Dr Emer Mulligan - Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change

BComm, HDip in Ed, AITI, MBS, PhD

Contact Details

J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
Accountancy & Finance
Room 2005
Institute for Lifecourse and Society
National University of Ireland Galway
Galway

T: +353 91 493074
F: +353 91 494546
E: emer.mulligan@nuigalway.ie

Biography

Dr Emer Mulligan is a lecturer in taxation and finance in the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at NUI Galway since 1999. A graduate of the B. Comm and H. Dip in Education at NUI Galway, Dr Mulligan qualified as a tax professional with the Irish Taxation Institute, and worked as a Tax Consultant and Manager with Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Dublin. She graduated from the Smurfit Graduate School of Business in UCD with a first class honours MBS in Financial Services. She completed her PhD on Tax Planning in Practice at the University of Warwick, UK. She was Head of the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics from 2009-2015. Prior to taking up the Head of School position, she was Director of the Master of Accounting programme.

Dr Mulligan is an International Fellow at the University of Exeter’s Tax Administration Research Centre (TARC), one of Europe’s leading research centres on tax. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the newly created Journal of Tax Administration, an open access journal for interdisciplinary tax research in the area of tax administration. The Journal is a joint collaboration between TARC and the Chartered Institute of Taxation (UK). Dr Mulligan has also been appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal Advances in Taxation.

Dr Mulligan is a member of the Steering Group of the UK-based Tax Research Network, which has the objective of promoting tax research. She has been appointed to the EPAS Accreditation Board of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), based in Brussels, Belguim, which is recognized globally as an accreditation body of quality in management education. Dr Mulligan has also been appointed to the Council of the Foundation for Fiscal Studies which is an independent, non-profit making body with the primary object of promoting study and discussion of issues relating to fiscal policy.

Dr Mulligan is an elected member of NUI Galway’s Governing Authority since 2013. In 2014, she was awarded a Fulbright-CRH Scholar Award to carry out research in Harvard University, specifically in the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation within the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Dr Mulligan is currently leading a work package as part of a successful Horizon 2020 research funding bid. Total awarded to the international multi-partner consortium is Euro 2.8m and the research project is entitled 'Revisioning the “Fiscal EU”; Fair, Sustainable, and Coordinated Tax and Social Policies’. The project comes under the Societal Challenges pillar, and involves partners from universities and research institutes in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the UK, Austria, Czech Republic, Canada, Brazil and Ireland. She has published in a number of international peer reviewed journals including Critical Perspectives on Accounting, British Tax Review, and Financial Accountability & Management.

Dr Mulligan is a member of the Performance Management and Social Innovation and Policy research clusters at NUI Galway's Whitaker Institute of Innovation and Societal Change. Her research areas include tax planning in practice, tax and strategy, performance measurement of the tax function, tax risk management, tax lobbying, tax and pensions, and tax administration. She is particularly interested in the institutional and social dimensions of taxation in practice.

Selected Publications:
Mulligan, E and Oats, L (forthcoming, 2016) Tax and Performance Measurement: An Inside Story, Advances in Taxation.

Mulligan, E. & Oats, L. (2016) “Tax Professionals at work in Silicon Valley”, Accounting Organizations and Society. 52, p.63-76.

Mulligan, E., Gawley, J. & Cunningham, J. (2016) Alignment of Tax Planning Functions and Activities with Corporate Strategy in Multinational Corporations, In Salter, D. & Oats, L. (eds) Contemporary Issues in Tax Research (Volume 2), UK, Fiscal Publications.

Collins, T., & Mulligan, E. (2015), Ireland’s Introduction of Transfer Pricing: A New Institutional Theory Perspective. Accounting, Finance and Governance Review, Special Issue on Taxation.

Robbins, G., Mulligan, E. & Keenan, F. (2015), e-Government in the Irish Revenue: The Revenue On-Line Service (ROS) – a success story? Financial Accountability and Management. 31 (4), 363–394.

Mulligan, E. (2012). New Institutional Sociology and the Endogeneity of Law, in Oats, L. (ed.), Taxation: A Fieldwork Research Handbook, Routledge.

