Prof Seán Ó Riain

    Sociology, Centre for European and Eurasian Studies, Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI)

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    Biography

    Seán Ó Riain is Professor of Sociology at the National University of Ireland Maynooth.

    His research interests are in the sociology of work and employment, comparative political economy, inequality and social change and the global information economy.

    Seán is the author of: The Politics of High Tech Growth: Developmental Network States in the Global Economy (Cambridge, 2004)  The Rise and Fall of Ireland’s Celtic Tiger: Liberalism, Boom and Bust (Cambridge, 2014) and co-editor of The Changing Worlds and Workplaces of Capitalism (Palgrave, 2015).

    He was PI for New Deals in the New Economy, a five year study of workplace bargains in Europe (www.maynoothuniversity.ie/newdeals), funded by a European Research Council Consolidator Grant.

    He was a member of the National Economic and Social Council from 2011 to 2017.  

    Research Interests

    Research interests lie in the area of the socio-political construction of capitalism. Interested in particular in how economic sociology, sociology of work and employment and comparative political economy of capitalism intersect with Post-Keynesian economics, Feminist economics, Economic geography and other inter-disciplinary connections.  

    He has a strong interest in the intersection between work and working lives and the political economy of development, in the context of the informational and service society and economy, and how these shape and are shaped by processes of class, gendering and racialisation.

    Prof. Ó Riain's current research fall broadly under the following headings:
    • Pathways to Postindustrialism: A comparative analysis of Denmark and Ireland's 'growth and development' paths, including the prospects for egalitarian development in small open economies. 
    • Workplace Games, Careers and Justice: The working lives and employment of high tech workers in Ireland and Denmark, particularly in software.
    • Varieties of Workplaces: Analysis of European datasets to examine the variety of forms of work organisation and employment relations, particularly examining Lean and Learning organisations of work across the EU-14
    • Inequality, Solidarity and Social Change in Ireland: Includes various research projects on life histories and social change in Twentieth Century Ireland, health inequalities, labour market inequalities. 
    Current and Recent Collaborators and Co-authors: Amy Healy, Aileen O'Carroll, Eoin Flaherty, Felix Behling, Fergal Rhatigan, Jane Gray, John-Paul Byrne, Mick Byrne, Nessa Ní Chasaide, Patrick Gallagher, Patricia Kettle.

    Book

    Year Publication
    2014 Sean Ó Riain (2014) The Rise and Fall of Ireland's Celtic Tiger: Liberalism, Boom and Bust. : Cambridge University Press.
    2004 S. Ó Riain (2004) The Politics of High Tech Growth: Developmental Network States in the Global Economy. : Cambridge University Press.
    2000 (2000) Global Ethnography. : University of California Press.
    1993 D.F. Hannan, S. Ó Riain (1993) Pathways to Adulthood in Ireland: Causes and Consequences of Success and Failure in Transitions Among Irish Youth General Research Series No. 161. : Economic and Social Research Institute.

