Dr. Mary-Lee Rhodes
Associate Professor, Trinity Business School
Biography
Mary Lee Rhodes (BA, MSc, MBA, PhD) is an Associate Professor of Public Management at Trinity College, Dublin. Her research is focused on complex public service systems and the dynamics of performance, value and impact. She is the co-Director of the Trinity Centre for Social Innovation and has expertise in research, consulting and management in the public and non-profit sectors along with extensive private sector experience in banking and ICT management.
Prof. Rhodes has published articles in a range of academic journals including Public Administration Review (PAR), Public Management Review (PMR), Policy & Society, Int'l Public Management Journal, Policy & Politics, Voluntas and Int'l Journal of Housing Policy. Her book, Public Management & Complexity Theory: Richer Decision Making in Public Services was published by Routledge in 2011. She is a member of the editorial boards of PAR and PMR and a member of the interest group on complex governance networks in the American Society for Public Administration.
Her teaching is in the areas of management and social innovation and social impact and her PhD students are currently focused on urban resilience, governance of innovation in urban development and network quality and impact.
In addition to her academic interests, Prof. Rhodes is involved in several public, non-profit and social entrepreneurial organisations at Board level with a focus on research and service innovation. She is currently chair of the Interim Regulatory Committee for Social Housing in Ireland and a member of the Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum. Prior to these appointments she had served as the Chairman of Simon Communities Ireland, as a Board member and Chair of the Service Subcommittee for Cluid Housing Association, on the Board of the Housing Finance Agency and as a member of the strategic sub-committee of Clann Credo, Ireland's leading social finance organisation.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
The role of shared identity in effective governance networks in, editor(s)Robyn Keast, Joris Voets, Jack Wayne Meek and Christine Flynn , A Modern Guide to Networks, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023, pp166"190 , [Shannon, Sinead and Rhodes, ML]
Cannon Sheila, Byrne Danielle, Donnelly-Cox Gemma, and Rhodes Mary-Lee, Institutional influences on social enterprise types in the Republic of Ireland, The Irish Journal of Management, 2023, p1-16
Kapletia, D. and O'Connor, N. and Rhodes, M.L. and Mulcahy, D., Community-driven business models for seaweed farming: the 'C-FAARER' approach, 2023
Comfort, Louise & Rhodes. M.L., Global Risk Management: The Role of Collective Cognition in Response to Covid-19, first, New York, USA, Taylor & Francis, 2022, 1-312pp
Conor Mark Dowling, Mary Lee Rhodes, A Comparative Analysis of COVID-19 Responses in Ireland, Global Risk Management, 2022, p123-140
A Learning Model for Managing Global Risk? in, editor(s)LK Comfort, ML Rhodes , Global Risk Management: The Role of Collective Cognition in Response to COVID-19, USA, 2022, pp274-283 , [LK Comfort, ML Rhodes]
Louise K. Comfort, Mary Lee Rhodes, Collective Cognition in Complex Systems, Global Risk Management, 2022, p1-21
Evidence and Indicators of Collective Cognition across Countries in, editor(s)Comfort, LK and Rhodes, ML , Global Risk Management: The Role of Collective Cognition in Response to COVID-19, NY, NY, Routledge, 2022, pp253-272 , [Rhodes. ML and Comfort, LK]
French, M. and McGowan, K. and Rhodes, M.L. and Zivkovic, S., Guest editorial: Complexity as a model for social innovation and social entrepreneurship: is there order in the chaos?, Social Enterprise Journal, 18, (2), 2022, p237-251
Rhodes, Mary Lee, McQuaid, Siobhán and Donnelly-Cox, Gemma, Social innovation and temporary innovations systems (TIS): insights from nature-based solutions in Europe, Social Enterprise Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print, (No. ahead-of-print), 2021, p1-19
A Key Actors Governance Framework (KAGF) for nature-based solutions to societal challenges in, UK, 2021, pp164-178 , [McQuaid, S. and Rhodes, M.L. and Ortega, A.E.]
Complexity in Public Management: Perspectives, Institutions, and Practices in, editor(s)Hildreth, W.B., Miller, G.J., Lindquist, E.A. , Handbook of Public Administration, Routledge, 2021, pp135 - 146, [Eppel, E., Rhodes, ML, Gerrits, L.]