Mulligan, E. (2012). Tax Planning in Practice: A Field Study of US Multinational Corporations in Oats, L. (ed.), Taxation: A Fieldwork Research Handbook, Routledge.

Boden, R., Killian, S., Mulligan, E. & Oats, L. (Eds). (2010). Critical Perspectives on Taxation. Critical Perspectives on Accounting Special Issue, 21 (7).

Mulligan, E, & Oats, L. (2009). Tax Risk Management: Evidence from the United States. British Tax Review, 6: 680-703.

Research Interests

Dr Mulligan’s areas of interest include tax planning in practice, tax and strategy, performance measurement of the tax function, tax risk management, tax policy, tax compliance, tax lobbying, and tax administration, with particular interest in the institutional and social dimensions of taxation in practice. Her research activities fall into three broad categories (Tax in Practice; Tax Administration; and Behavioural Aspects of Taxation) with an overarching perspective of implications for one of the most important dimensions of public policy i.e. tax policy.

Dr Mulligan is a member of both the Performance Management and the Social Innovation and Policy research clusters at NUI Galway's Whitaker Institute of Innovation and Societal Change. She is also a member of two multidisciplinary research groups at NUIG exploring opportunities for research in (i) Regulation and (ii) Gender and Taxation.

She is an International Fellow at the Tax Administration Research Centre (TARC) at the University of Exeter, one of Europe’s top tax research centres. TARC undertakes research on tax administration in order to strengthen the theoretical and empirical understanding of tax operations and policies. The Centre is operated in partnership by the University of Exeter and the UK’s Institute for Fiscal Studies, and its multidisciplinary research team includes economists, accountants, experimentalists, and psychologists. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Tax Administration, an open access journal for interdisciplinary tax research in the area of tax administration. The Journal is a joint venture between TARC and the Chartered Institute of Taxation (UK). Coverage includes tax compliance, tax authority organisation and functioning, comparative tax administration, global developments in tax administration, and the international editorial board comprises leading academics in the field. Dr Mulligan has also been appointed to the Editorial Board of the journal Advances in Taxation.

Dr Mulligan is a member of the Steering Group of the UK-based Tax Research Network, which has the objective of promoting tax research. She has been appointed to the EPAS Accreditation Board of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), based in Brussels, Belguim, which is recognized globally as an accreditation body of quality in management education with established accreditation services for business schools and business school programmes, corporate universities and technology-enhanced learning programmes. Dr Mulligan has also been appointed to the Council of the Foundation for Fiscal Studies which is an independent, non-profit making body with the primary object of promoting study and discussion of issues relating to fiscal policy.

In May 2014, she was awarded a Fulbright-CRH Scholar Award to carry out research in Harvard University, specifically in the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation within the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Her research activities will focus on (i) taxation in practice in US MNCs and (ii) US tax policy and administration.

Dr Mulligan is currently leading a work package as part of a successful Horizon 2020 research funding bid. Total awarded to the international multi-partner consortium is Euro 2.8m and the research project is entitled 'Revisioning the “Fiscal EU”; Fair, Sustainable, and Coordinated Tax and Social Policies’. The project comes under the Societal Challenges pillar, and involves partners from universities and research institutes in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the UK, Austria, Czech Republic, Canada, Brazil and Ireland.

She has published in a number of international peer reviewed journals including Critical Perspectives on Accounting, British Tax Review, and Financial Accountability & Management.

