Dr Lauren Kierans

Biography
Research Interests
Research Projects
Project | Role | Funding Body / Program | Description | Start Date | End Date | Award (€) | |
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Whistleblowing | PI | Norwegian Research Council / Researcher Project for Scientific Renewal | Title: The tension between the employer’s right to manage and the right to free speech and whistleblowing for employees Our proposal aims to explore the following key question: To what extent do free speech and whistleblowing rights conflict/undermine managerial prerogative and demand for employee loyalty? The project will study management’s approach to whistleblowing in both the public and private sector by looking at arrangements in national health services (hospitals) and banking. These are services and industries where whistleblowing has attracted particular attention globally. An important feature of our proposal is that we want to conduct an international comparative study which examines countries with different labour market models – namely, the UK and Ireland (Anglo-Saxon model) and Norway and Denmark (Nordic model). Such research will enable us to make both cross-sectoral and cross-country comparisons. | 01-OCT-21 | 31-DEC-25 | 50731.25 |
Books
Year | Publication | |
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2017 | Protected Disclosure Act 2014, Annotated.
Anthony Kerr and Lauren Kierans (2017) Protected Disclosure Act 2014, Annotated. Dublin: Round Hall. [Details] |
Book Chapters
Year | Publication | |
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2017 | 'The Irish Approach to Whistleblower Protection: The Protected Disclosures Act 2014'
Lauren Kierans (2017) 'The Irish Approach to Whistleblower Protection: The Protected Disclosures Act 2014' In: Disant and Pollet-Panoussis (eds). Les lanceurs d’alerte. France: LGDJ. [Details] |
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2017 | 'Whistleblowing'
Lauren Kierans (2017) 'Whistleblowing' In: Maeve Regan and Ailbhe Murphy (eds). Employment Law. Dublin: Bloomsbury Professional. [Details] |
Edited Books
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Selected papers from the International Whistleblowing Research Network conference at Maynooth University
Lauren Kierans, David Lewis, Wim Vandekerckhove (Ed.). (2021) Selected papers from the International Whistleblowing Research Network conference at Maynooth University London: International Whistleblowing Research Network. [full-text] [Details] |
Other Journals
Year | Publication | |
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2016 | 'Using statutory guidance and codes of practice to build on whistleblowing legislation: the Irish experience'
Lauren Kierans and David Lewis (2016) 'Using statutory guidance and codes of practice to build on whistleblowing legislation: the Irish experience' La Revue des droits de l’homme, . [Details] |
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2015 | 'Whistle While You Work: Protected Disclosures Act 2014'
Lauren Kierans (2015) 'Whistle While You Work: Protected Disclosures Act 2014' Irish Business Law Review, 2 (2) . [Details] |
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2013 | 'An Analysis of the Current Sectoral and Approach and the Proposed Generic Approach to Whistleblowing Law in Ireland'
Lauren Kierans (2013) 'An Analysis of the Current Sectoral and Approach and the Proposed Generic Approach to Whistleblowing Law in Ireland' Irish Business Law Review, 1 (1) . [Details] |
Conference Contributions
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | Irish prescribed persons as competent authorities under the EU Whistleblowers Directive.
Lauren Kierans (2020) Irish prescribed persons as competent authorities under the EU Whistleblowers Directive. [Oral Presentation], The EU Whistleblowers Directive: Transposition Imperatives for Ireland, Maynooth University [Details] |
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2020 | Protected Disclosures and the EU Whistleblowers Directive.
Lauren Kierans (2020) Protected Disclosures and the EU Whistleblowers Directive. [Oral Presentation], Office of the Attorney General: Annual Secondee Conference, Dublin Castle [Details] |
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2019 | Whistleblowing.
Lauren Kierans (2019) Whistleblowing. [Oral Presentation], Graphite Annual HR and Employment Law Conference, Ireland [Details] |
Electronic Article
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | What protections do whistleblowers have under Irish and EU law?.
Lauren Kierans and Kate Kenny (2021) What protections do whistleblowers have under Irish and EU law?. Electronic Article [Details] |
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2020 | Can organisations be kept honest during the pandemic?.
Lauren Kierans nad Kate Kenny (2020) Can organisations be kept honest during the pandemic?. Electronic Article [Details] |
Gov. Report or Document
Year | Publication | |
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2015 | Guidance for Public Bodies in the Performance of their Functions under section 21(1) of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014.
Lauren Kierans (2015) Guidance for Public Bodies in the Performance of their Functions under section 21(1) of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. Gov. Report or Document [Details] |
Newspaper Articles
Year | Publication | |
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2014 | Whistleblowers law brings obligations for employers.
Lauren Kierans (2014) Whistleblowers law brings obligations for employers. Newspaper Articles [Details] |