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June 2009: 'The Challenge of Teaching Politics in a Fast-Changing Global Order', lecture to inaugural meeting of Teaching and Learning Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI), Department of Government, UCC, June 10th.

May 2009: 'The Collapse of the Celtic Tiger: Probing the Weaknesses of Ireland's Development Model', to seminar on 'The Status of Small States in the International Community', University of Iceland, Reykjavik, May 14th.

April 2009: 'From Vulnerability to Resilience', talk to 'Rethinking the Country' at Tipperary Institute, Thurles, April 27th.

April 2009: 'Models of State and Globalisation: Lessons from Irish debates', paper to Workshop 17 at European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Joint Sessions, Lisbon, April 14th to 19th.

March 2009: 'Research Imperatives for Emerging Economies', address to Unesco International Experts' Workshop on 'Research in Diverse Social Contexts: Tensions, Dynamics and Challenges', Unesco, Paris, March 19th to 21st. 

March 2009: 'A Better Ireland is Possible', talk to Convention of the Green Party, Wexford, March 7th.

February 2009: 'Globalisation and Vulnerability: What is happening to society?', public talk organised by Ethical Development Action at the Imperial Hotel, Cork.

February 2009: 'Politics of Environmental Change: Challenges, Opportunities, Prospects' to Sustainable Clonakilty.

January 2009: 'Globalisation and the State: What lessons does the 'new left' in Latin America have to offer?', lecture at the Institute for the Study of the Americas, School of Advanced Studies, University of London. 

November 2008: 'Learning to move beyond vulnerability to resilience', to seminar on Rethinking Education in the Light of Climate Change, Cultivate centre, Dublin, Nov 28th.

November 2008: 'Responding to globalisation's impact on culture: Resisting marketisation', to seminar on 'Fair Play to You! Cultural Globalisation and the Academy', Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Nov 12th.

November 2008: 'Seizing the Moment: Towards a post-neoliberal global order', to seminar to found Bloom, a new activist movement for global justice, Dublin, Nov 8th.

November 2008: 'Different state-civil society relationships: Lessons from Ireland', paper to seminar on state-civil society relationships in Africa and Ireland, Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov 3rd to 5th.

July 2008: Keynote lecture ‘Sinn Féin: Reflections on a century of Irish political utopianism’ to international conference of utopian studies at the University of Limerick.

July 2008: 'The Republic of Ireland: Myth or Reality?' and 'The Devil is in the Detail: The Underbelly of the Celtic Tiger', lectures to study trip for US academics organised by the Council on International Educational Exchange, Dublin City Universty, July 1st.

May 2008: Keynote lecture on ‘Globalisation, Vulnerability and the Return to Religion: Reflections from the Irish Experience’ to 4^th Congress of the Association for Franco-Irish Studies, Université Rennes 2, Rennes .

April 2008: Presentations on the use of the concept of vulnerability in my work and on proposals to establish a network of vulnerability studies at a symposium on vulnerability, Emory Law School, Atlanta, Georgia, April 15^th to 17^th.

April 2008: Workshop on 'Beyond Industrial Society: Transformation from Global to Local' at Convergence conference on Transition Strategies, Cultivate Centre, Dublin , April 5th 

March 2008: (with Mary Murphy): presentation of contents of research paper on 'Challenges to the Irish model: The role of civil society organisations' to seminar of Community Platform, Dublin, March 6th.

January 2008: 'El milagro irlandés: dilemas distributivos, sociedad civil y lecciones para América Latina', talk to leaders of Tercera Republica/CRISOL group, San José, Costa Rica

January 2008: ‘Migración y vulnerabilidad’, paper at conference ‘Desarrollo y Gobernabilidad Democrática: El reto de las migraciones y la cohesión social’, Arias Foundation, San José, Costa Rica.

January 2008: ‘El milagro irlandés: características y lecciones de política para América Latina’, lecture at the Institute of Social Research, University of Costa Rica, San José.

January 2008: ‘The State and Civil Society after the Celtic Tiger: Historical Explanations, Future Possibilities’, lecture at the Department of Applied Social Studies, UCC.