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	'Tax professionals at work in Silicon Valley' Mulligan, E,Oats, L (2016) 'Tax professionals at work in Silicon Valley'. Accounting Organizations And Society, 52 :63-76 [Details]
	(2016)	'Tax and Performance Measurement:An Inside Story' Mulligan, E & Oats, L (2016) 'Tax and Performance Measurement:An Inside Story'. Advances in Taxation, 23 :59-85 [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2015)	'E-Government in the Irish Revenue:The Revenue On-Line Service (ROS) - a success story?' Robbins, G., Mulligan, E., & Keenan, F. (2015) 'E-Government in the Irish Revenue:The Revenue On-Line Service (ROS) - a success story?'. Financial Accountability & Management, 31 (4):363-394 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'Ireland’s Introduction of Transfer Pricing: A New Institutional Theory Perspective (forthcoming, 2015)' Collins, T. & Mulligan, E. (2015) 'Ireland’s Introduction of Transfer Pricing: A New Institutional Theory Perspective (forthcoming, 2015)'. Accounting, Finance and Governance Review, Special Issue on Taxation, [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2010)	'Critical Perspectives on Taxation' Boden, R., Killian, S., Mulligan, E. & Oats, L. (Editors) (2010) 'Critical Perspectives on Taxation'. Critical Perspectives On Accounting Special Issue, 21 (7) [Details]
	(2009)	'Tax Risk Management: Evidence from the United States' Mulligan, E, & Oats, L. (2009) 'Tax Risk Management: Evidence from the United States'. British Tax Review, 6 :680-703 [Details]
	(2000)	'Treasury Management Organisation: An examination of Centralised versus Decentralised Approaches' Mulligan, E. (2000) 'Treasury Management Organisation: An examination of Centralised versus Decentralised Approaches'. THE IRISH JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT, 22 (1) [Details]

Books

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	Principles of International Taxation. Miller.A;Oats,L. & Mulligan,E (2017) Principles of International Taxation. London: Bloomsbury Professional. [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	'Tax Behaviour Decisions of Muslim Communities: Ireland, Scotland and Canada' Cheikh, R;Mulligan, E;Sweeney,B (2017) 'Tax Behaviour Decisions of Muslim Communities: Ireland, Scotland and Canada' In: Contemporary Issues in Tax Research (Volume 3). Birmingham, UK: Fiscal Publications. [Details]
	(2017)	'Pensions and Taxation in Ireland' Mulligan, E;Wijeratne, D;Maher,M (2017) 'Pensions and Taxation in Ireland' In: Contemporary Issues in Tax Research (Volume 3). Birmingham, UK: Fiscal Publications. [Details]
	(2016)	'Alignment of Tax Planning Functions and Activities with Corporate Strategy in Multinational Corporations' Mulligan, E., Gawley, J. & Cunningham, J (2016) 'Alignment of Tax Planning Functions and Activities with Corporate Strategy in Multinational Corporations' In: Contemporary Issues in Tax Research (Volume 2). Birmingham, UK: Fiscal Publications. [Details]
	(2012)	'Tax Planning in Practice: A Field Study of US Multinational Corporations' Mulligan, E. (2012) 'Tax Planning in Practice: A Field Study of US Multinational Corporations' In: Taxation: A Fieldwork Research Handbook. UK: Routledge. [Details]
	(2012)	'New Institutional Sociology and the Endogeneity of Law' Mulligan, E. (2012) 'New Institutional Sociology and the Endogeneity of Law' In: Taxation: A Fieldwork Research Handbook. UK: Routledge. [ARAN Link] [Details]

Published Reports

	Year	Publication
	(2012)	Volvo Ocean Race Finale: An Economic Impact Assessment. Collins, P., Hynes, S. and Mulligan, E. (2012) Volvo Ocean Race Finale: An Economic Impact Assessment. J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics Report, NUI Galway, J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics Report, NUI Galway. [DOI] [Details]

