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Andrew Grounds

Deputy Director, Queen’s Communities and Place

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Brendan Murtagh

School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast

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Briga Hynes

Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick

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Carol Power

Centre for Co-operative Studies, Business School, UCC

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Clodagh O'Reilly

PhD, School of Marketing, TU Dublin

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Danielle Byrne

Visiting Research Fellow, Trinity Centre for Social Innovation, Trinity Business School, University of Dublin

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Deirdre Halloran

Parliamentary Research Service, Houses of the Oireachtas

Deiric O Broin

Deiric Ó Broin

School of Law and Government, Dublin City University

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Doye Peter Alale

PhD Candidate, School of Marketing, TU Dublin

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Emma McEvoy

School of Law and Government, Dublin City University

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Emma O'Brien

School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, TU Dublin

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Felicity Kelliher

School of Business, South East Technological University

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Fiona Burke

Department of Sport, Media and Marketing, South East Technological University

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Gavin D. Brown

DCU Business School, Dublin City University

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Ger Doyle

School of Architecture, Building and Environment, TU Dublin

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Isobel Cunningham

Atlantic Technological University, Faculty of Business, Donegal

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Jade Foynes

TU Shannon

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Johanna Clancy

School of Business and Economics, University of Galway

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Kevin Flanagan

Department of Anthropology, Maynooth University

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Laura Bradley McCauley

Ulster University, Department of Global Business and Enterprise

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Andrew Grounds

Deputy Director, Queen’s Communities and Place

Institution and department/school:

QCAP (Queen’s Communities and Place) Queen’s University Belfast

Research interests:

Andrew is Deputy Director of Queen’s Communities and Place (QCAP), a Queen’s University Belfast initiative based on engagement and partnership between academics, policymakers, and some of Northern Ireland’s most deprived communities. He has an established track record of delivering high-impact research in urban regeneration, social economics and finance, urban activism, peacebuilding, and community data analytics.

Areas of collaboration:

Since 2015 he has completed a series of university collaborations and community action research projects with several institutional partners, including The Executive Office, The Strategic Investment Board, the Department for Economy, the Department for Communities, and Innovate UK. Andrew is currently co-investigator on several UKRI-funded research projects including the new Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness which is delivered in partnership with academic partners across the UK. Locally Andrew has also worked closely with several community anchor organisations across Northern Ireland to support their development and impact through engaged research. He has also collaborated with sector intermediaries like Development Trusts Northern Ireland to advance the local policy environment around Community Wealth Building, Community-led Housing and the Social Enterprise sector more broadly.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-andrew-grounds-a84b4641/

https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/qcap/about-us/OurTeam/

Brendan Murtagh

School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast

Research interests: Social economics and urban regeneration Social enterprises and spatial deprivation Social value measurement and local multiplier effects Social finance Areas of collaboration: Cross-border social economies Social economics and socio-spatial deprivation Social enterprises and peacebuilding in contested societies Measuring social impact https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/brendan-murtagh

Briga Hynes

Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick

Research interests:
Social Innovation; Social Enterprise Scaling Strategies; Marketing in the Social Enterprise; Social entrepreneurial behaviours; Social Enterprise Education, Social Impact Assessment
Areas of collaboration:
Social Enterprise Incubation and Growth; Narratives of Social Entrepreneurship and bridging the divide between social and mainstream enterprises; Social Entrepreneurs and Partnerships, Social Impact Assessment.

Carol Power

Centre for Co-operative Studies, Business School, UCC

Research interests: Co-operative and community-based responses to social and economic needs at local and regional levels; sustainable development, including the relationship between business and sustainability.  Current research projects: Men’s Sheds as Community-based Responses to Societal Challenges.  This project, in association with the Irish Men’s Sheds Association, is supported by the IRC New Foundations Scheme. Carol is co-Director of the MSc in Co-operative & Social Enterprise at University College Cork.

