Prof Seán Ó Riain

    Sociology, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), Centre for European and Eurasian Studies, Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI)

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    Biography

    Seán Ó Riain is Professor of Sociology at the National University of Ireland Maynooth.

    His research interests are in the sociology of work and employment, comparative political economy, inequality and social change and the global information economy.

    Seán is the author of:
    The Politics of High Tech Growth: Developmental Network States in the Global Economy (Cambridge, 2004) 
    The Rise and Fall of Ireland’s Celtic Tiger: Liberalism, Boom and Bust (Cambridge, 2014)
    and co-editor of
    The Changing Worlds and Workplaces of Capitalism (Palgrave, 2015).

    He was PI for New Deals in the New Economy, a five year study of workplace bargains in Europe (www.maynoothuniversity.ie/newdeals), funded by a European Research Council Consolidator Grant.

    He was a member of the National Economic and Social Council from 2011 to 2017.  

    Research Interests

    Research interests lie in the area of work, inequality and political economy; state, society and governance; space, place and globalisation; information economy and society. Prof. Riain's current research is on the political economy of the Celtic Tiger, high tech regions, change in state and governance institutions, and the politics of high technology workplaces.

    Books

      Year Publication
    2014 The Rise and Fall of Ireland's Celtic Tiger: Liberalism, Boom and Bust.
    Sean Ó Riain (2014) The Rise and Fall of Ireland's Celtic Tiger: Liberalism, Boom and Bust. : Cambridge University Press. [Details]
    2004 The Politics of High Tech Growth: Developmental Network States in the Global Economy.
    S. Ó Riain (2004) The Politics of High Tech Growth: Developmental Network States in the Global Economy. : Cambridge University Press. [Details]
    2000 Global Ethnography.
    (2000) Global Ethnography. : University of California Press. [Details]
    1993 Pathways to Adulthood in Ireland: Causes and Consequences of Success and Failure in Transitions Among Irish Youth General Research Series No. 161.
    D.F. Hannan, S. Ó Riain (1993) Pathways to Adulthood in Ireland: Causes and Consequences of Success and Failure in Transitions Among Irish Youth General Research Series No. 161. : Economic and Social Research Institute. [Details]

