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.

Grants and Honours

05/10/2020 - The role of agricultural co-operatives in Irish Agri-Advisory Services, Dept. of Food Business & Develpment and Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork
06/07/2020 - Consumer Credit Directive and Personal Lending Protections, Dept. of Food Business & Develpment and Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork
09/03/2020 - Financial Inclusion, Dept. of Food Business & Develpment and Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork
06/01/2020 - BRIDE Valley: An Irish Bio-district in Development, Dept. of Food Business & Develpment and Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork
25/06/2019 - Reducing youth unemployment: setting up co-operatives to enhance working opportunities in the EU, Dept. of Food Business & Develpment and Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork
15/12/2007 - Mutual Learning on Financial Inclusion MuLFI, European Union

Other Activities

13/07/2022 - "Rethinking co-operatives: From local to global and from the past to the future"
22/04/2022 - Agricultural and Rural Convention ARC 2020
01/09/2021 - Invited submission on the Consumer Credit Amendment Bill 2021, FINPERT Joint Oireachtas Committee
22/05/2021 - Invited Speaker to Co-operative Party Conference NI May 2021
16/02/2021 - Invited presentation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach on the Consumer Credit Amendment Bill 2018, FINPERT Joint Oireachtas Committee
12/11/2020 - Invited submission on the Consumer Credit Amendment Bill 2018, FINPERT Joint Oireachtas Committee
16/05/2019 - JOURNAL-INSTITUTION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
13/05/2019 - Ecch Case No. 512-021-1
01/10/2018 - International Scientific Commission on "Social and Cooperative Economy"
02/12/2015 - European Conference on Information Technology Evaluation

Pedagogic Experiences

2020 - Co-operatives and Sustainable Rural Economies, University College Cork, BComm (Hons) Commerce
2018 - Communications and Marketing for Sustainable Production Consumption, University College Cork, MSc Co-operatives, Agri-Food and Sustainable Development
2018 - Co-operative and Collaborative Responses, University College Cork, MSc Co-operatives, Agri-Food and Sustainable Development
2018 - Practice-Based Research Project, University College Cork, MSc Co-operatives, Agri-Food and Sustainable Development
2018 - Contemporary Socio-Economic & Environ Issues, University College Cork, MSc Co-operatives, Agri-Food and Sustainable Development
2016 - Co-operatives, Food and Rural Sustainability, University College Cork, BSc (Hons) International Development
2010 - Co-operatives and the Third Sector, University College Cork, MSocSc Voluntary and Community Sector Management
2006 - Community Co-operatives and Social Enterprises, University College Cork, MSc Co-operative and Social Enterprise (Online)
2006 - Social and Co-operative Entrepreneurship, University College Cork, MSc Co-operative and Social Enterprise (Online)

Research Domains

Relationship between structure and member value
Co-operative Studies
Sustainable development of the agri-food sector

Thesis

9999 - Masters Degree by Research (Thesis Primary 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)
2019 - Business Growth and the Artisan Food Entrepreneur:A Case Study of Irish Farmhouse Cheesemakers. (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)
2025 - Is there a viable business model for the Irish credit union sector?, University College Cork, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)
2024 - Organisational Culture in Credit Union s, University College Cork (Thesis Co-Supervisor)

