Speakers (10/11 Series)
Professor Ray Kinsella
Professor of Banking and Finance at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business.
Professor Ray Kinsella received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Econ.) from the University of Hull. He completed further Post-Graduate work at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), where he was awarded his PhD for his thesis on 'Structure, Conduct and Performance in Irish Banking'. He worked as an Economist in the Central Bank of Ireland, and was nominated to attend the IMF Institute in Washington D.C., where he received a Diploma in Financial Analysis and Policy. He was appointed Economic Advisor to the Department of Industry and Commerce. He was subsequently appointed Professor of Banking and Financial Services at the University of Ulster. Ray served as the first Chairman of the Board at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), and has served on the Northern Ireland Economic Council and the Irish Bishop's Conference for Justice and Peace. He served as Director for the Center of Insurance Studies in the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business. He is Professor of Banking and Finance in the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business. He is Visiting Professor at the School of Banking, Accountancy and Finance at the University of Wales Bangor, is on the Faculty of the Management Institute of Paris, and is adjunct Professor at the University of Bryansk. He has published, researched and broadcast extensively in the fields Banking and Financial Services, including Regulation Governance and Ethics.
Most Rev. Dr Diarmuid Martin
Archbishop of Dublin
Ms. Áine Lawlor
Chief Executive of the Teaching Council
Áine Lawlor was appointed Chief Executive of the Teaching Council in 2004. The Council is a self-financing, statutory body established under the Teaching Council Act, 2001 to promote and regulate the teaching profession in Ireland. The Act provides for the establishment of standards, policies, and procedures for the education and training of teachers and, to this end, the Council has responsibility for the review and accreditation of programmes of teacher education together with the maintenance of a register of teachers, codes of professional conduct for teachers, and the holding of fitness to teach inquiries. Áine’s career in education includes her role as teacher, school principal and national co-ordinator of an in-service programme. Her current role involves working closely with the partners in education at national level, with teacher educators in colleges and universities and with professional bodies and networks. She is currently an Irish representative on the Teacher Education for Inclusion Project under the European Agency for the Development of Special Needs Education.
Áine graduated from Mary Immaculate College in 1969. She holds a B.A. from University College Dublin and was awarded a H.Dip.Ed., Dip.Ed.Admin. and M.A. (1st hons) from NUI Maynooth where she is currently undertaking a Ph.D. on continuing professional development for teachers.
Dr Dónal O Mathúna
Senior Lecturer in Ethics, Decision-Making and Evidence in the School of Nursing at Dublin City University (DCU)
Dr Dónal O’Mathúna is Senior Lecturer in Ethics, Decision-Making and Evidence in the School of Nursing at Dublin City University (DCU). His has post-graduate degrees in pharmacy and in bioethics. He is an Affiliated Scholar at the DCU Institute of Ethics, Visiting Fellow at the UK Cochrane Centre in Oxford and Chair of the Academy of Fellows at the Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity in Chicago. His research interests focus on issues of personhood, human dignity and moral reasoning. The latter has led to interest in the role of emotions in ethics, and the use of narratives and popular media in teaching ethics. He has examined these issues in the context of healthcare, nanotechnology, stem cell research and diagnostics. He is also interested in the role of Christian faith and spirituality in ethics. He is leading a book and conference project on Disaster Bioethics. He authored Nanoethics: big ethical issues with small technology (Continuum, 2009) and has published peer-reviewed articles on nanoethics, research ethics, popular media in bioethics, and other topics. He writes a weekly column for the Irish Times examining issues of evidence and ethics with popular herbal remedies.
Personal website: www.BioethicsIreland.ie
