Siobhán researches and teaches in the area of law and sustainable development, and the international governance of sustainable development. Her current research examines the international governance of Blended Finance (BF) for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. BF is a new financial partnership between an increasing array of public (e.g. international aid donors and development banks) and private financing actors (e.g. charitable/civil society, philanthropic and for-profit sectors), using a complex blend of public and private finance (e.g. grants, equity, debt, mezzanine finance, bonds, guarantees, insurance products and technical assistance). Donor’s international aid is currently leading this change. BF blends very different governance regimes, with as yet unknown impacts and longer-term governance effects on states, private financial actors, people and planet. She is co-convenor of the “New Approaches to International Development Finance (NeFDeF)” research initiative with Dr. Celine Tan from Warwick University.

Her research is currently supported by an Irish Research Council Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship with University College Dublin, Ireland and the Transnational Institute, Amsterdam. She completed a doctorate in law at the University of Ottawa supported by the Canadian SSHRC; an LLM in International Human Rights at NUIG and a MSC in Equality Studies in UCD, and has been a visiting researcher at the European University Institute, Florence; the School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australia National University, Canberra; the School of Law, University of Dar es Salaam; and is an alumni of Harvard Law School’s Institute for Global Law and Policy. Siobhán has published in international and Canadian journals. She has also consulted to and advised public agencies and NGOs on public policy in a range of social inclusion areas including the funding and representation of NGOs working on women’s equality and on community development; the elimination of violence against women, and the integration of immigrants at municipal levels. She has also consulted with the extractive industry on community engagement practices in mining exploration phases.

Suzanne Carthy is a Ph.D. candidate and senior tutor at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, having commenced in the Department of Employment Relations and HRM in September 2013. Her work explores the many factors affecting professional career progression, stalling and exit, including structural, organizational and cultural influences. She has a special interest in gender outcomes and the legal profession. Suzanne is currently collecting interview data in first phase of study exploring career trajectories of female lawyers in 'elite' law firms. Suzanne practised as a solicitor for almost 15 years, having obtained the degrees of LL.B (Trinity College Dublin, 1995) and LL.M (Queen's University Belfast, 1997). Research Interests:

Gender inequality in the workplace

Intensification and Commercialisation of professional/knowledge intensive work

Wellbeing at work

(Un)sustainability of long hours culture

Alternative Career Structures,

Culture and management in law firms,

Role of the client in management in law firms