How Complexity Informs Public Policy and Administrative Practice: Selected International Cases in, editor(s)Hildreth, W.B., Miller, G.J., Lindquist, E.A. , Handbook of Public Administration, Routledge, 2021, pp147 - 161, [ML Rhodes, L Gerrits, EA Eppel]
The Enmeshment of the Machine in Complex Governance Processes and Networks in, editor(s)Hildreth, W.B., Miller, G.J., Lindquist, E.A. , Handbook of Public Administration: Fourth Edition, Routledge, 2021, pp162 - 171, [L Gerrits, EA Eppel, ML Rhodes]
Kooijman, E. D.; McQuaid, S.; Rhodes, M.-L.; Collier, M. J.; Pilla, F., Innovating with nature: from nature-based solutions to nature-based enterprises, Sustainability, 13, (3), 2021, p1263
Managing the complexity of outcomes: a new approach to performance measurement and management in, editor(s)D. Blackman, F. Buick, K. Gardner, S. Johnson, M. O'Donnell, & S. Olney , Handbook on Performance Management in the Public Sector, Edward Elgar, 2021, pp111 - 128, [M French, T Lowe, R Wilson, ML Rhodes, M Hawkins]
McQuaid, Siobhan; Esmee D. Kooijman; Mary-Lee Rhodes; Sheila M. Cannon, Innovating with Nature: Factors Influencing the Success of Nature-Based Enterprises, Sustainability, 13, (22), 2021, p25
Eppel, E. & Rhodes, ML, Complexity Theory in Public Administration, 1, UK, Routledge, 2020, 1-156pp
Rhodes, M.L. and Donnelly-Cox, G., Social Impact Bonds as Temporary Innovation Systems: a new model for understanding wicked problem interventions, IRSPM, Wellington, NZ, 16-18 Apr, 2019
Truong T.N. Thang, Sheila Cannon, Cherrell Picton, Shivangi Sareen, Mary Lee Rhodes, Social Enterprises in Viet Nam and Ireland, First, Hanoi, Vietnam, Labor Publishing House (Nha xuat ban lao động), 2019, 1 - 144pp
McQuaid, S., Rhodes, M.L., Square pegs implementing round holes: How traditional and new public management styles of local governments are adapting to the network governance models required for nature-based solutions, IRSPM, Wellington, NZ, 16-18 Apr, 2019
Eppel, E. and Rhodes, M.L., Theory and Practice for complex change management in public administration, IRSPM, Wellington, N.Z., 16-18 Apr, 2019
Operationalising sustainability within smart cities: Towards an online sustainability indicator tool in, editor(s)IGI Global , Developing Eco-Cities Through Policy, Planning, and Innovation: Can It Really Work?, IGI Global, 2019, pp234-256 , [ Dowling, C.M., Walsh, S.D., Purcell, S.M., Hynes, W.M., Rhodes, M.L. ]
Cannon, Sheila M.; Danielle Byrne; Mary Lee Rhodes; Gemma Donnelly-Cox; Raymond Dart, Social Enterprise in Ireland: A country case study, ARNOVA (Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action) 48th Annual Conference, San Diego, California, USA, November 2019, 2019, pp1 - 23
Dowling, C. and Rhodes, M.L., The Nature of 'Resilient' Systems: Using complexity theory to frame investigations into socio-technical systems resilience, IRSPM, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 11-13, 2018
Rhodes, M.L. and Dowling, C., â~What insights do fitness landscape models provide for theory and practice in public administration?â , Public Management Review, 20, (7), 2018, p997-1012
Eppel, E. and Rhodes, M.L., Complexity Theory and Public Management: a 'becoming' field, Public Management Review, 20, (7), 2018, p949 - 959
Rhodes, ML and Dowling, C., What insights do Fitness Landscape Models provide for theory and practice in public administration?, Public Management Review, 20, (7), 2018, p997 - 1012
Rhodes, M.L.and Eppel, E., Public Administration & Complexity - How to teach things we cannot predict?, Complexity, Governance and Networks, 4, (1), 2018, p1 - 9
Rhodes, M.L. and Donnelly-Cox, G., Social Impact Bonds as Temporary Innovation Systems: towards a framework for analysis, Comparative perspectives on SIBs and outcomes-based approaches to public seervice commissioning, Oxford, UK, 6-7 Sep, 2018
Rhodes, ML, Murphy, J., Armendariz, F., Enabling leadership in practice: examining the case of ICT development in public healthcare settings, IRSPM Conference Proceedings, IRSPM, Budapest, HU, 19-21 April, edited by Hajnal, G. , 2017
