Annual Past Seminar Series

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As part of our 2011 Annual Seminar Series the following seminars were held:

October 28^th 2011	New Entrants and Inherited Competence - The Evolution of the Irish Biotech Sector	Dr. Declan Curran
	Placing Local Government at the Heart of Economic Renewal	Dr. Seán Ó Riordain
	NAMA and the Implications for Local Economic Development	Hilary Murphy
November 11^th 2011	Economic Success Without a Lotto Win - Why Local and Regional Economic Strategies are Essential	Odran Reid
	Enterprises Zones: The English Experience and Lessons for Ireland	Dr. Andrew Moore
November 25^th 2011	The Changing Role of City Administration in an Increasingly Urban World	Lorna Maxwell
	Ireland At Another Turning Point	Dr. Deiric Ó Broin and Professor David Jacobson
	Local Government and Enterprise Support in Fingal	PJ Howell

As part of our 2010 Annual Seminar Series the following seminars were held:

22^nd October 2010	The Evolution of Civil Society Involvement in Irish Public Policy Formulation	Gary Murphy (DCU)
	Participating in Creating Alternatives: Choices for Public Policy	Mary Murphy (NUI Maynooth)
	The Introduction of Asset-Based Community Development to Ireland Friday 5^th November 2010	Matthias Borscheid (Northside Partnership)
	An Irish Nanotechnology Citizens' Jury - Public Participation in Irish Science Policy	Padraig Murphy (DCU)
	Participation of Organizations Representing Homeless People in Public Policy	Mike Allen (Focus Ireland)
19^th November 2010	Business Representation and Local Public Policy Formulation	Patrick King (Dublin Chamber of Commerce)
	The Open Method of Co-ordination on Social Protection and Social Inclusion	Paul Ginnell (EAPN)
	Advancing Health Diagnosis - Exploring interactions between Science, Industry and the Public	Emma O'Brien (BDI, DCU)
14^th May 2010	Public Policy and Social Enterprise in Ireland	Danielle Byrne (Pobal)
	Ireland At Another Turning Point	Larry O'Connell (NESC)
	Review of Ireland's Co-operative Sector: Economic and Social Profile	Eoin Gahan (Forfás)

As part of our 2009 Annual Seminar Series the following seminars were held:

23^rd October 2009	Social Enterprise in the Gaeltacht: some insights from a longitudinal study	Emer Ní Bhrádaigh (DCU)
	Higher education and social enterprise	Gordon McConnell (DCU)
	Social Enterprise in Ireland: a mechanism for developing socially-embedded sustainable local economies?	Deiric Ó Broin (NorDubCo)
6^th November 2009	Creating More Than Profit - "The challenge of being a small Social Enterprise"	John Murphy (Speedpak)
	The 3^rd Sector - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow?	Fiona Descateaux (Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership)
	Sustainable communities beyond the pale: Reinvention as innovation – how communities in the West survive in good times and bad	Ann Mallaghan (Galway County Council)

As part of our 2008 Annual Seminar Series the following seminars were held:

24^th October 2008	The need for new concepts in spatial development	Professor David Jacobson
	The need for new concepts in spatial development	Henk van der Kamp
	Estimating the Impacts of Metro North	Dr. Edgar Morgonroth
7^th November 2008	Local urban initiatives and their role in economic development – an evaluation of the policy inputs based on Irish and Polish approaches	Dr. Izabela Litewska
	Developing Dublin Airport City	David Pryor and Jack MacGowan
	The University, Innovation and Local Economic Development	Dr. Eoin O'Leary and Dr. Declan Jordon
21^st November 2008	Regional governance and the challenge of managing socio-economic change	Dr.Deiric Ó Broin
	Urban or Rural? Decisions on the Destination of Ireland's Outward Direct Investment	Patrick King
	Metro North: A Locus for Economic Development	Billy Kelly

As part of our 2007 Annual Seminar Series the following seminars were held:

