UCD Business Impact

Proudly Made in Africa (PMIA) is a social enterprise promoting Africa’s finest food and fashion producers globally, with a vision to create a world where African communities thrive, trading on equal terms with the rest of the world.  Dr David Nyaluke, UCD PMIA Fellow in Business and Development, and Vikki Brennan, PMIA CEO, discuss building the new African economy and shaping the business leaders...

Professor of Operational Risk in Banking and Finance Cal Muckley’s research focuses on combating wrongdoing in the banking world. He explains the benefits, but also warns of the potential dangers of machine tools.

Dr Orla Byrne, Assistant Professor Entrepreneurship and Strategy, talks about why we need to learn resilience and avoid stigma when businesses fail. 

Skelligs Chocolate CEO and UCD Smurfit School alumni Colm Healy talks about building sweet dreams in rural Kerry as a chocolate entrepreneur in the gift industry.

SPECIAL EPISODE: Recorded in New York, Richard Marrano, MSc in Finance ’18, interviews Professor Randall Wray, MMT Economist, Senior Scholar at the Levy Economics Institute and Professor of Economics at Bard College. Professor Wray explains the complexities behind Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), inflation and how a federal job guarantee programme could strengthen the economy.

Dr Geertje Schuitema, Associate Professor in Consumer Behaviour and Technology Adoption, discusses how the transition to a carbon-free economy can be as fair as possible.

Scooter entrepreneur and UCD Quinn School alumnus Charlie Gleeson talks about staying ambitious and focused in troubled times, and how the scooter revolution is giving him fresh momentum.

Sheetal Mehta Walsh, UCD College of Business Irish Advisory Board Member, entrepreneur and VC investor, discusses how investing can come with a social purpose.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe discusses crisis economics, the expanding State and Ireland's economic vulnerabilities.

Former US Ambassador to Ireland Kevin O’Malley talks about a new political era to be shaped by President Biden and his team. 

Whiskey entrepreneur and UCD Quinn and Smurfit School alumnus Jack Teeling spills on the extraordinary growth of Irish whiskey and its post-COVID future.

Siobhan O'Connell, Co-founder of Business Plus Magazine, and Donal O’Donovan, Business Editor at the Irish Independent and Chairman of the Business Journalists Association of Ireland, talk about the leading business stories in 2020—a memorable and unpredictable year. 

UCD Smurfit School Board Member and Managing Director of Accenture Ireland Hilary O’Meara delves into what skills and qualities will matter in the future workplace.

JP Donnelly, WPP Ireland Chairman and UCD College of Business Lecturer, tells us how Amazon from the West and Alibaba from the East are changing e-commerce as the key shopping day approaches.

Dr Julie Byrne, Director of the Bachelor of Commerce at UCD Quinn School, delves into greenwashing, alternative energy progress, stranded assets and gas-guzzling cars.

The world of HR analytics is changing our workplaces and competitive advantage is at stake says Dr Maria Belizon, Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management at UCD College of Business.

Dr Darren Thomas Baker, Assistant Professor at UCD College of Business, explains why now is the time to focus on the unseen emotions found in the workplace.

Dr Virginia Stewart, Assistant Professor at UCD College of Business, shares secrets of negotiation from aspiration targets to zones of agreement, and how to reach your goals in the workplace and beyond. 

Irishman Michael Dowling, President and CEO of Northwell Health, became the ultimate crisis manager during the pandemic as he ran New York's largest healthcare provider at a time of extraordinary challenge. 

PwC Professor of Accounting Eamonn Walsh discusses the winners and losers from an age of change and who will prosper in a post-pandemic world.

Professor Federica Pazzaglia and Professor Karan Sonpar discuss leadership during the pandemic and explore lessons for managing in time of crisis.

Feargal Hynes, executive director of the Druid Theatre in Galway and UCD Quinn School alumnus, talks about how live performance is reinventing itself for the pandemic era.

Director of UCD Smurfit School and Professor of Accounting and Taxation Gerardine Doyle discusses the intersection of business, leadership and healthcare and how it can help us work through the defining challenges of our generation and rethink our future

The pandemic has put a focus on drug development as an exciting career area, but finding and funding vaccine work can be arduous and frustrating. Business of Biotechnology Professor Jan Rosier discusses pharma’s pivotal role in the fight against COVID-19 and the industry’s future development.

Join UCD Business alumni and top athletes Johnny Sexton (Leinster & Irish Rugby), Cliona Crammond (All-American Soccer & UCD Soccer), and Brian Fenton and Cian O’Sullivan (Dublin Senior Football Team, GAA) as they discuss how leadership, teamwork and resilience skills are helping them to stay focussed through the pandemic. They’ll offer top tips on how you can keep your short- and long-ter...