    Book Chapters

      Year Publication
    2018 'Ireland: How to escape the low learning trap in a runaway labour market'
    S. Ó Riain and A. Healy (2018) 'Ireland: How to escape the low learning trap in a runaway labour market' In: M. Neufeind, J. O’Reilly and F. Ranft (eds). Work in the Digital Age. London: Rowman and Littlefield. [Details]
    2017 'Ireland’s Recovery: Explanation, Potential and Pitfalls'
    S. Ó Riain (2017) 'Ireland’s Recovery: Explanation, Potential and Pitfalls' In: E.Heffernan, J.MacHale and N.Moore-Cherry (eds). Debating Austerity. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. [Details]
    2014 'Social and Spatial Structures of Innovation in the Irish Animation Industry'
    van Egeraat, C, O Riain, S., Kerr, A. (2014) 'Social and Spatial Structures of Innovation in the Irish Animation Industry' In: hris Van Egeraat, Dieter Kogler, Philip Cooke (eds). Global and Regional Dynamics in Knowledge Flows and Innovation. London: Routledge. [IR Link] [Details]
    2013 'Economic Foundations of Social Progress: Ireland Through a Nordic Lens'
    Ó Riain, Sean (2013) 'Economic Foundations of Social Progress: Ireland Through a Nordic Lens' In: A Future Worth Living For: Sustainable Foundations and Frameworks. Dublin: Social Justice Ireland. [Details]
    2011 'Human Capital Formation Regimes: States, Markets and Human Capital in an Era of Globalisation'
    Ó Riain, Sean (2011) 'Human Capital Formation Regimes: States, Markets and Human Capital in an Era of Globalisation' In: Handbook of Human Capital. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]
    2010 'The Developmental Network State Under Threat: Markets and Managerialism in the Irish Innovation System'
    Ó Riain, Sean (2010) 'The Developmental Network State Under Threat: Markets and Managerialism in the Irish Innovation System' In: State of Innovation. New York: Paradigm Publishers. [Details]
    2010 'The Knowledge Economy'
    Kerr, Aphra and Sean Ó Riain (2010) 'The Knowledge Economy' In: The Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Elsevier. [Details]
    2010 'Globalisation and Regional Development'
    Ó Riain, Sean (2010) 'Globalisation and Regional Development' In: Handbook of Local and Regional Development. London: Routledge. [Details]
    2009 'Extending the Ethnographic Case Study'
    Ó Riain, Sean (2009) 'Extending the Ethnographic Case Study' In: The Sage Handbook of Case-based Methods. London: Sage. [Details]
    2009 'Addicted to Growth: Developmental Statism and Neo-Liberalism in the Celtic Tiger'
    Ó Riain, Sean (2009) 'Addicted to Growth: Developmental Statism and Neo-Liberalism in the Celtic Tiger' In: The Nation-State in Transformation: The Governance, Growth and Cohesion of Small States under Globalisation. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press. [Details]
    2008 'Competing State Projects in the Contemporary Irish Political Economy'
    Ó Riain, Sean (2008) 'Competing State Projects in the Contemporary Irish Political Economy' In: Contesting the State. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details]
    2007 'Work Transformed'
    Ó Riain, Sean (2007) 'Work Transformed' In: Changing Ireland. Dublin: UCD Press. [Details]
    2007 'No Deal or New Deal? Knowledge Workers in the Information Economy'
    S. Ó Riain (2007) 'No Deal or New Deal? Knowledge Workers in the Information Economy' In: Surviving the New Economy. New York: Paradigm Publishers. [Details]
    2006 'Commentary'
    S. Ó Riain (2006) 'Commentary' In: The Breathing Factory. Edition Braus. Belfast: Belfast Exposed. [Details]
    2006 'Universities and the Public Sphere after the Celtic Tiger'
    S. Ó Riain (2006) 'Universities and the Public Sphere after the Celtic Tiger' In: What Price the University? Perspectives on the Meaning and Value of Higher Education from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. A Special Issue of Maynooth Philosophical Papers. Maynooth: Philosophy Department. [Details]
    2004 'Falling Over the Competitive Edge'
    Ó Riain, Sean (2004) 'Falling Over the Competitive Edge' In: Place and Non-Place: Irish Sociological Chronicles Vol.IV. Dublin: Gill and MacMillan. [Details]
    2000 'The Role of the State in Growth and Welfare'
    S. Ó Riain and P. O’Connell (2000) 'The Role of the State in Growth and Welfare' In: Bust to Boom? The Irish Experience of Growth and Inequality. Dublin: Institute for Public Administration. [IR Link] [Details]
    2000 'Soft Solutions to Hard Times'
    S. Ó Riain (2000) 'Soft Solutions to Hard Times' In: Memories of the Present: Irish Sociological Chronicles Vol. II. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. [Details]
    2000 'Preface'
    T. Gowan and S. Ó Riain (2000) 'Preface' In: Global Ethnography. University of California Press. [Details]
    2000 'Net-Working for a Living: Irish Software Developers in the Global Workplace'
    S. Ó Riain (2000) 'Net-Working for a Living: Irish Software Developers in the Global Workplace' In: Critical Studies of Work. Temple University Press. [IR Link] [Details]
    2000 'Net-Working for a Living: Irish Software Developers in the Global Workplace'
    S. Ó Riain (2000) 'Net-Working for a Living: Irish Software Developers in the Global Workplace' In: Global Ethnography. University of California Press. [Details]
    2000 'Globalization and Global Systems Analysis'
    S. Ó Riain and P.B. Evans (2000) 'Globalization and Global Systems Analysis' In: Encyclopedia of Sociology. New York: Macmillan. [Details]
    2000 'Global Connections'
    S. George, S. Ó Riain, M.Thayer (2000) 'Global Connections' In: Global Ethnography. University of California Press. [Details]