    Book Chapter

    Year Publication
    2021 Gallagher, P, F. Rhatigan and S. Ó Riain (2021) 'A turbulent commitment: economic relations between Ireland and the European Union between the crash and Brexit' In: Ireland and the European Union. Manchester : Manchester University Press.
    2018 S. Ó Riain and A. Healy (2018) 'Ireland: How to escape the low learning trap in a runaway labour market' In: Work in the Digital Age. London : Rowman and Littlefield.
    2017 S. Ó Riain (2017) 'Ireland’s Recovery: Explanation, Potential and Pitfalls' In: Debating Austerity. Dublin : Royal Irish Academy.
    2014 van Egeraat, C, O Riain, S., Kerr, A. (2014) 'Social and Spatial Structures of Innovation in the Irish Animation Industry' In: Global and Regional Dynamics in Knowledge Flows and Innovation. London : Routledge. [Full-Text]
    2013 Ó Riain, Sean (2013) 'Economic Foundations of Social Progress: Ireland Through a Nordic Lens' In: Birgid Reynolds, and Sean Healy(Eds.). A Future Worth Living For: Sustainable Foundations and Frameworks. Dublin : Social Justice Ireland.
    2011 Ó Riain, Sean (2011) 'Human Capital Formation Regimes: States, Markets and Human Capital in an Era of Globalisation' In: A. Burton Jones and J.C. Spencer(Eds.). Handbook of Human Capital. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
    2010 Ó Riain, Sean (2010) 'The Developmental Network State Under Threat: Markets and Managerialism in the Irish Innovation System' In: Fred Block and Matthew R. Keller(Eds.). State of Innovation. New York : Paradigm Publishers.
    2010 Kerr, Aphra and Sean Ó Riain (2010) 'The Knowledge Economy' In: The Encyclopedia of Human Geography. : Elsevier.
    2010 Ó Riain, Sean (2010) 'Globalisation and Regional Development' In: A. Pike and J. Tomaney(Eds.). Handbook of Local and Regional Development. London : Routledge.
    2009 Ó Riain, Sean (2009) 'Extending the Ethnographic Case Study' In: David Byrne and Charles C. Ragin(Eds.). The Sage Handbook of Case-based Methods. London : Sage.
    2009 Ó Riain, Sean (2009) 'Addicted to Growth: Developmental Statism and Neo-Liberalism in the Celtic Tiger' In: M. Boss(Eds.). The Nation-State in Transformation: The Governance, Growth and Cohesion of Small States under Globalisation. Aarhus : Aarhus University Press.
    2008 Ó Riain, Sean (2008) 'Competing State Projects in the Contemporary Irish Political Economy' In: M. Adshead, P. Kirby and N. Miller(Eds.). Contesting the State. Manchester : Manchester University Press.
    2007 Ó Riain, Sean (2007) 'Work Transformed' In: T. Inglis et al(Eds.). Changing Ireland. Dublin : UCD Press.
    2007 S. Ó Riain (2007) 'No Deal or New Deal? Knowledge Workers in the Information Economy' In: J. Amman, T. Carpenter and G. Neff(Eds.). Surviving the New Economy. New York : Paradigm Publishers.
    2006 S. Ó Riain (2006) 'Commentary' In: Mark Curran(Eds.). The Breathing Factory. Edition Braus. Belfast : Belfast Exposed.
    2006 S. Ó Riain (2006) 'Universities and the Public Sphere after the Celtic Tiger' In: T.A.F. Kelly(Eds.). What Price the University? Perspectives on the Meaning and Value of Higher Education from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. A Special Issue of Maynooth Philosophical Papers. Maynooth : Philosophy Department.
    2004 Ó Riain, Sean (2004) 'Falling Over the Competitive Edge' In: M.Corcoran and M. Peillon(Eds.). Place and Non-Place: Irish Sociological Chronicles Vol.IV. Dublin : Gill and MacMillan.
    2000 S. Ó Riain and P. O’Connell (2000) 'The Role of the State in Growth and Welfare' In: B.Nolan, P.O’Connell, C. Whelan(Eds.). Bust to Boom? The Irish Experience of Growth and Inequality. Dublin : Institute for Public Administration. [Full-Text]
    2000 S. Ó Riain (2000) 'Soft Solutions to Hard Times' In: M. Peillon and E. Slater(Eds.). Memories of the Present: Irish Sociological Chronicles Vol. II. Dublin : Gill and Macmillan.
    2000 T. Gowan and S. Ó Riain (2000) 'Preface' In: M.Burawoy et al(Eds.). Global Ethnography. : University of California Press.
    2000 S. Ó Riain (2000) 'Net-Working for a Living: Irish Software Developers in the Global Workplace' In: R.Baldoz, C.Koeber and P.Kraft(Eds.). Critical Studies of Work. : Temple University Press. [Full-Text]
    2000 S. Ó Riain (2000) 'Net-Working for a Living: Irish Software Developers in the Global Workplace' In: M.Burawoy et al(Eds.). Global Ethnography. : University of California Press.
    2000 S. Ó Riain and P.B. Evans (2000) 'Globalization and Global Systems Analysis' In: E.Borgatta(Eds.). Encyclopedia of Sociology. New York : Macmillan.
    2000 S. George, S. Ó Riain, M.Thayer (2000) 'Global Connections' In: M.Burawoy et al(Eds.). Global Ethnography. : University of California Press.