Edited Books

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	Contemporary Issues in Tax Research (Volume 3). Oats,L;Mulligan,E (Ed.). (2017) Contemporary Issues in Tax Research (Volume 3). Birmingham, UK: Fiscal Publications. [Details]
	(2010)	Irish Taxation Law and Practice: Assignments, Questions and Solutions. Mulligan, E (Ed.). (2010) Irish Taxation Law and Practice: Assignments, Questions and Solutions Irish Taxation Law and Practice: Assignments, Questions and Solutions. Dublin: Irish Taxation Institute. [Details]
	(2009)	Irish Taxation Law and Practice: Assignments, Questions and Solutions. Mulligan, E (Ed.). (2009) Irish Taxation Law and Practice: Assignments, Questions and Solutions Irish Taxation Law and Practice: Assignments, Questions and Solutions. Dublin: Irish Taxation Institute. [Details]
	(2008)	Irish Taxation Law and Practice: Assignments, Questions and Solutions. Mulligan, E (Ed.). (2008) Irish Taxation Law and Practice: Assignments, Questions and Solutions Irish Taxation Law and Practice: Assignments, Questions and Solutions. Dublin: Irish Taxation Institute. [Details]
	(2007)	Irish Taxation Law and Practice: Assignments, Questions and Solutions. Mulligan, E (Ed.). (2007) Irish Taxation Law and Practice: Assignments, Questions and Solutions Irish Taxation Law and Practice: Assignments, Questions and Solutions. Dublin: Irish Taxation Institute. [Details]
	(2006)	Irish Taxation Law and Practice: Assignments, Questions and Solutions. Mulligan, E (Ed.). (2006) Irish Taxation Law and Practice: Assignments, Questions and Solutions Irish Taxation Law and Practice: Assignments, Questions and Solutions. Dublin: Irish Taxation Institute. [Details]

Other Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2001)	'Tax Relief for Fees paid for Third Level Education' Mulligan, E. (2001) 'Tax Relief for Fees paid for Third Level Education' IRISH TAX REVIEW, . [Details]
	(1990)	'PRSI – the practical aspects' Mulligan, E. (1990) 'PRSI – the practical aspects' ACCOUNTANCY IRELAND, . [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2013)	Harvard Kennedy Law School and Irish Tax Institute Global Tax Policy Conference, Dublin, Mulligan, E. (2013) Rapporteur. [Invited Oral Presentation], Harvard Kennedy Law School and Irish Tax Institute Global Tax Policy Conference, Dublin, Dublin , 09-JUN-13 - 09-JUN-13. [Details]
	(2016)	American Taxation Association Mid-Year Conference, Mulligan, E (2016) Tax Academia Across the Pond:Teaching and Research. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], American Taxation Association Mid-Year Conference, Florida , 18-FEB-16 - 18-FEB-16. [Details]
	(2016)	Harvard Kennedy School/Irish Tax Institute Global Tax Policy Conference, Mulligan, E (2016) Panellist. [Invited Oral Presentation], Harvard Kennedy School/Irish Tax Institute Global Tax Policy Conference, Dublin Castle , 01-JUN-16 - 02-JUN-16. [Details]
	(2016)	Network Galway Event, Mulligan, E (2016) My Career Trajectory to Date. [Invited Lecture], Network Galway Event, Galway , 09-NOV-16 - 09-NOV-16. [Details]

