Patrick Paul Walsh

Patrick Paul Walsh is currently a Full Professor of International Development Studies and an elected member of the Governing Authority in University College Dublin. He is the Director of the UCD Centre for Sustainable Development Studies, Director of the UCD M.Sc. in Sustainable Development in partnership with UN SDSN, Coordinator of the UCD Ph.D. in Global Human Development which trains academic staff in East African Universities up to a Ph.D. level across several subject areas. Finally Patrick Paul Walsh is a Senior Adviser to the UN SDSN, New York. He received a Ph.D. in Economics from the London School of Economics . He is a Government of Ireland, Marie Curie (Brussels), IZA (Bonn), RSA (London) and REPOA (Tanzania) Fellow. During 1992-2007 he worked in Trinity College Dublin. He left Trinity College Dublin as a Professor of Economics, College Fellow and Dean of Social and Human Sciences. He was a Visiting Professor at K.U. Leuven during 1997-1999; a Research Scholar in the Department of Economics, Harvard University, during the academic year 2002-2003. During the academic year 2014-2015 he was a Visiting Senior Research Scholar at the Earth Institute and an Adjunct Professor in the School of International Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York.

His professional activities include honorary secretary, and editor of the Journal, of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland. He has extensive experience providing external services for the United Nations, European Commission and World Bank. Among other journals he has published in the Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Journal, Journal of Industrial Economics, Energy Economics and Electoral Studies. His current research is on many aspects of the MoIs behind the U.N. 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, including Partnerships, Data, Technology, Science Policy Interface, Finance and Education

Companies

• Professor of International Development Studies University College Dublin (2007)
• Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor in SIPA Columbia University in the City of New York (2014 — 2015)
• Professor of Economics, Dean of Social and Human Sciences and College Fellow Trinity College Dublin (1992 — 2007)
• Visting Research Scholar Harvard University (2002 — 2003)
• Visiting Professor and Marie Curie Fellow KU Leuven (1997 — 1999)
• Graduate Teaching Fellow London School of Economics (1989 — 1992)
• Lecturer in Economics University College Dublin (1988 — 1989)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) London School of Economics and Political Science (1989 — 1992)
• M.A. Jure Officii Trinity College, Dublin (1996 — 1996)
• M.Econ.Sc University College Dublin (1988 — 1989)
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) University College Dublin (1983 — 1986)