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Professor Mary-Lee Rhodes

Adjunct Associate Professor (Trinity Business School)
      
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Professor Mary-Lee Rhodes

Adjunct Associate Professor (Trinity Business School)

 rhodesml@tcd.ie

 


Mary Lee Rhodes (BA, MSc, MBA, PhD) is an Associate Professor of Public Management at Trinity College, Dublin. Her research is focused on complex public service systems and the dynamics of performance, value and impact. She is the co-Director of the Trinity Centre for Social Innovation and has expertise in research, consulting and management in the public and non-profit sectors along with extensive private sector experience in banking and ICT management. Prof. Rhodes has published articles in a range of academic journals including Public Administration Review (PAR), Public Management Review (PMR), Policy & Society, Int'l Public Management Journal, Policy & Politics, Voluntas and Int'l Journal of Housing Policy. Her book, Public Management & Complexity Theory: Richer Decision Making in Public Services was published by Routledge in 2011. She is a member of the editorial boards of PAR and PMR and a member of the interest group on complex governance networks in the American Society for Public Administration. Her teaching is in the areas of management and social innovation and social impact and her PhD students are currently focused on urban resilience, governance of innovation in urban development and network quality and impact. In addition to her academic interests, Prof. Rhodes is involved in several public, non-profit and social entrepreneurial organisations at Board level with a focus on research and service innovation. She is currently chair of the Interim Regulatory Committee for Social Housing in Ireland and a member of the Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum. Prior to these appointments she had served as the Chairman of Simon Communities Ireland, as a Board member and Chair of the Service Subcommittee for Cluid Housing Association, on the Board of the Housing Finance Agency and as a member of the strategic sub-committee of Clann Credo, Ireland's leading social finance organisation.
     Complexity Theory   Housing policy, homelessness   IRISH HOUSING SYSTEM   LIveable Cities   public management   Smart Cities   SOCIAL HOUSING
Project Title
 Connecting Nature
From
June 2017
To
May 2022
Summary
The overarching objective of CONNECTING NATURE is to position Europe as a global leader in the innovation and implementation of nature-based solutions. The project partners will form a community of cities fostering peer-to-peer, transdisciplinary capacity building between front-runner, fast-follower and multiplier cities facilitated by the project consortium. The project collaborative will co-develop the policy and practices necessary to scale up urban resilience, innovation and governance via nature-based solutions. An open innovation ecosystem approach bringing together city governments, SMEs, academia and civic society will be used to co-produce usable and actionable knowledge in all cities. CONNECTING NATURE will provide the reference framework for a new generation of urban nature-based solution processes and empower transitioning ambassadors who will globalise this approach through a strategy targeting multiplier cities. This novel approach, coupled with the high capacity of the consortium, makes CONNECTING NATURE a unique and exciting prospect.
Funding Agency
European Commission
Programme
H2020 - Smart & Sustainable Cities
Project Type
Innovation Action
Project Title
 Social Innovation & Enterprise Accelerator
From
Jan 2018
To
Dec 2019
Summary
The objective of the project is to build a basis for collaboration between TCD and the National Economics University (NEU) of Vietnam in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship research and related activities through active engagement with academics, students, and social enterprises in Vietnam and Ireland. This will include an innovative approach to digital engagement and mapping of Social Enterprises in Vietnam and an exchange of expertise in 3rd level and practice-oriented teaching methods.
Funding Agency
Irish Aid
Programme
Vietnam Ireland Bilateral Education Exchange (VIBE)
Project Type
Education / Exchange
Person Months
10
Project Title
 COST TU1204: People-friendly Cities in a Data-rich World
From
May 2013
To
May 2017
Summary
Network for researchers interested in the nature of 'people-friendly' cities and how technology, design processes and collaborative urbanism contribute to these.
Funding Agency
European Science Foundation
Programme
COST
Project Type
Network Building
Person Months
4
Project Title
 HEA Research Grant: "Towards Richer Decision-Making"
From
2004
To
2007
Summary
This project examined the critical factors and decision-making activities of network participants in urban regeneration projects in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In addition to numerous reports and journal articles, the research resulted in the book, "Public Management & Complexity Theory: Richer Decision-making in Irish Public Services" published by Routledge in 2011
Funding Agency
Higher Education Authority of Ireland
Programme
North South Programme for Collaborative Research
Project Type
Research
Person Months
24
Project Title
 Non-profit Housing in Ireland
From
2000
To
2003
Summary
Study of the evolution and impact of housing associations in Ireland and Northern Ireland
Funding Agency
Dept. of Environment, NI Housing Executive
Project Type
Research
Person Months
6

