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Staff Profile




General Profile Information
Staff Name Dr Graham Brownlow
Job Title Lecturer
Location Riddel Hall Block 3
Room Number 02.003
School Queen's University Management School
Contact Details
Telephone +44 (0)28 9097 4589
E-mail graham.brownlow@qub.ac.uk
Research Keywords
Economy Economic history Northern Irish economic performance and prospects Economic Policy



Professional Qualifications

Member of Economists Forum Invest NI since July 2009.

Committee member of the Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies since 2010.

 Since August 2011 treasurer of the Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies (USIHS).

Invited to present masterclass at NICVA in September 2011. 

 





Membership Of Other Societies / Professional Activities

Worked in 2010 on the consultancy report 'Economic Costs of the Conflict in Northern Ireland' for the Home Office. Co-authored work with R.Dorsett and J. Forth (NIESR) and K. McEvoy and P. Shirlow (QUB, Law).

Provided economic advice to Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce (NICC) for their report "Enabling Economic Excellence" in 2010.

Invited to Scottish Parliament for a symposium on the economics of devolution. November 2010. 

Academic referee for:

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Economic History Review, Irish Economic and Social History, Irish Historical Studies, Public Choice, Cambridge University Press, New Zealand Association of Economists Conference 2006 and 2009, Oxford University Press, Pearson (FT Prentice Hall).

 

 





Awards And Honours/major Prizes

Invited to present at LTSN New Lecturers seminar.

Invited to Stormont in October 2010 for launch of NICC report 





Publications
Chapter(s)
TitleBook TitleYear
Business and Labour since 1945 Ulster since 1600 2011
Political Economy-from Nation Building to Stagnation A History of Irish Economic Thought 2011
‘A Tiresome Complexity? Rent-Seeking, Devolution and Economic Performance in Northern Ireland, 1945-1972’ Institutions and Market Economies: the Political Economy of Economic Development 2007
The Political Economy of the Ulster Crisis: historiography, social capability and globalisation The Ulster Crisis, 1885-1921 2005
Journal(s)
TitleJournal NameYear
Towards an Acceptable Level of Violence: Institutional Lessons from Northern Ireland Terrorism and Political Violence Vol ?  2012
Review of Periodical Literature Published in 2010 (VI Since 1945)’ The Economic History Review Vol 65  2012
Periodical Review of Literature Published in 2009 (VI Since 1945) The Economic History Review Vol 64  2011
Review of Periodical Literature Published in 2008 (VI Since 1945)’ The Economic History Review Vol 63 (227-234)    2010
Structure and Change: Douglass North's Economics journal of Economic Methodology Vol 17(3) (301-316)    2010
Fabricating Economic Development Economic and Social Review Vol 41 (301-324)  2010
The causes and consequences of Rent-seeking in Northern Ireland, 1945-72 The Economic History Review Vol 60(1) (70-96)  DOI   2007
Institutions, Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance: Reinterpreting Rogernomics Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics Vol 18 (149-176)  2007
Puzzles in the Economic Institutions of Capitalism: production co-ordination, contracting and work organisation in the Irish Linen Trade, 1750-1850 Cambridge Journal of Economics Vol 29(4) (559-576)  DOI 2005
Conference Contribution(s)
TitleYear
‘Be Careful What You Wish For: Prosperity and Peace in Northern Ireland’, 2011
‘Patchwork Para-militarism? Social and Economic Organization in the Ulster Volunteer Force before 1918’ 2011
‘Avoiding “Icebergs”: Changes and Continuities in Economic Levers’ 2011
Structure and change: Douglass North's economics 2010
Orange, Green and in the Red: Aspects of the institutional economics of Northern Irish devolution 2010
‘A “Tiresome Complexity”? Rent-seeking, Devolution and Economic Performance in Northern Ireland, 1945-72’ 2005
‘Democratic Deficits and Fiscal Subventions: Economic Policy and Institutional Responses to Terrorism in Northern Ireland, 1969-1990’, 2005
‘Puzzles in the Economic Institutions of Capitalism: the Contractual Nature of Irish Industrialisation’ 2003
'The Rhetoric of Institutional Economics: the case of Douglass North and the two Irelands' 2002
'Rent-Seeking, Political Institutions and Economic Change: the case of Northern Ireland, 1945-1972' 2001
'Transaction costs in the Republic of Ireland: Measuring the Transaction Sector in the Irish economy, 1946-1990' 1999
'New Institutional Economics: What it is and why it Matters' 1998
Other Output(s)
TitlePublication TypeYear
‘Review of Amatori, Millward and Toninelli, eds, Reappraising state-owned enterprises: a comparison of the UK and Italy’, Other form of assessable output 2012
‘Review of Boldizzoni, The Poverty of Clio’, Other form of assessable output 2012
‘Review of R. Gavin, W. Kelly and D. O’Reilly, Atlantic Gateway: the port and city of Londonderry since 1700’ Other form of assessable output 2011
‘Review of J. Walsh, The Politics of Expansion: the transformation of educational policy in the Republic of Ireland’, 1957-72’ Other form of assessable output 2011
‘Review of M. Mulreany ed. Economic Development 50 Years On 1958-2008’ Other form of assessable output 2011
‘Contemporary Economic Issues in the Two Irelands’ Other form of assessable output 2011
‘An Economic Analysis of the NI Draft Budget: A Briefing Paper for the Committee for Finance and Personnel’ Report for external body 2011
Patchwork Para-militarism? Social and Economic Organization in the Ulster Volunteer Force before 1918 Other form of assessable output 2010
‘Economic Costs of the Conflict in Northern Ireland’ Confidential report for external body 2010
‘Economic Aspects in Irish Studies’ Other form of assessable output 2010
‘Review of P. Murray, Facilitating the Future? US aid, European integration and Irish industrial viability, 1948-73’ Other form of assessable output 2010
EFFICIENCY AND EQUITY OVER THE LONGER-RUN: A BRIEFING PAPER FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR FINANCE AND PERSONNEL Other form of assessable output 2010
Efficiency and Equity Over the Longer-Run: A Briefing Paper for the Committee for Finance and Personnel’ Report for external body 2010
‘Review of B. Fanning, The Quest for Modern Ireland: the battle of ideas, 1912-1986’ Other form of assessable output 2009
‘Review of P. Sweeney, Ireland’s Economic Success: reasons and lessons, Other form of assessable output 2009
‘Fabricating Economic Development’ Other form of assessable output 2009
‘Review of B. Girvan and G. Murphy (eds) The Lemass Era: politics and society in the Ireland of Sean Lemass Other form of assessable output 2008
‘Review of G. Hodgson., The Evolution of Institutional Economics, Other form of assessable output 2007
‘Review of P. Coffey and R.J. Riley., Reform of the International Institutions’ Other form of assessable output 2007
‘Review of K. Dopfer ed.,Evolutionary Economics: Program and Scope Other form of assessable output 2006
‘Review of R. Crotty., When Histories Collide: The Development and Impact of Individualistic Capitalism, Other form of assessable output 2006
‘Review of H. Schroter., Americanization of the European Economy: a Compact Survey of American Economic Influence in Europe since the 1880s Other form of assessable output 2005
'Review of G. Hodgson, M. Itoh and N. Yokokawa eds., Capitalism in Evolution: Global Contentions-East and West', Other form of assessable output 2004
‘Review of T. Geiger and M. Kennedy eds., Ireland, Europe and the Marshall Plan, Other form of assessable output 2004
‘Rapport sur la fiscalité en République d’Irelande’ Report for external body 2003