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Research in the area of Corporate Governance
A key objective of the Centre is to promote research in corporate governance and to produce high quality research in this area. The Centre offers an opportunity for a community of scholars to come together to share ideas in this field.
Full-time academics
There are currently four full-time UCD academics associated with research in the Centre (Prof. Niamh Brennan, Prof. Blanaid Clarke, Dr. Eleanor O'Higgins and Dr. Aileen Pierce). Details of each researcher's activities including publications can be found on their personal websites.
PhD/M.Phil Students
In addition, there are five PhD students working on dissertations on governance. Details of their research topics are summarised below:
Lorei Cordeiro
Dissertation title: "Transnational Corporations Operating in the Developing World: in Search of Accountability for Human Rights Violations"
Supervisors: Prof. Blanaid Clarke and Ms. Suzanne Egan.
Margaret Cullen
Dissertation title: "Towards a Grounded Theory of the Role and Effectiveness of Boards of Directors in Investment Fund Governance"
Supervisor: Prof. Niamh Brennan.
Collette Kirwan
Dissertation title: "Effective Governance and Accountability: Role Conflict, Non-Executive Directors and Boards of Unlisted Family Firms"
Supervisor: Prof. Niamh Brennan
Ailish O'Brien
Dissertation title: "Role of Clinicians in the Management of Clinical Quality in Hospitals Boards of Unlisted Family Firms"
Supervisor: Prof. Niamh Brennan
Sagee Sasikumar
Dissertation title: "The Corporate Governance Responsibility of Directors of Multinational Corporations for International Human Rights Violations "
Supervisors - Prof. Blanaid Clarke and Ms. Suzanne Egan
Philip Shrives
Dissertation title: " Disclosure in Disarray: Assessing Corporate Governance Explanations of Non-compliance."
Supervisor: Prof. Niamh Brennan and Dr. Aileen Pierce