Rhodes, ML, Eppel, E, Complexity & Public Mangement: how to teach things we can't predict, IRSPM Conference Proceedings, IRSPM, Budapest, HU, 19-21 April, edited by Hajnal, G , 2017
Conor Mark Dowling, Stephen Diarmuid Walsh, Stephen M Purcell, William M Hynes, Mary Lee Rhodes, Operationalising Sustainability within Smart Cities, International Journal of E-Planning Research, 6, (4), 2017, p1--17
Murphy, Joanne, Rhodes, M.L., Meek, Jack, Denyer, David, Managing the Entanglement: Complexity Leadership in Public Sector Systems, Public Administration Review, 77, (5), 2017, p692 - 704
Complexity Theory, Networks and Systems Analysis in, editor(s)Ansell, C. and Torfing, J. , Handbook of Theories of Governance, UK, Edward Elgar, 2016, pp364-379 , [Koliba, C., Gerrits, L., Rhodes, ML, Meek, J]
Murphy, J., Rhodes, ML, Meek, J., Leadership Theory and Practice in Complex Public Sector Systems, 76th Annual ASPA Conference, Chicago, IL, 6-10 March, 2015
Gemma Donnelly-Cox and Mary Lee Rhodes, How do Social Impact Bonds Affect the Creation of a Social and Sustainable Finance Ecosystem? The Case of Using SIBs to Tackle Long-term Homelessness in Dublin, Social and Sustainable Finance and Impact Investing Conference, Oxford, UK, 23-24 April 2015, 2015
Rhodes, ML and Dowling, C, What insights do Fitness Lanscape Models provide for theory and practice in public administration?, IRSPM, Birmingham, UK, 30 Mar - 1 Apr, 2015
Graham Room, Public Management and Complexity Theory: Richer Decision-Making in Public Services By Mary Lee Rhodes, Joanne Murphy, Jenny Muir and John A. Murray Oxford: Routledge, 2012; ISBN: 978-0-415-65402-9; £28.00 (pbk)., Social Policy & Administration, 48, (5), 2014, p619--620
Rhodes, ML and Pellegrini, C., Comparing Theory & Practice in Social Finance in Dublin, ISIRC, Northampton, UK, 1-3 September, 2014
Rhodes, ML and Gemma Donnelly-Cox, Hybridity and Social Entrepreneurship in Social Housing in Ireland, Voluntas, 25, (6), 2014, p1630 - 1647
Rhodes, ML, Creating Smart and Liveable Cities in Europe: The Case of Dublin, Ireland, IRSPM XVIII, Ottowa, Canada, 8-11 April, 2014, 2014
Meek, J. and Rhodes, ML, Decision making in complex public service systems: Features and dynamics, Emergence: Complexity & Organization , 16, (1), 2014, p24 - 41
Jack Meek & ML Rhodes, Decision Making in Complex Public Service Systems: Features & Dynamics, American Society for Public Administration, New Orleans, LA, 15-19 March, 2013
ML Rhodes & Joanne Murphy, Boundaries in Public Management: A CAS Perspective, XVII IRSPM Conference, Prague, CZ, 10-12 April, 2013
ML Rhodes, Ann Torres, Gemma Donnelly-Cox, A Place to Call Home: Addressing Dublin's Homelessness
John Dunne & ML Rhodes, The Management of Evaluation in Complex Policy Systems, XVII IRSPM Conference, Prague, CZ, 10-12 April, 2013
Jack Meek, ML Rhodes, Joanne Murphy, Leadership Approaches in Complex Systems, COMPACT II, La Verne, CA, 5-8 June, 2013
Mary Lee Rhodes, Lucia Biondi, Ricardo Gomes, Ana Melo, Frank Ohemeng, Gemma Perez-Lopez, Andrea Rossi, Wahyu Sutiyono, Current State of Public Sector Performance Management in Seven Selected Countries, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 61, (3), 2012, p235 - 271
Innovation in Complex Public Service Systems in, editor(s)Stephen P. Osborne & Louise Brown , Handbook of Innovation in Public Services, UK, Edward Elgar , 2012, ppChapter 22 , [ML Rhodes]
Rhodes, ML, Measuring Social Impact in a post-GDP Society, Int'l Society for Third-sector Research, Siena, Italy, 10-13 July, 2012
Rhodes,ML and Donnelly-Cox, Gemma, What's in a Name?: The meaning of 'Hybrid' in housing organisations in Ireland, Int'l Society for Third-sector Research, Siena, Italy, 10-13 July, 2012
John Halligan, Cláudia Sarrico, Mary Lee Rhodes, On the road to performance governance in the public domain?, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 61, (3), 2012, p224 - 234
Rhodes, ML and Boyle, Richard, Progress & Pitfalls in public service reform and performance management in Ireland, Administration, 1, 2012, p31 - 59
