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Mr. STEPHEN MCNENA

B.Comm. M.Econ.Sc. PG Cert in Teaching

Contact Details

UNIVERSITY TEACHER
Room 233
Cairnes Building
NUI Galway
T: Ext. 3053
E: stephen.mcnena@nuigalway.ie

Lecturer
Economics discipline
T: 091-493053

Biography

I hold a B.Comm. and a M.Econ.Sc. from NUI Galway. In my teaching, I aspire to engage students with economics and economic concepts. I show how economics can explain and help solve many challenges facing society.

I lecture on the BA (Child, Youth and Family Studies) programme, as well as delivering economics modules to Arts, postgrad and online students.

I was based at St. Angela’s College, Sligo, a college of NUI Galway, between 1998 and 2019, where I taught on the B.Ed. in Home Economics, Nursing and Access programmes.

I am involved in research on local government economics with colleagues in NUI Galway, and collaborators from other universities.

Research Interests

Since 2013 I have become involved in researching Local Government economics, with internal and external collaborators. We have a website to display some of our research into local government financial performance:
www.localauthorityfinances.com

My areas of research interest include public finances, taxation and the welfare state, as well as transport policy, especially public transit.

Previous projects include a socio-economic analysis of regions of Ireland (2012) and an evaluation of Ballinasloe marina on behalf of Ballinasloe Town Council and Galway County Council (2013).

Research Projects

	Project	Start Date	End Date
	STEPHEN McNENA GENERAL RESEARCH ACCOUNT	01-MAR-19	28-FEB-29

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	'A reassessment of local government’s financial position and performance: The case of Ireland' Gerard Turley, Rémi Di medio and Stephen McNena (2020) 'A reassessment of local government’s financial position and performance: The case of Ireland'. Administration, 68 (2):1-35 [DOI] [Details]
	(2019)	'Local government funding in Ireland: Contemporary issues and future challenges' Turley, G; McNena, S (2019) 'Local government funding in Ireland: Contemporary issues and future challenges'. Administration, 67 (4):1-26 [DOI] [Details]
	(2018)	'Austerity and Irish local government expenditure since the Great Recession' Turley, G., McNena, S., and Robbins, G. (2018) 'Austerity and Irish local government expenditure since the Great Recession'. Administration, 66 (4):1-24 [DOI] [Details]
	(2018)	'Optimum Territorial Reforms in Local Government: An Empirical Analysis of Scale Economies in Ireland' Gerard Turley, John McDonagh, Stephen McNena, Arkadiusz Grzedzinski (2018) 'Optimum Territorial Reforms in Local Government: An Empirical Analysis of Scale Economies in Ireland'. The Economic And Social Review, 49 (4):463-488 [Details]
	(2016)	'An Analysis of Local Public Finances and the 2014 Local Government Reforms' Turley, G.and McNena, S. (2016) 'An Analysis of Local Public Finances and the 2014 Local Government Reforms'. The Economic And Social Review, 47 (2):299-326 [Details]
	(2016)	'Benchmarking the financial performance of local councils in Ireland' Robbins G., Turley G., and McNena S. (2016) 'Benchmarking the financial performance of local councils in Ireland'. Administration, 64 (1):1-27 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'A Needs and Resources Assessment of Fiscal Equalisation in the Irish Local Government System' Turley, G., Flannery, D. and McNena, S. (2015) 'A Needs and Resources Assessment of Fiscal Equalisation in the Irish Local Government System'. The Economic And Social Review, 46 (3):459-484 [Details]
	(2015)	'A Framework to Measure the Financial Performance of Local Governments' Turley, G., Robbins, G., McNena, S. (2015) 'A Framework to Measure the Financial Performance of Local Governments'. Local Government Studies, 41 (3):401-420 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'From boom to bust? The financial performance of city and county councils' Robbins, G., Turley, G. and McNena S. (2014) 'From boom to bust? The financial performance of city and county councils'. Administration, 62 (1):119-151 [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2018)	'Financing Local Government in the Twenty-First Century: Local Government Revenues in EU Member States, 2000-2014' Turley, G., McNena, S. (2018) 'Financing Local Government in the Twenty-First Century: Local Government Revenues in EU Member States, 2000-2014' In: The Routledge Handbook on International Local Government. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis Ltd. [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2014)	Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, McNena, S. (2014) From Boom to Bust? The Financial Performance of City and County Councils in Ireland. [Conference Paper], Irish Accounting and Finance Association Annual Conference, Belfast , 29-MAY-14 - 30-MAY-14. [Details]

