DCU

DCU Business School

Declan Curran

Academic and Professional Qualifications:	B.A., M.A., M.Litt, Ph.D.
Biography:	Dr. Declan Curran joined DCU Business School in August 2010 after completing a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), NUI Maynooth. He completed a Ph.D. in Economics (June 2008) in University of Hamburg. His Ph.D. thesis, entitled “Regional Growth across Space and Time”, focussed on the empirics of regional growth over time. Prior to that, he completed an M.A and M.Litt in Economics in University College Dublin, where his research area was the evolving industrial structure of the Ireland’s FDI-intensive industries such as the pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and ICT sectors.
Teaching Areas:	Digital Economy Industrial Economics Macro/Micro Economics
Research Interests:	Dr. Curran’s research interests focus on the empirics of economic growth across regions and within industry sectors, and the application of spatial econometric methods to these issues. Current research projects are centred on the role of agglomeration economies and intra-cluster knowledge flows in shaping industrial concentrations, and the application of social network analysis to these issues.
Selected Publications:	“Drifting Together or Falling Apart? The Empirics of Regional Economic Growth in Post-Unification Germany”(2010), co- authored with Roberta Colavecchio and Michael Funke, Applied Economics (forthcoming). “Large- Scale Mortality Shocks and the Great Irish Famine 1845-1852” (2010), co-authored with Maria FrÃ¶ling, Economic Modelling 27:55, 1302-1314. “Social Network Analysis of the Irish Biotech Industry: Implications for Digital Ecosystems” (2010), co-authored with Chris van Egeraat, Springer Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (LNICST) Vol. 67. “British Regional Economic Growth: A Spatial Econometric Approach”, (2009) European Journal of Spatial Development, Refereed Paper No. 37. “Enlargement and the European Geography of the Information Technology Sector” (2004), co- authored with Frank Barry, World Economy, Vol. 27.