Martin McEvoy Annual Conference
Martin McEvoy Annual Conference

Martin McEvoy Annual Conference 2020

to
Campus
Off campus
Venue
Virtual
Target Audience
All Welcome
Is registration required?
Yes
Free of charge or ticket price
Free of charge
For more information contact
deiric.obroin@dcu.ie

DCU School of Law and Government and DCU's Office of Civic Engagement are delighted to invite you to the

Martin McEvoy Annual Conference 2020

Politics, People and Public Policy - Case Studies in Policy Engagement

Schedule

9.30am – 9.35am Welcome

9.35am – 10.50am Session I

  • Rurality as a context for innovative policy responses to social challenges: The role of rural social enterprises - Lucas Olmedo, Mara van Twuijver and Mary O’Shaughnessy (UCC)

  • Local development companies and their evolving relationship with policy formulation processes - Joe Saunders (ILDN)

  • Strategic Policy Committees: Talking shops or active participants in local policy development? - Fintan Phelan (Carlow County Council/DCU)

    Break

11.00am – 12.15pm Session II

  • Stakeholder engagement through experimental governance: Learning from developments in water governance and the dairy sector - Larry O’Connell (NESC) and Rory O’Donnell (UCD)

  • The Dublin-Belfast Economic Corridor: An idea whose time has come (again)? - Eoin Magennis (UU), Neale Blair (UU), Jordana Corrigan (TU Dublin) and Deiric Ó Broin (DCU)

  • Structured, formal engagement of stakeholders in public policy: The case of An Fóram Uisce (The Water Forum) - Richard Boyle, Joanna O’Riordan, Laura Shannon and Fergal O’Leary (IPA)

    Break

12.25pm – 1.40pm Session III

  • Mainstreaming climate adaptation into national and local level policy making - Paul Lawlor (TU Dublin)

  • Public participation in times of crisis. A case study of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown residents associations’ response to COVID-19 - Simone Sav and Colette Downing (DLR PPN)

  • Collaboratively planning climate action: What would it mean for Dublin? - Ali Grehan (Dublin City Council/DCU)