November 2007: Invited keynote speaker ‘El diseño de largo plazo: la política económica de Irlanda’ to a seminar series organised by a consortium of academics, NGOs and trade unions in Buenos Aires with a view to impacting on the policy of the incoming government.

November 2007: Briefings on Ireland’s model of development to policy makers at the Office for Planning and Budgeting (OPP) in the office of the President and at the Commission Sectorial para el Mercosur (Comisec), Montevideo, Uruguay.

November 2007: Invited speaker on ‘The Competition State: The Irish Lessons’ at a conference on Ireland and Denmark organised by the Centre for Irish Studies at the University of Aarhus, Denmark, in conjunction with the Irish Embassy to Denmark.  

October 2007: ‘The Celtic Tiger: Learning the Lessons of Why we Failed’, research seminar to the Department of Political Science and Sociology, NUI Galway.

September 2007: Invited speaker on ‘Ireland’s Celtic Tiger: The Social Impact of Economic Growth’ at a conference on ‘The Source of Wealth in Small States’ at the University of Iceland, which was opened by the President of Iceland, President Olafur Ragner Grimsson.

June 2007: Paper entitled ‘Civil Society-State Relations in Central America’s Development: Towards a new paradigm?’ to a conference ‘Central America: Challenged Transition?’ at the Institute for the Study of the Americas , University of London , June 14^th and 15^th.

May/June 2007: Paper entitled ‘CEPAL’s Neo-structuralist Paradigm: Lessons from the Irish case’ to a conference on ‘Social Policy, Economic Development and Income Inequality: Latin America in Comparative Perspective’ at the Institute for the Study of the Americas , University of London , May 31^st and June 1^st.

May 2007: Invited speaker on ‘The Application of Human Security in OSCE Activities’ to an OSCE workshop on human security, in the Hofburg, Vienna .

May 2007: Keynote opening address on ‘Vulnerabilidad y globalización: Las raíces de los flujos migratorios’ at a conference entitled ‘La inmigración en España: horizontes para la convivencia’ at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid.

April 2007: Paper entitled ‘A Developmental or a Competition State?: Interrogating the Irish State’s developmental capacity’ to a conference on ‘Capacity Building in Small States’ in the University of Birmingham, April 4^th to 5^th.

March 2007: Lectures on the new left in Latin America and on the social impact of globalisation at the Institute of Political Studies , Charles University , Prague .

February 2007: Country paper on Ireland to workshop on Poverty Reduction and Policy Regimes at the UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Palais des Nations, Geneva.

January 2007: ‘The Rise of the Left in Latin America : Moving beyond Neoliberalism?’ at the Department of Applied Social Studies, UCC.

January 2007: ‘Economic Success, Social Failure: The Celtic Tiger’, keynote address to conference of the South and Mid-West Community Development Support Agency, Tralee

January 2007: ‘Is the democratic project compatible with the values of neoliberal globalisation?’, public lecture at Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin

January 2007: ‘Introduction to Globalisation’ to students on the B of Soc. Studies in Housing and Community Studies, UCD

December 2006: ‘Small states aspiring to high-tech success: The contrasting roles of regionalism in the Irish and Costa Rican cases’, paper to panel on ‘Small States and Regionalism’ at the British International Studies Association annual conference in UCC.

October 2006: ‘Globalisation and Development: Lessons from Ireland ’ at the College of Politics and Law, Yangtze University , Jingzhou , China .

October 2006: ‘Globalisation and Development: Lessons from Ireland ’ at the School of WTO Studies, Wuhan University , China .

October 2006: ‘Reforma del Estado, Buen Gobierno y Desarrollo Económico: El modelo de desarrollo de Irlanda comparado con Costa Rica’, lecture to a conference on ‘Buen Gobierno: Tareas Aun Pendientes’ organised by the Fundación Arias, San José, Costa Rica.

September 2006: ‘Globalisation, Vulnerability and the Role of the State: Lessons from the Irish Case’ to a group of students from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague who visited the Centre for International Studies in DCU.