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Basic Basic Basic
German Medium Basic Basic
Spanish Basic Basic Medium
Details Date From Date To
International Research Society for Public Management 2004 current
American Society of Public Administration 2011 current
International Society for Third-sector Research 2009 2014
European Network of Housing Researchers 2000 2008
American Academy of Management 1999 2003
INFORMS 1999 2002
The role of shared identity in effective governance networks in, editor(s)Robyn Keast, Joris Voets, Jack Wayne Meek and Christine Flynn , A Modern Guide to Networks, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023, pp166"190 , [Shannon, Sinead and Rhodes, ML], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
Kapletia, D. and O'Connor, N. and Rhodes, M.L. and Mulcahy, D., Community-driven business models for seaweed farming: the 'C-FAARER' approach, 2023, Notes: [cited By 0], Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
Cannon Sheila, Byrne Danielle, Donnelly-Cox Gemma, and Rhodes Mary-Lee, Institutional influences on social enterprise types in the Republic of Ireland, The Irish Journal of Management, 2023, p1-16 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Comfort, Louise & Rhodes. M.L., Global Risk Management: The Role of Collective Cognition in Response to Covid-19, first, New York, USA, Taylor & Francis, 2022, 1-312pp, Book, PUBLISHED  DOI
Evidence and Indicators of Collective Cognition across Countries in, editor(s)Comfort, LK and Rhodes, ML , Global Risk Management: The Role of Collective Cognition in Response to COVID-19, NY, NY, Routledge, 2022, pp253-272 , [Rhodes. ML and Comfort, LK], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
A Learning Model for Managing Global Risk? in, editor(s)LK Comfort, ML Rhodes , Global Risk Management: The Role of Collective Cognition in Response to COVID-19, USA, 2022, pp274-283 , [LK Comfort, ML Rhodes], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
French, M. and McGowan, K. and Rhodes, M.L. and Zivkovic, S., Guest editorial: Complexity as a model for social innovation and social entrepreneurship: is there order in the chaos?, Social Enterprise Journal, 18, (2), 2022, p237-251 , Notes: [cited By 0], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Conor Mark Dowling, Mary Lee Rhodes, A Comparative Analysis of COVID-19 Responses in Ireland, Global Risk Management, 2022, p123-140 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Louise K. Comfort, Mary Lee Rhodes, Collective Cognition in Complex Systems, Global Risk Management, 2022, p1-21 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
How Complexity Informs Public Policy and Administrative Practice: Selected International Cases in, editor(s)Hildreth, W.B., Miller, G.J., Lindquist, E.A. , Handbook of Public Administration, Routledge, 2021, pp147 - 161, [ML Rhodes, L Gerrits, EA Eppel], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Kapletia, D; Chapman, A; Rhodes, M.L., Conceptual Framework for Regenerative Ocean Farming, C-FAARER Project, 2024, Notes: [Framework for future regenerative ocean policies], Report, PUBLISHED
Laura Wendling, Adina Dumitru, K Arnbjerg-Nielsen, C Baldacchini, S Connop, M Dubovik, J Fermoso, K Hölscher, F Nadim, F Pilla, F Renaud, ML Rhodes, E San José, R Sánchez, J Skodra, J-M Tacnet, G Zulian, K Allaert, D Almassy, A Ascenso, J Babí Almenar, L Basco, V Beaujouan, G Benoit, M Bockarjova, N Bode, S Bonelli, R Bouzouidja, T Butlin, J Calatrava, C Calfapietra, P Cannavo, V Capobianco, G Caroppi, G Ceccherini, K Chancibault, M Cioffi, S Coelho, P Dadvand, Y de Bellis, C de Keijzer, A de la Hera, R De Vreese, S Decker, S Djordjevic, C Dowling, D Dushkova, S Eiter, M Faneca, Z Fatima, C Ferracini, W Fjellstad, G Fleury, B Freyer, I García, M García-Alcaraz, C