21^st September 2007	The development of community-based movements in the late 19th and early 20th century and the establishment of a modern community sector	Dr. Deiric Ó Broin and Professor Peadar Kirby
	Partition and the development of two divergent Irish community sectors	Brian Harvey
	The impact of globalisation on the Irish community sector and the need for a counter movement	Dr. Mary Murphy
12^th October 2007	Formal equality versus real equality - Conflicting definitions of equality and their implications for community development	John Baker
	Active citizenship - meaningful concept or rhetorical ploy?	Professor Michael Cronin
	Social capital - a critical approach	Clare Farrell
2^nd November 2007	The institutionalization of social partnership	Dr. Deiric Ó Broin
	The Irish state and community development	Professor Fred Powell and Martin Geoghegan
	Community development in Ireland – a practitioner's perspective	Catherine Murray and Paul Rogers

The papers from the 2007 seminar will be launched on Monday April 6^th2009.As part of our 2006 Annual Seminar Series the following seminars were held:

18^th October 2006	The role of innovation in Irish local economic development	Dr. Kevin Heanue
31^st October 2006	The role of planning and development legislation in Irish local economic development	Dr. Brendan Williams
15^th November 2006	Public institutions and local economic development	Professor Seán Ó Riain

As part of our 2005 Annual Seminar Series the following seminars were held:

7^th September 2005	The globalization of Ireland 's society, economy and polity	Professor Peadar Kirby and Professor David Jacobson
21^st September 2005	An analysis of power and inequality in Ireland	Dr. Terry McDonough
5^th October 2005	Equality proofing local development - emerging practice and challenges	Maria Hegarty
19^th October 2005	Reforming the Irish social security system/welfare state to accommodate change	Dr. Mary Murphy
3^rd November 2005	Contextualising the state's response to global influences	Dermot McCarthy
16^th November 2005	The importance of the local in the global context	John Tierney
30^th November 2005	Localising economic development in North Dublin	Professor David Jacobson and Dr. Helen McGrath
14^th December 2005	The democratisation of local governance	Dr. Deiric Ó Broin
19^th January 2006	Bringing social inclusion to the centre stage	Professor Peadar Kirby and Dr. Katherine Zappone

The papers from the 2005 seminar series were published in November 2006 as Taming the Tiger – Social Exclusion in a Globalised Ireland by Tasc/ New Island. For a full review click here.As part of our 2004 Annual Seminar Series the following seminars were held:

13^th October 2004	Integrated planning and delivery of social inclusion at local level: some challenges for Dublin	Mick Cowman
20^th October 2004	Neighbourhood governance and capacity for social integration	Brendan Bartley
27^th October 2004	Developing the potential economic development role of local government in the Dublin region	Professor David Jacobson
3^rd November 2004	Local partnerships and urban regeneration: a European perspective	Dr. Mary Corcoran
10^th November 2004	Development, Community and Politics: Establishing the Connections	Professor Peadar Kirby

As part of our 2003 Annual Seminar Series the following seminars were held:

3^rd October 2003	The economic context for local development action 2004-2006	Adele Bergin
10^th October 2003	Developments in social, civic and community development policy 2004-2006	Eithne Fitzgerald
17^th October 2003	Issues in poverty and equality proofing local development strategies	Fidelma Joyce and Carol Sullivan
24^th October 2003	Key challenges facing the local development sector 2004-2006	Dr. Mary Murphy

As part of our 2002 Annual Seminar Series the following seminars were held:

8^th August 2002	Urban economics and development concepts: their role in local economic development	Dr. Brendan Williams
29^th August 2002	The implications of recent planning changes for the development of new and existing residential and mixed-use areas	Dr. Brendan Williams and Patrick Shiels
26^th September 2002	The Planning and Development Act 2002: a new framework for planning concepts and principles	Henk van der Kamp
17^th October 2002	The Development Contribution Scheme: a new tool for financing of infrastructure	Dr. Brendan Williams and Henk van der Kamp
14^th November 2002	Urban Development and Affordable Housing	Henk van der Kamp
12^th December 2002	Land Use and Transport Planning	Dr. Brendan Williams

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