September 2006: ‘The rise of people power in Latin America ’ to the Tom Johnson Summer School, Kilkenny, September 3^rd.

July 2006: ‘Globalisation and threats to well-being: Critiquing the concept of human security, proposing the concept of vulnerability’ to the 20^th World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Fukuoka , Japan .

July 2006: ‘Globalisation, power shifts and human well-being: Reflections from the Irish Experience’ to a networking event of groups involved in the Education Equality Initiative, National College of Ireland, Dublin .

June 2006: Rapporteur on panel ‘UN Human Rights Council’ at the Department of Foreign Affairs Eighth Annual NGO Forum on Human Rights, Croke Park, Dublin.

June 2006: ‘Globalisation, power shifts and human well-being: Reflections from the Irish Experience’ to a conference on health promotion, NUI Galway.

June 2006: ‘Neo-liberalism “Irish style”: Is Ireland a competition or a developmental state?’ to the International Political Economy Group (IPEG) annual workshop, Lancaster University .

May 2006: lectures on 'Ireland's Experience in the EU', 'Citizens' Rights in Central America', 'Globalisation and Latin America', and 'Ireland as a Celtic Tiger: Lessons for new EU members', as well as a research seminar on 'Vulnerabilty and Globalisation' to staff and students of International Relations at Corvinus University, Budapest, May 8th to 12th.

May 2006: 'The Importance, Value and Utility of Research in the Social Sciences' to a conference on 'Advancing Research in Ireland' organised by the Irish Universities Quality Board at DCU.

April 2006: 'The Irish Republic : A project still to be completed' to a conference on 'The 1916 Rising: Then and Now', Trinity College , Dublin .

April 2006: ' Ireland as a Celtic Tiger: Lessons for new and aspiring EU members', in Bogazici University , Istanbul .

January 2006: Course entitled ‘Globalización, Vulnerabilidad y el Papel del Estado’ to the doctoral programme in government and public policy at the University of Costa Rica.

January 2006: ‘Globalización, Vulnerabilidad y el Papel del Estado: Lecciónes del caso irlandés’ to a conference on ‘Can Costa Rica become Ireland?’ at the University of Costa Rica, San José.

January 2006: ‘An Ireland Where there are No Excluded Ones’, lecture with Dr Katherine Zappone to series entitled ‘Emerging from the Shadow of the Tiger’, NorDubCo, DCU and Tasc.

January 2006: ‘Globalisation, Vulnerability and the Role of the State: Lessons for Ireland ’ in UCC.

December 2005: ‘Karl Polanyi and Human Livelihood: Contributions to Some Contemporary Debates’ at symposium on ‘Karl Polanyi and the Critique of Market Society’, NUI Maynooth, December 13th

November 2005: ‘The Celtic Tiger as a Development Model’, talk to Eurodad conference in Marino Institute, Dublin .

November 2005: ‘Civil Society and National Development’, talk to Wexford Area Community Conference, Talbot Hotel, Wexford

November 2005: Opening address to Solas conference at All Hallows College .

September 2005: ‘ Ireland and Globalisation’, lecture with Professor David Jacobson to series entitled ‘Emerging from the Shadow of the Tiger’, NorDubCo, DCU and Tasc.

June 2005: Paper entitled 'Civil Society in Central America : Reversing NGOisation?' to the Second Annual Conference of the Irish Latin American Studies Association, University College Cork. 

June 2005: Speaker on panel 'Challenges in Promoting Sustainable Development and Human Rights in an Environment of Weak Governance' at the Department of Foreign Affairs Seventh Annual NGO Forum on Human Rights, Croke Park, Dublin.

June 2005: Paper entitled 'Bringing Society into IPE' to the annual conference of the International Political Economy Group at Nottingham Trent University .

May 2005: Invited speaker at research seminar at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Limerick . My lecture was entitled ‘Civil Society in Central America : Reversing NGOisation?’

April 2005: Invited speaker on ‘Sociedad civil en América Central: Definiciónes y preguntas’ to a seminar of leaders of Central American civil society in Granada , Nicaragua .

