Declan Jordan is Professor of Economics in Cork University Business School. He is member and was founding Co-Director of the Spatial and Regional Economics Research Centre and is a member of the Sports Economics Research Centre in UCC. Declan's research interests include regional and urban development, sustainable business and the economics of sustainability and climate change, and sports economics. He has published widely in these areas in international peer reviewed journals . He was Chair of the Local Organising Committee for the 58th Annual ERSA Congress in Cork in August 2018, the largest meeting of regional scientists in the world. The Congress brought over 700 delegates to Cork, contributing approximately €1.2m to the city economy. He is a long-standing member, and former Secretary, of the Regional Science Association International - British and Irish Section. Prior to joining UCC, Declan gained substantial management and corporate experience, as Manager, Consulting with the leading Irish treasury and financial consulting firm in the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) and as Treasury Manager with Intel Ireland. He lectures at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has taught on the Executive MBA programme and has supervised PhD students to completion. Declan has a PhD (Economics) from University College Cork. He graduated from University of Limerick in 1991 with an honours Bachelor of Business Studies degree. In 1993 he was awarded an honours Masters in Economic Science degree from University College Dublin.

Prof Jordan teaches microeconomics, business innovation, and regional and urban economics. He teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Module co-ordinated in recent years include: 

• EC3161: Regional and Urban Economics
• EC6626: Corporate Treasury Management
• EC4224: Innovation and Tchnology
• EC2110: Microeconomics: Organisations and Institutions
• EC3216: Economics of Strategic Behaviour