Prof. Deiric Ó Broin

Deiric Ó Broin is Professor of Public Policy Practice in the School of Law and Government in DCU where he lectures in politics and public policy.

His research is mainly on politics and public policy particularly the area of local and urban governance. He also works in the areas of civil society involvement in public policy formulation, with a particular focus on the social economy, and more recently in the area of policy advisory systems and evidence-informed policy-making in Ireland.

Previously, he taught in TU Dublin, Maynooth University and UCD.

His next book, with Brid Quinn and Aodh Quinlivan, examines the area of directly elected mayors in Ireland and builds on the report of the recent Dublin Citizen’s Assembly (2022) and related Oireachtas’ Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage Report on the Recommendations of the Dublin Citizens’ Assembly (2023). It contextualises the work of the Citizens’ Assembly and provides a detailed analysis of the key policy areas recommended for devolution to a directly elected mayor and reformed local government system in Dublin.

Other books include Mayoral Governance in Dublin  (with Eoin O'Malley) 2019, Local Governance, Development and Innovation (with David Jacobson) 2017, Social Innovation in Ireland (with Ronaldo Munck and Jordana Corrigan) 2017, Adapting to Climate Change - Governance Challenges (with Peadar Kirby) 2016, Politics, Participation and Power - Civil Society and Public Policy in Ireland (with Mary Murphy) 2013, Local Dublin, Global Dublin - Public Policy in and Evolving City City Region (with David Jacobson) 2010, Power, Dissent and Democracy - Civil Society and the State in Ireland (with Peadar Kirby) 2009, Governing Below the Centre - Local Governance in Ireland (with Eugene Waters) 2017, and Taming the Tiger - Social Exclusion in a Globalised Ireland (with Peadar Kirby and David Jacobson) 2006.