Conference Paper

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference g. Mulligan, E;Wijeratne, D;Maher,M (2017) Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference g. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2017)	Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference. Gawley, J;Mulligan,E (2017) Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2017)	Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference. Cheikh, R;Mulligan, E;Sweeney,B (2017) Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2017)	Annual Irish Accounting and Finance Conference. De Widt,D;Oats,L;Mulligan,E (2017) Annual Irish Accounting and Finance Conference. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2017)	Enterprise and Competitive Environment. De Widt,D;Oats,L;Mulligan,E (2017) Enterprise and Competitive Environment. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2016)	Tax Research Network Annual Conference, London. Cheikh, R;Mulligan, E;Sweeney,B (2016) Tax Research Network Annual Conference, London. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2016)	Pensions Policy Research Group Annual Conference. Mulligan, E;Wijeratne, D (2016) Pensions Policy Research Group Annual Conference. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2016)	Tax Research Network Annual Conference, London. Mulligan, E;Wijeratne, D (2016) Tax Research Network Annual Conference, London. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2015)	Tax Research Network Annual Conference. Qualter, H;Mulligan, E (2015) Tax Research Network Annual Conference. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2014)	Five Years on from the ‘Grey Revolt’: Pensions, Taxes and Social Citizenship under Ireland’s Austerity Programme. The Fiscal State and Social Citizenship II: Theorizing tax avoidance from socio-cultural perspectives, Linkoping, Sweden. Mulligan, E. & Carney, G. (2014) Five Years on from the ‘Grey Revolt’: Pensions, Taxes and Social Citizenship under Ireland’s Austerity Programme. The Fiscal State and Social Citizenship II: Theorizing tax avoidance from socio-cultural perspectives, Linkoping, Sweden. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2013)	Alignment of Tax Planning Functions and Activities with Corporate Strategy, 22nd Annual Tax Research Network Conference, University of Exeter, 3-4 September. Mulligan, E; Cunningham, J; Gawley, J (2013) Alignment of Tax Planning Functions and Activities with Corporate Strategy, 22nd Annual Tax Research Network Conference, University of Exeter, 3-4 September. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2013)	Measuring Tax Performance and Tax as a Measure of Performance. Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, Institute of Technology,Tallaght, 23-24 May. Mulligan, E. & Oats, L. (2013) Measuring Tax Performance and Tax as a Measure of Performance. Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, Institute of Technology,Tallaght, 23-24 May. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2013)	Alignment of Tax Planning Functions and Activities with Corporate Strategy, Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, Waterford Institute of Technology , 2-4 September. Mulligan, E; Cunningham, J; Gawley, J (2013) Alignment of Tax Planning Functions and Activities with Corporate Strategy, Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, Waterford Institute of Technology , 2-4 September. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2012)	Ireland’s Introduction of Transfer Pricing: A New Institutional Theory Perspective. Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, National University of Ireland, Galway. January. Collins, T. & Mulligan, E. (2012) Ireland’s Introduction of Transfer Pricing: A New Institutional Theory Perspective. Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, National University of Ireland, Galway. January. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2012)	Working in the Shadows: In-house professionals in a highly regulated field. Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference. National University of Ireland, Galway. May. Mulligan, E. & Oats, L. (2012) Working in the Shadows: In-house professionals in a highly regulated field. Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference. National University of Ireland, Galway. May. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2011)	U.S. Nonprofit Tax Law: Using Derrida to deconstruct the authenticity of tax-exempt donations and organizations. Critical Perspectives on Accounting Conference. Florida, July. Mulligan, E. (2011) U.S. Nonprofit Tax Law: Using Derrida to deconstruct the authenticity of tax-exempt donations and organizations. Critical Perspectives on Accounting Conference. Florida, July. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2011)	Movers and Shakers: The Secret Lives of In-House Tax Professionals. Critical Perspectives on Accounting Conference. Florida. July. Mulligan, E. & Oats, L. (2011) Movers and Shakers: The Secret Lives of In-House Tax Professionals. Critical Perspectives on Accounting Conference. Florida. July. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2011)	A Coming of Age – A Perspective on Ireland’s Introduction of Transfer Pricing. Tax Research Network Conference. University of Coventry. September. Collins, T. & Mulligan, E. (2011) A Coming of Age – A Perspective on Ireland’s Introduction of Transfer Pricing. Tax Research Network Conference. University of Coventry. September. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2009)	Meta risk management and tax administration. Tax Research Network Conference. University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. September. Mulligan, E., Oats, L. & Tuck, P. (2009) Meta risk management and tax administration. Tax Research Network Conference. University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. September. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2009)	Meta risk management and tax accounting. Ninth Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference. Innsbruck , July. Mulligan, E., Oats, L. & Tuck, P. (2009) Meta risk management and tax accounting. Ninth Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference. Innsbruck , July. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2008)	Expanding the Boundaries of Tax Research. Annual Tax Research Network Conference. National University of Ireland, Galway, September. Mulligan, E. and Oats, L. (2008) Expanding the Boundaries of Tax Research. Annual Tax Research Network Conference. National University of Ireland, Galway, September. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2008)	Critical Perspectives on Taxation. Critical perspectives on Accounting Conference. Baruch College, New York, April. Mulligan, E. and Oats, L. (2008) Critical Perspectives on Taxation. Critical perspectives on Accounting Conference. Baruch College, New York, April. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2007)	Successful Implementation of E- government in the Irish Revenue On-Line Service (ROS). CIMA/BAA - New Public Sector Conference, University of Edinburgh. Robbins, G., Mulligan, E., Keenan F. (2007) Successful Implementation of E- government in the Irish Revenue On-Line Service (ROS). CIMA/BAA - New Public Sector Conference, University of Edinburgh. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2006)	The Practice and Process of Tax Planning in US Multinational Corporations: An Institutional Perspective. Emerging Scholars Colloquium, 8th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference, Cardiff, July. Mulligan, E. (2006) The Practice and Process of Tax Planning in US Multinational Corporations: An Institutional Perspective. Emerging Scholars Colloquium, 8th Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Accounting Conference, Cardiff, July. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2006)	Understanding the Practice and Process of Tax Planning in Multinational Corporations: An Institutional Perspective. Annual Tax Research Network Conference , University of Southampton, September. Mulligan, E. (2006) Understanding the Practice and Process of Tax Planning in Multinational Corporations: An Institutional Perspective. Annual Tax Research Network Conference , University of Southampton, September. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2005)	An Investigation into the Practice and Process of tax planning in US MNCs. Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, University of Limerick, April. Mulligan, E. and Lamb, M. (2005) An Investigation into the Practice and Process of tax planning in US MNCs. Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, University of Limerick, April. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2004)	The Nature of Tax Planning and the Tax Planning Process: A Literature Review. Annual Tax Research Network Conference, Bournemouth University, September. Mulligan, E. and Lamb, M. (2004) The Nature of Tax Planning and the Tax Planning Process: A Literature Review. Annual Tax Research Network Conference, Bournemouth University, September. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2000)	Centralised versus Decentralised Treasury Management: An Application to the Cash Management Function. Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, Ireland, May. Mulligan, E. (2000) Centralised versus Decentralised Treasury Management: An Application to the Cash Management Function. Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, Ireland, May. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2000)	Treasury Management Organisation: An examination of Centralised versus Decentralised Approaches. Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, Dublin Institute of Technology, September. Mulligan, E. (2000) Treasury Management Organisation: An examination of Centralised versus Decentralised Approaches. Irish Academy of Management Annual Conference, Dublin Institute of Technology, September. Conference Paper [Details]