Advancing Public Service Governance Theory in, editor(s)P.K. Marks, Frank Boon & Lasse Gerrits , COMPACT Proceedings, Arizona, NM, Emergent Publications, 2012, pp251 - 275, [ML Rhodes]
ML Rhodes & Gemma Donnelly-Cox, What's in a Name? Social Entrepreneurship and Hybridity in Social Housing in Ireland, 4th Int'l Social Innovation Research Conference, Univ. of Birmingham, 12-14 Sep, 2012
ML Rhodes and David Ferguson, Using Administrative Data to Identify Individual Risk Factors for Unemployment in Economic Downturn, World Statistics Conference, ISI, Dublin, Ireland, 21-25 Aug, 2011
John Dunne and ML Rhodes, Using an Attribute-Based Model of Service Quality to Enhance the Decision-Usefulness of Performance Measures in Complex Public Services , IRSPM 15, Dublin, Ireland, 11-13 Apr, 2011
ML Rhodes Joanne Murphy Jenny Muir John Murray, Public Management & Complexity Theory: Richer Decision Making in Irish Public Services, UK, Routledge, 2011
ML Rhodes, Whither Ireland? Performance Management in the Public Sector, IRSPM 15, Dublin, Ireland, 11-13 Apr, 2011
Systems Theory in Housing in, editor(s)Susan J. Smith , International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, Elsevier, 2011, [ML Rhodes]
Mary Lee Rhodes, Complexity Theory and Public Management: A report from the edge, COMPACT, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 23-25 Jun, 2011
ML Rhodes, Achieving Well-being: Linking organisational objectives to well-being outcomes, IRSPM 14, Berne, Switzerland, 7-9 April, 2010
ML Rhodes and Denise Crossan, How a Framework for Social Enterprise may Facilitate Understanding of Public / Non-profit Interactions, IRSPM 14, Berne, Switzerland, 7-9 April, 2010
Joanne Murphy and ML Rhodes, Complex Leadership in Complex Organisational Contexts: A multi-level analysis of entrepreneurship, 2nd Int'l Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, Systems Thinking & Complexity, Adelphi University, NY, Apr 3-May 2, 2010, 2010
Mary Lee Rhodes and Simon Brooke, How does Evaluation 'Work'? A case study of Homeless Services in Ireland, Policy and Society, 29, 2010, p149 - 160
Housing in, editor(s)Susannah Kingston , Aspirations for Ireland: A New Way Forward, Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland, Columba Press, 2010, [ML Rhodes]
John Dunne and ML Rhodes, Using Conjoint Analysis to increase the Validity of Performance Measures and the Effectiveness of Performance Management in complex public services, IRSPM 14, Berne, Switzerland, 7-9 April, 2010
Mary Lee Rhodes and Simon Brooke, Does Evaluation 'Work'? A case study in Homeless Services in Ireland , ENHR , Prague, Czech Republic, June 29 - July 1, 2009
Rhodes, Mary Lee and Mullins, David, Special Issue on Market Concepts, Coordination Mechanisms and New Actors in Social Housing - Editorial, International Journal of Housing Policy, 9, (2), 2009, p107 - 119
Rhodes, M.L., Mullins, D., Market concepts, coordination mechanisms and new actors in social housing, European Journal of Housing Policy, 9, (2), 2009, p107-119
Rhodes, Mary Lee, Mixing the Market: The Role of the Private Sector in Urban Regeneration in Ireland, International Journal of Housing Policy, 9, (2), 2009, p177 - 200
Rhodes, M.L.,Torres, A.M. and Duffy, Gay, Making Money the Old-Fashioned Way: Trinity College Merchandise, 2009
A.Fennell, H.Owens, T.Owens, ML Rhodes, The Potential Role of the Private Rented sector for people with Disabilities, Dublin, Ireland, Centre for Housing Research, Sep, 2009
Mary Lee Rhodes, Connecting the dots: Homeless policy, implementation and evaluation in Dublin, Ireland, IRSPM XII, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 6-8, 2009
Gerard Bortel, David Mullins, Mary Lee Rhodes, Exploring network governance in urban regeneration, community involvement and integration, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment , 24, (2), 2009, p93 - 101
Jenny Muir and Mary Lee Rhodes, Vision and Reality: Community Involvement in Irish Urban Regeneration , Policy & Politics, 36, (4), 2008, p497 - 520
Michelle Norris, Elaine Phelan and Mary Lee Rhodes, Homeless Services in Dublin: A Study of Netowrk and game Management, ENHR, Dublin, Ireland, July 6-9, 2008
