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Biographical Details:

Dr. Declan Curran joined DCU Business School in August 2010 after completing a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), NUI Maynooth. He completed a PhD in Economics (June 2008) in University of Hamburg. His PhD thesis, entitled "Regional Growth across Space and Time" focussed on the empirics of regional growth over time. Prior to that, he completed an MA in Economics in University College Dublin, where his research area was the evolving industrial structure of the Ireland's FDI-intensive industries such as the pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and ICT sectors.

Research Interests:

Dr. Curran's research interests focus on the empirics of economic growth across regions and within industry sectors, and the application of spatial econometric methods to these issues, as well as quantitative methods for social network analysis.

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Curran D. 2012. British Regional Growth and Sectoral Trends: Global and Local Spatial Econometric Approaches. Applied Economics, 44, 17
• van Egeraat., C. and D. Curran. 2012. Social Networks and Actual Knowledge Flow in the Irish Biotech Industry. European Planning Studies, forthcoming,
• van Egeraat C., Breathnach, P., and D. Curran. 2012. Gateways, Hubs and Regional Specialisation in the National Spatial Strategy. Administration, 60, 4 (forthcoming)
• Curran D, Froling, M. 2010. Large- Scale Mortality Shocks and the Great Irish Famine 1845-1852. Economic Modelling, 27, 55, pp1302-1304.
• Colavecchio, R, Curran, D., and Funke, M. 2010. Drifting Together or Falling Apart? The Empirics of Regional Economic Growth in Post-Unification Germany. Applied Economics, 43,, pp1087-1098.
• Curran D. 2009. British Regional Economic Growth: A Spatial Econometric Approach. European Journal Of Spatial Development, 37
• Barry, F. and D. Curran. 2004. Enlargement and the European Geography of the Information Technology Sector. The World Economy, 27, 6

Selected Chapters

• van Egeraat, C. and D. Curran. 2010. Social Network Analysis of the Irish Biotech Industry: Implications for Digital Ecosystems. Digital Eco-Systems

Selected Non-peer Reviewed Journals

• Curran D. and van Egeraat C.,. 2010. Defining and Valuing Dublin's Creative Industries. Dublin City Council Think Dublin Series,
• Curran D., M. Funke and J. Wang. 2007. Economic Growth across Space and Time: Subprovincial Evidence from Mainland China. Bank of Finland Discussion Paper,
• Curran D. and M. Funke. 2006. Taking the Temperature: Forecasting GDP Growth for Mainland China. Bank of Finland Discussion Paper,

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• D. Curran and C van Egeraat, Social networks and actual knowledge flow in the Irish Biotech Industry, NUI Maynooth Geography Department 40th Anniversary conference, 30-JAN-12 - 30-JAN-12, Maynooth, Ireland
• D. Curran, O¿Gorman, C. and C van Egeraat, New entrants and inherited competence: the evolution of the Irish Biotechnology sector, Eurolio Geography of Innovation conference , 25-JAN-12 - 28-JAN-12, Saint Etienne, France
• O¿Gorman, C. and D. Curran , A study of the supply of `productive entrepreneurship¿ in Ireland: 1960 to 2008, Rent XXIII, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, 17-NOV-11 - 18-NOV-12, Bodo, Norway
• D. Curran, O¿Gorman, C. and C van Egeraat, , Rent XXIII, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, 17-NOV-11 - 18-NOV-11, Bodo, Norway
• O¿Gorman, C. and D. Curran, Entrepreneurial Activity and the Evolution of the Irish Biotech Sector, Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship (ISBE), 09-NOV-11 - 10-NOV-11, Sheffield, UK
• D. Curran, O¿Gorman, C. and C van Egeraat, The evolution of the Irish Biotechnology sector, Martin McEvoy Annual Seminar Series, 02-NOV-11 - 02-NOV-11, DCU, Dublin, Ireland
• O¿Gorman, C. and D. Curran , The supply of `productive entrepreneurship' in Ireland: 1960 to 2010; An analysis of established business owners in Ireland, 5th GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) Research Conference, 06-OCT-11 - 08-OCT-11, Cartagena de las Indias, Columbia
• D. Curran and M. Sensier, The Spatiality of Productivity across EU Regions, 7th European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics, 14-FEB-11 - 16-FEB-11, Pisa, Italy
• D. Curran and C van Egeraat, , DIME workshop: ¿Industrial Dynamics and Economic Geography¿, 05-SEP-10 - 07-SEP-10, Utrecht, The Netherlands