    Edited Book

    Year Publication
    2015 Ó Riain, Seán., Behling, Felix., Ciccia, Rossella., Flaherty, Eoin (Ed.). (2015) The Changing Worlds and Workplaces of Capitalism. London: Palgrave,

    Peer Reviewed Journal

    Year Publication
    2021 A. Healy and S, Ó Riain (2021) 'Contractual insecurity in the EU15: Using multiple surveys to investigate working with 'no contract''. Economic And Social Review, 52 (3):301-332. [Full-Text]
    2019 E. Flaherty and S.Ó Riain (2019) 'Labour’s declining share of national income in Ireland and Denmark: similar trends, different dynamics'. Socio-Economic Review, . [Full-Text]
    2018 S. Ó Riain (2018) 'Ireland’s Low learning Trap'. Administration, 65 (4):31-38. [Full-Text]
    2013 van Egeraat, C, O Riain, S., Kerr, A. (2013) 'Social and Spatial Structures of Innovation in the Irish Animation Industry'. European Planning Studies, 21 :1437-1455. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2006 Riain, SO (2006) 'Time-space intensification: Karl Polanyi, the double movement, and global informational capitalism'. Theory and Society, 35 :507-528. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2004 Riain S.; Parthasarathy B.; Zook M. (2004) 'Flows and filters: The politics of ICT regions in a global economy'. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 28 (3):617-620. [Full-Text]
    2016 Ó Riain, S. (2016) 'The Shifting Politics of Innovation and State Developmentalism in Ireland'. Stato e Mercato, . [Full-Text]
    2012 O'Riain, S (2012) 'The Crisis of Financialisation in Ireland'. Economic And Social Review, 43 :497-533. [Full-Text]
    2010 Riain, Sean (2010) 'The Missing Customer and the Ever Present Market: Software Work in the Service Economy'. Work and Occupations, 37 :320-348. [Full-Text]
    2006 S. Ó Riain (2006) 'Dominance and Change in the Global Information Technology Industry: Military, Bureaucratic and Network State Developmentalisms'. Studies in Comparative International Development, 41 :76-98. [Full-Text]
    2006 O Riain, S (2006) 'Dominance and change in the global computer industry: Military, bureaucratic, and network state developmentalisms'. Studies in Comparative International Development, 41 :76-98. [Full-Text]
    2006 S. Ó Riain (Editor) (2006) 'Social Partnership: A New System of Governance?'. 37 .
    2006 S. Ó Riain (2006) 'The University and the Public Sphere after the Celtic Tiger'. MAYNOOTH PHILOSOPHICAL PAPERS, . [Full-Text]
    2005 S. Ó Riain (2005) 'State, Competition and Industrial Change in Ireland 1991-1999'. Economic And Social Review, 35 :27-53. [Full-Text]
    2004 Greta Krippner, Mark Granovetter, Fred Block, Nicole Biggart, Tom Beamish, Youtien Hsing, Gillian Hart, Giovanni Arrighi, Margie Mendell, John Hall, Michael Burawoy, Steve Vogel, and Sean O'Riain (2004) 'Polanyi Symposium: a conversation on embeddedness'. To be added, 2 :109-135. [Full-Text]
    2004 S. Ó Riain (2004) 'The Irish Software Agglomeration: Technology Driven Commodity Chains, Global Regions and the Developmental State'. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, . [Full-Text]
    2004 S. Ó Riain (2004) 'State, Competition and Industrial Change in Ireland 1991-1999'. . [Full-Text]
    2004 O Riain, S (2004) 'The politics of mobility in technology-driven commodity chains: Developmental coalitions in the Irish software industry'. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 28 . [Full-Text]
    2003 S. Ó Riain and F. Block (Editors) (2003) 'The Legacy of Karl Polanyi'. Politics and Society, 31 . [Full-Text]
    2003 S. Ó Riain and F. Block (2003) 'Introduction: The Legacy of Karl Polanyi'. Politics and Society, . [Full-Text]
    2002 S. Ó Riain (2002) 'High-Tech Communities: Better Work or Just More Work?'. CONTEXTS, 1 :36-41.
    2002 S. Ó Riain and Z.Gille (2002) 'Global Ethnography'. Annual Review of Sociology, 28 :271-295. [Full-Text]
    2000 S. Ó Riain (2000) 'States and Markets in an Era of Globalization'. Annual Review of Sociology, 26 :187-213. [Full-Text]
    2000 S. Ó Riain (2000) 'The Flexible Developmental State: Globalization, Information Technology and the “Celtic Tiger”’'. Politics and Society, 28 :157-193. [Full-Text]
    1997 S. Ó Riain (1997) 'The Birth of a Celtic Tiger?'. Communications of the ACM, 40 :11-16. [Full-Text]
    1997 S. Ó Riain (1997) 'An Offshore Silicon Valley? The Emerging Irish Software Industry'. THE JOURNAL OF GLOBAL BUSINESS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY, 2 :175-212. [Full-Text]
    1997 D.F. Hannan, S. Ó Riain and C.T. Whelan (1997) 'Youth Unemployment and Psychological Distress in the Republic of Ireland'. 20 :307-320. [Full-Text]