"Agent-based Modelling for Public Services: A new framework for policy development" in, editor(s)Linda Dennard, Kurt Richardson and Goktug Morcol , Complexity and Policy Analysis: Tools and Methods for Designing Robust Policies in a Complex World, Goodyear, AZ, ISCE Publishing, 2008, pp357 - 376, [Rhodes, ML]
Mary Lee Rhodes and Gemma Donnelly-Cox, In What Way is Social Entrepreneurship Complex?, 1st Int'l Conference on Social Entrepreneurship and Complexity, Adelphi Univ., NY, April 24-26, 2008
Mary Lee Rhodes, How Public Management is Different: Systemic objectives and roles of public sector organisations in Ireland, IRSPM, Brisbane, Australia, March 26-28, 2008
S.Brooke, F.Cassidy, R.Courtney, M.Morris, J.Pillinger,ML Rhodes, Housing First - Ending long-term homelessness in Dublin: Report of the evaluation of homeless services - 2008 Series, Dublin, Ireland, Homeless Agency, Dec, 2008
Rhodes, M.L., Complexity and emergence in public management, Public Management Review, 10, (3), 2008, p361-379
Mary Lee Rhodes and Gemma Donnelly-Cox, Social Entrepreneurship as a Performance Landscape: The case of Front Line, E:CO, 10, (3), 2008, p35 - 50
Rhodes, ML & van Bortel, Gerard, "Comparing housing networks: issues and opportunities", ENHR Comparative Housing Policy seminar, Dublin, Ireland, 19-20 April, 2007
Mullins, D. and Rhodes, ML , "Special Issue on Network Theory and Social Housing - Editorial", Housing Theory & Society , 24, (1), 2007, p1 - 13
Rhodes, M.L., Strategic choice in the Irish housing system: Taming complexity, Housing, Theory and Society, 24, (1), 2007, p14-31
Rhodes, ML, "Strategic Choice in the Irish Housing System: Taming Complexity", Housing Theory & Society, 24, (1), 2007, p14 - 31
Rhodes, M.L., Murray, J., Collaborative decision making in urban regeneration: A complex adaptive systems perspective, International Public Management Journal, 10, (1), 2007, p79-101
Muir, Jenny & Rhodes, ML, "Vision and Reality: Community Involvement in Irish Urban Regeneration", ENHR, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 24-28 June, 2007
ML Rhodes, "Complexity and Emergence in Public Management: The case of urban regeneration in Ireland", IRSPM X, Potsdam, Germany, 2-4 April, 2007
ML Rhodes, "Mixing the Market - the Role of Private and Non-profit agents in Urban regeneration in Ireland", ENHR, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 24-28 June, 2007
Mullins, D., Rhodes, M.L., Special issue on network theory and social housing, Housing, Theory and Society, 24, (1), 2007, p1-13
Rhodes, ML and J. Murray, "Collaborative Decision-making in Urban Regeneration: A complex adaptive systems perspective" , International Public Management Journal, 10, (1), 2007, p79 - 101
Mullins, D. and Rhodes, ML , "Network Theory and Social Housing", European Network of Housing Research conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia , July 2-5, 2006
Rhodes, ML, "Complexity as the Mother of Participation: Urban regeneration in Ireland", 10th International Research Symposium on Public Management, Glasgow, Scotland, April 10-12, 2006
Murphy, Joanne & Rhodes, ML, "A Place for Leadership?: Complex Adaptive Systems and the role of leadership theory", Studying Leadership, Cranfield University, 14-15 December, 2006
Mary Lee Rhodes, "Strategic Choice in the Irish Housing System: taming complexity", European Network of Housing Research , Reykjavik, iceland, June 29-July 3, 2005
Mary Lee Rhodes & Justin Keogan, "Strategic Choice in the Nonprofit Housing Sector: An Irish Case Study", Irish Journal of Management, 26, (1), 2005, p122 - 135
Mary Lee Rhodes, "Agent based modelling for policy analysis: exploring the Irish housing system", ISCE Workshop on Complexity & Policy Analysis, Cork, Ireland, June 22-24, 2005
Mullins,D., Rhodes, ML, Williamson, A, Non-Profit Housing Organisations in Ireland, North and South: Changing Forms and Challenging Futures, 1, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Housing Executive, 2004
Rhodes, ML and P. Haynes, Social Housing in Ireland: A Study in Complexity, European Network of Housing Research conference, Cambridge, UK, July 3-6, 2004
