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Dr Orlagh Reynolds is lecturer in Sustainable Development in the Department of Food Business and Development, CUBS. She obtained her PhD from the University of Galway in 2018 focusing on the legitimation strategies of sustainability-oriented entrepreneurs. Prior to joining UCC in 2023, Dr Reynolds was an assistant professor in Dublin City University Business School and worked as a funded researcher in University College Dublin and with the BiOrbic bioeconomy research centre. She was recently PI on an IRC New Foundations project investigating current opportunities emerging in the circular bioeconomy across the island of Ireland that support a just transition for agriculture and marine sectors. She is currently co-PI on an EPA funded project investigating how the circular economy supports just transitions in Ireland’s food and fashion sectors.
Dr Reynolds’s main research interests include entrepreneurial and innovative activity oriented towards sustainability, particularly in the circular bioeconomy. She is interested in how framing and novel business models can facilitate a just transition. Dr Reynolds is also interested in research on novel teaching methods for sustainability education at third level. She has published her research in ABS AJG 3 and 4 ranked journals such as Journal of Product Innovation Management, MIT Sloan Management Review, and International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research. Dr. Reynolds was a recipient of the College of Business and Law Early Career Researcher of the Year Award 2025.
PhD Supervision
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 14 Life Below Water
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A Network Analysis of Circular Bioeconomy Business Models
O'Reilly, S. & Reynolds, O., Jul 2025, Embedding Circularity in Supply Chains.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedings › Conference proceeding › peer-review
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Framing innovation success, failure, and transformation: A systematic literature review
Reynolds, O., O'Dochartaigh, A., Secchi, E., Marshall, D. & Prothero, A., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Product Innovation Management. 42, 1, p. 194-219 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are you ready for the sustainable, biocircular economy?
Marshall, D., O'Dochartaigh, A., Prothero, A., Reynolds, O. & Secchi, E., 1 Nov 2023, In: Business Horizons. 66, 6, p. 805-816 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Why Businesses Need to Embrace the Bioeconomy
Marshall, D., O’Dochartaigh, A., Prothero, A., Reynolds, O. & Secchi, E., Dec 2022, In: MIT Sloan Management Review. 64, 2, p. 13-15 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Book Review The mythology of work: how capitalism persists despite itself. Edited by Peter Fleming (2015), London: Pluto Press, 199 pp., £19.99
Reynolds, O., 10 Jul 2018, In: New Technology, Work and Employment. 33, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Researchers from Dublin City University Report Recent Findings in Sustainability Research (Are You Ready for the Sustainable, Biocircular Economy?)
30/11/23
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