Elaine Byrne
Dr Byrne is a researcher at the Global Irish Studies Centre at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. She is a specialist on corruption and governance with particular reference to white-collar crime, regulation and political finance. She has also published on deliberative democracy, Irish political parties and nineteenth and twentieth century Irish history.
In 2012, she was appointed as the Irish National Expert on corruption to the European Commission. Dr Byrne has lectured in Trinity College Dublin where she was the module director for Comparative Political Reform and Irish Politics. Her first book, Political Corruption in Ireland 1922-2010: A Crooked Harp? was the first comprehensive review of Irish corruption and the second biggest selling tome for Manchester University Press in 2012.
Dr Byrne is a contributor to the Sunday Independent. She is a regular media contributor and has contributed to Irish Times, Sunday Times, the Sunday Business Post and the Guardian.
She is a leading campaigner on political reform and is the co-author of www.politicalreform.ie. She was part of an academic team which initiated and developed a participatory democracy project which tested the citizens’ assembly model of democratic engagement across Ireland in 2011. The project secured almost €500,000 from Atlantic Philanthropies and served as a template for the Irish Constitutional Convention which was established in 2012.
Dr Byrne has worked as a governance consultant for the United Nations Anti-Corruption Unit on the Technical Guide for the Implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). She was commissioned by the World Bank, Transparency International and Global Integrity to write expert reviews on corruption, governance and media. She has appeared as an expert witness before Irish and British Parliamentary Committees and the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO).
Address: University of New South Wales, Centre for Law, Markets and Regulation, Law Building F8, Kensington Campus, Sydney
In 2012, she was appointed as the Irish National Expert on corruption to the European Commission. Dr Byrne has lectured in Trinity College Dublin where she was the module director for Comparative Political Reform and Irish Politics. Her first book, Political Corruption in Ireland 1922-2010: A Crooked Harp? was the first comprehensive review of Irish corruption and the second biggest selling tome for Manchester University Press in 2012.
Dr Byrne is a contributor to the Sunday Independent. She is a regular media contributor and has contributed to Irish Times, Sunday Times, the Sunday Business Post and the Guardian.
She is a leading campaigner on political reform and is the co-author of www.politicalreform.ie. She was part of an academic team which initiated and developed a participatory democracy project which tested the citizens’ assembly model of democratic engagement across Ireland in 2011. The project secured almost €500,000 from Atlantic Philanthropies and served as a template for the Irish Constitutional Convention which was established in 2012.
Dr Byrne has worked as a governance consultant for the United Nations Anti-Corruption Unit on the Technical Guide for the Implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). She was commissioned by the World Bank, Transparency International and Global Integrity to write expert reviews on corruption, governance and media. She has appeared as an expert witness before Irish and British Parliamentary Committees and the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO).
Address: University of New South Wales, Centre for Law, Markets and Regulation, Law Building F8, Kensington Campus, Sydney
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Books by Elaine Byrne
New evidence is presented on the early institutional development of the state. Irish public life was motivated by an ethos which rejected patronage. Original research provides fresh insights into how the policies of economic protectionalism and discretionary decision-making led to eight Tribunal Inquiries.
The emergence of state capture within political decision-making is examined by analysing political favouritism towards the beef industry. The degree to which unorthodox links between political donations impacted on policy choices which exacerbated the depth of Ireland’s economic collapse is considered.
This book will appeal to students and scholars of Irish politics, corruption theory, governance, public policy and political financing."
Papers by Elaine Byrne
New evidence is presented on the early institutional development of the state. Irish public life was motivated by an ethos which rejected patronage. Original research provides fresh insights into how the policies of economic protectionalism and discretionary decision-making led to eight Tribunal Inquiries.
The emergence of state capture within political decision-making is examined by analysing political favouritism towards the beef industry. The degree to which unorthodox links between political donations impacted on policy choices which exacerbated the depth of Ireland’s economic collapse is considered.
This book will appeal to students and scholars of Irish politics, corruption theory, governance, public policy and political financing."