Dr Catherine Kavanagh
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Economics AL 2.24 Áras na Laoi Cork University Business School University College Cork
Biography
Dr. Catherine Kavanagh is a Lecturer in Economics at UCC. Her Phd, from the University of Aberdeen Scotland, focused on an analysis of compensation in the UK labour market using human capital models. Early publications are in the areas of: labour market compensation for risk in the workplace; unemployment and incomes policies; measures of economic progress; income distribution and inequality; the effectiveness of public capital expenditure; and labour market effects of the EU.
Recent research interests are in the area of social progress and sustainable development. Together with Professor Charles M.A. Clark (St. John's University, New York), she has published several reports that focus on assessing the EU15 countries’ performance and achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She has also undertaken consultancy projects in the areas of human capital and productivity, and skills gaps/needs analyses.
Since 2019, she has been Co-Director of the MSc in Business Economics programme in Cork University Business School, having been Programme Director since 2005. This innovative programme seeks to understand business performance in a global competitive environment. She has experience of teaching across various programmes in UCC, and her most recent teaching is in the MSc Business Economics and Year 4 of the Batchelor of Commerce programme.
She was formerly Manager of the Government appointed group, the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN). In this role, she was responsible for the publication of many reports which examined in a systematic way, the skills requirements for key sectors of the Irish economy. Published reports included an examination of the skills needs of the ICT sector, biotechnology, engineering, construction, logistics, food processing, and financial services.
Catherine was a member of the Council of the National Centre for Partnership and Performance (NCCP) until 2011. Since 2016, she has been a member of the Academic Council of Social Justice Ireland.