Professor John McHale
John previously served as Executive Dean of the College of Business, Public Policy and Law and also as Director of the Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change. Prior to joining the University of Galway, John held positions as Assistant Professor of Economics and Associate Professor of Economics at Harvard University, and as Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Toller Family Research Fellow at the Queen’s University, Ontario. He holds Ph.D and A.M degrees from Harvard University, and first-class B.Comm. and M.Econ.Sc. degrees from the National University of Ireland. Professor McHale was Chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (Ireland’s budgetary watchdog) from its inception in 2011 to 2016 and he has been an independent member of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) and the Pensions Board. He served as President of the Irish Economic Association from 2016 to 2018.
Much of John’s work uses economic modelling to examine the policy implications of research funding decisions for example the impact of star-scientist recruitment on local research performance in a small open economy or the implications of Artificial Intelligence on research processes.