January 2005: Lecture entitled 'Is Globalisation Good for Us? A look at vulnerability and its impacts' at the Department of Applied Social Studies, UCC.

January 2005: Lecture entitled 'Globalisation, Development and the Role of the State: Lessons from Ireland ' at the Cork Institute of Technology.

December 2004: Paper entitled 'Globalisation and Human Well-being: Proposing the Concept of Vulnerability' to the British International Studies Association (BISA), University of Warwick , England

November 2004: Invited keynote speaker at conference on Karl Polanyi at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. My paper is entitled 'Polanyi and Human Livelihood: Timely Contributions to some very Contemporary Debates'

November 2004: Lecture entitled ‘ Ireland ’s Celtic Tiger: A Model for Central European Countries?’ at the Corvinus University , Budapest .

October 2004: Paper entitled 'Globalisation and Human Well-being: Proposing the Concept of Vulnerability' to the Political Studies Association of Ireland annual conference, University of Limerick

October 2004: Plenary speaker at the Irish Social Forum, Dublin

September 2004: Paper entitled ''El Consumo me Consume': Tomhaltóireacht, Féiniúlacht agus Cumhacht i Meiriceá Laidineach sa Lá atá inniu ann' to Indisciplinary Conference in the Humanities and Social Sciences, DCU

September 2004: Lecture entitled 'Globalisation, the Celtic Tiger and Social Outcomes: Is Ireland a Model or a Mirage?' to students of the Institute of Social Studies , The Hague , and the Centre for Development Studies, UCD.

July 2004: Speaker at launch of ‘Na Cathracha Caillte: Rogha Dánta’ , Irish-language translation of poems of Ernesto Cardenal, 6th July.

June 2004: ‘Bringing Development in from the Cold: DCU’s approach to education for critical awareness on the emerging world order’, to conference on ‘Globalisation and Inclusion: Challenges for Professional Education in the Third-Level Sector’, UCC, June 1st.

April 2004: Lecture to the annual conference of the Political Studies Association (UK) at Lincoln University . My lecture was entitled ‘The Irish State and the Celtic Tiger: A “flexible developmental state” or a competition state?’

April 2004: Lecture to MA students at the Peace and Development Research Institute at Gothenburg University , Sweden (Padrigu). My lecture was entitled ‘Globalisation, Vulnerability and the Role of International Development Assistance’.

March 2004: Lectures to MA students of development and international relations at the University of Aalborg, Denmark. I gave two lectures, one on the Celtic Tiger and one on vulnerability and globalisation.

March 2004: Invited keynote speaker at a conference in NUI Galway for Latin Americanists in Ireland . My lecture was entitled ‘El Consumo me consume: Consumerism, Identity and Power in Today’s Latin America ’.

March 2004: Invited lecture at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague . The lecture was entitled ‘Globalisation, Development and the Role of the State: Lessons from the Irish Case’.

March 2004: Lecture on the occasion of the award to me of the President’s Research Award for the humanities and social sciences, DCU. My lecture was entitled ‘Navigating in the Wake of the Celtic Tiger: Challenges for the Social Sciences’.

February 2004: Lectures on the impact of globalisation on Latin America to students of the MA in Development Studies, UCD. The lecture on February 5th deal with its impacts and on February 12th with responses to it. 

January 2004: Lecture to students on the MBA in Health Services Management, College of Surgeons . The lecture was entitled ‘Globalisation, the Celtic Tiger and Social Policy: Is the Irish Model a Mirage?’. 

January 2004: Lecture to students in the Department of applied Social Studies in UCC. The lecture was entitled ‘Understanding the Celtic Tiger: Challenges from Development Theory’. 

November 2003: Lecture to students of the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague who were visiting Dublin to study Ireland ’s development. The lecture took place in the Centre for Development Studies, UCD, and was entitled ‘Globalisation, the Celtic tiger and Social Outcomes’.

November 2003: Keynote speaker at a conference in University College Chester entitled ‘Implications of Globalisation: Present Imperfect, Future Tense’. As the keynote speaker I took the title of the conference as the title of my lecture.

