DrTadhg O'Mahony

Dr. O’Mahony’s research is positioned at the innovative frontier of sustainability transitions and transformations, exploring how structural economic models can be realigned with planetary boundaries and human well-being. His primary research interests focus on operationalising sustainable welfare and well-being economics within macroeconomic frameworks and spatial planning systems. This includes the development of post-growth and low-carbon transition path dynamics, shifting focus from traditional gross output metrics to comprehensive multi-dimensional indicators, and applying transdisciplinary and foresight methods to formal modelling and policy inquiry.

His work actively bridges the gap between environmental and resource economics and statutory policy design, investigating how long-term resource constraints, energy and resource demand patterns, and biodiversity targets can be integrated into national mitigation strategies. A key area of his current inquiry involves future generations legislation, examining the institutional and regulatory mechanisms required to protect long-term public assets and climate stability within contemporary political economies.