Carol Power

Biography

After receiving a First Class Honours BA in Geography and Policy Studies, Carol was awarded a Government of Ireland Scholarship to pursue a PhD in Geography. Her doctoral thesis focused on inter-institutional collaboration through voluntary business associations and the role of these associations in the development of industrial agglomerations.

Carol is Academic Director of the MSc in Co-operative & Social Enterprise and former Academic Director of the Certificate/Diploma/Degree in Credit Union Business. At postgraduate level, she teaches on the MSc in Co-operatives, Agri-Food and Sustainable Development, the online MSc in Co-operative and Social Enterprise, the Higher Diploma in Sustainability and Enterprise, and the Executive MBA. At undergraduate level, she contributes modules to the BSc in Food Marketing and Entrepreneurship, BSc in International Development, BSc in Government & Political Science, and the BComm.

Carol has a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from UCC.

Carol’s current research interests are focused on co-operative and community-based responses to societal challenges, and sustainable development. She is a member of the UCC Centre for Co-operative Studies and the UCC-based interdisciplinary Institute for Social Sciences in the 21^st Century (ISS21). Carol supervises student research at Master’s and PhD levels.

Grants and Honours

01/12/2021 - CO-AGE - Exploring the Potential for the Development of Care Co-operatives to Support Older People to Age Well at Home, Irish Research Council
07/06/2020 - MENSPACE - Men's Sheds as Community Responses to Societal Challenges, Irish Research Council
01/09/2018 - Skellig CRI, University College Cork
01/09/2014 - UCC Strategic Research Fund 2014, University College Cork
01/10/2001 - Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship, Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS)
30/09/1999 - O'Connell Medal for Performance in the BA Geography Examination, University College Cork

Other Activities

07/12/2022 - Report on men's sheds and the SDGs - IRC-funded research, Dept. of Food Business & Develpment and Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork
14/10/2022 - Research workshop, Institute of Social Science in the 21st Century (ISS21)
23/06/2022 - Online mini-conference with speakers from care co-ops and the care sector., Institute of Social Science in the 21st Century (ISS21)
23/06/2022 - Webinar linked to CO-AGE research project, Institute of Social Science in the 21st Century (ISS21)
11/04/2022 - Article in Chamberlink - Cork Chamber's quarterly magazine., Cork Chamber of Commerce
28/10/2021 - This paper examined the potential for platform cooperatives to provide an alternative organisational model that redistributes wealth and resources to workers and communities in the platform economy., Other funded projects
01/10/2021 - Chair of CUBS PGR Student Staff Consultative Council, Cork University Business School
01/09/2021 - CUBS Postgraduate Research Committee, Cork University Business School
11/05/2021 - Exploring the relevance of co-operatives to Doughnut Economics, Dublin Food Co-op
24/01/2021 - Podcast associated with published report titled: A Question of SCALE: Imagining a cooperative, community-led approach to regional resilience
01/01/2021 - PRME Working Group, University College Cork
01/01/2021 - CUBS Library Advisory Committee, University College Cork
01/01/2020 - Academic Director, MSc in Co-operative and Social Enterprise, Dept. of Food Business & Develpment and Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork
01/01/2020 - CUBS Postgraduate Research Committee, Cork University Business School
01/01/2020 - Teaching and Learning Committee, Cork University Business School
20/08/2019 - Credit Union Summer School
02/07/2019 - Irish Congress of Trade Unions Biennial Conference, Irish Congress of Trade Unions
14/06/2019 - Credit Union Summer School
01/02/2019 - Eigse na Brideoige
30/08/2018 - European Association of Agricultural Economists - Seminar on Sustainability
29/05/2018 - UCC Credit Union Summer School
29/05/2018 - UCC Credit Union Summer School
01/04/2018 - Department Library Representative, University College Cork
01/03/2018 - What's so important about the middle? Co-operative actions and values for family farm viability
20/06/2017 - International Co-operative Alliance Global Research Conference
01/09/2016 - Academic Director, Pathways suite of programmes in Credit Union Business, Dept. of Food Business & Develpment and Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork
21/10/2015 - The Changing Landscape of Local and Community Development in Ireland
21/10/2015 - The Changing Landscape of Local and Community Development in Ireland
16/10/2015 - Political Studies Association of Ireland Conference
16/10/2015 - Political Studies Association of Ireland Conference
25/10/2014 - International Conference of Producer Organisations
30/06/2010 - Credit Union Summer School