Gerundo, E Gil-Roldán, R Giordano, M Giugni, B Goličnik Marušić, S Gómez, M González, A Gonzalez-Ollauri, G Guidolotti, D Haase, J Heredida, T Hermawan, K Herranz-Pascual, J Jermakka, L Jones, M Kiss, F Kraus, B Körmöndi, A Laikari, P Laille, C Lemée, M Llorente, M Lodder, I Macsinga, J Maes, S Maia, M Manderscheid, M Manzano, F Martelli, R Martins, B Mayor, U McKnight, M Mendizabal, R Mendonça, SB Mickovski, AI Miranda, GC Moniz, K Munro, C Nash, P Nolan, A Oen, P Olsson, C Olver, ED Ozturk, F Paradiso, C Petucco, N Pisani, G Piton, F Pugliese, M Rasmussen, Ž Ravknikar, E Reich, K Reichborn-Kjennerud, V Rinta-Hiiro, V Robles, F Rodriguez, P Roebeling, L Ruangpan, B Rugani, A Rödl, I Sánchez, A Sánchez Torres, G Sanesi, JM Sanz, B Scharf, F Silvestri, G Spano, M Stanganelli, F Szkordilisz, D Tomé-Lourido, L Vay, S Vela, M Vercelli, A Villazán, Z Vojinovic, A Werner, B Wheeler, C Young, S Zorita, M Zandersen, M zu-Castell Rüdenhausen, Indicators of NBS performance and impact, European Commission, 2021, p114 - 176, Report, PUBLISHED
Donnelly-Cox, Gemma Rhodes, Mary-Lee Hogan, Benn Lawlor, Mary, Corporate Human Rights Reporting, Accountancy Ireland, 52, (4), 2020, p33 - 35, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Benn Finlay Hogan, ML Rhodes, Susan P Murphy, Mary Lawlor, IRISH BUSINESS & HUMAN RIGHTS: Benchmarking compliance with the UN Guiding Principles, Dublin, IRL, Centre for Social Innovation, Trinity College Dublin, November, 2019, Report, PUBLISHED
Rhodes, M.L., 'Managing the Entanglement', Managing the Entanglement: Complexity Leadership in Public Sector Systems, 2018, -, Notes: [This podcast was created to go along with a paper published in Public Administration Review 2018.], Broadcast, PUBLISHED
Byrne, D., Rhodes, M.L., Thang, T.T.N., True Places: Methodological considerations in mapping social enterprises, Social Enterprise World Forum Academic Symposium, Edinburgh, Scotland, 12-14 Sep, 2018, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
McQuaid, S., Rhodes, M.L., Temporary innovation systems: citizens and societal actors as equal partners in social innovation, Social Enterprise World Forum Academic Symposium, Edinburgh, Scotland, 12-14 Sep, 2018, Conference Paper, PRESENTED
Rhodes, M.L., Letter to the Editor: Today's announcement of the "Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan", 2018, -, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
McQuaid, Siobhan and Rhodes. ML, Temporary Innovation Systems: positioning citizens and societal actors as equal partners in social innovation and enterprise creation, Social Enterprise World Forum, Glasgow, Scotland, 10 Sep , 2018, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Rhodes, ML, Navigating Service System Landscapes, GBHI Seminar Series, Trinity College, 31 May, 2017, Global Brain Health Institute, Invited Talk, PRESENTED

  


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Award Date
Snow Foundation Award for Best Case or Simulation in Collaborative Nonprofit Management 2013
Best Paper in Stream: Irish Management Conference 2004
My research is aimed at understanding the nature of societal well-being and the role of governance and public service systems in urban management. Specific research topics include: defining and measuring social impact, modelling complex public service systems, processes of value co-creation and analytics for public service managers. Doctoral research projects currently under supervision: urban resilience, governance of innovation in urban development, indicators of network impact Vacancies for high-calibre PhD students exist in the following areas: . Governance and collaborative urbanism . Social Impact Indicators and drivers of well-being . Social Enterprise and Social Impact . Measures of risk and return in Social Investment markets