    Peer Reviewed Journals

      Year Publication
    2019 'Labour’s declining share of national income in Ireland and Denmark: similar trends, different dynamics'
    E. Flaherty and S.Ó Riain (2019) 'Labour’s declining share of national income in Ireland and Denmark: similar trends, different dynamics'. Socio-Economic Review, [IR Link] [Details]
    2018 'Ireland’s Low learning Trap'
    S. Ó Riain (2018) 'Ireland’s Low learning Trap'. Administration, 65 (4):31-38 [IR Link] [Details]
    2016 'The Shifting Politics of Innovation and State Developmentalism in Ireland'
    Ó Riain, S. (2016) 'The Shifting Politics of Innovation and State Developmentalism in Ireland'. Stato e Mercato, [Details]
    2013 'Social and Spatial Structures of Innovation in the Irish Animation Industry'
    van Egeraat, Chris, O'Riain, Sean, and Aphra Kerr (2013) 'Social and Spatial Structures of Innovation in the Irish Animation Industry'. European Planning Studies, 21 :1437-1455 [IR Link] [Details]
    2012 'The Crisis of Financialisation in Ireland'
    O'Riain, S (2012) 'The Crisis of Financialisation in Ireland'. Economic And Social Review, 43 :497-533 [IR Link] [Details]
    2010 'The Missing Customer and the Ever Present Market: Software Work in the Service Economy'
    Riain, Sean (2010) 'The Missing Customer and the Ever Present Market: Software Work in the Service Economy'. WORK AND OCCUPATIONS, 37 :320-348 [IR Link] [Details]
    2006 'Dominance and Change in the Global Information Technology Industry: Military, Bureaucratic and Network State Developmentalisms'
    S. Ó Riain (2006) 'Dominance and Change in the Global Information Technology Industry: Military, Bureaucratic and Network State Developmentalisms'. STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 41 :76-98 [IR Link] [Details]
    2006 'Time Space Intensification: Karl Polanyi, the Double Movement and Global Informational Capitalism'
    S. Ó Riain (2006) 'Time Space Intensification: Karl Polanyi, the Double Movement and Global Informational Capitalism'. THEORY AND SOCIETY, 35 :507-528 [IR Link] [Details]
    2006 'Dominance and change in the global computer industry: Military, bureaucratic, and network state developmentalisms'
    O Riain, S (2006) 'Dominance and change in the global computer industry: Military, bureaucratic, and network state developmentalisms'. Studies in Comparative International Development, 41 :76-98 [IR Link] [Details]
    2006 'Social Partnership: A New System of Governance?'
    S. Ó Riain (Editor) (2006) 'Social Partnership: A New System of Governance?'. 37 [Details]
    2006 'Time Space Intensification: Karl Polanyi, the Double Movement and Global Informational Capitalism'
    Ó Riain, Sean (2006) 'Time Space Intensification: Karl Polanyi, the Double Movement and Global Informational Capitalism'. Theory and Society, 35 :507-528 [IR Link] [Details]
    2006 'The University and the Public Sphere after the Celtic Tiger'
    S. Ó Riain (2006) 'The University and the Public Sphere after the Celtic Tiger'. MAYNOOTH PHILOSOPHICAL PAPERS, [IR Link] [Details]
    2005 'State, Competition and Industrial Change in Ireland 1991-1999'
    S. Ó Riain (2005) 'State, Competition and Industrial Change in Ireland 1991-1999'. THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REVIEW, 35 :27-53 [IR Link] [Details]
    2004 'Polanyi Symposium: a conversation on embeddedness'
    Greta Krippner, Mark Granovetter, Fred Block, Nicole Biggart, Tom Beamish, Youtien Hsing, Gillian Hart, Giovanni Arrighi, Margie Mendell, John Hall, Michael Burawoy, Steve Vogel, and Sean O'Riain (2004) 'Polanyi Symposium: a conversation on embeddedness'. To be added, 2 :109-135 [IR Link] [Details]
    2004 'The Politics of Mobility in Technology-Driven Commodity Chains: Developmental Coalitions in the Irish Software Industry'
    S. Ó Riain (2004) 'The Politics of Mobility in Technology-Driven Commodity Chains: Developmental Coalitions in the Irish Software Industry'. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH, 28 :642-663 [IR Link] [Details]
    2004 'Flows and filters: the politics of ICT regions in a global economy'
    Ó Riain, S., Parthasarathy, B. and Zook, M.A. (2004) 'Flows and filters: the politics of ICT regions in a global economy'. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH, 28 :617-620 [IR Link] [Details]
    2004 'The Irish Software Agglomeration: Technology Driven Commodity Chains, Global Regions and the Developmental State'
    S. Ó Riain (2004) 'The Irish Software Agglomeration: Technology Driven Commodity Chains, Global Regions and the Developmental State'. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, [IR Link] [Details]
    2004 'State, Competition and Industrial Change in Ireland 1991-1999'
    S. Ó Riain (2004) 'State, Competition and Industrial Change in Ireland 1991-1999'. [IR Link] [Details]
    2004 'The politics of mobility in technology-driven commodity chains: Developmental coalitions in the Irish software industry'
    O Riain, S (2004) 'The politics of mobility in technology-driven commodity chains: Developmental coalitions in the Irish software industry'. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 28 [IR Link] [Details]
    2003 'The Legacy of Karl Polanyi'
    S. Ó Riain and F. Block (Editors) (2003) 'The Legacy of Karl Polanyi'. Politics and Society, 31 [IR Link] [Details]
    2003 'Introduction: The Legacy of Karl Polanyi'
    S. Ó Riain and F. Block (2003) 'Introduction: The Legacy of Karl Polanyi'. Politics and Society, [IR Link] [Details]
    2002 'High-Tech Communities: Better Work or Just More Work?'
    S. Ó Riain (2002) 'High-Tech Communities: Better Work or Just More Work?'. CONTEXTS, 1 :36-41 [Details]
    2002 'Global Ethnography'
    S. Ó Riain and Z.Gille (2002) 'Global Ethnography'. ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY, 28 :271-295 [IR Link] [Details]
    2000 'States and Markets in an Era of Globalization'
    S. Ó Riain (2000) 'States and Markets in an Era of Globalization'. ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY, 26 :187-213 [IR Link] [Details]
    2000 'The Flexible Developmental State: Globalization, Information Technology and the “Celtic Tiger”’'
    S. Ó Riain (2000) 'The Flexible Developmental State: Globalization, Information Technology and the “Celtic Tiger”’'. POLITICS AND SOCIETY, 28 :157-193 [IR Link] [Details]
    1997 'The Birth of a Celtic Tiger?'
    S. Ó Riain (1997) 'The Birth of a Celtic Tiger?'. Communications of the ACM, 40 :11-16 [IR Link] [Details]
    1997 'An Offshore Silicon Valley? The Emerging Irish Software Industry'
    S. Ó Riain (1997) 'An Offshore Silicon Valley? The Emerging Irish Software Industry'. THE JOURNAL OF GLOBAL BUSINESS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY, 2 :175-212 [IR Link] [Details]
    1997 'Youth Unemployment and Psychological Distress in the Republic of Ireland'
    D.F. Hannan, S. Ó Riain and C.T. Whelan (1997) 'Youth Unemployment and Psychological Distress in the Republic of Ireland'. 20 :307-320 [IR Link] [Details]