Invited Lectures

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	Taxation: A Rotten Apple. Cumann de Barra. Mulligan, E (2016) Taxation: A Rotten Apple. Cumann de Barra. NUI Galway: Invited Lectures [Details]
	(2013)	Tax Risk Management in a Global Context. Session on Global Tax Tourism. Brehon Law Society U.S./Ireland Legal Symposium, Westport, Co. Mayo, 25-27 September. Mulligan, E. (2013) Tax Risk Management in a Global Context. Session on Global Tax Tourism. Brehon Law Society U.S./Ireland Legal Symposium, Westport, Co. Mayo, 25-27 September. Invited Lectures [Details]

Manual

	Year	Publication
	(1998)	Tax Manual, Part 3. Mulligan, E. (1998) Tax Manual, Part 3. Irish Taxation Institute, Dublin: Manual [Details]

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	Fulbright Awardees celebrate Thanksgiving 2015 at NUIG. Mulligan, E (2016) Fulbright Awardees celebrate Thanksgiving 2015 at NUIG. Newsletter [Details]

Presentation

	Year	Publication
	(2013)	A Critique of Sheryl Sandberg’s book entitled: Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead. University Women’s Network, NUI Galway. Mulligan, E. (2013) A Critique of Sheryl Sandberg’s book entitled: Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead. University Women’s Network, NUI Galway. Presentation [Details]