Rhodes, ML and J. Keogan, Strategic Choice in the Nonprofit Housing Sector: An Irish Case Study, Irish Association of Management, Dublin, Ireland, Sep 1- 3, 2004
Rhodes, ML and G. MacKechnie, Understanding Public Service Systems: Is there a role for complex adaptive systems theory?, Emergence, 5, (4), 2003
Rhodes, ML, Implementing Social Policy in the Non-Profit Sector: Housing in Ireland, North & South, Irish Social Policy Association Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, September 4-5, 2003
Rhodes, ML, Understanding Public Service Systems: Is there a role for Complex Adaptive Systems Theory?, Managing the Complex IV, Ft. Myers, FL USA, Dec 7-10, 2002
Rhodes, ML and MacKechnie, G, Can Complex Adaptive Systems Theory be Applied to Organisational Cases?, 17th Annual Eropean Group for Organisational Studies Colloquium, Lyon, France, July 5-7, 2001
Mullins,D., Rhodes, ML, Williamson, A, Non-Profit Organisations and Public Housing Services in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland: incorporation and regulation, impacts on voluntarism and civil society, 5th International research Symposium on Public Management, Barcelona, Spain, April 9-11, 2001
Mullins,D., Rhodes, ML, Williamson, A, Organisational Fields and Third Sector Housing in Ireland: North and South, Voluntas, 12, (3), 2001, p257-278
Mullins,D., Rhodes, ML, Williamson, A, The Changing Role of Third Sector Housing Organisations in Ireland's Two Jurisdictions: the application of the concept of organisational fields, Conference for International Third Sector Research, Dublin, Ireland, July 5-7, 2000
Rhodes, ML and MacKechnie, G, The Management of Public Services: and organisational fractals approach, 7th Annual International Conference of Advances in Management, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, July 12-15, 2000
Rhodes, ML, A Strategy for Systems Thinking in Urban Services, 3rd International Research Symposium on Public Management, Birmingham, UK, March 10-12, 1999
Rhodes, ML and MacKechnie, G, The Interaction of Public, Private & Voluntary Organisations in the Provision of Urban Housing, Public and Private Sector Partnerships: Furthering Development, UK, Sheffield Hallam University Press, 1999, pp332-348
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Laura Wendling, Adina Dumitru, K Arnbjerg-Nielsen, C Baldacchini, S Connop, M Dubovik, J Fermoso, K Hölscher, F Nadim, F Pilla, F Renaud, ML Rhodes, E San José, R Sánchez, J Skodra, J-M Tacnet, G Zulian, K Allaert, D Almassy, A Ascenso, J Babí Almenar, L Basco, V Beaujouan, G Benoit, M Bockarjova, N Bode, S Bonelli, R Bouzouidja, T Butlin, J Calatrava, C Calfapietra, P Cannavo, V Capobianco, G Caroppi, G Ceccherini, K Chancibault, M Cioffi, S Coelho, P Dadvand, Y de Bellis, C de Keijzer, A de la Hera, R De Vreese, S Decker, S Djordjevic, C Dowling, D Dushkova, S Eiter, M Faneca, Z Fatima, C Ferracini, W Fjellstad, G Fleury, B Freyer, I García, M García-Alcaraz, C Gerundo, E Gil-Roldán, R Giordano, M Giugni, B Goličnik Marušić, S Gómez, M González, A Gonzalez-Ollauri, G Guidolotti, D Haase, J Heredida, T Hermawan, K Herranz-Pascual, J Jermakka, L Jones, M Kiss, F Kraus, B Körmöndi, A Laikari, P Laille, C Lemée, M Llorente, M Lodder, I Macsinga, J Maes, S Maia, M Manderscheid, M Manzano, F Martelli, R Martins, B Mayor, U McKnight, M Mendizabal, R Mendonça, SB Mickovski, AI Miranda, GC Moniz, K Munro, C Nash, P Nolan, A Oen, P Olsson, C Olver, ED Ozturk, F Paradiso, C Petucco, N Pisani, G Piton, F Pugliese, M Rasmussen, Ž Ravknikar, E Reich, K Reichborn-Kjennerud, V Rinta-Hiiro, V Robles, F Rodriguez, P Roebeling, L Ruangpan, B Rugani, A Rödl, I Sánchez, A Sánchez Torres, G Sanesi, JM Sanz, B Scharf, F Silvestri, G Spano, M Stanganelli, F Szkordilisz, D Tomé-Lourido, L Vay, S Vela, M Vercelli, A Villazán, Z Vojinovic, A Werner, B Wheeler, C Young, S Zorita, M Zandersen, M zu-Castell Rüdenhausen, Indicators of NBS performance and impact, European Commission, 2021, p114 - 176
Donnelly-Cox, Gemma Rhodes, Mary-Lee Hogan, Benn Lawlor, Mary, Corporate Human Rights Reporting, Accountancy Ireland, 52, (4), 2020, p33 - 35