    Other Journals

      Year Publication
    2002 'High-tech Communities: Better Work or Just More Work?'
    S. Ó Riain (2002) 'High-tech Communities: Better Work or Just More Work?' Contexts, 1 :36-41. [IR Link] [Details]

    Conference Contributions

      Year Publication
    2014 ESRI Research Seminar.
    (2014) ESRI Research Seminar. [Oral Presentation], The Diversity and Dilemmas of Europe’s Capitalisms, ESRI, Dublin [Details]
    2014 NERI Seminar.
    (2014) NERI Seminar. [Oral Presentation], Enterprise Policy and Ireland’s Economic Recovery, INTO Learning Centre, Dublin [Details]
    2013 34th Annual Conference of the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation.
    (2013) 34th Annual Conference of the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation. [Oral Presentation], Europe's Diverse Capitalisms and the Dilemmas of Recovery and Reconstruction, Trinity College Dublin [Details]
    2013 New Deals Project Conference: Understanding the Changing Worlds of Capitalism.
    (2013) New Deals Project Conference: Understanding the Changing Worlds of Capitalism. [Oral Presentation], Labour and the Variety of Polanyian Double Movements in Europe’s Capitalisms, NUI Maynooth [Details]
    2012 January 2012.
    tbc (2012) January 2012. [Oral Presentation], Between Development and Financialisation: The Political Economy of Ireland's Crisis, Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin [Details]
    2012 Europe in Crisis Conference, March 2012.
    tbc (2012) Europe in Crisis Conference, March 2012. [Oral Presentation], Ireland, the Fiscal Compact and Recovering the European Project, Centre for the Study of Wider Europe & Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth [Details]
    2012 International Workshop on Finance, Credit and the Welfare State, May 2012.
    tbc (2012) International Workshop on Finance, Credit and the Welfare State, May 2012. [Oral Presentation], Financialisation in Ireland, Geary Institute, UCD, Dublin [Details]
    2012 Sociological Association of Ireland Conference, May 2012.
    tbc (2012) Sociological Association of Ireland Conference, May 2012. [Oral Presentation], Sociology and the Crisis, NUI Maynooth [Details]
    2012 Gender and Employment in Europe across the Life-course, European Sociological Association Sept 2012.
    tbc (2012) Gender and Employment in Europe across the Life-course, European Sociological Association Sept 2012. [Oral Presentation], Familial Liberalism’ and Women in the Twentieth Century Irish Labour Market, NUI Galway [Details]
    2012 Are the Irish Different? Sept 2012.
    tbc (2012) Are the Irish Different? Sept 2012. [Oral Presentation], Where is Ireland in the Worlds of Capitalism?, UCD, Dublin [Details]
    2012 The Annual Conference of the Irish Academy of Management.
    (2012) The Annual Conference of the Irish Academy of Management. [Oral Presentation], Action Research: A Complementary Approach to the Evaluation of SMEs, NUI Maynooth [Details]
    2011 Social Science History Association, Nov 2011.
    tbc (2011) Social Science History Association, Nov 2011. [Oral Presentation], The family work nexus and family formation in 20th century Ireland - Life Histories Project, Boston [Details]
    2011 Social Science History Association, Nov 2011.
    tbc (2011) Social Science History Association, Nov 2011. [Oral Presentation], Ireland's Recurring Crisis: Politics, Markets, Continuity and Change, Boston [Details]
    2011 April 2011.
    tbc (2011) April 2011. [Oral Presentation], New Wine in Old Bottles: Heterarchies and Networks in Ireland’s Biotech and Animation Industries, School of Business, NUI Maynooth [Details]
    2011 Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, June 2011.
    tbc (2011) Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, June 2011. [Oral Presentation], New Wine in Old Bottles: Heterarchies and Networks in Ireland’s Biotech and Animation Industries, Madrid [Details]
    2010 Council for European Studies, April 2010.
    tbc (2010) Council for European Studies, April 2010. [Oral Presentation], A Very Local Crisis: Ireland’s Growth and Collapse, Montreal [Details]
    2010 Council for European Studies, April 2010.
    tbc (2010) Council for European Studies, April 2010. [Oral Presentation], Engineering Convergence: Creating a Transnational Production System, Montreal [Details]
    2010 March 2010.
    tbc (2010) March 2010. [Oral Presentation], Liberalism, Capabilities and Crisis, Department of Economics, NUI Galway [Details]
    2010 UCD Research Symposium, March 2010.
    tbc (2010) UCD Research Symposium, March 2010. [Oral Presentation], Ireland in Crisis: Economy, Polity, Society, UCD, Dublin [Details]
    2009 American Sociological Association Conference, August 2009.
    tbc (2009) American Sociological Association Conference, August 2009. [Oral Presentation], The Missing Customer and the Ever-Present Market, San Francisco [Details]
    2009 February 2009.
    tbc (2009) February 2009. [Oral Presentation], Fragmented Governance, Governing Fragmentation: Boom and Crisis in the Celtic Tiger, Buffett Centre for International and Comparative Studies, Northwestern University [Details]
