DrEleanor O'Higgins

Eleanor O'Higgins (BA, MSc, MBA, PhD) is Adjunct Associate Professor in the College of Business at UCD and is an Associate at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She specialises in teaching, research and publications on business and professional ethics, corporate governance, business in society and strategic and public management. She is the author of numerous papers in academic and professional journals, newspaper articles, book chapters and case studies. She has received a number of international awards for peer reviewed articles on business ethics and governance. Her case studies and research work on the airline industry and on Ryanair have also received notable international awards. Eleanor serves on the editorial boards of several international management, ethics and corporate governance journals. Eleanor carries out a range of national and international teaching and speaking assignments. She is a member of the Business Ethics and of the Public Management & Governance interfaculty groups of the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS). She has held a range of leadership positions in the US Academy of Management, including chairing the Ethics Committee and the International Theme Committee.
Eleanor is on the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board (JAAB), and the Dental Council. She previously served on the board of St James's University Hospital, on the Press Council of Ireland, and on the board of directors of IDA Ireland, the board of The Marine Institute, and of Transparency International Ireland, among others. In addition to her membership and chairmanship of various boards and working committees, her practical experience includes her earlier managerial career and her consulting work on strategy, board effectiveness, corporate governance, ethics and corporate social responsibilities. Previously, she worked as staff development manager at RTE, and prior to that, as a clinical psychologist in the Irish health services and as a research psychologist at Harvard University Medical School.