Mary O''Shaughnessy
Biographic Data
| ID | 974674 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary O''Shaughnessy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | O''Shaughnessy |
| SIGNATURE | SHAUGHNESSY M O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Cork |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6875-0359 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Localising the Sustainable Development Goals. A Place‐Based Analysis of Sustainable Development in Rural and Urban Areas
There are increasing calls for a place‐based approach towards the Sustainable Development Goals that show their territorial diversity at subnational level. Based on 33 indicators, covering 13 SDGs and aggregated in three sub‐indexes (economy, social and environment), this paper develops a Sustainable Development Index for Rural and Urban Areas of Ireland (SDI‐RUI) with high resolution data gathered at Small Area level (18,919 units for Ireland). …
Rural–Urban Features of Social Innovation
Geography is a significant element of social innovation. This paper focuses on exploring differences and similarities in the characteristics and contributions towards impact of Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISEs), a form of social innovation which provides otherwise unmet services and opportunities to people at risk of social and economic exclusion and distant from the labour market, in rural and urban areas of Ireland. To do so, we use d…
Support structures for a plural economy in rural areas? Analysing the role of community-based social enterprises
Community-led innovative solutions, including community-based social enterprises, have been brought to the fore as significant actors with the potential to contribute to neo-endogenous rural development. Through 34 interviews with stakeholders of four community-based social enterprises operating in rural Ireland and Finland, we analyse the role of these organisations in the institutionalisation of plural (socio-)economic relations within differen…
The spatiotemporal dimension of population change in Ireland
Population shrinkage has gained attention from academics and policymakers in recent years, due to the long-term implications the phenomenon has for public service delivery and the viability of urban and rural communities. We visualise the socio-temporal evolution of population shrinkage and growth, utilising a spatially rectified dataset containing population data from seven Census of Population covering the 1986–2016 period in the Republic of Ir…
A Substantive View of Social Enterprises as Neo-endogenous Rural Development Actors
Social enterprises are recognised as relevant rural development actors. The specific features of social enterprises operating within rural areas (i.e. their relational, socially innovative and multi-stakeholder character and their focus on integrated development) concur with the principles of the neo-endogenous approach to rural development, which stress the potential role of third sector organisations as development actors within governance fram…
Introduction. Dynamics of social innovations in rural communities
Community-Based Social Enterprises as Actors for Neo-Endogenous Rural Development
Rural shrinking is an ongoing phenomenon in many parts of Europe. Against this backdrop neo-endogenous rural development has been gaining support as a conceptual and policy approach which stress the combination of local and external actors, resources and forces for enhancing an integrated development of rural areas. Within this governance framework rural social enterprises have been stressed as potential key actors contributing to rural developme…
Rurality as context for innovative responses to social challenges – The role of rural social enterprises
Rural social enterprises are increasingly recognized as organisations that contribute to local development by providing goods and/or services to meet community needs and by fostering inclusive social and governance relations. The purpose of this paper is to explore how rural social enterprises engage in a plurality of socio-economic relations with different dimensions of their ‘place’ when contributing to the development of their localities. Base…
Social Enterprise in Ireland – Why Work Integration Social Enterprises (Wises) Dominate the Discourse
What is termed the social economy in Ireland includes charities, co-operatives, voluntary associations and non-profits. However, the label is not widely used to describe them collectively so that many organisations within the wider social economy do not identify themselves with, or even fully understand, the term. The concept of social enterprise first emerged in public policy discourse in the 1990s and, since then, has been mainly viewed as a me…
Public Policies and Work Integration Social Enterprises
One particular field of Social Enterprise – WISEs or Work Integration Social Enterprises – has become increasingly recognised as being emblematic of the dynamics of social enterprises and now constitutes a major sphere of their activity globally. From their early roots, focusing on providing productive activity for the blind and those with other physical and/or intellectual disabilities, WISEs are pioneers in promoting the integration of excluded…
Towards an explanation of Irish rural-based social enterprises
In Ireland social enterprises are seen primarily as non-profit organisations driven by social objectives. This article presents qualitative data gathered through a series of in depth interviews with representatives from five rural-based Irish social enterprises. The objectives of the article are to provide short descriptions of these social enterprises, to assess the critical success factors and barriers facing them, to discuss their potential fo…
Introduction. Dynamics of social innovations in rural communities
Rurality as context for innovative responses to social challenges – The role of rural social enterprises
Rural social enterprises are increasingly recognized as organisations that contribute to local development by providing goods and/or services to meet community needs and by fostering inclusive social and governance relations. The purpose of this paper is to explore how rural social enterprises engage in a plurality of socio-economic relations with different dimensions of their ‘place’ when contributing to the development of their localities. Base…
Community-Based Social Enterprises as Actors for Neo-Endogenous Rural Development
Rural shrinking is an ongoing phenomenon in many parts of Europe. Against this backdrop neo-endogenous rural development has been gaining support as a conceptual and policy approach which stress the combination of local and external actors, resources and forces for enhancing an integrated development of rural areas. Within this governance framework rural social enterprises have been stressed as potential key actors contributing to rural developme…
Public Policies and Work Integration Social Enterprises
One particular field of Social Enterprise – WISEs or Work Integration Social Enterprises – has become increasingly recognised as being emblematic of the dynamics of social enterprises and now constitutes a major sphere of their activity globally. From their early roots, focusing on providing productive activity for the blind and those with other physical and/or intellectual disabilities, WISEs are pioneers in promoting the integration of excluded…
