreign direct ionvestors in Ireland, the creative economy. Dr Collins has also contributed to The Conversation

- Dr Orla Lenihan   orla.lenihan@universityofgalway.ie  

Corporate governance, finance and sustainability 

- Dr Sheila Malone   sheila.malone@universityofgalway.ie  

Sustainable consumption and production, tourism, community well-being, place marketing, branding, consumption of blue (seascapes) and green spaces for health and well-being, and sustainability and cities 

- Dr Thomas McDermott   thomas.mcdermott@universityofgalway.ie 

Economics of climate change, climate impacts and adaptation, for example issues related to extreme weather events and how these interact with economic development, housing markets, planning and spatial development

- Dr Gerard Turley   gerard.turley@universityofgalway.ie 

Local government budgets, financial accounts, financial performance, local government reforms, spending, local property tax, and commercial rates