    2009 February 2009.
    tbc (2009) February 2009. [Oral Presentation], Making the High Tech Economy: States, Markets and Networks, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University [Details]
    2009
    Tracey Skillington (2009) [Visiting and guest lecturers hosted], Moral consciousness and health inequality: Transforming suffering into the language of human rights, University College Cork, Social Sciences, Sociology [Details]
    2009
    Theresa O’Keeffe (2009) [Visiting and guest lecturers hosted], Destabilised identities in stable times: the relationship between gender and class in post-conflict, NUI Maynooth, Social Sciences, Sociology [Details]
    2009
    John Barry (2009) [Visiting and guest lecturers hosted], Greening the economy on the island of Ireland, Queen’s University Belfast, Social Sciences, Sociology [Details]
    2009
    Martha Ackelsberg (2009) [Visiting and guest lecturers hosted], Rethinking Anarchism/Rethinking Power: A Contemporary Feminist Perspective, Smith College, USA, Social Sciences, Sociology [Details]
    2009
    Kieran Keohane (2009) [Visiting and guest lecturers hosted], Ireland’s haunted landscape: from the deserted homes of the 'faithful departed' to the cultural dese, University College Cork, Social Sciences, Sociology [Details]
    2009
    Stanley Aronowitz (2009) [Visiting and guest lecturers hosted], Schooling at a time of economic crisis, City University of New York, USA, Social Sciences, Sociology [Details]
    2009
    Anne O Brien (2009) [Visiting and guest lecturers hosted], The Politics of Irish Tourism Development 1987-2007, Kairos Communications Centre, Social Sciences, Sociology [Details]
    2009
    Dr. Roland Ernes (2009) [Visiting and guest lecturers hosted], European Unions: Organised Labour Strategies in Turbulent Times, School of Business, University College Dublin, Social Sciences, Sociology [Details]
    2009
    Prof. Robert van Krieken (2009) [Visiting and guest lecturers hosted], Celebrity Society, School of Sociology, University College Dublin, Social Sciences, Sociology [Details]
    2009
    Fr. Micheál Mac Gréil (2009) [Visiting and guest lecturers hosted], Measuring Religion in Modern Ireland, Department of Sociology, Social Sciences, Sociology [Details]
    2009
    Dr. Mary Benson, Dr. Ruth Casey and Dr. Majella McSharry (2009) [Visiting and guest lecturers hosted], Graduate Roundtable: 'The Satisfactions and Challenges of Post-Ph.D. Research and Teaching', NUIM, Carlow Institute of Technology and Dublin City University, Social Sciences, Sociology [Details]
    2009
    Dr. Pauline Cullen (2009) [Visiting and guest lecturers hosted], European civil society: the politics of collaboration, contest and consultation, Department of Sociology, NUIM, Social Sciences, Sociology [Details]
    2009
    John Bissett (2009) [Visiting and guest lecturers hosted], Regeneration: public good or private profit?, St.Michael’s estate community regeneration team, Social Sciences, Sociology [Details]
    2009 April 2009.
    tbc (2009) April 2009. [Oral Presentation], Making the High Tech Economy: States, Markets and Networks, School of Information, University of California, Berkeley [Details]
    2007 Workshop on Small European Economies in Comparative Perspective, February 2007.
    tbc (2007) Workshop on Small European Economies in Comparative Perspective, February 2007. [Oral Presentation], Ireland, Dartmouth College [Details]
    2007 Sociological Association of Ireland, May 2007.
    tbc (2007) Sociological Association of Ireland, May 2007. [Oral Presentation], Understanding Social Change through Life History Research, University of Limerick [Details]
    2007 Politics of Technology Group, German Political Science Association, June 2007.
    tbc (2007) Politics of Technology Group, German Political Science Association, June 2007. [Oral Presentation], Developmental Network Statism and the Celtic Tiger, Meersburg [Details]
    2007 Matchpoints Conference, November 2007.
    tbc (2007) Matchpoints Conference, November 2007. [Oral Presentation], State, Society and Social Cohesion, Aarhus, Denmark [Details]
    2007 Symposium on Life Histories and Social Change, June 2007.
    tbc (2007) Symposium on Life Histories and Social Change, June 2007. [Oral Presentation], Understanding Social Change through Life History Research, NUI Maynooth [Details]
    2007 American Sociological Association Conference , August 2007.
    tbc (2007) American Sociological Association Conference , August 2007. [Oral Presentation], Engineering Convergence: The Social Embeddedness of Transnational High Tech Production, New York [Details]
    2006 November 2006.
    tbc (2006) November 2006. [Oral Presentation], Representing Globalised Ireland, Dublin [Details]
    2006 IUA; ‘The Humanities and Social Sciences in the Knowledge Society', Oct 2006.
    tbc (2006) IUA; ‘The Humanities and Social Sciences in the Knowledge Society', Oct 2006. [Oral Presentation], Nurturing Many Knowledges to Grow Ireland’s Knowledge Society, Dublin [Details]