A Substantive View of Social Enterprises as Neo-endogenous Rural Development Actors
Social enterprises are recognised as relevant rural development actors. The specific features of social enterprises operating within rural areas (i.e. their relational, socially innovative and multi-stakeholder character and their focus on integrated development) concur with the principles of the neo-endogenous approach to rural development, which stress the potential role of third sector organisations as development actors within governance fram…
Social Enterprise in Ireland – Why Work Integration Social Enterprises (Wises) Dominate the Discourse
What is termed the social economy in Ireland includes charities, co-operatives, voluntary associations and non-profits. However, the label is not widely used to describe them collectively so that many organisations within the wider social economy do not identify themselves with, or even fully understand, the term. The concept of social enterprise first emerged in public policy discourse in the 1990s and, since then, has been mainly viewed as a me…
Towards an explanation of Irish rural-based social enterprises
In Ireland social enterprises are seen primarily as non-profit organisations driven by social objectives. This article presents qualitative data gathered through a series of in depth interviews with representatives from five rural-based Irish social enterprises. The objectives of the article are to provide short descriptions of these social enterprises, to assess the critical success factors and barriers facing them, to discuss their potential fo…
Social Enterprise in Ireland – Why Work Integration Social Enterprises (Wises) Dominate the Discourse
What is termed the social economy in Ireland includes charities, co-operatives, voluntary associations and non-profits. However, the label is not widely used to describe them collectively so that many organisations within the wider social economy do not identify themselves with, or even fully understand, the term. The concept of social enterprise first emerged in public policy discourse in the 1990s and, since then, has been mainly viewed as a me…
Public Policies and Work Integration Social Enterprises
One particular field of Social Enterprise – WISEs or Work Integration Social Enterprises – has become increasingly recognised as being emblematic of the dynamics of social enterprises and now constitutes a major sphere of their activity globally. From their early roots, focusing on providing productive activity for the blind and those with other physical and/or intellectual disabilities, WISEs are pioneers in promoting the integration of excluded…
Towards an explanation of Irish rural-based social enterprises
In Ireland social enterprises are seen primarily as non-profit organisations driven by social objectives. This article presents qualitative data gathered through a series of in depth interviews with representatives from five rural-based Irish social enterprises. The objectives of the article are to provide short descriptions of these social enterprises, to assess the critical success factors and barriers facing them, to discuss their potential fo…
Rurality as context for innovative responses to social challenges – The role of rural social enterprises
Rural social enterprises are increasingly recognized as organisations that contribute to local development by providing goods and/or services to meet community needs and by fostering inclusive social and governance relations. The purpose of this paper is to explore how rural social enterprises engage in a plurality of socio-economic relations with different dimensions of their ‘place’ when contributing to the development of their localities. Base…
The spatiotemporal dimension of population change in Ireland
Population shrinkage has gained attention from academics and policymakers in recent years, due to the long-term implications the phenomenon has for public service delivery and the viability of urban and rural communities. We visualise the socio-temporal evolution of population shrinkage and growth, utilising a spatially rectified dataset containing population data from seven Census of Population covering the 1986–2016 period in the Republic of Ir…
A Substantive View of Social Enterprises as Neo-endogenous Rural Development Actors
Social enterprises are recognised as relevant rural development actors. The specific features of social enterprises operating within rural areas (i.e. their relational, socially innovative and multi-stakeholder character and their focus on integrated development) concur with the principles of the neo-endogenous approach to rural development, which stress the potential role of third sector organisations as development actors within governance fram…
Introduction. Dynamics of social innovations in rural communities
Community-Based Social Enterprises as Actors for Neo-Endogenous Rural Development
Rural shrinking is an ongoing phenomenon in many parts of Europe. Against this backdrop neo-endogenous rural development has been gaining support as a conceptual and policy approach which stress the combination of local and external actors, resources and forces for enhancing an integrated development of rural areas. Within this governance framework rural social enterprises have been stressed as potential key actors contributing to rural developme…
Rural–Urban Features of Social Innovation
Geography is a significant element of social innovation. This paper focuses on exploring differences and similarities in the characteristics and contributions towards impact of Work Integration Social Enterprises (WISEs), a form of social innovation which provides otherwise unmet services and opportunities to people at risk of social and economic exclusion and distant from the labour market, in rural and urban areas of Ireland. To do so, we use d…
Support structures for a plural economy in rural areas? Analysing the role of community-based social enterprises
Community-led innovative solutions, including community-based social enterprises, have been brought to the fore as significant actors with the potential to contribute to neo-endogenous rural development. Through 34 interviews with stakeholders of four community-based social enterprises operating in rural Ireland and Finland, we analyse the role of these organisations in the institutionalisation of plural (socio-)economic relations within differen…
Localising the Sustainable Development Goals. A Place‐Based Analysis of Sustainable Development in Rural and Urban Areas
There are increasing calls for a place‐based approach towards the Sustainable Development Goals that show their territorial diversity at subnational level. Based on 33 indicators, covering 13 SDGs and aggregated in three sub‐indexes (economy, social and environment), this paper develops a Sustainable Development Index for Rural and Urban Areas of Ireland (SDI‐RUI) with high resolution data gathered at Small Area level (18,919 units for Ireland). …
Sociology (9 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Rural development and sustainability (7 works) · Regional science (6 works) · Economic geography (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Rural area (5 works)