    Conference Contribution

    Year Publication
    2020 Ó Riain Seán (2020) Confronting Policy Challenges in Ireland; Knowledge and Policy: Confronting Governance Challenges in the New Decade NESC & Maynooth University Department of Sociology Conference Dublin, Ireland, .
    2019 Ó Riain Seán (2019) Embedded Flexibilities: Denmark and Ireland’s Post-Industrial Pathways Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Annual Conference New York, US, .
    2019 Ó Riain Seán (2019) Are Small Open Economies Still the Model? Denmark and Ireland in Comparative Perspective Small Advanced Open Economies – Thought Leadership Discussion Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin, .
    2018 Ó Riain Seán (2018) The Informational Workplace in Europe’s Capitalisms: The Social Politics of Work in Denmark and Ireland Conference Department of Sociology, University College Dublin, .
    2017 Ó Riain Seán (2017) Ireland’s Low Learning Trap and the Challenges for Social Security 70th Anniversary Conference of Department of Employment Affairs and Social Dublin, Ireland, .
    2016 Ó Riain Seán (2016) Can Social Investment Save Social Europe? Symposium NUI Maynooth, .
    2015 Ó Riain Seán; Behling Felix; Byrne John Paul (2015) The Standard Foundations of the ‘Non-Standard' Danish Labour Market SASE Conference , LSE London, UK, .
    2015 Ó Riain Seán; Healy Amy (2015) A Tale of Two Surveys: Using the European Social Survey and the European Working Conditions Survey to Predict Welfare Attitudes by Work Regime European Social Survey Conference Limerick, Ireland, .
    2015 Ó Riain Seán (2015) Social Structures of Liquidity Conference School of Business , University of Oxford, .
    2014 (2014) The Diversity and Dilemmas of Europe’s Capitalisms ESRI Research Seminar ESRI, Dublin, .
    2014 Ó Riain Seán; Behling Felix (2014) The Varying Centralised Decentralisations of Industrial Relations: Ireland and Denmark Industrial Relations in Europe (IREC) Conference / European Sociological Association Dublin, Ireland, .
    2014 Ó Riain Seán (2014) Time For a New Social Contract? Roundtable Presentation NUI Maynooth, .
    2007 Ó Riain Seán (2007) World Systems Research Regular Session American Sociological Association, .
    2014 (2014) Enterprise Policy and Ireland’s Economic Recovery NERI Seminar INTO Learning Centre, Dublin, .
    2013 (2013) Europe's Diverse Capitalisms and the Dilemmas of Recovery and Reconstruction 34th Annual Conference of the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation Trinity College Dublin, .
    2013 (2013) Labour and the Variety of Polanyian Double Movements in Europe’s Capitalisms New Deals Project Conference: Understanding the Changing Worlds of Capitalism NUI Maynooth, .
    2012 tbc (2012) Between Development and Financialisation: The Political Economy of Ireland's Crisis January 2012 Department of Sociology, Trinity College Dublin, .
    2012 tbc (2012) Ireland, the Fiscal Compact and Recovering the European Project Europe in Crisis Conference, March 2012 Centre for the Study of Wider Europe & Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth, .
    2012 tbc (2012) Financialisation in Ireland International Workshop on Finance, Credit and the Welfare State, May 2012 Geary Institute, UCD, Dublin, .
    2012 tbc (2012) Sociology and the Crisis Sociological Association of Ireland Conference, May 2012 NUI Maynooth, .
    2012 tbc (2012) Familial Liberalism’ and Women in the Twentieth Century Irish Labour Market Gender and Employment in Europe across the Life-course, European Sociological Association Sept 2012 NUI Galway, .
    2012 tbc (2012) Where is Ireland in the Worlds of Capitalism? Are the Irish Different? Sept 2012 UCD, Dublin, .
    2012 (2012) Action Research: A Complementary Approach to the Evaluation of SMEs The Annual Conference of the Irish Academy of Management NUI Maynooth, .
    2011 tbc (2011) The family work nexus and family formation in 20th century Ireland - Life Histories Project Social Science History Association, Nov 2011 Boston, .
