Niamh M.Brennan, MRIA

Emeritus Full Professor, @UCDDublin @UCDLawSchool @100RulesoftheG1. Member, @RIADawson

[Niamh M.Brennan, MRIA @ProfNiamhBre]

I am delighted my 2nd paper, “100 Research Rules of the Game”, is now published, to accompany “100 PhD rules of the game”. 200 rules for PhD students and researchers. https://t.co/GJ90WHehQV and https://t.co/ANTvuFlKGj
#PhD #phdchat #phdadvice #phdforum #phdlife #ecrchat #acwri

[Niamh M.Brennan, MRIA @ProfNiamhBre]

@ChinaEmbIreland I'd love to know the names of the team

[Niamh M.Brennan, MRIA @ProfNiamhBre]

@ipkehoe Brilliant article, Ian. The Collision Brothers are models to emulate. Their notion of stewardship is excellent. So much better than the flawed obsession with shareholder value, leading to constantly changing CEOs and flipflopping strategy in publicly listed companies.

[Niamh M.Brennan, MRIA @ProfNiamhBre]

@TomClonan @DBScollege Fabulous achievement. Well done to all.

[Niamh M.Brennan, MRIA @ProfNiamhBre]

Research Rule of the Game #64: Learn the Craft of Writing Abstracts. All 100 PhD + 100 Research Rules of the Game are available at https://t.co/GJ90WHehQV and https://t.co/ANTvuFlKGj #100PhDRules #PhD #phdchat #phdadvice #phdforum #phdlife #ecrchat #acwri

[Elgar Publishing @ElgarPublishing]

Free chapter: Handbook of #Accounting, #Accountability and #Governance
Garry D. Carnegie @RMIT & Christopher Napier @RoyalHolloway
Ch 4: Boards of directors and governing bodies,
@ProfNiamhBre and Collette Kirwan
Read FREE https://t.co/1KGJbp2gEG
#CorporateGovernance #OpenAccess

[RTÉ Prime Time @RTE_PrimeTime]

Once Ireland’s wealthiest GAA club after a €22m land sale, Parnells is now liquidated.

Internal documents obtained by Prime Time tell the inside story of how the 132-year-old Dublin club collapsed.

Watch Tuesday at 9.35pm on RTÉ One & RTÉ Player.

@rtenews | #rtept

[Niamh M.Brennan, MRIA @ProfNiamhBre]

Research Rule of the Game #16: Find ways of Contributing to the Prior Literature. All 100 PhD + 100 Research Rules of the Game are available at https://t.co/GJ90WHehQV and https://t.co/ANTvuFlKGj #100PhDRules #PhD #phdchat #phdadvice #phdforum #phdlife #ecrchat #acwri

[Niamh M.Brennan, MRIA @ProfNiamhBre]

@OrlaFeely @ucddublin Thank you @OrlaFeely. Your post brought back a lovely memory of being lectured by Carmel Humphries when I was in First Science. If my memory serves me correctly, she was always accompanied by her technician Albert

[Irish Times Culture @IrishTimesCultr]

Arts Council review to include role of auditors and accountability of board https://t.co/K3H3QDiH1B via @IrishTimesCultr

[Brian Nolan @BrianNolan1974]

Arts Council review to include role of auditors and accountability of board @JackHoJo @IrishTimes https://t.co/Vbkpl2Uo1q

[Niamh M.Brennan, MRIA @ProfNiamhBre]

PhD Rule of the Game #23: Choose a Supervisor who Shares your Research Interests. All 100 PhD + 100 Research Rules of the Game are available at https://t.co/GJ90WHehQV and https://t.co/ANTvuFlKGj #100PhDRules #PhD #phdchat #phdadvice #phdforum #phdlife #ecrchat #acwri

[Niamh M.Brennan, MRIA @ProfNiamhBre]

PhD Rule of the Game #22: Pick a Research-Active Supervisor. All 100 PhD + 100 Research Rules of the Game are available at https://t.co/GJ90WHehQV and https://t.co/ANTvuFlKGj #100PhDRules #PhD #phdchat #phdadvice #phdforum #phdlife #ecrchat #acwri

[Niamh M.Brennan, MRIA @ProfNiamhBre]

PhD Rule of the Game #21: Register in a University with a Track Record in your Chosen Field of Research. All 100 PhD+100 Research Rules of the Game at https://t.co/GJ90WHehQV and https://t.co/ANTvuFlKGj #100PhDRules #PhD #phdchat #phdadvice #phdforum #phdlife #ecrchat #acwri

[Niamh M.Brennan, MRIA @ProfNiamhBre]

PhD Rule of the Game #20: Register in a University with Good Supports for Doctoral Students. All 100 PhD + 100 Research Rules of the Game are available at https://t.co/GJ90WHePGt and https://t.co/ANTvuFmivR #100PhDRules #PhD #phdchat #phdadvice #phdforum #phdlife #ecrchat #acwri

[Niamh M.Brennan, MRIA @ProfNiamhBre]

Research Rule of the Game #50: Write to Pass the Armchair Test. All 100 PhD + 100 Research Rules of the Game are available at https://t.co/GJ90WHehQV and https://t.co/ANTvuFlKGj #100PhDRules #PhD #phdchat #phdadvice #phdforum #phdlife #ecrchat #acwri

[University College Dublin @ucddublin]

💙💛 𝗨𝗖𝗗 𝘂𝗽 𝟰𝟱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟮𝟲 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗤𝗦 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀

🔹 UCD ranked No. 1 in Ireland for Sustainability and Employment Outcomes

The latest QS World University Rankings has seen University College Dublin rise 45 places to be ranked 126 in the world.

