Our Research

Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan TD with co-editors and other contributers to the 11th edition of the 'Economy of Ireland'.

The Department has internationally competitive research strengths in macroeconomics, international development, cultural economics, energy economics and applied microeconomics.

The Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) is a major resource for staff members working in areas of international economics and globalization. In addition, the Policy Institute, which is run under the auspices of the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, provides an interface with the policy community for policy-relevant work undertaken by members of the Department. The Departmental seminar is on Tuesdays, 12.30-2.00pm

The Department has been successful in attracting financial support from IRCHSS, Irish Aid, Science Foundation Ireland, PRTLI, the EU Framework Programme, NORFACE, the World Bank, Fondation Banque de France and the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET).

Whately Professor of Political Economy Philip Lane has a high international profile in research on international macroeconomics – the macroeconomics group also includes Agustin Benetrix, Vahagn Galstyan, Paul Scanlon and Michael Wycherley.The international development area also has critical mass with staff members Michael King, Tara Mitchell, Gaia Narciso and Carol Newman.John O'Hagan is prominent in the field of cultural economics, while Eleanor Denny is highly active in the field of energy economics.Sean Barrett, Francis O'Toole and Andrew Somerville are active in various fields of applied microeconomics (transport economics, competition economics, applied theory).

For more detailed information on research activity, see the home pages of individual staff members.