Category: Environment
How can the agricultural sector engage a Just Transition?
Sean McCabe 11/06/2019
The second part of this blog on a Just Transition for agriculture considers how to enact a Just Transition for agriculture in Ireland that simultaneously tackles inequality in the agricultural sector, assists rural regeneration and accelerates climate action. Just Transition and the Common Agricultural Policy Awareness for the need of a Just …
Bold action on climate change needed now that we have declared emergency
Shana Cohen 14/05/2019
-Appeared in the Irish Times, May 14, 2019. Last week, Ireland became the second country in the world, after the UK, to declare a climate and …
How can the agricultural sector engage a Just Transition?
Sean McCabe 25/02/2019
How can the agricultural sector in Ireland participate in a Just Transition to constructively address inequality in the sector and tackle climate …
Think Tanks Should Put 'Public' Back in Policy
Shana Cohen 23/08/2018
According to the University of Pennsylvania’s Think Tanks and Civil Society Program, “think tanks are public policy research, analysis, and …
An Irish Entrepreneurial State’s Success
Paul Sweeney 25/04/2018
In a recent blog, we saw how economist Mariana Mazzucato demonstrated that it was not the hugely profitable and tax-avoiding tech firms which were …
GDP and its alternatives
Robert Sweeney 04/04/2018
Perhaps no other single number or indicator receives as much attention as the total output of an economy. The standard measure for this is gross …
The Massive Impact of Driverless Cars, Blog 1.
Paul Sweeney 20/10/2016
Paul Sweeney: A few weeks ago, Uber introduced the first driverless cars on the road: a self-driving taxi fleet in Pittsburgh. Uber, partnered with …
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James Stewart
Dr James Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
Rory Hearne
Rory Hearne is a postdoctoral researcher in the Maynooth University Social Sciences …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He is a …