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Declan Curran

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
	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. [Link] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91247-5
	2015	Curran D.; Luciuk L.; Newby A. (2015) Famines in European Economic History: The Last Great European Famines Reconsidered. [DOI]

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	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, Mounir; Curran, Declan (2020) 'Fractionalization and reform: a framework of political collaboration with application to Lebanon'. Economics of Governance, 21 (2). [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, Mounir; Curran, Declan (2018) 'DO CRISES INDUCE REFORM? A CRITICAL REVIEW OF CONCEPTION, METHODOLOGY AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF THE CRISIS HYPOTHESIS''. Journal of Economic Surveys, 32 (3). [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	Colm, Colm,Declan, Declan (2017) 'Strategic Transformations in large Irish-owned Businesses'. Businesss 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	Declan, Declan,Mounir, Mounir (2016) 'Interrogating the "Crisis-Reform" Hypothesis: A case-study of poor law reform in post-famine Ireland'. Journal of European Economic History, XLV . [Link]
	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, Declan; Lynn, Theo; O'Gorman, Colm (2016) 'The Role of Personal Factors in the Location Decision of Software Services Start-up Firms'. European Planning Studies, 24 (3). [DOI]
	2016	Declan, Declan,Chris, Chris,Colm, Colm (2016) 'Inherited competence and spin-off performance'. European Planning Studies, 24 . [DOI]
	2016	Ciaran, Ciaran,Declan, 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, Chris; Curran, Declan (2014) 'Social Networks and Actual Knowledge Flow in the Irish Biotech Industry'. European Planning Studies, 22 (6). [DOI]
	2013	Chris, Chris,Prionnsias, Prionnsias,Declan, Declan (2013) 'Gateways, Hubs and Regional Specialisation in the National Spatial Strategy'. Administration, 60 .
	2013	Van Egeraat, Chris; Curran, Declan (2013) 'Spatial Concentration in the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry: The Role of Spatial Planning and Agglomeration Economies'. Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie, 104 (3). [DOI]
	2013	Breathnach, P., Van Egeraat, C. and Curran, D (2013) 'Enterprise and labour: hubs, gateways and inter-regional specialisation'. 60 .
	2012	Curran, Declan (2012) 'British regional growth and sectoral trends: global and local spatial econometric approaches'. Applied Economics, 44 (17). [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	D, D,M, M (2010) 'Large- Scale Mortality Shocks and the Great Irish Famine 1845-1852'. Economic Modelling, 27 .
	2009	D, D (2009) 'British Regional Economic Growth: A Spatial Econometric Approach'. European Journal of Spatial Development, .
	2004	Declan, Declan (2004) 'Enlargement and the European Geography of the Information Technology Sector'. World Economy, 27 .

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2025	Chris van Egeraat; Declan Curran (2025) 'Coevolution of industry and publicly-funded research in the Irish biopharma ecosystem' In: Biopharmaceutical Ecosystems A Comparative Study of U.S. and European Systems. London : Academic Press.
	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	Declan, Curran (2017) 'The Great Irish Famine 1845-1850: social and spatial famine vulnerabilities' In: : 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	Declan, Curran (2014) 'Geographic Scale and the Great Irish Famine' In: : Peter Lang, Bern, Swtizerland.
	2013	Chris, van Egeraat,Declan, Curran (2013) 'The Life Sciences Sector' In: : Irish Exporters Association.
	2010	D, Curran,C, van Egeraat (2010) 'Social Network Analysis of the Irish Biotech Industry: Implications for Digital Ecosystems' In: : Springer Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences.

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2013	van Egeraat, C. and D. Curran (2013) 'Analysis of the Irish Life Sciences Sector' .
	2010	Curran D. and van Egeraat C., (2010) 'Defining and Valuing Dublin's Creative Industries' .
	2007	Curran D., M. Funke and J. Wang (2007) 'Economic Growth across Space and Time: Subprovincial Evidence from Mainland China' .
	2006	Curran D. and M. Funke (2006) 'Taking the Temperature: Forecasting GDP Growth for Mainland China' .

