- Brendan Whelan
Brendan J. Whelan is a research professor at the
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) inDublin ,Ireland , on secondment toTrinity College, Dublin . He was director from 1996 to 2006, and succeeded byFrances P. Ruane . [ [http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/finance/2006/0511/1146660074332.html Irish Times, May 11, 2006] ] He has master's degrees ineconomics fromUniversity College Dublin and instatistics from theLondon School of Economics .Most of Brendan Whelan's research has been concerned with the application of statistical methods to the collection and analysis of economic and social data. He designed sampling systems, and played crucial role the household surveys of the
Economic and Social Research Institute inIreland . He has published on fisheries, voting patterns, andsocial mobility . His recent research is focussed on ageing. [ [http://www.tilda.ie/ TILDA Home Page] ]Brendan Whelan has been a member of several committees, including the Network on Panel Surveys of the
European Science Foundation and Research and Methodology Advisory Group ofEurostat .Brendan Whelan regularly appears in the media. [ [http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0625/breaking38.htm Irish Times, Jun 25, 2007] ] [ [http://www.irishhealth.com/index.html?level=4&id=11769 Irish Health, Jun 26, 2006] ]
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