October 2003: Paper on ‘The Place of Development in International Relations’ to the Political Studies Association of Ireland annual conference, Portmarnock. 

September 2003: Keynote address on ‘Globalisation and World Order: Challenges for Social Policy’ to the annual conference of the Irish Social Policy Association (ISPA), Royal Dublin Hotel, Dublin . 

August 2003: Paper entitled ‘Contribution of Raymond Crotty to Development Thinking’ to the Fifteenth Annual Desmond Greaves Summer School, Irish Labour History Museum , Beggar’s Bush, Dublin . 

August 2003: Invited speaker at an international workshop on ‘Economic Growth and Inequality’, Department of Public Policy and Administration, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel . I delivered two papers, entitled ‘Poverty and Inequality: Framing the Questions’ and ‘The Celtic Tiger: Growth with Inequality’. 

July 2003: Invited speaker to launch Ireland and Post- Colonial Theory, edited by Clare Carroll and Patricia King (Cork
University Press, 2003) at Newman House, University College Dublin. 

June 2003: Seminar on ‘Globalisation and Latin America’ at launch of my book Introduction to Latin America: Twenty-First
Century Challenges (Sage, 2003), Irish Writers Centre, Dublin . 

May 2003: Invited speaker at international conference ‘Re-imagining Ireland: Transformation of Identity in a Global Context’, Virginia Foundations of the Humanities, University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia , USA . I spoke on two panels, ‘Silicon Ireland ’ (on May 8th) and ‘Between Europe and America ’ (on May 9th). 

March to May 2003: Visiting professor at the Institut des Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) where I taught a 10-lecture, 20-hour course to students of the DEA (post-MA, pre-PhD) on ‘The Place of Development in International Relations’. 

March 2003: Invited speaker to seminar on ‘Beyond Aid’, Comhlámh, Dublin . Comhlámh is an NGO working with returned
development volunteers. 

February 2003: Lecture entitled ‘Models of Development: The Irish Experience’ to MA students at the Centre for Development Studies, University College Dublin. 

February 2003: Invited speaker to a staff and postgraduate research seminar at the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, where I gave a paper entitled ‘Navigating in the Celtic Tiger’s Wake: Six Challenges for the Social Sciences’. 

February 2003: Lecture on ‘Introduction to Latin America: Economics’ to an evening course on Latin America organised by the Latin America Support Centre (LASC), Dublin . 

January 2003: Lecture on ‘Globalisation: Substance and Impacts’ to MA in Health Care, Royal College of Surgeons , Dublin . 

November 2002: Paper on ‘Macroeconomic Success and Social Vulnerability: Lessons for Latin America from the Celtic Tiger’ to a two-day seminar on Política Macroeconómica y Vulnerabilidad Social’ at the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago, Chile, November 26th, 27th. The paper was subsequently published by ECLAC. 

November 2002: Two lectures on ‘Globalisation and Latin America ’ to MA students at the Centre for Development Studies, University College Dublin. On November 13, lecture I deal with ‘Impacts’ and on November 290th, lecture II dealt with‘Responses. 

November 2002: Invited speaker giving a paper entitled ‘World Poverty: Measures and Means’ at the Combat Poverty Agency, Dublin . 

July 2002: Keynote address on ‘Globalisation, Politics and Society in Latin America’ to the continental meeting of Maryknoll Lay Missionaries at Pozo de Rosas , Venezuela . 

July 2002: Key speaker on a panel entitled ‘International Trade, Development and Human Rights’ at the Fifth Annual Human Rights Forum organised by the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin . 

July 2002: Paper entitled ‘The Celtic Tiger: A Cautionary Tale of Economic Success and Social Failure in a Globalised World’ at a conference ‘Towards a New Political Economy of Development: Globalisation and Governance’ at the Political Economy Research Centre, University of Sheffield , UK . 

May 2002: Lecture entitled ‘Globalización, Economía Política e Identidad Cultural en la Unión Europea’ at a public seminar in the Catholic University of Chile, Santiago , on ‘Los Complejos Desafíos de la Unión Europea’ hosted by the EU Commission office in Chile . 

