Biography

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 SDGs:

Chapters

• O'Kane, C., 2020. Digital privacy and new media: Reflecting on lessons for policy and practice. Media Management Matters: Challenges and Opportunities for Bridging Theory and Practice. 233-247.
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Conferences

• O'Kane, C., 2017. Digital privacy and new media: Assessing the impact proposed changes to data protection regulations may have on personal information disclosure in online environments. In: World Media Economics and Management Conference 2016 2-6 May 2016 New York.
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Internet Publications

• O'Kane, C., 2024. How Harris and Trump’s economic pledges stack up. The Conversation. Available from: https://theconversation.com/how-harris-and-trumps-economic-pledges-stack-up-241644.
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• O'Kane, C., 2024. Torsten Bell is Labour’s rising star. He could now be on a collision course over its economic policy. The Conversation. Available from: https://theconversation.com/torsten-bell-is-labours-rising-star-he-could-now-be-on-a-collision-course-over-its-economic-policy-239337.
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• O'Kane, C., 2024. Bretton Woods: bloodied, battered but still a huge international achievement 80 years on. The Conversation. Available from: https://theconversation.com/bretton-woods-bloodied-battered-but-still-a-huge-international-achievement-80-years-on-232946.
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• O'Kane, C., 2024. Vulture Capitalism: Grace Blakeley’s new book is smart on what has gone wrong since the 1980s. The Conversation. Available from: https://theconversation.com/vulture-capitalism-grace-blakeleys-new-book-is-smart-on-what-has-gone-wrong-since-the-1980s-228214.
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• O'Kane, C., 2024. Hayek’s Road to Serfdom at 80: what critics get wrong about the Austrian economist. The Conversation. Available from: https://theconversation.com/hayeks-road-to-serfdom-at-80-what-critics-get-wrong-about-the-austrian-economist-225489.
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• O'Kane, C., 2023. Bidenomics: why it’s more likely to win the 2024 election than many people think. The Conversation. Available from: https://theconversation.com/bidenomics-why-its-more-likely-to-win-the-2024-election-than-many-people-think-213281.
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• O'Kane, C., 2023. What The Right Gets Wrong About Adam Smith. The Conversation. Available from: https://theconversation.com/what-the-right-gets-wrong-about-adam-smith-207798.
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• O'Kane, C., 2018. As Facebook admits grabbing personal data of 87m users, it's time we switched off these i-spies.. Daily Mirror. Available from: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/facebook-admits-grabbing-personal-data-12312131.
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• O'Kane, C.. Bidenomics. Available from: https://theconversation.com/bidenomics-why-its-more-likely-to-win-the-2024-election-than-many-people-think-213281.
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Theses

• O'Kane, C., 2019. Digital privacy and new media: an empirical study assessing the impact of privacy seals on personal information disclosure. PhD Thesis. Bournemouth University, Faculty of Management.
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Others

• O'Kane, C., 2018. Big Tech needs to do more than minimum to regain trust.. Daily Mirror newspaper. Published.
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Profile of Teaching UG

• History of Economic Thought L4 (Unit Leader)
• Research Study L6 (Unit Leader)
• Global Markets, Development and Labour L6 (Unit Leader)
• Principles of Macroeconomics L4 (Unit Leader)
• Intermediate Macroeconomics L5 (Unit Leader)

External Responsibilities

• CREATe Glasgow, Confernece Reviewer, http://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2015/11/05/a-view-from-the-amsterdam-privacy-conference-2015/

Conference Presentations

• EMMA 2017, Digital privacy and new media: Assessing the impact proposed changes to data protection regulations may have on personal information disclosure in online environments, 10 May 2017, Ghent, Belgium
• World Media Economics and Management Conference 2016, EU Data Protection: Assessing the impact GDPR may have on information disclosure., 02 May 2016, New York
• EMMA 2014, Privacy in digital media environments: Assessing the potential impact changes to EU data protection rules will have on behavioral advertising revenues., 12 Jun 2014, Tallinn
• EMMA 2013, Privacy in a Digital Environment: A Comparison Between EU and US Regulatory Environments, 05 Jun 2013, Bournemouth

Qualifications

• PhD in Economics of Digital Privacy (Bournemouth University, 2020)
• MBA (Media) in MBA with Media specialisation (Bournemouth Univeristy, 2010)
• BA(Hons) in Economics and Politics (University College Dublin, 1994)

Memberships

• European Media Managment Association, Member (2016-), https://www.media-management.eu/

Website Links

• Was asked to review an international conference in Amsterdam, https://www.create.ac.uk/news/2015/11/05/a-view-from-the-amsterdam-privacy-conference-2015/

External Media and Press

• BBC Dorset Breakfast Show interview: Budget 2024 Analysis/Comment, BBC Radio Solent, 07 Mar 2024. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hbgkn8

Broadcast Interview

• The Conversation US Election 2024 Live Blog, The implications of Trump 24 election victory on the US domestic and international economy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjGlHisNuz0
• France 24 news channel, Interview on what the two US 24 Presidential candidates have pledged on the economy. https://youtu.be/ya0gCRDZIZ8?feature=shared
• BBC Radio Solent - Alun Newman at Breakfast, Budget 2024 Comment / Analysis - listen from approx. 1 hour 44 mins., Newman, A, 07 Mar 2024. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hbggpb