Benn Finlay Hogan, ML Rhodes, Susan P Murphy, Mary Lawlor, IRISH BUSINESS & HUMAN RIGHTS: Benchmarking compliance with the UN Guiding Principles, Dublin, IRL, Centre for Social Innovation, Trinity College Dublin, November, 2019
Rhodes, M.L., 'Managing the Entanglement', Managing the Entanglement: Complexity Leadership in Public Sector Systems, 2018, -
McQuaid, S., Rhodes, M.L., Temporary innovation systems: citizens and societal actors as equal partners in social innovation, Social Enterprise World Forum Academic Symposium, Edinburgh, Scotland, 12-14 Sep, 2018
Byrne, D., Rhodes, M.L., Thang, T.T.N., True Places: Methodological considerations in mapping social enterprises, Social Enterprise World Forum Academic Symposium, Edinburgh, Scotland, 12-14 Sep, 2018
McQuaid, Siobhan and Rhodes. ML, Temporary Innovation Systems: positioning citizens and societal actors as equal partners in social innovation and enterprise creation, Social Enterprise World Forum, Glasgow, Scotland, 10 Sep , 2018
Rhodes, M.L., Letter to the Editor: Today's announcement of the "Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan", 2018, -
Rhodes, M.L., Lack of innovation and courage to take risks laid the foundation for crisis that affects so many, 2017, - 5
Rhodes, ML, Navigating Service System Landscapes, GBHI Seminar Series, Trinity College, 31 May, 2017, Global Brain Health Institute
Rhodes, ML, Ireland's SIB Pilot: Lessons Learned, conférence sur l'innovation sociale et l'investissement à impact social, Paris, France, 26 Sep, 2016, Secrétaire d'Etat chargée du Commerce, de l'Artisanat, de la Consommation et de l'Economie sociale et solidaire
Rhodes, ML, Housing, Homelessness and Ireland's first Social Impact Bond, FENIX Programme, Dublin, Ireland, 11 May, 2016, Centre for Social Engagement
Rhodes,ML, Impact Investing and the first Social Impact Bond in Ireland, Focus Ireland Lunchtime Seminars, Focus Ireland, Dublin, 14 May, 2015, Focus Ireland
Rhodes, ML, Measuring Social Impact: Looking for Inspiration, Northern Ireland Voluntary Action Futures: Research Agendas, NI Council for Voluntary Action, 8 March, 2013, Uinv. of Ulster, Institute for Research in Social Sciences, TSRC
ML Rhodes, Understanding Homelessness, Invited Speaker Series, Southern Cross University, Coolangatta, Brisbane, Australia, 28 March, 2012, Southern Cross University, Research Centre for Tourism, Leisure and Work
ML Rhodes, What's in a Name? Researching Role & Performance in Hybrid Organisations, Social Enterprise Invited Speaker Series, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 18 April, 2012, Faculty of Business & Economics
ML Rhodes, Smart Cities, Smarter Citizens, 5th Annual Conference of Assocation for Chinese Studies in Ireland, Univeristy College Dublin, Sep 8, 2012
ML Rhodes, What's in a Name? Measuring Performance in Hybrid Organisations, Queens University Seminar Series, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 20 May , 2011, School of Business, Queens Univ Belfast
Kevin Magee and ML Rhodes, Estimate of Potential Costs in Irish Public Expenditure in 2009 arising from Waste, Fraud & Error, Dublin, Ireland, SAS Ireland, Feb, 2011
ML Rhodes, Non-profit organisations and Complex Systems: The case of 'Front Line', FENIX programme seminar, Dublin, Ireland, 10 May, 2011, IDEELL ARENA and Trinity Centre for Nonprofit Management
Organising Systems and Levels in, editor(s)Litton, Frank, Tony Farmar and Frank Scott-Lennon , Ideas at Work: Essays in honour of Geoffrey MacKechnie, Dublin, Ireland, A&A Farmar, 2005, pp253 - 271, [Mary Lee Rhodes]
Rhodes, ML, Value for Money Audit on the Waiting List Initiative: reference partner report on the preliminary phase, 2002
Rhodes, ML and Clayton, V., The Changing Role of Housing Association Sector: Profile on the Republic of Ireland, ICSH Biennial National Social Housing Conference, Galway, Ireland, Sep 18-20, 2001
ML Rhodes, Irish Local Energy Agencies: Perspectives on the Institutional Framework, Dublin, Ireland, Irish Energy Centre, Oct, 2000
Research Expertise
Description