    2011 tbc (2011) Ireland's Recurring Crisis: Politics, Markets, Continuity and Change Social Science History Association, Nov 2011 Boston, .
    2011 tbc (2011) New Wine in Old Bottles: Heterarchies and Networks in Ireland’s Biotech and Animation Industries April 2011 School of Business, NUI Maynooth, .
    2011 tbc (2011) New Wine in Old Bottles: Heterarchies and Networks in Ireland’s Biotech and Animation Industries Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, June 2011 Madrid, .
    2010 tbc (2010) A Very Local Crisis: Ireland’s Growth and Collapse Council for European Studies, April 2010 Montreal, .
    2010 tbc (2010) Engineering Convergence: Creating a Transnational Production System Council for European Studies, April 2010 Montreal, .
    2010 tbc (2010) Liberalism, Capabilities and Crisis March 2010 Department of Economics, NUI Galway, .
    2010 tbc (2010) Ireland in Crisis: Economy, Polity, Society UCD Research Symposium, March 2010 UCD, Dublin, .
    2009 tbc (2009) The Missing Customer and the Ever-Present Market American Sociological Association Conference, August 2009 San Francisco, .
    2009 tbc (2009) Fragmented Governance, Governing Fragmentation: Boom and Crisis in the Celtic Tiger February 2009 Buffett Centre for International and Comparative Studies, Northwestern University, .
    2009 tbc (2009) Making the High Tech Economy: States, Markets and Networks February 2009 Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, .
    2009 Tracey Skillington (2009) Moral consciousness and health inequality: Transforming suffering into the language of human rights University College Cork, Social Sciences, Sociology, .
    2009 Theresa O’Keeffe (2009) Destabilised identities in stable times: the relationship between gender and class in post-conflict NUI Maynooth, Social Sciences, Sociology, .
    2009 John Barry (2009) Greening the economy on the island of Ireland Queen’s University Belfast, Social Sciences, Sociology, .
    2009 Martha Ackelsberg (2009) Rethinking Anarchism/Rethinking Power: A Contemporary Feminist Perspective Smith College, USA, Social Sciences, Sociology, .
    2009 Kieran Keohane (2009) Ireland’s haunted landscape: from the deserted homes of the 'faithful departed' to the cultural dese University College Cork, Social Sciences, Sociology, .
    2009 Stanley Aronowitz (2009) Schooling at a time of economic crisis City University of New York, USA, Social Sciences, Sociology, .
    2009 Anne O Brien (2009) The Politics of Irish Tourism Development 1987-2007 Kairos Communications Centre, Social Sciences, Sociology, .
    2009 Dr. Roland Ernes (2009) European Unions: Organised Labour Strategies in Turbulent Times School of Business, University College Dublin, Social Sciences, Sociology, .
    2009 Prof. Robert van Krieken (2009) Celebrity Society School of Sociology, University College Dublin, Social Sciences, Sociology, .
    2009 Fr. Micheál Mac Gréil (2009) Measuring Religion in Modern Ireland Department of Sociology, Social Sciences, Sociology, .
    2009 Dr. Mary Benson, Dr. Ruth Casey and Dr. Majella McSharry (2009) Graduate Roundtable: 'The Satisfactions and Challenges of Post-Ph.D. Research and Teaching' NUIM, Carlow Institute of Technology and Dublin City University, Social Sciences, Sociology, .
    2009 Dr. Pauline Cullen (2009) European civil society: the politics of collaboration, contest and consultation Department of Sociology, NUIM, Social Sciences, Sociology, .
    2009 John Bissett (2009) Regeneration: public good or private profit? St.Michael’s estate community regeneration team, Social Sciences, Sociology, .
    2009 tbc (2009) Making the High Tech Economy: States, Markets and Networks April 2009 School of Information, University of California, Berkeley, .
    2007 tbc (2007) Ireland Workshop on Small European Economies in Comparative Perspective, February 2007 Dartmouth College, .
    2007 tbc (2007) Understanding Social Change through Life History Research Sociological Association of Ireland, May 2007 University of Limerick, .
    2007 tbc (2007) Developmental Network Statism and the Celtic Tiger Politics of Technology Group, German Political Science Association, June 2007 Meersburg, .
