Declan Curran
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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.
Book
Year | Publication | |
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2015 | Curran D.; Luciuk L.; Newby A. (2015) Famines in European Economic History: The Last Great European Famines Reconsidered. [DOI] | |
2022 | Lynn, T.; Rosati, P.; Conway, E.; Curran, D.; Fox, G.; O'Gorman, C. (2022) Digital Towns - Accelerating and Measuring the Digital Transformation of Rural Societies and Economies. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. [Link] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91247-5 |
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2023 | van Egeraat, Chris; Curran, Declan; Breathnach, Proinnsias (2023) 'Regional economic resistance and divergence in Ireland, 2011–22'. Administration, 71 (3):63-86. https://doi.org/10.2478/admin-2023-0017 | |
2022 | van Egeraat, C; Curran, D. (2022) 'Intrapreneurship and regional development in the South East of Ireland'. REGIONAL STUDIES REGIONAL SCIENCE, 9 (1):526-548. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2022.2111269 | |
2021 | Chris van Egeraat; Declan Curran (2021) '‘Drivers and Barriers of Cross-Border Sectoral Ecosystems: The Pharmaceutical Sector in an All-Island Context’'. IRISH STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (ONLINE), 32 (2):627-651. https://doi.org/10.3318/isia.2021.32b.49 | |
2021 | O’Keeffe, M.; Crehan, M.; Munro, M.; Logan, A.; Farrell, A.M.; Clarke, E.; Flood, M.; Ward, M.; Andreeva, T.; Van Egeraat, C.; Heaney, F.; Curran, D.; Clinton, E. (2021) 'Exploring the role of peer observation of teaching in facilitating cross-institutional professional conversations about teaching and learning'. International Journal for Academic Development, 26 . [Link] [DOI] | |
2020 | Curran, D., Gillanders, R., and Mahmalat, M. (2020) 'Policymaking, Ideational Power, and the role of the Media'. Political Studies Review, Online first :1-15. | |
2020 | Mahmalat, M. and D. Curran (2020) 'Fractionalization and reform: a framework of political collaboration with application to Lebanon'. Economics of Governance, Online First :1-28. [Link] [DOI] | |
2020 | Curran D. and M. Mahmalat (2020) 'Policy divergence across crises of a similar nature: the role of ideas in shaping 19th century famine relief policies'. Review of International Political Economy, . https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09692290.2020.1727938 | |
2018 | Mahmalat, M; Curran, D (2018) 'DO CRISES INDUCE REFORM? A CRITICAL REVIEW OF CONCEPTION, METHODOLOGY AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF THE "CRISIS HYPOTHESIS''. Journal of Economic Surveys, 32 :613-648. [DOI] | |
2018 | van Egeraat, C. and Morgenroth, E. and Kroes, R. and Curran, D. and Gleeson, J. (2018) 'A measure for identifying substantial geographic concentrations'. Papers in Regional Science, 97 (2):281-300. [Link] [DOI] | |
2017 | O' Gorman,Colm; Curran,Declan (2017) 'Strategic transformations in large Irish-owned businesses'. Business History, 59 . | |
2016 | Curran, D; O' Gorman, C; van Egeraat, C (2016) '"Opportunistic" spin-offs in the aftermath of an adverse corporate event'. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 23 :984-1008. [DOI] | |
2016 | Curran,Declan; Mahmalat,Mounir (2016) 'Interrogating the "Crisis-Reform" Hypothesis: A case-study of poor law reform in post-famine Ireland'. Journal of European Economic History, XLV . | |
2016 | Curran, D (2016) '"Articles of Practical Banking Written by Practical Bankers': The Bankers' Magazine Reportage of the Great Irish Famine'. Irish Economic and Social History, 43 :21-49. [DOI] | |
2016 | Curran D.; Lynn T.; O'Gorman C. (2016) 'The Role of Personal Factors in the Location Decision of Software Services Start-up Firms'. European Planning Studies, 24 (3):551-567. [DOI] | |
2016 | Curran, D.; van Egeraat, C.; O'Gorman, C. (2016) 'Inherited competence and spin-off performance'. European Planning Studies, 24 . [Link] [DOI] | |
