Ireland
Head, Rural Economy and Development Programme at Teagasc, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Research
Education
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 1995 — 2001
PhD, Social Policy, Statistics
Boston College 2012 — 2012
Executive Education, Promoting Economic Development in Rural Areas
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School 2007 — 2010
MPA, Public Administration
Harvard Business School 2007 — 2007
Executive Education Program, Agribusiness
University College Dublin 1993 — 1994
MA, Economics
University of Oxford 1992 — 1993
MSc, Applied Statistics
University College Cork 1988 — 1992
BSc, Mathematics, Statistics
St. Munchin's College, Limerick 1983 — 1988
Leaving Certificate, High School
Experience
Teagasc, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority July 2010 - Present
International Microsimulation Association December 2013 - Present
University College Dublin, NUI Galway September 2012 - Present
IZA September 2002 - Present
National Sport Horse Industry Strategy Committee November 2013 - January 2015
CGIAR Consortium January 2014 - December 2014
International Microsimulation Association June 2011 - December 2013
Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas November 2012 - October 2013
Teagasc September 2005 - July 2010
National University of Ireland Galway January 2002 - August 2005
Skills
Sustainability, SPSS, Quantitative Research, Strategic Planning, Teaching, Program Evaluation, Food Security, Proposal Writing, Research, Capacity Building, Survey Design, Economic Research, International..., Rural Development, Macroeconomics, Agriculture, Development Economics, Econometrics, Microsimulation, Analysis, Economic Policy, Environmental Economics, R, Statistics, SAS, Economics, Program Management, Climate Change, Environmental Policy, Statistical Modeling, Policy, Data Analysis, Economic Development, Strategy, University Teaching, Sustainable Development, Policy Analysis, Report Writing, Science, International Relations, Civil Society, Public Policy, Quantitative Analytics, Microeconomics, Data Mining, Qualitative Research, Stata, Economic Modeling, Sustainable Agriculture, Lecturing