The sharp increase in 2025 marks UCD's second consecutive upward movement in these rankings.

🗣️ UCD President Professor Orla Feely: “UCD’s greatly improved position in the ranking reflects the dedication and the achievements of our faculty, researchers and staff."

“It is very heartening to see that our score has increased in eight of the nine components of the ranking, showing the breadth as well as the depth of our achievements.”

“The exception is our faculty-student ratio, which continues to remain low compared to our international counterparts. This points to the recurrent underfunding of the Irish university sector - something that must be addressed if we want to have a globally competitive education and research ecosystem in Ireland which produces the best graduates,” she added.

The nine indicators used by the QS World University Rankings to measure performance are International Faculty, Sustainability, Employment Outcomes, International Research Network, International Students, Academic Reputation, Citations per Faculty, Employer Reputation, and Faculty Student Ratio.

UCD was ranked number one in Ireland and 50th in the world for Sustainability, and number one in Ireland and 77th in the world for Employment Outcomes.
QS measures employment outcomes as a reflection on the ability of institutions to ensure a high level of employability for their graduates, while also nurturing future leaders who go on to make an impact in their respective fields.

For Sustainability, it evaluates the social and environmental impact of universities as centres of education and research.

For the 2025 edition, the most improved indicators for UCD over the previous year were Sustainability, up 154 places, International Research Network, up 97 places, and International Students, which rose by 97.

The University also rose 56 places in Citations per Faculty, its highest score in this indicator since 2018.

Academic Reputation is the most heavily weighted individual metric, at 30% in the QS WUR, and here, UCD moved up four places.

For its latest World University Rankings edition, QS evaluated some 5,663 institutions and ranked 1,503 globally.

There were no changes to the methodology or weightings used between the 2024 and 2025 rankings.

[Niamh M.Brennan, MRIA @ProfNiamhBre]

Research Rule of the Game #8: Prepare a Pipeline. All 100 PhD + 100 Research Rules of the Game are available at https://t.co/GJ90WHePGt and https://t.co/ANTvuFmivR #100PhDRules #PhD #phdchat #phdadvice #phdforum #phdlife #ecrchat #acwri

[Simon Carswell @SiCarswell]

RTÉ controversies: New report finds multiple ‘compliance failings’ at broadcaster - ⁦@ArthurBeesley⁩ reports

Prof Niamh Brennan’s long-awaited report has exercised ‘restraint’ on question of apportioning blame on individuals

https://t.co/qaLj1PnHdE ⁦@IrishTimes⁩

[FE News @FENews]

UCD Professor of Management Honoured as 2024 AACSB Influential Leader: UCD College of Business has announced that Professor Niamh Brennan is one of 22 business school faculty honoured by AACSB… https://t.co/iyCmZx3BxV #EducationNewsUKHigherEducationNewsFENews Read more here:

[University College Dublin @ucddublin]

👩‍💼🎊 Professor Niamh Brennan recognised as ‘influential leader’ inspiring positive change in business

The world’s largest business education alliance has named Professor Niamh Brennan as one of its influential leaders inspiring positive change in the business world.

AACSB International (AACSB) - which accredits over a thousand business schools worldwide – recognised the UCD academic as a part of its 2024 Class of Influential Leaders.

This honorific celebrates those who exemplify the important role of faculty in developing knowledge that provides timely and relevant solutions for business and societal challenges.

Professor Brennan, who is currently the Michael MacCormac Professor of Management at UCD College of Business and the founder and academic director of the UCD Center for Corporate Governance, was one of 22 business school faculty globally to be recognised by the annual initiative.

“Professor Brennan’s work demonstrates the potential of business school research to address some of today’s most critical challenges,” said Lily Bi, AACSB president and CEO.

“The knowledge Professor Brennan is producing will help inform and create real change in the world.”

With over 100 publications to her name, Professor Brennan was recognised by Stanford University as one of the world's top 2% of scientists for 2022.

She was elected to the Royal Irish Academy, Ireland's highest academic honour, and has received a British Accounting and Finance Association Distinguished Academic Award and a fellowship of the Irish Academy of Management.

In addition, she was appointed an inaugural fellow of the Institute of Directors in Ireland and an honorary fellow of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland.

Her research interests are in financial reporting and corporate governance, and Professor Brennan was the first in Ireland to offer education and training to company directors.

Following the controversy surrounding hidden payments at RTÉ, Ireland's national broadcaster, in 2023, the Minister for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media appointed Professor Brennan to chair an expert advisory committee examining governance and cultural failures at the public service broadcaster.

AACSB’s Influential Leaders program recognises notable alumni and faculty from its accredited business schools whose work inspires positive change in the business world and society at large.

It aims to highlight the value that business schools bring to business and society - whether through alumni who have used their business education to improve the industries and communities they serve, or the faculty leading positive impact through their research.