Michael Breen
Dr
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Associate Professor
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School of Law and Government
Dublin City University
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Dr Michael Breen is an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University.
His research is in international political economy, focusing on international financial institutions and global economic governance. He is also an expert on corruption, with a substantial body of research examining its harmful effects on societies and economies. He is the author of two books and more than 30 journal articles and chapters, with publications in International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Common Market Studies, European Union Politics, and the European Journal of International Relations. He is Co-Director of DCU’s Anti-Corruption Research Centre (ARC) and serves as an expert adviser (LRCC) on corruption to the European Commission. He is also a member of Ireland’s Advisory Council against Economic Crime and Corruption (2025–2028). His research and policy work on corruption have been presented at major international forums, including the United Nations in New York and the European Commission in Brussels. A Senior Fellow of Advance HE, he has supervised many PhD students and postdoctoral fellows to completion. He is currently Principal Investigator on a project funded by the Environmental Protection Agency of Ireland (2025–2027) and has led research projects supported by the Irish Research Council and Enterprise Ireland.
Book
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Breen, M.; Gillanders, R. (2024) 'Money down the drain: Corruption and water service quality in Africa'. Governance, 37 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2024 | Breen, M.; Gillanders, R.; McMullan, C. (2024) 'Corruption, homelessness and disasters'. Journal of International Development, 36 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2024 | Breen, M.; Gillanders, R. (2024) 'Corruption and the Burden of Regulation: National, Regional, and Firm-Level Evidence'. Public Finance Review, 52 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2023 | (2023) 'The IMF as a global monitor: surveillance, information, and financial markets'. Review of International Political Economy, 30 (1):307-331. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2021.2004441 | |
| 2022 | Iain McMenamin; Michael Breen; Juan Muñoz-Portillo (2022) 'Two-level games and market constraints on politics in Europe'. International Political Science Review, 43 (1):136-153. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512120924032 | |
| 2023 | McMenamin, Iain; Courtney, Michael; Breen, Michael; McNulty, Gemma (2023) 'The dependence of election coverage on political institutions: Political competition and policy framing in Germany and the United Kingdom'. Journalism, 24 (6). [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Danny Marks; Michael Breen (2021) 'The Political Economy of Corruption and Unequal Gains and Losses in Water and Sanitation Services: Experiences From Bangkok'. Water Alternatives, 14 (3):795-819. | |
| 2021 | Binhadab, N.; Breen, M.; Gillanders, R. (2021) 'Press freedom and corruption in business-state interactions'. Economic Systems, 45 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Breen, M.; Hodson, D.; Moschella, M. (2020) 'Incoherence in Regime Complexes: A Sentiment Analysis of EU-IMF Surveillance'. Journal of Common Market Studies, 58 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Michael Courtney, Michael Breen, Claire McGing, Iain McMenamin, Eoin O’Malley, Kevin Rafter (2020) 'Underrepresenting Reality? Media coverage of women in politics and sport'. Social Science Quarterly, 101 (4):1282-1302. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12826 | |
| 2020 | Michael Courtney, Michael Breen, Iain McMenamin, and Gemma McNulty (2020) 'Automatic Translation, Context, and Supervised Learning in Comparative Politics'. Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 17 (3):208-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2020.1731245 | |
| 2020 | Michael Breen and Robert Gillanders (2020) 'Press Freedom and Corruption Perceptions: Is There a Reputational Premium?'. Politics And Governance, 8 (2):103-115. [Link] | |
| 2019 | Breen, M.; Egan, P.J.W. (2019) 'The Catalytic Effect of IMF Lending: Evidence from Sectoral FDI Data'. International Interactions, 45 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Michael Breen, Robert Gillanders, Mounir Mahmalat (2019) 'Corruption and support for economic reform in sub-Saharan Africa'. Economics Bulletin, 39 (2). [Link] | |
| 2019 | Tamanna Adhikari, Michael Breen, and Robert Gillanders (2019) 'Are New States More Corrupt? Expert Opinions vs. Firms’ Experiences'. Applied Economic Letters, 26 (2):131-134. | |
| 2018 | Reidy, T.; Suiter, J.; Breen, M. (2018) 'Boom and bust: Economic voting in Ireland'. Politics, 38 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Breen, Michael; Gillanders, Robert; Mcnulty, Gemma; Suzuki, Akisato (2017) 'Gender and Corruption in Business'. Journal of Development Studies, 53 (9). [DOI] | |
| 2016 | McMenamin, Iain; Breen, Michael; Munoz-Portillo, Juan (2016) 'Comparative politics and quasi-rational markets'. New Political Economy, 21 (6). [DOI] | |
| 2015 | Breen, M.; Gillanders, R. (2015) 'Political Trust, Corruption, and Ratings of the IMF and the World Bank'. International Interactions, 41 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2015 | McMenamin, I.; Breen, M.; Muñoz-Portillo, J. (2015) 'Austerity and credibility in the Eurozone'. European Union Politics, 16 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2014 | Breen, M. (2014) 'IMF conditionality and the economic exposure of its shareholders'. European Journal of International Relations, 20 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2013 | Breen, M.; Mcmenamin, I. (2013) 'Political Institutions, Credible Commitment, and Sovereign Debt in Advanced Economies'. International Studies Quarterly, 57 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2013 | Breen, M.; Dorgan, J. (2013) 'The death of Irish trade protectionism: A political economy analysis'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 24 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2013 | Breen, M.; Doyle, D. (2013) 'The Determinants of Privatization: a Comparative Analysis of Developing Countries'. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice, 15 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2012 | Breen, M.; Gillanders, R. (2012) 'Corruption, institutions and regulation'. Economics of Governance, 13 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2012 | Breen, M. (2012) 'IMF surveillance of Ireland during the celtic tiger'. Irish Political Studies, 27 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2012 | Breen, M. (2012) 'The international politics of Ireland's EU/IMF bailout'. Irish Studies in International Affairs, 23 . [Link] [DOI] |
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Breen, M. (2024) 'The IMF, financial regulation, and capital controls' In: Oxford Handbook of the International Monetary Fund. [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2019 | Michael Breen and David Doyle (2019) 'The Determinants of Privatization: a Comparative Analysis of Developing Countries' In: Classics of Comparative Policy Analysis. New York and London : Routledge. [Link] |
Other Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Matteo Bottero and Michael Breen (2021) 'Future Prospects for EU Economic Policy: From the EU Responses to Brexit and COVID-19 to the New EU Fiscal Policy' . | |
| 2019 | Gary Murphy, Robert Gillanders, Michael Breen (2019) 'A question of political will: Corruption and Public Administration in Ireland' 38 (1) . [Link] | |
| 2010 | Breen, Michael (2010) 'Domestic Interests, International Bargaining, and IMF Lending' Paper No. 2010-7 . |
Conference Contribution
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International Relations; International Organisations; International Political Economy