Seminar

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	A Rotten Apple: Implications for the Institute for Lifecourse and Society, and Social Policy?. Mulligan, E (2017) A Rotten Apple: Implications for the Institute for Lifecourse and Society, and Social Policy?. Institute for Lifecourse and Society NUIG: Seminar [Details]
	(2017)	The Irish Pension System:A Multi-Pliiar Framework. Mulligan, E;Wijeratne, D;Maher,M (2017) The Irish Pension System:A Multi-Pliiar Framework. NUI Galway: Seminar [Details]
	(2017)	Global Pensions Landscape: An historical review of institutional players. Wijeratne,D;Mulligan,E (2017) Global Pensions Landscape: An historical review of institutional players. NUI Galway: Seminar [Details]
	(2016)	European Pension Policies and Intergenerational Fiscal Sustainability, Fairness and Consolidation. Mulligan, E;Wijeratne, D (2016) European Pension Policies and Intergenerational Fiscal Sustainability, Fairness and Consolidation. TCD: Seminar [Details]
	(2015)	Fulbright and H2020: From NUIG to Harvard and Umea. Mulligan, E (2015) Fulbright and H2020: From NUIG to Harvard and Umea. NUI Galway: Seminar [Details]
	(2015)	Green Open Access - Journal of Tax Administration. Mulligan, E (2015) Green Open Access - Journal of Tax Administration. NUI Galway: Seminar [Details]
	(2015)	Tax Planning in Practice in a Global Context: 2005-2015, Ash Fellows Study Group Series, Harvard Kennedy School. Mulligan, E. (2015) Tax Planning in Practice in a Global Context: 2005-2015, Ash Fellows Study Group Series, Harvard Kennedy School. Seminar [Details]
	(2011)	Measuring tax performance and tax as a measure of performance, Performance Management Research Cluster Series, NUI Galway. Mulligan, E. & Oats, L. (2011) Measuring tax performance and tax as a measure of performance, Performance Management Research Cluster Series, NUI Galway. Seminar [Details]
	(2006)	An Investigation into the Practice and Process of tax planning in US MNCs. Accounting Group Seminar. Mulligan, E. (2006) An Investigation into the Practice and Process of tax planning in US MNCs. Accounting Group Seminar. Warwick Business School: Seminar [Details]
	(2004)	Tax Planning: Literature, Practice and Process. Accounting Group Seminar. Mulligan, E. (2004) Tax Planning: Literature, Practice and Process. Accounting Group Seminar. Warwick Business School: Seminar [Details]

Workshops

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	US CAP at a crossroads?. Mulligan, E (2017) US CAP at a crossroads?. London: Workshops [Details]
	(2017)	Annual Tax Administration Research Centre Workshop. De Widt,D;Oats,L;Mulligan,E (2017) Annual Tax Administration Research Centre Workshop. Workshops [Details]

Working Paper

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	Regulating Tax Advisors:A European Comparison of Recent Developments and Future Trends. De Widt,D;Mulligan,E;Oats,L (2016) Regulating Tax Advisors:A European Comparison of Recent Developments and Future Trends. Working Paper [Details]

Honours and Awards

	Year	Title	Awarding Body
	2014	Fulbright Scholar Award	Fulbright Commission of Ireland

Professional Associations

Association	Function	From / To
Tax Administration Research Centre (TARC), University of Exeter Business School, UK	International Fellow	/
Tax Research Network (TRN), UK	Steering Group Member	/
Irish Accounting and Finance Association	Member	/
British Accounting Association	Member	/
Irish Taxation Institute	Member	/
Galway Chamber of Commerce Council	Member	/
Galway City Development Council	Member	/
Lionra Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Sub-Committee	Member	/
Women in Tax in Ireland (WiTii)	Member	/