Publications

Journal article

Year	Publication
2014	BYRNE, N., MCCARTHY, O. (2014). Value proposition preferences of credit union members and patronage activity. International Journal of Bank Marketing. doi:10.1108/IJBM-11-2013-0128. Details
2007	BYRNE, N., MCCARTHY, O., WARD, M. (2007). Money-Lending and Financial Exclusion. Public Money & Management. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00554.x. Details
2015	BYRNE, N., HEINONEN, K., JUSSILA, I. (2015). THE ROLE OF PROXIMITY IN VALUE PREFERENCES: A STUDY OF CONSUMER CO-OPERATIVES. THE ROLE OF PROXIMITY IN VALUE PREFERENCES. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics. doi:10.1111/apce.12079. Details
2013	DESTA, T., FITZGIBBON, M., BYRNE, N. (2013). Exploring the role of citizen journalism in slum improvement: the case of ‘Voice of Kibera’. AI and Society. doi:10.1007/s00146-013-0482-y. Details
2012	JUSSILA, I., BYRNE, N., TUOMINEN, H. (2012). Affective Commitment in Co-operative Organizations: What Makes Members Want to Stay?. Details
2014	MOORE, O., MCCARTHY, O., BYRNE, N., WARD, M. (2014). Reflexive Resilience and Community Supported Agriculture: The Case that Emerged from a Place. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community Development. doi:https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2014.043.007. Details
2007	BYRNE, N., MCCARTHY, O., WARD, M. (2007). An alternative approach to oversight: the case of the supervisory committee in Irish credit unions. International Journal of Co-Operative Management.
2005	BYRNE, N., MCCARTHY, O. (2005). An analysis of the credit union's use of Craig's commitment building measures. Journal of Co-Operative Studies.
2004	BYRNE, N., MCCARTHY, O., O’CONNOR, R. (2004). The development of new rural credit unions in Ireland within a context of service rationalization in rural areas. Details
2012	BYRNE, N., MCCARTHY, O., WARD, M., MCMURTRY, J. (2012). Credit union restructuring: don't forget the member! International Journal of Co-Operative Management.
2006	BYRNE, N., CARROLL, B., WARD, M. (2006). Artists' co-operatives and their potential to contribute to the development of the visual arts sector in Ireland. Review of International Cooperation, 99 (1), pp. 29-35.
2022	BYRNE, N. (2022). Understanding co-operative identity through relationality. Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management, 10 (1).
2023	MARWOOD, S., BYRNE, N., MCCARTHY, O., HEAVIN, C., BARLOW, P. (2023). Examining the Relationship between Consumers’ Food-Related Actions, Wider Pro-Environmental Behaviours, and Food Waste Frequency: A Case Study of the More Conscious Consumer. Sustainability, 15 (3). Details
2023	BYRNE, N. (2023). Co-Operative Lifecycle Framing—Reinvention or Regeneration and Does It Matter? Sustainability. Details

Book chapter

Year	Publication
2014	BYRNE, N. (2014). Common assumptions and co-operative membership: the case of the Irish credit union movement. Research Handbook on Sustainable Co-operative Enterprise. Edward Elgar Publishing. Details
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	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.
2023	CARROLL, B., MCCARTHY, O., BYRNE, N., BOLAND, M., WARD, M. (2023). Role of the Farmer and their Co-operative in Supply Chain Governance: An Irish Perspective. Handbook of Research on Co-operatives and Mutuals (pp. 193-207). Edward Elgar Publishing. Details
2023	BOLAND, M. A., BYRNE, N., CARROLL, B., MCCARTHY, O., PITTS, S., SECOR, W. (2023). A framework for understanding the role of producers in governance of supply chains. Handbook of Research on Cooperatives and Mutuals (pp. 166-171). Edward Elgar Publishing. Details

Dissertation

Year	Publication
2018	BYRNE, N. (2018). An exploration of the relationship between openness to relationality and context in Irish credit unions.
2000	BYRNE, N. (2000). An Analysis of Member Commitment and Organisational Identity within a Credit Union Context. University College Cork.

Magazine article

Year	Publication
2018	MCCARTHY, O., BYRNE, N. (2018). New law will finally cap moneylending. Changing Ireland.
2020	MCCARTHY, O., BYRNE, N. (2020). Do consumer warnings on financial products work? RTE Brainstorm.
2020	MCCARTHY, O., BYRNE, N. (2020). Payday loans: clampdown was vital, but credit unions must expand after coronavirus to fill gap. The Conversation.

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
2005	BYRNE, N., MCCARTHY, O., WARD, M. (2005). Meeting the credit needs of low income groups: Credit unions versus moneylenders. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10468/5050
2003	BYRNE, N. (2003). The Role of the Supervisory Committee in Credit Union Governance.
2017	FAHERTY, M., MCCARTHY, O., BYRNE, N. (2017). Interest Rate Restrictions on Credit for Low-income Borrowers. Retrieved from https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2021/1116/1260206-buy-now-pay-later-klarna-humm-ireland-credit-loans-interest-regulation/ Details
2017	O'SULLIVAN, P., MCCARTHY, O., BYRNE, N. (2017). The management of lending risk in Irish community credit unions.
2008	BYRNE, N. (2008). An analysis of the relationship between the credit union board and the manager – The managers perspective. Retrieved from http://hec-cloud01.segi.ulg.ac.be/repec/wp08-03.pdf
2002	BYRNE, N., MCCARTHY, O., MICHAEL, W. (2002). Training and Education in Irish Credit Unions: Centre for Co-operative Studies, University College, Cork.
2014	MCCARTHY, O., LANE, C., BYRNE, N. (2014). Cork MABS study: Clients' experiences, opinions and satisfaction levels. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10468/5087

Other

Year	Publication
2022	BYRNE, N. (2022). Landscape-based approaches to a just transition. ARC2020.

Explore This Section

Dr Noreen Byrne

Contact