Conference Paper

	Year	Publication
	(2005)	Welfare State in Ireland 1997-2002. Belgium: Presented at the Conference the State of the Welfare State Anno. McNena, S (2005) Welfare State in Ireland 1997-2002. Belgium: Presented at the Conference the State of the Welfare State Anno. Conference Paper [Details]

Web Page

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	www.localauthorityfinances.com. Gerard Turley and Stephen McNena (2020) www.localauthorityfinances.com. Web Page [Details]

Non Published Reports

	Year	Publication
	(2013)	An evaluation of Ballinasloe marina. McNena, S. (2013) An evaluation of Ballinasloe marina. Non Published Reports [Details]
	(2002)	Sligo County - Economic, Social and Cultural Profile. McNena, S. (2002) Sligo County - Economic, Social and Cultural Profile. Sligo: Non Published Reports [Details]

Web Page

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	www.localauthorityfinances.com. Gerard Turley and Stephen McNena (2020) www.localauthorityfinances.com. Web Page [Details]

Honours and Awards

	Year	Title	Awarding Body
	2016	NUI Galway President's Award for Teaching Excellence - nomination	NUI Galway
	2015	NUI Galway President's Award for Teaching Excellence - nomination	NUI Galway

Education

	Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
	2014	NUI Galway	Postgraduate Diploma	Stand-alone module on Learning Technologies
	2009	NUI Galway	Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning	Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning

Other Activities

	Description
	Programme Director of the Higher Diploma in Economic Science since September 2017. https://www.nuigalway.ie/courses/taught-postgraduate-courses/economic-science.html

Teaching Interests

Stephen teaches on, and contributes to, a wide range of modules: macroeconomics, mathematical economics, social policy, environmental issues and health economics.

Recent Postgraduate Students

Graduation	Name	Primary Supervisor
2018	Weichen Li, M.Econ.Sc - Is GDP growth translating into real-wage growth?	Y
2018	Mathews Joseph, M.Ecoc.Sc. - Indian demonetisation	Y
2018	Alex Gardiner, M.Econ.Sc. - Cryptocurrencies	Y
2016	Niall Pender, M.Econ.Sc. - Terrorism and tourism	Y
2016	Alasdair Walsh, M.Econ.Sc. - Brexit and five possible trade relationships between the UK and EU	Y
2015	Carol McLoughlin, MSc Health economics 2014/15	Y

Modules Taught

Term/Year	Module Title	Module Code	Subject / Desc
2019/20	Introductory Macroeconomics	EC136
2019/20	Introduction to Economic Policy	EC1110	1st year BA (Child, Youth, Family) and BSc. Applied Social Science
2019/20	Economics of Public and Social Policy	EC267	2nd year BA (Child, Youth, Family) and 3rd year BSc. (Applied Social Science)
2019/20	Macroeconomics	EC268
2019/20	Economics of Family Policy	EC272
2019/20	Ireland in the Global Economy	EC426.3	Part-time online B.Comm.
2019/20	Introduction to Youth and Family studies	SP1103	Team teaching, I teach one-third of module
2019/20	Research Methods in Public and Social Policy	SP1117	Team teaching - I teach 1/6
2018/19	Intermediate Macroeconomics	EC7102	Part-time online B.Comm.
2016/17	Microeconomics	EC 2.1	B.Ed. programme at St. Angela's College, Sligo
2014/15	Access programme - Economics and maths modules	xx	Access programme at St. Angela's College, Sligo