Who We Are

Director

Academic Members

Researchers

Tom Gillespie

Dr. Tom Gillespie is a Postdoctoral Researcher on an EPA funded project "Climate Resilient Places", led by Dr. Tom McDermott. Tom recently completed his PhD in environmental economics at the University of Galway, which was funded by the Irish Research Council. His PhD research used house price data from daft.ie to look at flood risk in the Irish housing market and people's willingness to pay for blue and green spaces. For more details about Tom’s work, email tomgillespie07@gmail.com.

Wellington Osawe 

Michael Puchley

Julian Worley

Dr. Julian Worley is a Postdoctoral Researcher with the MASTS (Monitoring Attitudes of Society toward our Seas) project at the University of Galway. Her work focuses on the intersection of natural resources, food production, and climate change, where she aims to help maintain equitable use and enjoyment of the natural environment for all without bankrupting the environment, the farmer, or the consumer. This focus leads her to work in several areas, including behavioral, environmental, and production economics.  She earned her PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Georgia, USA, under the supervision of Dr. Jeff Dorfman, where she studied the impacts of short term and long-term risk shocks on optimal production plant allocations for beef production firms. If you would like to know more about her research, please follow this link or email her at julian.worley@universityofgalway.ie. 

PhD Students

Adetunji Adeleke

Adetunji is a PhD student in Economics, funded by the College of Business, Public Policy and Law, University of Galway. His PhD topic is on Coexisting Forms of Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. His supervisors are Dr. Edel Doherty and Dr. Matthew Collins. For more details about Adetunji's research, email a.adeleke1@universityofgalway.ie.

Felipe Aguiar

Felipe is a PhD student in Economics and a Teagasc Walsh Fellow. His PhD topic is Adaptive Management of Grassland to Improve Farm Level Sustainability and his supervisor is Prof. Doris Laepple. For more details about Felipe’s work, click here or email f.aguiarnoury1@universityofgalway.ie.

Luis Garcia

Luis is a PhD student in Economics and Teagasc Walsh Fellow and his topic is Farm Labour and Productivity in Irish Agriculture. His supervisor is Prof. Doris Laepple. For more details about Luis’s work, click here or email L.Garcia3@universityofgalway.ie.

Zaid Hattab

Zaid is a PhD student in Economics and a University of Galway Hardiman Scholar. His PhD topic uses machine-learning methods to examine heterogeneous treatment effects for cost-effectiveness analysis and his supervisors are Dr. Edel Doherty and Dr. Stephen O Neill (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). For more details about Zaid’s work, email z.hattab1@universityofgalway.ie.

Edward Henry

Edward is a PhD student in Economics and an Irish Research Council (IRC) Scholar. His PhD topic is Mental Health Spillovers from Serious Family Illness and his supervisor is Prof. John Cullinan. For more details about Edward’s work, email E.Henry4@universityofgalway.ie.

David Horan

David is a PhD student in Economics at the University of Limerick (UL) and is co-supervised by Dr. Darragh Flannery (UL) and Prof. John Cullinan (CERIS). His PhD topic is Higher Education in Ireland: Identifying Inequalities within the System and Evaluating Outcomes. For more details about David’s work, see https://www.ul.ie/business/david-horan or email David.K.Horan@ul.ie.

Garreth Gibney

Garreth is a PhD student in Economics and an Irish Research Council (IRC) Scholar. His PhD research is on the economics of climate change and adaptation, with a focus on health. His supervisors are Dr. Thomas McDermott and Prof. John Cullinan. For more details about Garreth's work, email g.ginney1@universityofgalway.ie.

Terence Hynes

Terence is undertaking a PhD in Economics while working in the Research Services and Policy Unit of the Department of Health. His PhD topic is Applying Simulation Modelling and Econometric Methods for Strategic Workforce Planning in the Irish Healthcare System and his supervisor is Prof. John Cullinan. For more details about Terence’s work, email T.Hynes9@universityofgalway.ie.

Patrick McHale

Simon Ngorok

Simon is a PhD student in Economics and a University of Galway Hardiman Research Scholar. His PhD topic is on Climate change impacts and adaptation: Modelling economic loss and damages from floods in sub-Saharan Africa and his supervisor is Dr. Tom McDermott. For more details about Simon’s work, email s.ngorok1@universityofgalway.ie.