My research is aimed at understanding the nature of societal well-being and the role of governance and public service systems in urban management. Specific research topics include: defining and measuring social impact, modelling complex public service systems, processes of value co-creation and analytics for public service managers. Doctoral research projects currently under supervision: urban resilience, governance of innovation in urban development, indicators of network impact Vacancies for high-calibre PhD students exist in the following areas: . Governance and collaborative urbanism . Social Impact Indicators and drivers of well-being . Social Enterprise and Social Impact . Measures of risk and return in Social Investment marketsProjects
- Title
- Connecting Nature
- Summary
- The overarching objective of CONNECTING NATURE is to position Europe as a global leader in the innovation and implementation of nature-based solutions. The project partners will form a community of cities fostering peer-to-peer, transdisciplinary capacity building between front-runner, fast-follower and multiplier cities facilitated by the project consortium. The project collaborative will co-develop the policy and practices necessary to scale up urban resilience, innovation and governance via nature-based solutions. An open innovation ecosystem approach bringing together city governments, SMEs, academia and civic society will be used to co-produce usable and actionable knowledge in all cities. CONNECTING NATURE will provide the reference framework for a new generation of urban nature-based solution processes and empower transitioning ambassadors who will globalise this approach through a strategy targeting multiplier cities. This novel approach, coupled with the high capacity of the consortium, makes CONNECTING NATURE a unique and exciting prospect.
- Funding Agency
- European Commission
- Date From
- June 2017
- Date To
- May 2022
- Title
- Social Innovation & Enterprise Accelerator
- Summary
- The objective of the project is to build a basis for collaboration between TCD and the National Economics University (NEU) of Vietnam in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship research and related activities through active engagement with academics, students, and social enterprises in Vietnam and Ireland. This will include an innovative approach to digital engagement and mapping of Social Enterprises in Vietnam and an exchange of expertise in 3rd level and practice-oriented teaching methods.
- Funding Agency
- Irish Aid
- Date From
- Jan 2018
- Date To
- Dec 2019
- Title
- COST TU1204: People-friendly Cities in a Data-rich World
- Summary
- Network for researchers interested in the nature of 'people-friendly' cities and how technology, design processes and collaborative urbanism contribute to these.
- Funding Agency
- European Science Foundation
- Date From
- May 2013
- Date To
- May 2017
- Title
- HEA Research Grant: "Towards Richer Decision-Making"
- Summary
- This project examined the critical factors and decision-making activities of network participants in urban regeneration projects in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In addition to numerous reports and journal articles, the research resulted in the book, "Public Management & Complexity Theory: Richer Decision-making in Irish Public Services" published by Routledge in 2011
- Funding Agency
- Higher Education Authority of Ireland
- Date From
- 2004
- Date To
- 2007
- Title
- Non-profit Housing in Ireland
- Summary
- Study of the evolution and impact of housing associations in Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Funding Agency
- Dept. of Environment, NI Housing Executive
- Date From
- 2000
- Date To
- 2003
Recognition
Awards and Honours
Snow Foundation Award for Best Case or Simulation in Collaborative Nonprofit Management
Best Paper in Stream: Irish Management Conference
Memberships
International Research Society for Public Management
American Society of Public Administration
International Society for Third-sector Research
European Network of Housing Researchers
American Academy of Management
INFORMS