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Why out of town retail parks don't make sense in a climate crisis

CUBS PhD candidate Conor O'Driscoll at the Spatial and Regional Economic Research Centre (SRERC) gives his take urban commercial and residential developments

Two CUBS Researchers Awarded Irish Research Council Scholarships

CUBS PhD students, Daragh O’Leary and Siva Shaangari Seathu Raman have been awarded scholarships under the Irish Research Council’s flagship Government of Ireland programme.

How The Government's Retrofitting Scheme Risks Leaving Middle Ireland Out

CUBS Faculty members Dr. Wendy Rowan and Dr. Stephen McCarthy's article featured in RTE Brainstorm, examines the Government's €8.7 billion plan to retrofit 500,000 in Ireland.

Female cancer patients and those with lower incomes had higher Covid-related stress

Cancer patients from lower-income households are more likely to experience severe levels of anxiety during the pandemic, CUBS research has found.

Messi, Mbappé and plenty of money: inside 2021's transfer window

Analysis: we've seen a flurry of deals and speculation as clubs spend millions on upgrading their line-ups with new stars

Is inflation about to go up, up and away?

Analysis: the price of goods and services in Ireland have increased year on year so is this trend likely to continue?

Irish women more likely than men to be job hunting since pandemic – study

Covid crisis has prompted a ‘she-cession’, researchers from NUI Galway and UCC find

Do employers know how to manage employees' mental health risks?

RTÉ Brainstorm: many organisations find mental health and work-related stress difficult to tackle effectively and systematically

Roll-out of ground-breaking All-Island cluster network

The Cluster Research Network is a pioneering cross-border partnership of The Cluster Centre, Ulster University, University College Cork and Munster Technological University.

Living wage: Ireland wants to be world’s leader – but could crush small businesses

COVID-19 has brought the living wage debate back into focus, particularly since many essential workers are the lowest paid in society.

CUBS Profile Series: PhD BIS, Zainab H. Alshabeeb

Zainab Alshabeeb is a third year Ph.D. researcher studying blockchain technology in SMEs at Cork University Business School.

How COVID-19 is likely to slow down a decade of youth development in Africa

Prof. Wim Naudé's latest article in The Conversation is based on part of his contribution to the United Nations’ World Youth Report 2020.

Why Bigger Might Always Mean Better in Business

How digital technologies contribute to altering competitive dynamics between small and large firms is the focus of research being undertaken at CUBS jointly with the University of Limerick.

Moneylending in Ireland: '€70m in interest payments annually'

Dr Olive McCarthy and Dr Noreen Byrne outline the many reasons why people continue to use moneylenders despite exorbitant interest rates in RTE Brainstorm.

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