Pedagogic Experiences

2022 - Ethics and Sustainability, University College Cork, MBA
2020 - Sustainability in Modern Businesses, University College Cork, Non CUBS Programme
2019 - Sustainability in Modern Businesses, University College Cork, BComm (Hons) Commerce
2018 - Placement Plan, University College Cork, BSc (Hons) Food Marketing and Entrepreneurship
2018 - Contemporary Socio-Economic & Environ Issues, University College Cork
2018 - Marketing Sustainable Food Prod & Consumption, University College Cork
2017 - Local Development and Public Health, University College Cork, BSc (Hons) International Development and Food Policy
2014 - Innovation and Enterprise in Financial Co-ops and Mutuals, University College Cork, MSc Co-operative and Social Enterprise (Online)

Research Domains

Credit Co-operatives
Agricultural and Rural Co-operatives
Co-operative and social enterprises
Credit union movement in Ireland
Engagement & Environment [Sustainability,]
Community and Workers Co-operatives
Men's sheds
Community Wealth Building
Potential of co-operatives in the eldercare sector
Community and Workers Co-operatives

Thesis

2021 - Deconstructing Cardboard Man: Antagonists, Allies and Advocates in the Quest for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Bangladesh, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2018 - An Analysis of the Impact of Youth Initiatives on Young Adults' Use of Credit Union Services: A Case Study of Mullingar Credit Union, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2017 - Integrated Household Package in Eritrea: Introduction of Dairy Cows and Improved Forage Production Systems, University College Cork (Thesis Jury President)
2020 - Life after prison for the reformed individual, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2020 - Financial capability in credit unions, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2020 - The role of chairperson in credit unions, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2021 - TBC, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2021 - Credit unions - tbc, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2018 - An analysis of millennial members' relationship with their credit union and the significance of social media in that relationship: A case study of St Michael's Credit Union, University College Cork (Thesis Jury President)
2015 - An examination of the impact of support on from external actors on co-operative development, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2024 - Organisational Culture in Credit Unions, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2017 - The potential of values-based supply chains to support family farm viability, sustainability and resilience: a co-operative approach, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2018 - Financial remuneration of directors of credit unions: an exploratory study, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2017 - The purpose and competitive advantages of credit unions in Ireland today: managers' perspectives, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2017 - The benefits of participation for members in a men's shed in contemporary Ireland, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2016 - Rural Co-operatives as Instruments of Promoting Gender Equality: A Myth or Reality, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2016 - Exploring the financial impact, change management process and cultural integration in the merger of two credit unions, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2015 - Risk or reward: factors that inhibit or support the development of social enterprise within the criminal justice sector in Ireland, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
Housing co-operatives in Germany, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)

