SWAN GROUP MEMBERS

DR. CHARLES LARKIN (PROJECT COORDINATOR)
University of Dublin, Trinity College View CV

Charles J. Larkin, Discp. Sch., B.A. (Mod.) [TCD] obtained his Ph.D. in economics in 2008. He founded the Swan Group as an associate researcher with the Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin. His research work relates to several topics, including the history of economic thought, the history of ideas, and the legal and institutional development of the International Monetary Fund. Mr. Larkin has made presentations to many international audiences, including the US Federal Reserve. He has also been involved with the following books: The IMF and Nicaragua: Development Where People Matter. Palgrave. Forthcoming. (with Colm Kearney and Ruth Rios-Morales). and "Chapter 1. The History of Debt Conditionality." in The Debt Problem: Historic, Theoretical and Institutional Perspectives. Constantin Gurdgiev, Colm Kearney, Sharon Jackson Eds. Palgrave. Forthcoming. Mr. Larkin was the Vice President of the Trinity College Graduate Students’ Union from October 2004-July 2006. In that capacity Mr. Larkin was a member of the Board of Trinity College and the Academic (University) Council. He has also conducted extensive research in the area of tertiary education policy and presented a paper on the economics of Irish university restructuring to the 2007 Dublin Economic Workshop Kenmare Conference. Contact Charles Larkin

MS AILBHE KENNY
St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra View CV

Ailbhe Kenny has recently been appointed Lecturer in Music Education at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick. She is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Cambridge and has just completed a fellowship supported by the Arts Council, St. Patrick’s College Drumcondra, Wexford County Council and Sligo County Council. This research was presented at a Music Network Conference, ‘Striking the Right Note’ in April, 2007, has been accepted for presentation at ‘The Paris International Conference on Education, Economy and Society’ in July 2008 and will culminate in a published research report and national conference in August 2008. As Part of this fellowship Ms. Kenny also lectured music education at St Patrick’s College and led professional development courses for primary teachers in conjunction with the INTO and Drumcondra Education Centre. Ms. Kenny worked as a primary teacher for almost five years in a mainstream, learning support and specialist music teacher capacity. She spent one year on secondment as Arts and Education officer to ‘The Ark - A Cultural Centre For Children’ in Temple Bar, Dublin 2, an organisation brought about as part of a government arts initiative. Ms. Kenny organised and taught in ‘Literacy through the Arts’ summer camps at Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál, Inchicore for four summers, which was run in conjunction with the School Completion Programme. She is a member of International Society for Music Education (ISME) and attended the ISME world conference in Kuala Lumpur, July 2006. Ms. Kenny holds a Bachelor of Education Degree and a Masters Degree in Education from St. Patrick’s College. Contact Ailbhe Kenny

MR DAITHÍ MACSÍTHIGH
Norwich Law School, University of East Anglia View CV

Daithí MacSíthigh is a Scholar and graduate of Trinity College Dublin. He holds a degree in Law and is currently writing a PhD on the regulation of new media in the School of Law. Mr. MacSíthigh is a tutor in constitutional law, administrative law and human rights law, and teaches on the LLM Media Regulation module. His research interests are in media law, law and technology, administrative procedures, regulatory theory and freedom of expression. A former officer of the Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union and Education Officer of the Union of Students in Ireland, he has been a member of the Higher Education Training and Awards Council, the National Office for Equity of Access to Higher Education, the Board of Trinity College and the European Students’ Union Bologna Process Committee. He acted as research assistant to the TCD Statutes Review Working Party, and has recently been appointed Lecturer in Law at the Norwich Law School, University of East Anglia. View Staff Website: Daithí MacSíthigh

DR JACCO THIJSSEN Department of Economics, University of Dublin, Trinity College View CV

Jacco Thijssen obtained his “doctoraal” (MA) cum laude in Econometrics & Operations Research, with a specialisation in Mathematical Economics, from Tilburg University, the Netherlands. He pursued a PhD in mathematical economics at the Center of Economic Research at the same university, which he obtained in May 2003. In September of that year he joined the Department of Economics at Trinity College Dublin as a lecturer. In January 2006 he was appointed as Lecturer in Mathematical Finance in the Department of Mathematics at the University of York (UK). He re-joined the Department of Economics at TCD in January 2008 on a permanent appointment. His main research interest is in the mathematical structure of economic theory, financial economics, and statistics. View Staff Website: Jacco Thijssen

MS CATHLEEN MCCARRICK (Research Assistant)

DR STEPHEN KINSELLA Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick View CV

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