    2007 tbc (2007) State, Society and Social Cohesion Matchpoints Conference, November 2007 Aarhus, Denmark, .
    2007 tbc (2007) Understanding Social Change through Life History Research Symposium on Life Histories and Social Change, June 2007 NUI Maynooth, .
    2007 tbc (2007) Engineering Convergence: The Social Embeddedness of Transnational High Tech Production American Sociological Association Conference , August 2007 New York, .
    2006 tbc (2006) Representing Globalised Ireland November 2006 Dublin, .
    2006 tbc (2006) Nurturing Many Knowledges to Grow Ireland’s Knowledge Society IUA; ‘The Humanities and Social Sciences in the Knowledge Society', Oct 2006 Dublin, .
    2006 tbc (2006) Strategies for Local Economic Development North Dublin Development Coalition, Nov 2006 Dublin City University, .
    2006 tbc (2006) Dublin: Contradictions of High Tech Growth Dublin Studies Series, Feb 2006 National Library/ NUI Maynooth, .
    2006 tbc (2006) Competing State Projects in the Contemporary Irish Political Economy March 2006 University College Dublin, .
    2006 tbc (2006) Technology Driven Commodity Chains: Structure, Territory and Governance in the Global Economy American Sociological Association, August 2006 Montreal, .
    2006 tbc (2006) Remaking Silicon Valley May 2006 NIRSA, NUI Maynooth, .
    2005 tbc (2005) Karl Polanyi, the Double Movement and Global Informational Capitalism December 2005 NUI Maynooth, .
    2005 tbc (2005) Competing State Projects in the Contemporary Irish Political Economy September 2005 University of Limerick, .
    2005 tbc (2005) The State of Irish Society February 2005 Institute for Public Administration, Dublin, .
    2005 tbc (2005) Time Space Intensification: Polanyi’s ‘Double Movement’ and the Politics of Globalization Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, July 2005 Budapest, .
    2005 tbc (2005) Time Space Intensification: Polanyi’s ‘Double Movement’ and the Politics of Globalization American Sociological Association Conference, August 2005 Philadelphia, .
    2005 tbc (2005) Institutions of Irish Industrial Policy Public Policy Institute, January 2005 Trinity College Dublin, .
    2005 tbc (2005) Re-Working Silicon Valley: Power, Politics and the Informational Labour Process in Silicon Valley an December 2005 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, .
    2005 tbc (2005) Technology Driven Commodity Chains: Structure, Territory and Governance in the Global Economy Sociological Association of Ireland, May 2005 Belfast, .
    2004 tbc (2004) Technical Professionals and the State: Rise and Stall of a New Class? November 2004 Department of Sociology, University College Cork, .
    2004 (2004) Fictitious Commodities and the Knowledge Economy Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference Athlone, .
    2004 (2004) The Irish Software Industry: A Model for Development? Centre for Innovation and Structural Change, NUI Galway, .
    2004 tbc (2004) Remaking the Service Class? Class relations among Software Developers in Ireland American Sociological Association Annual Conference, August 2004 San Francisco, .
    2004 tbc (2004) Discussant for Session on ‘Globalization’ American Sociological Association Annual Conference, August 2004 San Francisco, .
    2004 (2004) The ICT Productivity Paradox Information Society Commission/ E-Week, Digital Depot Dublin, .
    2004 tbc (2004) Remaking the Service Class? Class relations among Software Developers in Ireland October 2004 Department of Sociology, NUI Maynooth, .
    2003 (2003) Discussant at session on ‘Economy and Society’ Conference on ‘Deliberation and Public Policy’ to mark 30th Anniversary of the NESC Dublin, .
    2003 (2003) Workplace Futures and the Developmental Network State International Research Seminar on ‘Achieving High Performance Workplaces National Centre for Partnership and Performance, Dublin, .
    2003 (2003) Beyond the Myth of the Market: Information Technology in the Republic of Ireland Berkeley Center for Globalization and Information Technology, .

