Mary Lee Rhodes

Mary Lee Rhodes (BA, MSc, MBA, PhD) is an Associate Professor of Public Management at Trinity College, Dublin. Her research is focused on complex public service systems and the dynamics of performance, value and impact. She is the co-Director of the Trinity Centre for Social Innovation and has expertise in research, consulting and management in the public and non-profit sectors along with extensive private sector experience in banking and ICT management.

Dr. Rhodes has published numerous articles, chapters and books on complexity and public management – largely related to housing and homelessness. She is currently on the editorial boards of Public Management Review and Complexity, Governance and Networks.

Her current research is on social investment and impact and she is developing research on social innovation, social finance and measures of well-being. Her PhD students are exploring topics related to urban resilience and social innovation and she will be developing new projects in social value creation by firms.

Over the last decade, Dr. Rhodes has served on several government and non-profit Boards in the housing sector. She has recently been appointed Chair of the interim Regulatory Committee for Social Housing in Ireland and sits on the Dublin Docklands Oversight Committee. Going forward, she will be developing relationships with firms in the UK and Ireland interested in expanding their social impact profile.