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2014	Declan, Declan (2014) Core-Periphery relationships and the Irish Famine *European Social Science History Conference*
	2014	Declan, Declan,Chris, Chris (2014) Linking Subsidiary Evolution and Territorial Development *Geography of Innovation conference 2014*
	2014	Chris, Chris,Prionnsias, Prionnsias,Declan, Declan (2014) Regional Economic Resilience in Ireland: The Roles of Industrial Structure and Foreign Inward Investment *Conference of Irlsh Geographers*
	2013	Colm, Colm,D, D,C, C (2013) Adverse Events and Opportunistic Spin-offs: The Irish Biotech Industry *Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference*
	2013	Declan, Declan (2013) Geographic Scale and the Great Irish Famine *Legacies of the Great Irish Famine*
	2013	Declan, Declan,Chris, Chris (2013) Linking subsidiary evolution and terriorial development: Irish Medical Devices industry *Scottish Regional Studies Association: The Changing Role of Inward Investment and Regional Development*
	2012	Declan, Declan,Colm, Colm,Chris, Chris (2012) New entrants and inherited competence: the evolution of the Irish Biotechnology sector *Geography of Innovation conference*
	2012	Declan, Declan,colm, colm (2012) A study of the supply of 'productive entrepreneurship' in Ireland: 1960 to 2008 *Rent XXIII, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management*
	2011	Declan, Declan,Marianne, Marianne (2011) The Spatiality of Productivity across EU Regions *7th European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics*
	2011	Colm, Colm,D, D (2011) A study of the supply of 'productive entrepreneurship' in Ireland: 1960 to 2008 *Rent XXIII, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management*
	2012	Colm, Colm,D, D,K, K,D, D (2012) Entrepreneurial Role Models, Prior Start-up Experience, and the Intent of Farmers to Start a New Enterprise *Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship Conference*
	2012	Colm, Colm,D, D,C, C (2012) Adverse Events as Triggers of Spin-offs: A Case Study of the Irish Biotech Industry *RENT XXIV, EIASM*
	2011	Colm, Colm,D, D (2011) Entrepreneurial Activity and the Evolution of the Irish Biotech Sector *Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship Conference*
	2011	Colm, Colm,D, D (2011) 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*
	2011	D, D,C, C,C, C (2011) The role of new entrants in industry evolution: An application of Klepper's theory to a high technology sector *Rent XXIII, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management*

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2012	D. Curran, O’Gorman, C. and C van Egeraat (2012) Eurolio Geography of Innovation conference New entrants and inherited competence: the evolution of the Irish Biotechnology sector Saint Etienne, France, 25/01/2012-28/01/2012.
	2012	D. Curran and C van Egeraat (2012) NUI Maynooth Geography Department 40th Anniversary conference Social networks and actual knowledge flow in the Irish Biotech Industry Maynooth, Ireland, 30/01/2012-30/01/2012.
	2011	D. Curran and M. Sensier (2011) 7th European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics The Spatiality of Productivity across EU Regions Pisa, Italy, 14/02/2011-16/02/2011.
	2011	D. Curran, O’Gorman, C. and C van Egeraat (2011) Martin McEvoy Annual Seminar Series The evolution of the Irish Biotechnology sector DCU, Dublin, Ireland, 02/11/2011-02/11/2011.
	2011	O’Gorman, C. and D. Curran (2011) 5th GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) Research Conference The supply of `productive entrepreneurship' in Ireland: 1960 to 2010; An analysis of established business owners in Ireland Cartagena de las Indias, Columbia, 06/10/2011-08/10/2011.
	2011	O’Gorman, C. and D. Curran (2011) Rent XXIII, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management A study of the supply of `productive entrepreneurship¿ in Ireland: 1960 to 2008 Bodo, Norway, 17/11/2011-18/11/2012.
	2010	D. Curran and C van Egeraat (2010) DIME workshop: “Industrial Dynamics and Economic Geography” Utrecht, The Netherlands, 05/09/2010-07/09/2010.

Reports

	Year	Publication
	2015	Morgenroth, E., van Egeraat, C., Curran, D., Hewitt Dundas, N, Kroes, R., and J. Gleeson (2015) Mapping the Potential for All-Island Sectoral Ecosystems. REPORT

Published Report

	Year	Publication
	2023	van Egeraat, Chris; Curran, Declan (2023) Regional Economic Resilience and Resistance in Ireland 2001-2022: The Roles of Industrial Structure and Foreign Inward Investment. National Economic & Social Development Office NESDO, .