News Archive: Academic Year 2013 - 2014

David O'Sullivan, a distinguished graduate of Economics and Sociology (1975), has been appointed as the EU's new ambassador to Washington after a long career in the Commission of the European Union.

The launch of the Student Economic Review 2014 took place on the 25th of March. Under the supervision of the Trinity College Department of Economics and SER President Prof John O'Hagan, the review is run by a committee of Junior Sophisters and comprises a selection of the best undergraduate papers from the last year.

The Department of Economics is delighted to extend its congratulations to John Christopher Mattock (BESS), Paul Reidy (BESS), William Michael Foley (PPES), Brigid Eileen Francis-Devine (PPES), Stephen Stack (PPES), Alexandra Trant (PPES), Robert Cronin (TSM) and Ronan Terence O'Connor (TSM) who were announced as new Scholars of the College.

Prof. Michael King of the Department of Economics will lead a 26-month research programme on financial inclusion and financial sector development in Kenya.

The Student Economic Review was delighted to welcome Dominick Chilcott, the British Ambassador to Ireland, and Stephen Collins, the Political Editor of the Irish Times to Trinity Long Room Hub on February 20. The topic for discussion on the evening was 'Britain, Ireland, and the EU'.

Prof John Fitzgerald (ESRI), Prof Eleanor Denny (TCD) and Dr Amy O'Mahoney (TCD) were the authors of, 'An Enterprising Wind: An Economic Analysis of the Job Creation Potential of the Wind Sector in Ireland' which was launched by Minister Pat Rabbitte this week.

Debating teams from Trinity College Dublin and Harvard University recently took part in the Student Economic Review (SER) debate chaired by Dr Patrick Prendergast, Provost of Trinity College Dublin.

The key role played by cross-border finance in the development of the euro crisis was the focus of a lecture given by Professor Philip R Lane, Whately Professor of Political Economy, in Trinity College Dublin recently.

The Department of Economics is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow focused on financial sector development in East Africa on a Specific Purpose Contract.

The Department of Economics marked the launch of its MSc in Economic Policy Studies for 2014-2016 with a special guest lecture on unemployment by Prof. Jochen Kluve.

Assistant Professor Fadi Hassan has published an article on Voxeu.org entitled 'Productivity in Italy: The great unlearning.'