Dr Noreen Byrne

Biography

Dr. Noreen Byrne is a lecturer at the Department of Food Business and Development and a researcher at the Centre for Co-operative Studies. Noreen is a co-director of the the MSc Co-operatives, Agri-Food and Sustainable Development.  She was the academic director for the Certificate, Diploma and Degree components of the  suite  of accredited education programmes for credit union officers across Ireland from 2014 to 2016.   Noreen teaches on programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level.  She was also appointed to the CIRIEC International Scientific Commission in 2018, Noreen's main research interests are in co-operatives, member relationship and member driven innovation, place-based development, agri-food and sustainability.