2016 | Mac An Bhaird,Ciaran; Curran,Declan (2016) 'Sectoral differences in determinants of export intensity'. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 17 . | |
2015 | Breathnach, P.; van Egeraat, C.; Curran, D. (2015) 'Regional economic resilience in Ireland: The roles of industrial structure and foreign inward investment'. REGIONAL STUDIES REGIONAL SCIENCE, 2 . [Link] [DOI] | |
2014 | van Egeraat C.; Curran D. (2014) 'Social Networks and Actual Knowledge Flow in the Irish Biotech Industry'. European Planning Studies, 22 (6):1109-1126. [DOI] | |
2013 | van Egeraat,Chris; Breathneach,Prionnsias; Curran,Declan (2013) 'Gateways, Hubs and Regional Specialisation in the National Spatial Strategy'. Administration, 60 . | |
2013 | Van Egeraat C.; Curran D. (2013) 'Spatial concentration in the Irish pharmaceutical industry: The role of spatial planning and agglomeration economies'. Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie, 104 (3):338-358. [DOI] | |
2013 | Breathnach, P., Van Egeraat, C. and Curran, D (2013) 'Enterprise and labour: hubs, gateways and inter-regional specialisation'. 60 . | |
2012 | Curran D. (2012) 'British regional growth and sectoral trends: Global and local spatial econometric approaches'. Applied Economics, 44 (17):2187-2201. [DOI] | |
2010 | 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 :1087-1098. | |
2010 | Curran,D; Froling,M (2010) 'Large- Scale Mortality Shocks and the Great Irish Famine 1845-1852'. Economic Modelling, 27 . | |
2009 | Curran,D (2009) 'British Regional Economic Growth: A Spatial Econometric Approach'. European Journal of Spatial Development, . | |
2004 | Curran,Declan (2004) 'Enlargement and the European Geography of the Information Technology Sector'. World Economy, 27 . |
Book Chapter
Year | Publication | |
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2022 | Curran, Declan (2022) '‘Ad Libitum Banking’?: Dublin’s Role within the Famine-Era Irish Banking System' In: Dublin and the Great Irish Famine. Dublin : University College Dublin Press. | |
2018 | Curran,Declan (2018) 'Organisational Narrative and Memory in Social Context: Representations of the Great Irish Famine in Official Publications of Irish Joint-Stock Banks' In: The Great Irish Famine and Social Class. Berne,Switzerland : Peter Lang. | |
2017 | Curran,Declan (2017) 'The Great Irish Famine 1845-1850: social and spatial famine vulnerabilities' In: Handbook of Famine, Starvation, and Nutrient Deprivation. : Springer. | |
2017 | Declan Curran (2017) '“A Dreadful Pressure for Money”: the Bank Charter Act 1844 and Bankers (Ireland) Act 1845 in the Context of the Great Irish Famine' In: “The Enormous Failure of Nature”: Famine and Society in the Nineteenth CenturyStudies. Helsinki : Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. [Link] | |
2015 | Declan Curran (2015) 'From the haggart to the Hudson: The Irish Famine across many geographical scales' In: in Famines in European Economic History: The Last Great European Famines Reconsidered (2015), Curran, D, Luciuk, L., and A.G. Newby (eds). London : Routledge. | |
2015 | Curran, D. Luciuk, L., and A.G. Newby (2015) 'Famines in European Economic History: Introduction' In: in Famines in European Economic History: The Last Great European Famines Reconsidered (2015), Curran, D., Luciuk, L., and A.G. Newby (eds). Location : Routledge. | |
2014 | Curran,Declan (2014) 'Geographic Scale and the Great Irish Famine' In: Global Legacies of the Great Irish Famine: Transnational and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. : Peter Lang, Bern, Swtizerland. | |
2013 | van Egeraat,Chris; Curran,Declan (2013) 'The Life Sciences Sector' In: Top 250 Exporters 2013. Dublin : Irish Exporters Association. | |
2010 | Curran,D; van Egeraat,C (2010) 'Social Network Analysis of the Irish Biotech Industry: Implications for Digital Ecosystems' In: Digital Eco-Systems. : Springer Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences. |
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