    Other Journal

    Year Publication
    2015 Seán Ó Riain (2015) 'Ireland’s Journey to Global Disaster' Global Dialogue: Newsletter for the International Sociological Association, 5 (2) .
    2002 S. Ó Riain (2002) 'High-tech Communities: Better Work or Just More Work?' Contexts, 1 :36-41. [Full-Text]

    Published Report

    Year Publication
    2009 Van Egeraat, C., O’Riain, S. and Kerr, A. (2009) Social and Spatial Structures of Collaboration and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy. Deliverable 11.2 for EU FP6 OPAALS Research Project (2009) Van Egeraat, C., O’Riain, S. and Kerr, A. (2009) Social and Spatial Structures of Collaboration and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy. Deliverable 11.2 for EU FP6 OPAALS Research Project. EU FP6, .
    2008 Van Egeraat, C. O’Riain, S. Kerr, A. Sarkar, R. Chatterjee, J., Stanley, J., Rivera León, L. and Passani, A. (2008) Van Egeraat, C. O’Riain, S. Kerr, A. Sarkar, R. Chatterjee, J., Stanley, J., Rivera León, L. and Passani, A. (2008) A Research Agenda for Bridging Digital Ecosystems to Regional Development and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy: A Preliminary Report. Deliverable 11.1 for EU FP6 OPAALS Research Project. EU FP6, .

    Book Review

    Year Publication
    2013 Ó Riain, Sean (2013) Review of 'The Company We Keep: Occupational Community in the High-Tech Network Society' by Daniel Marschall. [Book Review]
    2008 O'Riain, S (2008) INNOVATION AND THE STATE: Political Choice and Strategies for Growth in Israel, Taiwan and Ireland. VANCOUVER: [Book Review]
    2013 Ó Riain, Sean (2013) Review of 'State's gains, Labor's Losses: China, France and Mexico Choose Global Liaisons 1980-2000' by Dorothy J Solinger. [Book Review]
    2012 Ó Riain, Sean (2012) Review of 'Being and Well-Being: Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley' by J.A. English-Lueck. [Book Review]
    2010 Ó Riain, Sean (2010) Review of 'The Mismatched Worker' by Kalleberg, A. [Book Review]
    2009 Ó Riain, Sean (2009) Review of 'Innovationand the State: political choice and strategies for growth in Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland' by Breznitz, D. [Book Review]
    2009 Ó Riain, Sean (2009) Review of 'Technology and International Transformation: The Railroad, the Atom Bomb and the Politics of Technological Change' by Geoffrey L. Herrera. [Book Review]
    2009 Ó Riain, Sean (2009) Review of 'Global Body Shopping: An Indian Labor System in the Information Technology Industry' by Xiang Biao. [Book Review]
    2008 O Riain, Sean; O Grada, Cormac; Kuhling, Carmen; McCall, Leslie (2008) Review Symposium of 'Best of times? the social impact of the Celtic Tiger' edited by Tony Fahey, Helen Russell, Christopher T. Whelan. [Book Review]
    2007 Ó Riain, Sean (2007) Review of 'Challenging the Chip' by D. Pellow. [Book Review]
    2007 Ó Riain, Sean (2007) Review of 'The Economic Sociology of Capitalism' by V. Nee and R. Swedberg. [Book Review]
    2002 Ó Riain, Sean (2002) Review of 'Labor Geographies' by A. Herod. [Book Review]
    2001 Ó Riain, Sean (2001) Review of 'Managing Knowledge: Critical Investigations of Work and Learning' by C. Prichard et al. [Book Review]
    1998 Ó Riain, Sean (1998) Review of 'Inside the Celtic Tiger' by D. O'Hearn. [Book Review]