Clodagh O'Reilly

PhD, School of Marketing, TU Dublin

Research interests: Social Enterprise; Social Innovation Areas of collaboration: Please include links to your profiles in any of the following:
  • Research Gate; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Clodagh_Oreilly3
  • LinkedIn; https://www.linkedin.com/in/clodaghoreilly/
  • Twitter: Cloers

Danielle Byrne

Visiting Research Fellow, Trinity Centre for Social Innovation, Trinity Business School, University of Dublin

Social economy enterprises – taxonomies, structures, typologies and business models; social enterprise mapping methodologies; hybrid institutional logics; social enterprise in public service delivery. Research Topic PhD research topic is: social entrepreneurialism in Irish state-funded third sector organisations. Areas of collaboration: LinkedIn; https://www.linkedin.com/in/byrnedanielle/ Research Blog: https://socialeconomyresearch393315416.wordpress.com

Deirdre Halloran

Parliamentary Research Service, Houses of the Oireachtas

Research interests: Public Procurement, Human Rights and Social Sustainability; Housing Law and Policy Areas of collaboration: Public Procurement, Human Rights and Social Sustainability; Housing Law and Policy Please include links to your profiles in any of the following:
  • LinkedIn; https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-halloran-65bb3435/

Deiric Ó Broin

School of Law and Government, Dublin City University

Research interests: Public policy and the social economy, local government and the social economy, student-owned social enterprises, social enterprises and legal form, relationships between components of the social economy, Anglo-American and European conceptualisations of the social economy. Areas of collaboration: Public policy formulation and the social economy. Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Deiric_O_Broin LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/deiric-%C3%B3-broin-2886bb16/ Your profile page at your institution https://www.dcu.ie/researchsupport/research-profile?PERSON_ID=2518961

Doye Peter Alale

PhD Candidate, School of Marketing, TU Dublin

Research interests: Social Innovation, Social Enterprise, UN SDGs, Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) markets, Social Enterprise Ethics, Social Enterprise Education, Social Enterprise Scaling Strategies Areas of collaboration: Social Innovation, Social Enterprise, UN SDGs, Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) markets, Social Enterprise Ethics, Social Enterprise Education, Social Enterprise Scaling Strategies

Emma McEvoy

School of Law and Government, Dublin City University

Research interests: Social Enterprises; Public Procurement; EU Law; Company Law.
Areas of collaboration: Public Procurement Law and Policy; Company Law; Social Enterprise Policy.
• Research Gate; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emma_Mcevoy2
• Google Scholar; https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=M4ZdPvUAAAAJ&hl=en
• LinkedIn; https://ie.linkedin.com/in/emma-mcevoy-bb216449
• Your profile page at your institution. https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/law/current-phd-students

Emma O'Brien

School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, TU Dublin

Dr Emma O’Brien is a lecturer and researcher in the School of Hospitality Management and Tourism, TU Dublin lecturing on a variety of modules including entrepreneurship, digital marketing and communications. Emma’s key areas of research interest are entrepreneurship and community engagement. In the context of social economy research, Emma is particularly interested in the nexus between communities, entrepreneurship and societal impact.
Interested in Research collaboration in the following fields:
• Social Enterprise
• Community based enterprise
• Social Enterprise Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
• Social Enterprise and Community Engagement
• Social Innovation
Profiles:
Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1tbrzP8AAAAJ&hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/obrienemma/
Institution Profile Page: https://www.tudublin.ie/explore/faculties-and-schools/arts-humanities/tourism-and-hospitality-management/people/academic-staff/emmaobrien.php

Felicity Kelliher

School of Business, South East Technological University

Research interests: SME/ Social Enterprise capability development, Rural SME Networks
Felicity is a Senior Lecturer in Management at the School of Business, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland and Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Partner Faculty Shanghai University, China. She is currently Chair of the Irish Academy of Management (2017- present) and a member of the Irish Research Council and the Royal Irish Academy Social Science Committee. A Fulbright Scholar, Felicity has published widely in the area of management capability development, rural community engagement and learning in small firms and has co-authored three books. As co-founder and senior researcher of the RIKON research group, Felicity has engaged with over 1200 small firms in service innovation, capability development and small enterprise learning initiatives since 2007, supported by Failte Ireland, INTERREG and Enterprise Ireland, among others and was awarded the Knowledge Transfer Ireland Research2Business Collaborative Impact award in 2015 in recognition of this work. Before entering academia, Felicity worked internationally as a project manager in the technology sector.
Areas of collaboration: SME/ Social Enterprise management capability development, Rural SME Networks
• Research Gate; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Felicity_Kelliher
• Google Scholar; https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=4Y8fPfoAAAAJ
• LinkedIn; https://www.linkedin.com/in/felicity-kelliher-ab92798/
• Your profile page at your institution. https://www.wit.ie/about_wit/contact_us/staff_directory/felicity_kelliher