November 2001: Paper entitled ‘Polanyi and the Celtic Tiger: Explaining the Social Impact of Ireland’s High-Growth Economy’ at
the Eighth International Karl Polanyi Conference on ‘Economy and Democracy’ at the UNAM, Mexico City . 

June 2001: Paper entitled ‘Re-inventing Ireland: The Republic under the Celtic Tiger’, to the Ireland Institute, Dublin . 

June 2001: Paper entitled ‘The Role of Interests and Identity in Constituting Security: Charting the Shifts, Theorising the Links’ to seminar on New Regionalisms and New/Old Security Issues, at the Department of Peace and Development Research, Gothenburg University, Sweden, May 31st to June 2nd, 2001 

May 2001: ‘ Ireland ’s overseas development assistance programme’, lecture at Peace and Development Department (Padrigu), Gothenburg University , Sweden . 

May 2001: Seminar on ‘The Role of Interests and Identity in Constituting Security: Charting the Shifts, Theorising the Links’ at the International Peace Research Institute (PRIO), Oslo , Norway . 

May 2001: ‘The Celtic Tiger: A Model of Developmental Success in a Globalised World?’, lecture at Aalborg University ,
Denmark . 

November 2000: ‘Tackling Global Inequality: The Limits of Liberal Internationalism in Latin America’, to the annual conference of the National Committee for the Study of International Affairs, Royal Irish Academy  

November 2000: ‘Growth with Inequality: The Social Impact of Economic Growth in Ireland in the 1990s’, seminar to research seminar series organised by the Department of Health Promotion, at National University of Ireland, Galway. 

October 2000: ‘The Social Impact of Economic Liberalisation: Evidence from Latin America’ to the annual conference of the Political Studies Association of Ireland (PSAI) in Cork  

September 2000: ‘Accountability at a Global Level: Ireland ’s Role at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund’,
lecture at public meeting, Dublin . 

June, 2000: Keynote speaker at a conference in Prague Castle , Prague , on Globalisation and Education. 

May, 2000: Paper on ‘Ideology and the Celtic Tiger’ to the AGM of the Sociological Society of Ireland (SAI), Kilkenny 

April, 2000: ‘Uncertain Futures: The Changing Nature of Security in the post-Cold War International Order’, lecture to the national committee for the study of international affairs of the Royal Irish Academy . 

April 2000: ‘Cultural Trauma and the Unravelling of National Identity as Constitutive Features of the New World Order’, lecture to conference on ‘Culture Trauma and National Identity’, Dublin City University . 

March, 2000: ‘Globalisation and the Welfare State’, an invited response to a lecture of the same title by the renowned Canadian professor of social policy, Professor Ramish Mishra, at UCD. 

November, 1999: ‘Poverty of Theory in the Irish Social Sciences’, postgraduate research seminar, Department of Sociology, Queen’s University, Belfast . 

August, 1999: Paper on ‘Globalisation, Inequality and Identity’ at a conference entitled  Courage at the Crossroads: Weaving Future Directions, UCD. 

May 1999: Paper on ‘Poverty of Theory in the Irish Social Sciences’ to the AGM of the Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI), Belfast . 

May 1999: Speaker at seminar following launch of Critical Development Theory: Contributions to a New Paradigm, edited by Ronaldo Munck and Denis O' Hearn, NUI Maynooth. 

November 1998: Seminar on ‘Economic Growth and Social Inequality in the Recent Irish Development Experience’, Postgraduate Social Policy Students, UCC. 

February 1998: Keynote speaker at the annual conference of the National Youth Federation, on ‘Communities and Participation:
How can we learn from the experience of developing countries?’ 

August 1997: ‘Lessons for Mercosur from the EU process of social integration: aspects of media coverage’, conference for Latin American journalists and civil servants, Asuncion , Paraguay  

August 1997: ‘Media Coverage of the EU’, workshop for staff of the Gazeta Mercantil newspaper, Sao Paulo , Brazil  

November 1995: ‘Creating harmony amid cultural diversity: the case of Ireland ’, International Conference on Creating Harmony amid Cultural Diversity, Bangalore , India