About the Author

Niamh Moore-Cherry is associate professor and deputy head of the School of Geography, University College Dublin. She is president of the Geographical Society of Ireland and a member of the Royal Irish Academy Social Sciences Committee. John McHale is established professor of economics and director of the Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change at NUI Galway. Emma Heffernan is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Research Collaborative in Quality and Safety (RCQS) based at the RCSI / MU.