There are two research centres affiliated to the Department, the Euro-Asia Centre and the National Centre for Tourism Policy Studies (NCTPS), both of which can be linked to from the menu on the left. In addition, the Privatisation & Public Private Partnerships Research Group (P4) is affiliated to the Department.
Faculty actively engage in research projects and publish in a variety of media in line with the research objectives of the University. Faculty research interests and publications can be viewed on their personal pages in the faculty & staff section.
Members of faculty have published in a number of leading refereed journals, including:
Administration
Applied Economics
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
Economic and Social Review
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
International Review of Applied Economics
Journal of Asian Economics
Journal of European Integration
Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland
Journal of World Trade
Policy Studies
Public Administration
Public Money and Management
Regional Studies
Resources Policy
Tourism Economics
Next Seminar
Next seminar to be announced soon.
For further details on the seminar series click here.
CHE Award
The Department was recently awarded 2 stars in the Centre for Higher Education Development's (CHE) European Excellence Ranking for Psychology, Political Science and Economics.