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Speaking at the Law Reform Commission’s annual conference in Dublin last week, Whitaker Institute member Dr John Danaher, cluster leader of Technology and Governance, spoke about the proposed legislation to tackle revenge porn. Read more here.

Whitaker Institute member Professor Kate Kenny, cluster leader of Work, Organizations and Society, has written a new piece for RTÉ Brainstorm. Through the lens of the banking crisis, the article illustrates the importance of senior management to learn from past mistakes. Are banks and bankers capable of changing their tune?         KBC’s… | Read on »

The Cairnes School/Whitaker Institute Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series continued on Wednesday 20 November with Professor Jonathan Levie, recently appointed Professor of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development. Drawing on 35 years of working with a diverse range of national and regional entrepreneurial ecosystems across the world, Professor Levie discussed how diverse regional stakeholders can cooperate to enhance… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Dr Shane Darcy, cluster leader of Conflict, Humanitarianism and Security, has written a new article for the Irish Times. The article discusses how the unregulated use of informers during a conflict runs the risk of human rights abuses, the subject of his new book. Read the piece here.

Whitaker Institute member Dr Gerard Turley, of the Performance Management cluster, has written a new piece for RTÉ Brainstorm. The article examines whether the local property tax and commercial rates system is fit for purpose. For more information on Dr Gerard Turley and Stephen McNena’s project Local Authority Finances, click here. Is it time to… | Read on »

Dr John Danaher, Technology and Governance cluster leader, has warned of the dangers of facial recognition technology and how Ireland should introduce stricter protections to save people from the “depredations” of facial recognition technology. Read the article here.

Professor Alan Ahearne, Director of the Whitaker Institute, spoke with Vincent Wall on ‘Taking Stock’ about the possibility of creating a stronger European banking union and the implications for Ireland if a common corporate tax base is to be introduced. Listen to the podcast here.

The Cairnes School/Whitaker Institute Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series continued on Wednesday 06 November with Esther Tippmann, Professor of of Strategy, Leadership and Change. Professor Tippmann explored the challenges and opportunities for developing subsidiaries. Drawing on research-based insights, she discussed how managers in subsidiaries could deliver value beyond their mandate, develop innovative solutions within a complex… | Read on »

On 25 October, the Whitaker Institute was delighted to host an InterTradeIreland lecture and masterclass titled ‘The Role of Open Innovation in SMEs’ by Professor Nuran Acur from the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow. The lecture, which had over 70 people registered, explored how companies and start-ups can benefit from open… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Dr John Danaher, Technology and Governance cluster leader, spoke to Newstalk’s Futureproof about his new book Automation and Utopia and a world without work. Listen to the podcast here.