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Research Output per year
Dr
Room 09.019 - Main Site Tower
United Kingdom
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
I am especially interested in discussing doctoral proposals in the following areas: - The socio-legal study of corporate governance - Moral commitments and action within corporate governance and the corporate form - Discourses of responsibility and accountability within corporate governance and public administration - Textual analysis of law and governance from a socio-legal perspective.
Research output per year
I joined the School of Law in 2007 having previously been an ESRC postdoctoral fellow associated with the project "Regulatory Regime Change in World Financial Markets" (RES-156-25-0033). My research focuses on ideas of accountability and on moral language in both corporate governance and public administration.
I completed my PhD in Political Theory at the University of Reading in 2003 and hold an MA in Political Theory from University College Dublin and a BA(mod) in Economics and Philosophy from Trinity College Dublin. My PhD studies focused on ideas of allegiance to the state. This work carried over to my longstanding interest in how moral ideas infuse institutional life.
My current research interests focus on moral language within corporate governance. I am interested and welcome PhD proposals on how normative claims are made within corporate governance and how such claims are brought to bear both on the internal governance of firms and on the regulatory structures within which they operate.
I am also interested in how corporate social responsibility and especially human rights play out in corporate discourses and in how the study of such discourses can benefit from quantitative and computational techniques. I aim to develop more constructivist approaches to understanding corporate normativity and its interactions with and invocations of law.
As Director of Graduate Studies I am responsible for all the School's postgraduate taught and research programmes. I maintain a strategic overview of the School's contributions at the graduate level with an ongoing focus on programme development and student experience.
Athena Swan
I have been a member of the School of Law's Athena Swan committee since 2017. The School received a bronze Athena Swan award in October 2018.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ciarán O'Kelly (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Ciarán O'Kelly (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Ciarán O'Kelly (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Clare Patton (Host), Ciarán O'Kelly (Host) & Ciara Hackett (Host)
Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
Ciarán O'Kelly (Member)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of external research organisation
22/02/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Clare Patton, Ciara Hackett & Ciaran O'Kelly
16/11/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
Ciara Hackett, Ciaran O'Kelly & Clare Patton
06/07/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Ciara Hackett, Ciaran O'Kelly, Clare Patton & Luke Moffett
30/04/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other