Employment

University of Limerick, Kemmy Business School                                                                                                                  

Adjunct Professor of Economics                                     09/2022 - 

Central Bank of Ireland, Economics and Statistics Directorate

Head of Function, Research Collaboration Unit          04/2023 - 

Senior Advisor,  Economic Analysis and Research      03/2021 - 03/2023

Economist, Economic Analysis and Research               08/2011 - 07/2014

European Stability Mechanism, Economic and Market Analysis

Principal Economist                               12/2018 - 02/2021

Senior Economist                                      03/2016 - 11/2018                                                                   

Economist                                                    07/2014 - 02/2016                                                                                        

Teagasc, Rural Economy Research Centre                                                                                                                  

Research Officer                                      01/2009 - 07/2011                                                                                             

Visiting Positions

European Central Bank, Monetary Policy Research

ESCB/IO Expert                                      10/2012 - 02/2013

Department of Finance, Budget, Taxation and Economics

Administrative Officer                         11/2010 - 07/2011

Selected Presentations

2023: Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, Crete; International Journal of Central Banking Annual Conference, Dublin; Irish Economic Association Annual Conference, Athlone; INFER Annual Conference, Valencia; ESCB Research Cluster 2 Annual Workshop, London

2022: Global Institute for Macroprudential Modeling Inaugural Workshop, online; Irish Economic Association Annual Conference, Limerick; ECB Working Group on Public Finances Workshop, Frankfurt;

2021: Bank of International Settlements \ European Stability Mechanism Joint Webinar; Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Irish Economic Association Annual Conference 

2019: Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, Crete; Barrington Lectures, Dublin, Belfast; Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Seminar, Paris; Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Brussels, Central Bank of Ireland Seminar, Dublin; Irish Economic Association Annual Conference, Cork

2018: Banque de France and Paris School of Economics, Salento Macro Meetings, Galatina; Irish Economic Association Annual Conference, Dublin

2016: Irish Economic Association Annual Conference, Galway 

2015: International Risk Management Association Annual Conference, Luxembourg; Irish Economic Association Annual Conference, Dublin                                     

2014: International Finance and Banking Society Annual Conference, Lisbon; Society for Computational Economics International Conference, Oslo; Irish Economic Association Annual Conference, Limerick 

2013: European Central Bank Seminar, Frankfurt; Economic and Social Research Institute Seminar, Dublin 

2012: Irish Economic Association Annual Conference, Dublin 

2011: Teagasc, Annual Walsh Fellowship Seminar, Dublin  

2010: European Association of Agricultural Economists Seminar, Berlin; Agricultural Economics Society Annual Conference, Edinburgh                

2009: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Farm Level Analysis Network Meeting, Paris  

2008: European Association of Agricultural Economists Congress, Ghent; European Association of Agricultural Economists Seminar, Seville; Agricultural Economics Society Annual Conference, Cirencester 

2007: Agricultural Economics Society of Ireland, Young Researchers' Workshop, Galway       

Discussions

Stefano Pica. "Housing Markets and the Heterogenous Effects of Monetary Policy Across the Euro Area". Financial stability policies in a changing lending landscape, Central Bank of Ireland, Dublin (November 2023)

Glenn Magerman and Alberto Palazzolo. "Bringing supply chains back home: Effects on regional inequalities in the EU". The future of global trade integration amid shifting geopolitics, Bank of Canada and European Central Bank, Frankfurt (October 2023)

Tesi Aliaj and Milos Ciganovic. "Augmented Coincident Index: Using soft information to track the economy". Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, Crete (May 2023)  

Micossi, S. "Sovereign debt management in the euro area as a common action problem". ESM Seminar, Luxembourg (November 2020)

Belke, A. and M. Göcke. "Interest rate hysteresis in macroeconomic investment under uncertainty". Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, Crete (May 2019)  

Hau, H. and D. Ouyang. "Capital Scarcity and Industrial Decline: Evidence from 172 Real Estate Booms in China". Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Brussels (March 2019)

Lozej, M., L. Onorante and A. Rannenberg. "Countercyclical Capital Regulation in a Small Open Economy DSGE Model". Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability and CEPR Research Meeting, Frankfurt (May 2016)  

Refereeing

Journal of International Economics (x2), Economica, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Review of World Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Macroeconomics (x3), Energy Economics, International Finance, Economic Modelling, Economic Systems, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, European Journal of Finance; Journal of Multinational Financial Management; Emerging Markets Finance and Trade; Economic and Social Review (x3), International Journal of Agricultural Management

Editorial Boards

Associate Editor, The Economic and Social Review   April 2023 -