Alumni and Friends
- Stay Connected
- Photo Gallery
- Alumni Interviews
- Share Your Experience
- Alumni Appeal Thank You
- The Grattan Scholars
The Economics Department aims to provide opportunities for alumni to remain involved long after they have graduated. Our goal is to ensure that our alumni can stay connected not only with the Department but also with their fellow graduates.
Economics graduates have gone into banking, stock broking, accountancy, investment analysis and the financial sector generally. Others have taken up policy advice roles in the public service, in semi-state bodies, in the European institutions and with industry associations and economic and management consultancies. In addition, many alumni of note are now in prominent roles in academia, journalism and business.
Stay Connected
It has never been easier to keep in touch!
- Come along to an Alumni Event
- Join your local Alumni Branch
- Follow the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy on Facebook
- E-mail your comments or suggestions to sspalum@tcd.ie
- Help us to keep in touch with you – update your contact details
Plus you can register on Front Gate online to connect with fellow alumni, register for events, join the career network and other groups, all in one place!
Photo Gallery
Visit the alumni photo gallery to see photos of recent events.
Alumni Interviews
Find out more about fellow economics alumni in these interviews and features:
- E-zine November 2011 : Hugo MacNeill - B.A. in Economics (1981)
- Trinity Today October 2011: “London Calling” Profile of Margaret Doyle - B.A. in Economic and Social Studies (1990)
- E-zine February 2011: Sinead English - B.A. in Economic and Social Studies (1989)
- E-zine May 2010: Grainne Dooley - B.A. in Business and Economics (1991)
Share Your Experience
Have you started a company? Made a difference in Ireland or the wider world? Done something different and unexpected? We encourage alumni to come back to College to speak to undergraduate and graduate students about their experiences.
Alumni also participate in other events and activities such as the School’s Henry Grattan Public Lecture Series which aims to promote informed debate on social, political and economic issues.
If you are interested in getting involved as a speaker or chair please contact sspalum@tcd.ie
2012 Dermot McAleese Award winners with the Provost
Alumni Appeal Thank You
Thanks to the generosity of our graduates who donated to the Alumni Appeal the School has established the Dermot McAleese Teaching Award. This award recognises teaching assistants who have made an outstanding contribution in the pursuit of teaching excellence; it is the first time such an award has been presented in Trinity.
The Grattan Scholars
The School of Social Sciences and Philosophy is now developing a new Scholarship Programme - The Grattan Scholars - with the aim of advancing cutting-edge social science research and teaching. The Grattan Scholars will be a cohort of exceptional PhD students whose work will have a real impact on Trinity and in helping to understand the evolving challenges facing society.
We are delighted to confirm that two economics PhD students, starting in autumn 2012, will be the first of two of these Scholars:
Christina Kinghan (centre left) and Sara Mitchell (centre right) with their supervisors Professors Carol Newman and John O'Hagan
- Development is a key research strength of the School, especially in economics. Christina Kinghan will undertake research on The Foundations of Micro-Enterprise Growth and Expansion: A Development Perspective under the supervision of Professor Carol Newman.
- Sara Mitchell will research a thesis on Synergies from Geographic Clustering of Creative Workers under the supervision of John O'Hagan, Professor of Economics. Cultural economics has assumed increasing significance in Ireland in recent years where culture and creativity are seen as possible keys to sustained economic recovery.
If you are interested in finding out more about The Grattan Scholars, or if you would like information on how to get involved as a supporter please contact:
John O’Hagan
Alumni Director
School of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Phone: + 353 1 896 1065
Email: johagan@tcd.ie
Eileen Punch
Associate Director
Trinity Foundation
Phone: + 353 1 896 1714
Email: eileen.punch@tcd.ie