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Nat O'Connor

Dr Nat O'Connor     @natpolicy

Nat O’Connor is lecturer in social policy in UCD’s School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice and part-time policy specialist at Age Action Ireland. Previously Director of TASC, Nat also led the research team in Dublin’s Homeless Agency.

He has taught politics and social policy since 1999. He has a PhD in Political Science from Trinity College Dublin and a MA in Political Science and Social Policy from the University of Dundee. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), a member of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) and chairperson of the Irish Social Policy Association (ISPA). You can find him on LinkedIn (natoconnor) and TwitterX @natpolicy

 

 

 

 

 


'Social Security for All'

Nat O'Connor 04/04/2013

Nat O'Connor: Compass in the UK have produced a short briefing document entitled 'Social Security for All' as a way of (re)making the case for the …

Martin Wolf

Nat O'Connor 27/02/2013

Nat O'Connor: Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, was in Dublin yesterday, to deliver a talk to the TCD Phil society. …

ILO Global Wage Report 2012/13

Nat O'Connor 18/02/2013

Nat O'Connor: There is a lot of interesting data in the latest ILO report focusing on the declining wage share of labour, and on static or falling …

The €64 Billion Question

Nat O'Connor 05/02/2013

Nat O'Connor: In 1955, the $64,000 Question was a 'big money' quiz in the early days of American TV (Wikipedia). Six decades later Ireland's bank …

TASC's more detailed response to Budget 2013

Nat O'Connor 11/12/2012

Nat O'Connor: TASC's more detailed response to Budget 2013 is here.

TASC's initial response to Budget 2013

Nat O'Connor 05/12/2012

Nat O'Connor: TASC's initial response to Budget 2013 is as follows. (PDF available here). Lost opportunity to provide a pathway to an equitable …

Lessons from the UK

Nat O'Connor 05/12/2012

Nat O'Connor: The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, gave his Autumn Statement early this afternoon, as the UK too examines its debt …

The deficit and debt repayments

Nat O'Connor 05/12/2012

Nat O'Connor: The brief ten pages of the 2013 Estimates include the stark reminder of just why the Government is set on €3.5 billion of tax …

#Budget2013

Nat O'Connor 05/12/2012

Nat O'Connor: As the new era of budget transparency dawns (or should that be New Era?), the Government's official information service …

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