    2006 North Dublin Development Coalition, Nov 2006.
    tbc (2006) North Dublin Development Coalition, Nov 2006. [Oral Presentation], Strategies for Local Economic Development, Dublin City University [Details]
    2006 Dublin Studies Series, Feb 2006.
    tbc (2006) Dublin Studies Series, Feb 2006. [Oral Presentation], Dublin: Contradictions of High Tech Growth, National Library/ NUI Maynooth [Details]
    2006 March 2006.
    tbc (2006) March 2006. [Oral Presentation], Competing State Projects in the Contemporary Irish Political Economy, University College Dublin [Details]
    2006 American Sociological Association, August 2006.
    tbc (2006) American Sociological Association, August 2006. [Oral Presentation], Technology Driven Commodity Chains: Structure, Territory and Governance in the Global Economy, Montreal [Details]
    2006 May 2006.
    tbc (2006) May 2006. [Oral Presentation], Remaking Silicon Valley, NIRSA, NUI Maynooth [Details]
    2005 December 2005.
    tbc (2005) December 2005. [Oral Presentation], Karl Polanyi, the Double Movement and Global Informational Capitalism, NUI Maynooth [Details]
    2005 September 2005.
    tbc (2005) September 2005. [Oral Presentation], Competing State Projects in the Contemporary Irish Political Economy, University of Limerick [Details]
    2005 February 2005.
    tbc (2005) February 2005. [Oral Presentation], The State of Irish Society, Institute for Public Administration, Dublin [Details]
    2005 Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, July 2005.
    tbc (2005) Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, July 2005. [Oral Presentation], Time Space Intensification: Polanyi’s ‘Double Movement’ and the Politics of Globalization, Budapest [Details]
    2005 American Sociological Association Conference, August 2005.
    tbc (2005) American Sociological Association Conference, August 2005. [Oral Presentation], Time Space Intensification: Polanyi’s ‘Double Movement’ and the Politics of Globalization, Philadelphia [Details]
    2005 Public Policy Institute, January 2005.
    tbc (2005) Public Policy Institute, January 2005. [Oral Presentation], Institutions of Irish Industrial Policy, Trinity College Dublin [Details]
    2005 December 2005.
    tbc (2005) December 2005. [Oral Presentation], Re-Working Silicon Valley: Power, Politics and the Informational Labour Process in Silicon Valley an, University of Massachusetts, Amherst [Details]
    2005 Sociological Association of Ireland, May 2005.
    tbc (2005) Sociological Association of Ireland, May 2005. [Oral Presentation], Technology Driven Commodity Chains: Structure, Territory and Governance in the Global Economy, Belfast [Details]
    2004 November 2004.
    tbc (2004) November 2004. [Oral Presentation], Technical Professionals and the State: Rise and Stall of a New Class?, Department of Sociology, University College Cork [Details]
    2004 Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference.
    (2004) Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference. [Oral Presentation], Fictitious Commodities and the Knowledge Economy, Athlone [Details]
    2004
    (2004) [Oral Presentation], The Irish Software Industry: A Model for Development?, Centre for Innovation and Structural Change, NUI Galway [Details]
    2004 American Sociological Association Annual Conference, August 2004.
    tbc (2004) American Sociological Association Annual Conference, August 2004. [Oral Presentation], Remaking the Service Class? Class relations among Software Developers in Ireland, San Francisco [Details]
    2004 American Sociological Association Annual Conference, August 2004.
    tbc (2004) American Sociological Association Annual Conference, August 2004. [Oral Presentation], Discussant for Session on ‘Globalization’, San Francisco [Details]
    2004 Information Society Commission/ E-Week, Digital Depot.
    (2004) Information Society Commission/ E-Week, Digital Depot. [Oral Presentation], The ICT Productivity Paradox, Dublin [Details]
    2004 October 2004.
    tbc (2004) October 2004. [Oral Presentation], Remaking the Service Class? Class relations among Software Developers in Ireland, Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth [Details]
    2003 Conference on ‘Deliberation and Public Policy’ to mark 30th Anniversary of the NESC.
    (2003) Conference on ‘Deliberation and Public Policy’ to mark 30th Anniversary of the NESC. [Oral Presentation], Discussant at session on ‘Economy and Society’, Dublin [Details]
    2003 International Research Seminar on ‘Achieving High Performance Workplaces.
    (2003) International Research Seminar on ‘Achieving High Performance Workplaces. [Oral Presentation], Workplace Futures and the Developmental Network State, National Centre for Partnership and Performance, Dublin [Details]
    2003
    (2003) [Oral Presentation], Beyond the Myth of the Market: Information Technology in the Republic of Ireland, Berkeley Center for Globalization and Information Technology [Details]