    Editorial

    Year Publication
    2004 O Riain, S; Parthasarathy, B; Zook, MA (2004) Flows and filters: The politics of ICT regions in a global economy. OXFORD: [Editorial] [Full-Text]

    Electronic Publication

    Year Publication
    2021 Seán Ó Riain (2021) Driving Irish Industry: Ford, the Diaspora & Ireland's economic development 1917 – 2017. Online: [Electronic Publication]

    Gov. Report or Document

    Year Publication
    2012 O'Brennan, John and Sean Ó Riain (2012) Ireland (and Europe) in Crisis: The Fiscal Compact, the Referendum, and the Future of European Integration. [Gov. Report or Document]
    2005 S. Ó'Riain and M. Redmond (2005) Information Technology in the Community and Voluntary Sector: Preliminary Report. [Gov. Report or Document]
    2004 Sean Ó Riain (2004) Sectoral Worlds of Production and Enterprise Strategy. [Gov. Report or Document]
    1997 Sean Ó Riain (1997) Skills, Competitiveness and Employment in the Irish Software Industry. [Gov. Report or Document]

    Newspaper Articles

    Year Publication
    2012 Sean Ó Riain (2012) Elements Missing from Merkel's Vision of Europe. [Newspaper Articles]
    2011 S. Ó Riain and M. O'Sullivan (2011) State Investment Bank Can Shift Focus From Property. [Newspaper Articles]
    2010 Sean Ó Riain (2010) Don't blame immigrants for decline in education standards. [Newspaper Articles]
    2004 Sean Ó Riain (2004) Universities must look to needs of society. [Newspaper Articles]

    Technical Publication

    Year Publication
    2013 O Riain, Seán (2013) Ireland's Industrial Policy Challenge. [Technical Publication]
    2001 R.C King and S. Ó'Riain (2001) Participation and Service: The Japanese American Community in Chicago. [Technical Publication]
    1998 R.C. King and S. Ó'Riain (1998) Participation and Possibilities. [Technical Publication]

    Working Paper

    Year Publication
    2013 Flaherty, Eoin and Sean Riain (2013) Labour's Declining Share of National Income in Ireland and Denmark: Similar Trends, Different Dynamics. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
    2009 Van Egeraat, C., O’Riain, S. and Kerr, A. (2009) Social and Spatial Structures of Collaboration and Innovation in the Irish Biotech and Digital Media Industries. Maynooth: [Working Paper]
    2009 Van Egeraat, C., Ó Riain, S. and Kerr, A. (2009) Socio-Spatial Structures of Knowledge Flow and Innovation in the Irish Biotech and Digital Media Industries. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
    2004 S. Ó Riain (2004) Remaking the Service Class? Class Relations Among Software Developers in Ireland. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
    1998 Ó'Riain, Sean (1998) A Tale of Two Globalizations: The Irish Software Industry and the Global Economy. [Working Paper]
    1996 Sean Ó Riain (1996) Silicon Valley Firms Offshore in Ireland. [Working Paper]

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    Year Publication
    2014 van Egeraat, C., S. Ó'Riain, A. Kerr, R. Sarkar, J. Chatterjee, J. Stanley, L.R. Leon, and A. Passani (2014) A Research Agenda for Bridging Digital Ecosystems to Regional Development and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy: A Preliminary report. [Other]
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