Other Activities

	Description
	Editorial Board Membership:Dr. Mulligan is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Tax Administration, an open access journal for interdisciplinary tax research in the area of tax administration. The Journal is a joint venture between the Tax Administration Research Centre (TARC) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation (UK). Coverage includes, but is not limited to, tax compliance, tax authority organisation and functioning, comparative tax administration, global developments in tax administration, and the international editorial board comprises leading academics in the field. Dr. Mulligan has also been appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal Advances in Taxation.
	EPAS Accreditation Board Membership:Dr Mulligan has been recently appointed to the EPAS Accreditation Board of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), based in Brussels, Belguim, which is recognized globally as an accreditation body of quality in management education with established accreditation services for business schools and business school programmes, corporate universities and technology-enhanced learning programmes.
	External Examiner;University of Limerick;University of Exeter;Irish Institute of Taxation;Formally a Member of the Accreditation Review Panel for the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC)
	Invited Presentations: Dr. Mulligan was the Conference Rapporteur and was invited to deliver the Opening Remarks at the closing panel session, at the Harvard Kennedy School and Irish Taxation Institute Global Tax Policy Conference (Dublin, 2013). She was also invited to deliver a presentation on Tax Risk Management in a Global Context as part of a session on Global Tax Tourism at The Brehon Law Symposium (Westport, 2013).
	Board Membership at NUI Galway: Member of Údarás na hOllscoile 2013 – 2016 (University Governing Authority);Member of the University’s Women’s Network;Member of the College Executive;Member of the EMBA External Advisory Board;Chair of the EMBA Programme Board;Member of the Staff-Student Liaison Committee for the EMBA programme;Chair of the P/T BComm Programme Board (Blended Learning);Past Director of the Master in Accounting programme;Past Director of the Higher Diploma in Business Studies Board; Member of the Centre for Disability Law & Policy (CDLP); Member of the Performance Management research cluster in the Whitaker Institute;Member of the Social Innovation and Policy research cluster in the Whitaker Institute; Member of two multidisciplinary research groups at NUI Galway exploring opportunities for research in (i) Regulation and (ii) Gender and Taxation

Teaching Interests

Dr Mulligan teaches Taxation and Finance to undergraduates and postgraduate students. She has oversight of all Taxation modules at NUI Galway, delivers modules on corporation tax, income tax, capital gains tax and value added tax, and encapsulates the theory of taxation across all modules.

At both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, the tax courses are aligned with the professional qualifications of the Irish Taxation Institute (ITI), Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and Certified Public Accountants (CPA).

Her teaching philosophy is based around a number of key elements :

Contextualising the theory and practice
Demystifying the language
Relating Content to student experience
Ensuring technical accuracy
Utilising technology, innovation and external perspective

Postgraduate Research Supervision

Dr Mulligan is currently supervising four PhD students in taxation, and has previously supervised Master of Accounting, Master of Commerce, and Higher Diploma students at NUI Galway. She has also jointly supervised students on the MSc in Management and Applications of Information Technology in Accounting at Dublin City University.

Modules Taught

	Term/Year	Module Title	Module Code	Subject / Desc
		Taxation I (B.Comm, Final Year)	AY308
		Taxation II (B.Comm, Final Year)	AY319
		Taxation (Master of Accounting)	AY509
		Financial Management (Engineering – various programmes)	AY872
		Financial Management (DBS – Diploma in Business Studies)	AY872
		Business Finance 1 (B.Comm, 2nd Year)	AY208
		Business Finance 1 (Corporate Law / B.Eng. / BIS)	AY208

External Collaborators

	Name	Organisation / Institute	Country	Description of Collaboration
	External Collaborators			Dr. Mulligan is an International Fellow at the University of Exeter’s Tax Administration Research Centre (TARC), one of Europe’s top tax research centres. She works closely with the Centre’s Deputy Director Professor Lynne Oats, and together they have worked on a number of publications including the editorship of a Special Issue on Perspectives on Taxation for Critical Perspectives on Accounting (2010). More recently, Dr Mulligan and Prof Oats collaborated on a Horizon 2020 funding proposal as part of the Societal Challenges pillar call with international partners from University of Umea, Sweden; Linkopings University, Sweden; BI Business School, Norway; Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; King’s College London, UK; University of Exeter, UK; Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Austria; Mendel University at Brno, Czech Republic; Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada; and Escola de Direito, Brazil.She is currently working with Professor Jay Rosengard of Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Irish Taxation Institute on a joint publication arising from the Global Tax Policy Conference (Dublin, 2013).Dr. Mulligan has been awarded a Fulbright-CRH Scholar Award to carry out research in Harvard University, specifically in the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation within the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. In 2015, she will spend 6 month at Harvard, and work closely with colleagues (including Prof Rosengard) on the areas of Taxation in Practice and Alignment of Tax Policy and Administration. Dr. Mulligan is a member of the Steering Group of the UK-based Tax Research Network (TRN) and as such works in conjunction with the international Executive Committee to manage and conduct the business of the Network. In 2008, she was Conference Organiser for the 17th Annual Tax Research Network Conference hosted at NUI Galway.