Dr Fiona Burke

Dr Burke taught as a Teaching Assistant and Lecturer in the Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin from 1997-2000. In 2001, she joined the teaching staff at the Institute of Technology Carlow (now SETU Carlow) as an Assistant Lecturer in Economics in the Department of Business. She graduated in 2002 with a PhD in Economics from Trinity College Dublin. In 2005, she progressed to Lecturer in Economics at the Institute of Technology Carlow (now SETU Carlow) and has worked in this position to date. 

Teaching 

Dr. Burke has engaged in lecturing duties at Trinity College Dublin and at SETU Carlow.  Since joining the Institute of Technology Carlow (now SETU Carlow) in 2001 she has lectured in the Department of Business and the Department of Sport, Media and Marketing in the following discipline areas: Managerial Economics, Sports Economics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, National Economics, International Business, Management, and Business Research Methods. In addition, Dr. Burke has engaged in new programme development at levels 8 and 9, class tutoring, membership of Academic Council, Secretary to the Programme Planning and Validation Committee of Academic Council, Programme Board Secretary and membership of the School Postgraduate Research Programme Board.   

Research  

Dr. Burke has supervised student dissertations at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the Faculty of Business and Humanities.  Postgraduate research supervision has been in the areas of SME internationalisation, supply chain vulnerabilities in the aeronautics industry, gender equality, social enterprise, competitive balance in sport, sustainability in sport and sport ecology.  Dr. Burke has presented research papers to the Department of Economics TCD, Dublin Economics Workshop UCD, and the Irish Economics Association Conference 2002. Dr. Burke was a member of the Supply Chain Research Group in IT Carlow and a member of the Economic Transition Research Group in TCD.  She is currently a member of SERNI (Social Enterprise Research Network Ireland). Dr. Burke was awarded an Irish Research Council, Government of Ireland Postgraduate Research Scholarship in 1999. 

Research interests  

Labour market dynamics, labour market policy, regional development, regional economic policy, supply chain vulnerability, gender equality, the internationalisation of Irish SMEs, social enterprise, competitive balance in sport, sustainability in sport and sports ecology. 

Engagement 

Dr. Burke has produced Budget Analysis reports used for local community radio in the Carlow, Kilkenny and South-East region.