Fiona Burke

Department of Sport, Media and Marketing, South East Technological University

Research interests: Current research interests include social enterprise impact metrics, compilation of a South-East regional social enterprise database, regional labour market dynamics, regional economic policy, internationalisation of Irish SMEs and competitive balance in sports.  Potential areas for collaboration include the creation of a social enterprise database, investigating social enterprise impact metrics and collaboration with regional social enterprises to explore their business models and assist their business development opportunities. Other links:                 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fiona_Burke https://ie.linkedin.com/in/dr-fiona-burke-b8500541 https://www.itcarlow.ie/research/researchers/meet-researchers/dr-fiona-burke.htm

Gavin D. Brown

DCU Business School, Dublin City University

Research interests:
Societal resilience; organisational resilience; corporate sustainability; crisis management; protection motivation; stakeholder management; environmental sustainability; risk perception; corporate social responsibility; social innovation.
Areas of collaboration:
Business & Society: organisational & societal resilience; sustainability; corporate social responsibility; social innovation.
Contact: 
• Research Gate; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gavin_Brown6
• Google Scholar; https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DlCPWHMAAAAJ&hl=en
• LinkedIn; https://ie.linkedin.com/in/gavindbrown
• Profile page (DCU); https://business.dcu.ie/staff/gavin-brown/

Ger Doyle

School of Architecture, Building and Environment, TU Dublin

Research interests: Social and solidarity economy; and the role the social economy can perform in the transition to a more sustainable society.  

Isobel Cunningham

Atlantic Technological University, Faculty of Business, Donegal

Social entrepreneurship: particular focus on , inclusive entrepreneurship, female entrepreneurship, members of the traveling community, veterans, creative entrepreneurs. Sustainable tourism Shared Island Funded Project: Social Enterprises. Lead partner on project with Dr. Laura Bradley, Ulster University. Shared Island: Atlantic Futures Project. Work package 3: Female Entrepreneurship Research project with Global Centre for Social Enterprise Network with Prof. Mike Caslin. Collaborative research with academics in India, UK and Australia on female social entrepreneurs. Researchgate.net https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Isobel-Cunningham LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/isobel-cunningham-phd-870a02a/

Jade Foynes

TU Shannon

Research interests: Social Enterprise, Capacity and Demands, Social Enterprise Policy, Social Impact and Challenges. Areas of collaboration:
  • LinkedIn: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://ie.linkedin.com/in/jade-foynes-189327211&ved=2ahUKEwjHqeuL2K3xAhWRTsAKHeEyDaMQFjABegQIAxAC&usg=AOvVaw2lMVhwh_DYEzkxeAfUa71y

Johanna Clancy

School of Business and Economics, University of Galway

Research interests: Social entrepreneurship / enterprise; regional entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship

Kevin Flanagan

Department of Anthropology, Maynooth University

Kevin Flanagan is an anthropologist, artist and educator, specialising in social movements, digital culture and platform cooperatives, the commons and social solidarity economy. He is experienced in conducting qualitative research, the use of creative, collaborative methods, and digital ethnography. Flanagan completed his PhD in Anthropology at Maynooth University in 2022 and holds a Master’s Degree in Fine Art from the University of Ulster. His doctoral thesis, 'Commoning the City' explores the practice, discourse and demands of social movements and municipal policies towards participatory and economic democracy following the election of Barcelona En Comú in 2015. Flanagan has taught courses in Anthropology at Maynooth University and Political Science at the University of Girona. Institution and department/school: Department of Anthropology, Maynooth University. Research interests: Participatory action research, design justice, design anthropology, collaborative mapping, visual and multimodal anthropology. Areas of collaboration: Flanagan is an advocate for democratic community empowerment. As an activist and academic, he has over fifteen years experience working with arts and cultural organisations as well as communities and movements. He has been an active member and collaborator with self-organised arts collectives and hacker spaces, and is a founding member of SolidNetwork; the Irish network for cooperative and solidarity economy (https://www.solidnetwork.ie/). View my research at:

Laura Bradley McCauley

Ulster University, Department of Global Business and Enterprise

Research interests: My research interests include exploring how, and why, social enterprises develop and scale in addition to better understanding social entrepreneurship.  My interest in social enterprises and entrepreneurship is very much focusing on Ireland at present with research links developed in Germany and Australia to support exploring how this social enterprise and entrepreneurship phenomenon is affected by both culture and geography. 

Areas of collaboration: Open to exploring any areas related to social enterprises and social entrepreneurship.  I am really interested in exploring possible collaborations to profile social entrepreneurs and enterprises to identify trends and thereby inform theory and practical support. I am also keen to develop collaborations with those interested in pursuing funding in this area to deliver not only academic outputs, namely journal articles and conference papers, but also policy and practice.