Browsing NESC Research Series [edeposit] by Title
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The Burren Life Programme: An Overview
(National Economic and Social CouncilIE, 2016-03-09)The Burren Life Programme (BLP) has received much positive attention for its success in engaging Burren farmers and institutional and civic stakeholders in delivering tangible social, economic and ... -
Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Ireland and the Agricultural Sector
(National Economic and Social CouncilIE, 2021-03-30)There is a prevailing narrative around the decline of rural areas in Ireland. This is not unique to the Irish context with international studies also looking at concerns around rural vitality. This narrative is associated ... -
Clusters in Ireland : the Irish dairy processing industry: an application of Porter's cluster analysis
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Economic Resilience in Sustainable Communities: Innovative Approaches in Public Spending to Maximise Local Benefits
(National Economic and Social CouncilIE, 2021-03-03)The Government of Ireland, as with all governments across Europe, faces a triple challenge of recovery from the economic crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the urgent need for action on climate change and ... -
Energy Transition Pathways and the COVID-19 Pandemic: An analysis of the 'green recovery' responses in Denmark and Ireland
(National Economic and Social CouncilIE, 2020-11-20)Mistral is an innovative training and support network for 15 doctoral researchers in relation to renewable energy and social acceptance operating in 6 countries: United Kingdom, Portugal, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, ... -
Exploring Place-based Opportunities for Policy and Practice in Transition
(National Economic and Social CouncilIE, 2022-07-10)Delivering effective regional development in a context of decarbonising the economy is not just challenging economically but raises the issue of social justice and equity. Ensuring a 'just transition' that appropriately ... -
Exploring Shared Opportunities in the North West: Findings from Focus Groups
(National Economic and Social CouncilIE, 2022-10-07)NESC has been undertaking a Shared Island research programme to contribute to building a shared knowledge base and understanding about possible ways in which greater co-operation can emerge across a number of economic, ... -
Four Case Studies on Just Transition: Lessons for Ireland
(National Economic and Social CouncilIE, 2020-05-10)Just transition is a new and emerging topic. It should be kept in mind that we are examining transitions in progress, and that there are no ready-made templates of successful, completed, transitions to a zero-carbon economy. ... -
Gender and Covid-19 in Ireland
(National Economic and Social CouncilIE, 2021-03-25)This paper outlines data on a number of gender impacts of Covid-19 in Ireland in 2020. It describes the outcomes from the pandemic for women and men in the areas of employment, domestic work and childcare, finance and state ... -
The Impacts of Covid-19 on Ethnic Minority and Migrant Groups in Ireland
(National Economic and Social CouncilIE, 2021-01-20)This paper outlines key impacts of Covid-19 on ethnic minority and migrant groups in Ireland. It presents an overview of available data, and identifies areas for further work. The paper provides some contextual information ... -
Ireland's child income supports : the case for a new form of targeting
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The Irish indigenous software industry: an application of Porter's cluster analysis
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The Irish popular music industry : an application of Porter's cluster analysis
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Long-term Resilient and Sustainable Cities: A Scoping Paper
(National Economic and Social CouncilIE, 2021-04-10)City resilience is seen as a city capability to recover from large events, such as natural hazards, and to positively manage ongoing city "stressors," such as the climate crisis, demographic change, social inequality, ... -
Low Work Intensity Households and the Quality of Supportive Services: Detailed Research Report
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Modelling the Zero-Carbon Transition: International Approaches and Lessons for Ireland
(National Economic and Social CouncilIE, 2020-05-20)The Government’s Climate Action Plan and Future Jobs Ireland 2019 included a request for NESC’s advice on how to manage the transition associated with climate change and digital automation. Specifically, how to minimise ... -
Nature’s Values: From Intrinsic to Instrumental. A review of values and valuation methodologies in the context of ecosystem services and natural capital
(National Economic and Social CouncilIE, 2017-04)Consciously or not, people attach values to aspects that are important in their lives. These values can inform their preferences and their behaviour. They attach a value to a clean, healthy, functioning environment just ... -
NESC@50: A Thriving Ireland – The Views of Young People on Policy Priorities and Participation
(National Economic and Social CouncilIE, 2024-03-01)The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) was established in 1973 and the 50th anniversary was marked by a dedicated NESC@50 programme of research and events in 2023. From the onset, the meaningful participation of ... -
Perspectives on Micro-Generation: Public Participation in the Low-Carbon Transition in Ireland
(National Economic and Social CouncilIE, 2021-11-10)Micro-generation refers to small-scale electricity generation through for example, the use of rooftop solar PV. Public participation has become an increasingly important issue for realising an effective and just low-carbon ... -
Profit sharing, employee share ownership and gainsharing : what can they achieve?
(National Economic and Social CouncilIE, 2000-05)