Latest Socio-economics reports
Research 237: Integrated Indicators for Ireland: Adjusting Economic Progress for Environmental and Social Sustainability (I3: AEPESS)
Authors: Eleanor Doyle and Mauricio Perez-Alaniz, January 2018
Year: 2018
Decoupling economic growth from environmental quality is an imperative for Ireland, as with other modern developed economies. Not only has economic growth been linked with environmental sustainability impacts, but more recently social sustainability has also been highlighted in terms of its relationship to, and impacts from, the economy.
Research 235: Current Status and Potential Role of Eco-labels in Informing Environmentally Friendly Purchases and Behaviours
Authors: William Brazil, Brian Caulfield, December 2017
Year: 2017
Eco-labels are a widely used means of providing consumers with information regarding the environmental and energy impacts associated with various products and services. Given the opportunity that such labels represent, and the resources devoted to creating them, there is a need to ensure that they are effectively communicating the relevant information to the general public.
Research 220: Financial Incentives to Promote Citizen Investment in Low-carbon and Resource-efficient Assets
Authors: Celine McInerney and Joseph Curtin, August 2017
Year: 2017
Research Report 220 on Financial Incentives to Promote Citizen Investment in Low-carbon and Resource-efficient Assets
Research 215: Going Green Digitally? Environmental Crisis, Consumption Patterns and the Evolving Role of Media
Author: Trish Morgan, April 2017
Year: 2017
Research Report 215 on Going Green Digitally? Environmental Crisis, Consumption Patterns and the Evolving Role of Media
Research 205: CONSENSUS II: Segmentation, Experimentation and Biographies for Sustainability
Authors: Anna Davies, Frances Fahy, Henrike Rau, Laura Devaney, Ruth Doyle, Mary Jo Lavelle and Richard Manton, April 2017
Year: 2017
Research report 205 on CONSENSUS II: Segmentation, Experimentation and Biographies for Sustainability
Research 206: ECORISK Ecosystem Services Valuation for Environmental Risk and Damage Assessment
Authors: Craig Bullock and Robert O’Shea, January 2017
Year: 2017
ECORISK had the objective of exploring methods whereby the valuation of social and economic impacts could be used to supplement established methods of environmental damage assessment for the purposes of remediation.
Research 138: CONSENSUS: Consumption, Environment and Sustainability
Year: 2015
The CONSENSUS research project conducted foundational and exploratory research to establish the parameters of debates and actions within the field internationally and across Ireland.
Summary of Findings - Towards a Green Net National Product for Ireland
Year: 2013
Summary of Findings - STRIVE Report 103
Decision-Support Tools for Managing the Urban Environment in Ireland.
STRIVE Report for the ERTDI-funded project: 2005-CD-U1-M1, January 2012
Year: 2012
STRIVE Report 92 - Brendan Williams and Sheila Convery
Assessing Access To Information, Participation, and Justice in Environmental Decision Making in Ireland
Synthesis Report for the ERTDI-funded project: 2005-SD-MS-47, January 2011
Year: 2011
STRIVE Report 86 - Michael Ewing, Alison Hough and Magnus Amajirionwu
Ireland's Sustainable Development Model
Final Report for the ERTDI-funded project: 2006-SDM-LS-11-M2, January 2010
Year: 2010
STRIVE Report 47 - Seán Lyons and Richard S.J. Tol
Evaluating the Role of the City and County Development Boards in Promoting Public Participation in Local Sustainable Development
Synthesis Report for the ERTDI-funded project: 2004-SD-MS-23-M2, January 2010
Year: 2010
STRIVE Report 41 - G. Mullally et al.
Sustainable Rural Development: Managing Housing in the Countryside
Synthesis Report for the ERTDI-funded project: 2005-SD-MS-41-M2, January 2010
Year: 2010
STRIVE Report 44 - Mark Scott et al.
Public participation in the selection of sustainable development indicators in Limerick, and Freshford, Ireland
Implications for policy on advancing sustainability Final Report for the ERTDI-funded project: 2004-SD-MS-19, January 2009
Year: 2009
STRIVE Report 13 - B. O'Regan & R. Moles
Deriving Quality of Life Indicators in Urban Areas - A Practitioner’s Guide
Practitioner’s Guide from the ERTDI-funded project: 2004-SD-FS-23, January 2009
Year: 2009
Practitioner’s Guide - STRIVE Report 17
Galway 21: Implementing the Principles and Practices of Sustainable Development in Galway City Council
Synthesis Report for the ERTDI-funded project: 2004-SD-FS-23, January 2009
Year: 2009
STRIVE Report 17 - Frances Fahy
Guide to Establishing an Eco-Industrial Network
Guide from the ERTDI-funded project: 2004-SD-MS-18, January 2009
Year: 2009
Guide to Establishing an Eco-Industrial Network - STRIVE Report 17
Establishing an Eco-Industrial Network for SMEs in the Mid-West Region
Synthesis Report for the ERTDI-funded project: 2004-SD-MS-18, January 2009
Year: 2009
STRIVE 19 - B. O'Regan & R. Moles
Innovative Data Capture and Presentation Techniques in Support of the EU Environmental Noise Directive
Final Report for the ERTDI-funded project: 2005-UE-MS-44, January 2009
Year: 2009
STRIVE Report 25 - Gearóid Ó Riain and Tim McCarthy