    Published Reports

      Year Publication
    2009 Van Egeraat, C., O’Riain, S. and Kerr, A. (2009) Social and Spatial Structures of Collaboration and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy. Deliverable 11.2 for EU FP6 OPAALS Research Project.
    Van Egeraat, C., O’Riain, S. and Kerr, A. (2009) Social and Spatial Structures of Collaboration and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy. Deliverable 11.2 for EU FP6 OPAALS Research Project (2009) Van Egeraat, C., O’Riain, S. and Kerr, A. (2009) Social and Spatial Structures of Collaboration and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy. Deliverable 11.2 for EU FP6 OPAALS Research Project. EU FP6, Brussels. [Details]
    2008 Van Egeraat, C. O’Riain, S. Kerr, A. Sarkar, R. Chatterjee, J., Stanley, J., Rivera León, L. and Passani, A. (2008) A Research Agenda for Bridging Digital Ecosystems to Regional Development and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy: A Preliminary Report. Deliverable 11.1 for EU FP6 OPAALS Research Project.
    Van Egeraat, C. O’Riain, S. Kerr, A. Sarkar, R. Chatterjee, J., Stanley, J., Rivera León, L. and Passani, A. (2008) Van Egeraat, C. O’Riain, S. Kerr, A. Sarkar, R. Chatterjee, J., Stanley, J., Rivera León, L. and Passani, A. (2008) A Research Agenda for Bridging Digital Ecosystems to Regional Development and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy: A Preliminary Report. Deliverable 11.1 for EU FP6 OPAALS Research Project. EU FP6, Brussels. [Details]

    Book Review

      Year Publication
    2013 Review of 'The Company We Keep: Occupational Community in the High-Tech Network Society' by Daniel Marschall.
    Ó Riain, Sean (2013) Review of 'The Company We Keep: Occupational Community in the High-Tech Network Society' by Daniel Marschall. Book Review [Details]
    2008 INNOVATION AND THE STATE: Political Choice and Strategies for Growth in Israel, Taiwan and Ireland.
    O'Riain, S (2008) INNOVATION AND THE STATE: Political Choice and Strategies for Growth in Israel, Taiwan and Ireland. VANCOUVER: Book Review [Details]
    2013 Review of 'State's gains, Labor's Losses: China, France and Mexico Choose Global Liaisons 1980-2000' by Dorothy J Solinger.
    Ó Riain, Sean (2013) Review of 'State's gains, Labor's Losses: China, France and Mexico Choose Global Liaisons 1980-2000' by Dorothy J Solinger. Book Review [Details]
    2012 Review of 'Being and Well-Being: Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley' by J.A. English-Lueck.
    Ó Riain, Sean (2012) Review of 'Being and Well-Being: Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley' by J.A. English-Lueck. Book Review [Details]
    2010 Review of 'The Mismatched Worker' by Kalleberg, A.
    Ó Riain, Sean (2010) Review of 'The Mismatched Worker' by Kalleberg, A. Book Review [Details]
    2009 Review of 'Innovationand the State: political choice and strategies for growth in Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland' by Breznitz, D.
    Ó Riain, Sean (2009) Review of 'Innovationand the State: political choice and strategies for growth in Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland' by Breznitz, D. Book Review [Details]
    2009 Review of 'Technology and International Transformation: The Railroad, the Atom Bomb and the Politics of Technological Change' by Geoffrey L. Herrera.
    Ó Riain, Sean (2009) Review of 'Technology and International Transformation: The Railroad, the Atom Bomb and the Politics of Technological Change' by Geoffrey L. Herrera. Book Review [Details]
    2009 Review of 'Global Body Shopping: An Indian Labor System in the Information Technology Industry' by Xiang Biao.
    Ó Riain, Sean (2009) Review of 'Global Body Shopping: An Indian Labor System in the Information Technology Industry' by Xiang Biao. Book Review [Details]
    2008 Review Symposium of 'Best of times? the social impact of the Celtic Tiger' edited by Tony Fahey, Helen Russell, Christopher T. Whelan.
    O Riain, Sean; O Grada, Cormac; Kuhling, Carmen; McCall, Leslie (2008) Review Symposium of 'Best of times? the social impact of the Celtic Tiger' edited by Tony Fahey, Helen Russell, Christopher T. Whelan. Book Review [Details]
    2007 Review of 'Challenging the Chip' by D. Pellow.
    Ó Riain, Sean (2007) Review of 'Challenging the Chip' by D. Pellow. Book Review [Details]
    2007 Review of 'The Economic Sociology of Capitalism' by V. Nee and R. Swedberg.
    Ó Riain, Sean (2007) Review of 'The Economic Sociology of Capitalism' by V. Nee and R. Swedberg. Book Review [Details]
    2002 Review of 'Labor Geographies' by A. Herod.
    Ó Riain, Sean (2002) Review of 'Labor Geographies' by A. Herod. Book Review [Details]
    2001 Review of 'Managing Knowledge: Critical Investigations of Work and Learning' by C. Prichard et al.
    Ó Riain, Sean (2001) Review of 'Managing Knowledge: Critical Investigations of Work and Learning' by C. Prichard et al. Book Review [Details]
    1998 Review of 'Inside the Celtic Tiger' by D. O'Hearn.
    Ó Riain, Sean (1998) Review of 'Inside the Celtic Tiger' by D. O'Hearn. Book Review [Details]