Publications

Journal article

Year	Publication
2017	HOOKS, T., MACKEN-WALSH, Á., MCCARTHY, O., POWER, C. (2017). The Impact of a Values-Based Supply Chain (VBSC) on Farm-Level Viability, Sustainability and Resilience: Case Study Evidence. Sustainability. Details
2017	HOOKS, T., MCCARTHY, O., POWER, C., MACKEN-WALSH, Á. (2017). A co-operative business approach in a values-based supply chain: A case study of a beef co-operative. Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management. doi:10.1016/j.jcom.2017.10.001. Details
2007	POWER, C., BRUNT, B. (2007). The role of industry associations in stimulating economic development: A case study of the information and communication technologies sector in Cork. Details
2016	SIOBHÁN, C., MCCARTHY, O., POWER, C. (2016). Risk and reward: the development of social enterprise within the criminal justice sector in Ireland - some policy implications. Irish Probation Journal.
2014	POWER, C., O’CONNOR, R., MCCARTHY, O., WARD, M. (2014). Merging into the mainstream? An empirically based discussion of the potential erosion of competitive advantage in a restructured Irish credit union movement. Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management. doi:10.1016/j.jcom.2014.09.001. Details
2012	POWER, C., O’CONNOR, R., MCCARTHY, O., WARD, M. (2012). Credit unions and community in Ireland: Towards optimising the principle of social responsibility. International Journal of Co-Operative Management.
2017	HOOKS, T., MACKEN-WALSH, Á., MCCARTHY, O., POWER, C. (2017). Farm-level viability, sustainability and resilience: a focus on cooperative action and values-based supply chains. Studies in Agricultural Economics. doi:10.7896/j.1718. Details
2012	POWER, C., O’CONNOR, R., MCCARTHY, O., WARD, M. (2012). Credit unions and Community in Ireland: Optimising the principle of social responsibility. International Journal of Co-Operative Management.
2018	HOOKS, T., MACKEN-WALSH, A., MCCARTHY, O., POWER, C., HENCHION, M. (2018). Co-Operation among Irish Beef Farmers: Current Perspectives and Future Prospects in the Context of New Producer Organisation (PO) Legislation. Sustainability, 10 (11). Details

Book chapter

Year	Publication
2011	BYRNE, N., MICHAEL, W., POWER, C., PRENDERGAST, K. (2011). Amalgamation and federated co-operative models: A place for both in the development of the Irish credit union movement. The origins, ethos and evolution of co-operative credit in Ireland: Celebrating the centenary of the birth of Nora Herlihy.
2011	POWER, C., O'CONNOR, R., MCCARTHY, O., WARD, M. (2011). Credit unions and community wellbeing. The origins, ethos and evolution of co-operative credit in Ireland.
2011	POWER, C. (2011). Credit unions in Irish society: retrospect and prospect. The origins, ethos and evolution of co-operative credit in Ireland.
2011	POWER, C. (2011). Introduction. The Origins, Ethos and Evolution of Co-operative Credit in Ireland.
2011	BYRNE, N., POWER, C., MCCARTHY, O., WARD, M. (2011). The role of credit unions in financial capability. The Origins, Ethos and Evolution of Co-operative Credit in Ireland.
2010	O'CONNOR, R., POWER, C., RYLANDS, M. (2010). Bounded Spaces and Cultural Places: The Reorganisation of the Farmed Landscape in Ireland. Walls, Fences, Borders and Boundaries: Essays on Social Exclusion, Inclusion and Integration.
2009	POWER, C., O'CONNOR, R. (2009). Cill Rialig. The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry.
2009	POWER, C., O'CONNOR, R. (2009). Contemporary Economic Development in Iveragh. The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry.
2009	POWER, C., O'CONNOR, R. (2009). Demographic Change on the Iveragh Peninsula 1926-2006. The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry.
2009	O'CONNOR, R., POWER, C. (2009). Peat and Energy Production in Iveragh. The Iveragh Peninsula: A Cultural Atlas of the Ring of Kerry.

Edited book

Year	Publication
2016	O’HADHMAILL, F., POWER, C., FORDE, C., O'BYRNE, D., O’CONNOR, R. (2016). The Changing Landscape of Local and Community Development in Ireland: Policy and Practice. Institute for Social Sciences in the 21st Century (ISS21), University College Cork.
2011	POWER, C., O'CONNOR, R., MCCARTHY, O., WARD, M. (2011). The Origins, Ethos and Evolution of Co-operative Credit in Ireland:. Celebrating the Centenary of the Birth of Nora Herlihy. Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork.

Report

Year	Publication
2010	BYRNE, N., POWER, C., MCCARTHY, O., WARD, M. (2010). The potential impact of credit unions on members' financial capability: An exploratory study. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10468/5052

Other

Year	Publication
2016	RYLANDS, M., O'CONNOR, R., POWER, C. (2016). Local Government Reform in Ireland: Implications for Rural Development and Community Engagement. Institute for Social Sciences in the 21st Century (ISS21), University College Cork, Ireland.

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