Dr. David Horan

Assistant Professor, School Office Trinity Business School

Biography

Dr. David Horan is an Assistant Professor in Business: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) at Trinity Business School specialized in governance for sustainable development. At Trinity, his main research interests focus on United Nations (UN) sustainable development agendas, multi-stakeholder implementation, and supporting business actions and partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Prior to joining the School in Autumn 2022, Dr. Horan was awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship to undertake research and engagement for the SDGs that included a two-year secondment at the UN. He is author of "A New Approach to Partnerships for SDG Transformations" and has been invited to speak on transformative partnerships at UN forums and meetings. Currently, he is Advisor on SDG Partnerships at Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future, an international non-profit in consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council. His recent publications appear in Sustainability Science, Global Policy, and Technological Forecasting & Social Change. Dr. Horan also serves as Associate Director of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning. David is interested in supervising Ph.D. and M.Sc. students in areas of sustainable business such as business SDG strategies, responsible/integrated leadership, cross-sector partnerships and stakeholder theory, engaged research, SDG data and indicators, and sustainability/ESG reporting.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Horan D., A framework to harness effective partnerships for the sustainable development goals, Sustainability Science, 17, (4), 2022, p1573 - 1587, p1573-1587Journal Article, 2022, DOI
Horan D., Towards a Portfolio Approach: Partnerships for Sustainable Transformations, Global Policy, 13, (1), 2022, p160 - 170, p160-170Journal Article, 2022, DOI
Horan D., Enabling integrated policymaking with the sustainable development goals: An application to Ireland, Sustainability (Switzerland), 12, (18), 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
Horan D., National baselines for integrated implementation of an environmental sustainable development goal assessed in a new integrated SDG index, Sustainability (Switzerland), 12, (17), 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
Walsh P.P., Murphy E., Horan D., The role of science, technology and innovation in the UN 2030 agenda, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 154, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
Horan D., Compensation strategies to enact new governance frameworks for sdg transformations, Public Sector Economics, 43, (4), 2019, p375 - 400, p375-400Journal Article, 2019, DOI
Horan D., A new approach to partnerships for SDG transformations, Sustainability (Switzerland), 11, (18), 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI
Herlitz A., Horan D., A Model and Indicator of Aggregate Need Satisfaction for Capped Objectives and Weighting Schemes for Situations of Scarcity, Social Indicators Research, 133, (2), 2017, p413 - 430, p413-430Journal Article, 2017, DOI
Herlitz A., Horan D., Measuring needs for priority setting in healthcare planning and policy, Social Science and Medicine, 157, 2016, p96 - 102, p96-102Journal Article, 2016, DOI
The UN high-level political forum and parliamentary governance for sustainable development in, editor(s)Felix Dodds, Akinremi Bolaji, Yeongmoo Cho, Verena Klinger-Dering, Cristina Popescu, David Banisar, Quinn McKew , Governance for sustainable development Volume 3, Preparing for the Heads of State review of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, New Frontiers, 2019, [P Walsh, E Murphy, D Horan, A Banerjee]Book Chapter, 2019

Governance for Sustainable Development, UN 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), cross-sector and multi-stakeholder partnerships, sustainable business/business SDG actions, SDG data and indicators, integrated approaches, transformative partnerships, engaged research.

Political Science, Economics, Business & Management,

Recognition

Marie-Curie Fellowship, European Commission 2018
Young Scholars Award, Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET)

European Consortium for Political Research
Academy of Management
Political Studies Association of Ireland

Representative to the UN, Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future 2023
Fellow, Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future 2023
Representative to the UN, University College Dublin 2018
Associate, Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future 2021
Member, UN Friends of Governance for Sustainable Development 2018
Visiting Researcher, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network 2018