    Editorial

      Year Publication
    2004 Flows and filters: The politics of ICT regions in a global economy.
    O Riain, S;Parthasarathy, B;Zook, MA (2004) Flows and filters: The politics of ICT regions in a global economy. OXFORD: Editorial [Details]

    Gov. Report or Document

      Year Publication
    2012 Ireland (and Europe) in Crisis: The Fiscal Compact, the Referendum, and the Future of European Integration.
    O'Brennan, John and Sean Ó Riain (2012) Ireland (and Europe) in Crisis: The Fiscal Compact, the Referendum, and the Future of European Integration. Gov. Report or Document [Details]
    2005 Information Technology in the Community and Voluntary Sector: Preliminary Report.
    S. Ó'Riain and M. Redmond (2005) Information Technology in the Community and Voluntary Sector: Preliminary Report. Gov. Report or Document [Details]
    2004 Sectoral Worlds of Production and Enterprise Strategy.
    Sean Ó Riain (2004) Sectoral Worlds of Production and Enterprise Strategy. Gov. Report or Document [Details]
    1997 Skills, Competitiveness and Employment in the Irish Software Industry.
    Sean Ó Riain (1997) Skills, Competitiveness and Employment in the Irish Software Industry. Gov. Report or Document [Details]

    Newspaper Articles

      Year Publication
    2012 Elements Missing from Merkel's Vision of Europe.
    Sean Ó Riain (2012) Elements Missing from Merkel's Vision of Europe. Newspaper Articles [Details]
    2011 State Investment Bank Can Shift Focus From Property.
    S. Ó Riain and M. O'Sullivan (2011) State Investment Bank Can Shift Focus From Property. Newspaper Articles [Details]
    2010 Don't blame immigrants for decline in education standards.
    Sean Ó Riain (2010) Don't blame immigrants for decline in education standards. Newspaper Articles [Details]
    2004 Universities must look to needs of society.
    Sean Ó Riain (2004) Universities must look to needs of society. Newspaper Articles [Details]

    Technical Publication

      Year Publication
    2013 Ireland's Industrial Policy Challenge.
    O Riain, Seán (2013) Ireland's Industrial Policy Challenge. Technical Publication [Details]
    2001 Participation and Service: The Japanese American Community in Chicago.
    R.C King and S. Ó'Riain (2001) Participation and Service: The Japanese American Community in Chicago. Technical Publication [Details]
    1998 Participation and Possibilities.
    R.C. King and S. Ó'Riain (1998) Participation and Possibilities. Technical Publication [Details]

    Working Paper

      Year Publication
    2013 Labour's Declining Share of National Income in Ireland and Denmark: Similar Trends, Different Dynamics.
    Flaherty, Eoin and Sean Riain (2013) Labour's Declining Share of National Income in Ireland and Denmark: Similar Trends, Different Dynamics. Working Paper [IR Link] [Details]
    2009 Socio-Spatial Structures of Knowledge Flow and Innovation in the Irish Biotech and Digital Media Industries.
    Van Egeraat, C., Ó Riain, S. and Kerr, A. (2009) Socio-Spatial Structures of Knowledge Flow and Innovation in the Irish Biotech and Digital Media Industries. Working Paper [IR Link] [Details]
    2004 Remaking the Service Class? Class Relations Among Software Developers in Ireland.
    S. Ó Riain (2004) Remaking the Service Class? Class Relations Among Software Developers in Ireland. Working Paper [IR Link] [Details]
    1998 A Tale of Two Globalizations: The Irish Software Industry and the Global Economy.
    Ó'Riain, Sean (1998) A Tale of Two Globalizations: The Irish Software Industry and the Global Economy. Working Paper [Details]
    1996 Silicon Valley Firms Offshore in Ireland.
    Sean Ó Riain (1996) Silicon Valley Firms Offshore in Ireland. Working Paper [Details]

    Other

      Year Publication
    2014 A Research Agenda for Bridging Digital Ecosystems to Regional Development and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy: A Preliminary report.
    van Egeraat, C., S. Ó'Riain, A. Kerr, R. Sarkar, J. Chatterjee, J. Stanley, L.R. Leon, and A. Passani (2014) A Research Agenda for Bridging Digital Ecosystems to Regional Development and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy: A Preliminary report. Other [Details]