Work, Society and Governance Cluster 

The Work Society and Governance research cluster has the following broad aims.

• To support and encourage empirical and theoretical research into social, cultural, political and economic issues relating to the world of work, society and governance. Topics include but are not limited to: industrial relations, workplace resistance, employment engagement, identity and culture at work, workplace regulation, organizational governance, international business and society, workplace diversity, workers’ rights, trade unions and corporate social responsibility.
• To highlight and critique ways in which organizations are embedded within societal systems of regulation and governance that shape local, national and international policies affecting the lives of citizens.
• To encourage multidisciplinary research that informs theoretical and policy debates both nationally and internationally, and to provide support for sourcing research funding. 

The cluster draws on research strengths across the disciplines of NUI Galway including: management, sociology, political science, law, economics, psychology and health promotion, and supports and enables exchange of knowledge and ideas between members. Researchers have experience in a range of methodological approaches, both qualitative and quantitative. For more details on current projects and publications, please see http://www.worksocietygovernance.org/

Cluster Leader: Dr. Kate Kenny

Cluster Members

Connolly, Lena	PhD student	Information Systems
Cullinane, Niall	Associate member	Queen’s University Management School
Curran, Deirdre	Academic staff	J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
Dobbins, Tony	Associate member	Bangor Business School
Dundon, Tony	Academic staff	J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
Dunne O’Higgins, Fidelma	PhD student	School of Engineering
Garrett, Paul M.	Academic staff	School of Political Science & Sociology
Gunnigle, Patrick	Associate member	University of Limerick
Harvey, Noel	Associate member	Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
Haugaard, Mark	Academic staff	School of Political Science & Sociology
Hickland, Eugene	PhD student	J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
Hodgins, Margaret	Academic staff	Health Promotion
Hogan, Victoria	PhD student	Health Promotion
Igoe, Josephine	Academic staff	J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
Kenny, Kate	Academic staff	School of Political Science & Sociology
Lang, Michael	Academic staff	J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
McCarthy, Alma	Academic staff	J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
McDonough, Terrence John	Academic staff	J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
Mc Grath, Joseph Hugh	Academic staff	School of Law
Ní Leime, Aine	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
O’Sullivan, Michelle	Associate member	University of Limerick
Royle, Tony	Academic staff	J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
Ryan, Kevin	Academic staff	School of Political Science & Sociology
Scott, Murray	Academic staff	J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
Scullion, Hugh	Academic staff	J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
Silke, Richard	PhD student	School of Political Science and Sociology
Townsend, Keith	Associate member	Griffith University, Australia
Wilkinson, Adrian	Associate member	Griffith University, Australia

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