Dr. Bridget Carroll is a lecturer in the Department of Food Business and Development and senior researcher with the Centre for Co-operative Studies, UCC. Bridget’s research interests include co-operative development, legislation and regulation and governance. She is a member of the Horizon Europe DICES research team and PI on a GRI-funded research project. Bridget is academic director of the Diploma in Corporate Direction (Food Business) and the Certificate in Co-operative Governance and Professional Development (both aimed at leadership development in agricultural co-operatives). She lectures on the MSc Sustainable Development, Agri-food and Co-operatives; MSc International Sustainable Business; BComm; BSc International Development and the BSc Agricultural Science. She is Treasurer of the Society for Co-operative Studies in Ireland.

In addition to programme director duties, Bridget currently teaches and/or acts as module co-ordinator on the following courses:

FE6305 Contemporary Socio-Economic Issues. (MSc Sustainable Development, Agri-food & Co-operatives; MSc International Sustainable Business; MSc Internnational Public Policy & Diplomacy)

FE3101 SMEs & Local Development (BSc International Development)

FE3024 Agri-food Sustainability and Co-operativesFE1101 Introduction to Food Business & Development (Co-operative Business), (B. Comm.)

FE1837 Corporate Governance (Diploma in Corporate Direction; Food Business)

FE1840 In-company project

FE1026 Introduction to Co-operatives and Co-operative Governance (Certificate in Co-operative Governance & Professional Development)