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  • Ben-Hafaiedh, C.; Champenois, C.; Cooney, T.M. and Schjoedt, L. (2024). Entrepreneurship as Collective Action: the Next Frontier. International Small Business Journal. Vol. 42, No. 1, pp 3 – 13  
  • Boylan, F, Gorham, G, Gorman, C, Harvey, J, Lynch, L, Minto, N, Mottiar, Z (2022) Trialling Hyflex in TU Dublin – stakeholders voices and expectations. Irish Journal of Academic Practice vol. 10 Is 2.  
  • Brophy, M.; Perez-Luno, A. and Cooney, T.M. (2024). Competency-based training within the prison system: Enhancing the likelihood of entrepreneurial activity upon release. Journal of Education and Work. Vol. 37, No. 1–4, pp 165–181.  
  • Ciprikis, K.; Gavigan, S. and Cooney, T.M. (2020). The Impact of Entrepreneurship Training on Self-Employment of Rural Female Entrepreneurs in Uganda. Small Enterprise Research, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp 180-194  
  • Cooney, T.M. and Brophy, M. (2023). Entrepreneurial Competencies in Action: Online Fundraising Initiatives by University Students. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy Vol. 6, No. 4, pp 721–737  
  • Ganly, P., Basini, S., & O’Donoghue, A. (2025). Illuminating Relationality in Leadership Mentoring Partnerships: A Dyadic Methodology. New Trends in Qualitative Research. doi: https://doi.org/10.36367/ntqr.15  
  • Gavigan, S.; Cooney, T.M. and Ciprikis, K. (2023). Developing Entrepreneurial Skillsets Amongst Rural Women in Uganda. Journal of Enterprising Culture. Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 77-100   
  • Godwin Osaghae, O. and Cooney, T.M. (2021). What Happens When Enclaves Fail to Support Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship? International Review of Entrepreneurship, Vol 19, No. 3, pp 309-332  
  • Godwin Osaghae, O. and Cooney, T.M. (2023). How has entrepreneurship opportunity formation amongst immigrants been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic? Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. Vol. 30 No. 5, pp. 902-918   
  • Habib, H., Cooney, T.M (2024). Entrepreneurship Training for People with Disabilities: A Path to  
     Emancipation. International Journal of Entrepreneurship, Vol. 28, No. 5, pp 1-18.  
  • Kidney, E.; Cooney, T.M.; and McAdam, M. (2024). Everyday Prejudices: An Intersectional Exploration of the Experiences of Lesbian and Gay Entrepreneurs. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. Vol. 31 No. 1, pp. 155-178  
  • Manzoor, A.; Qureshi, M.A.; Kidney, E. and Longo, L. (2024) "A Review on Machine Learning Methods for Customer Churn Prediction and Recommendations for Business Practitioners," in IEEE Access, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3402092.  
  • McQuillan, D. and Gavigan, S. (2025) The impact of climate entrepreneurship education in higher education institutions: a university-wide climate entrepreneurship programme.  Irish Journal of Management, Special issue on Entrepreneurship education   
  • Mottiar, Z and Mac Coniomaire, Máirtín (2021) "Teaching Food Tourism in Ireland-Reflections from COVID-19," Visions in Leisure and Business: Vol. 24: No. 1, Article 5.  
  • Mottiar, Z, Burke, G, Gorham, G and Robinson, E (2022) An examination of the impact of COVID-19 on Assessment practices in Higher Education. European Journal of Higher Education.  
  • Mottiar, Z. and MacConiomaire, M. (2024). The Individual, Collective, and Cyclical Transformational Learning Created by Food Tourism Education. European Journal of Food Drink and Society 4.1: 3.  
  • Njoku, K. and Cooney, T.M. (2020). How Does the Man-Know-Man Network Culture Influence Transnational Entrepreneurship? Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp 163–181  
  • Njoku, K. and Cooney, T.M. (2022). How is Immigrant Entrepreneurial Opportunity Formation Influenced by Interactions between Home and Host Countries? International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Vol. 45, No. 2, pp 170 – 192  
  • Nuhu, N., Owens, M. & McQuillan, D. (2021). International entrepreneurship from emerging to developed markets: an institutional perspective. International Marketing Review, Vol. 38 No. 3, pp. 453-486. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-02-2020-0028.   
  • Nzembayie, KF, Buckley, A.P. (2020). Entrepreneurial Process Studies Using Insider Action Research: Opportunities & Challenges for Entrepreneurship Scholarship. European Management Review, Vol., DOI: 10.1111/emre.12422. European Academy of Management. 
  • Nzembayie, K.F, Buckley, A.P. & Talay, I (2024). Experiential Pedagogies for Cultivating Entrepreneurial Mindsets: Action Design Learning as Tailored Framework. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, Vol.0(0). 1-32  
  • O’Brien, E.; Brophy, M. and Cooney, T.M. (2022). A New Approach to Self-Assessment of Community Engagement - A Case Study of Technological University Dublin. Journal of Community Engagement in Higher Education 14(4) 4-13 
  • O'Brien, E., & Cooney, T. M. (2025). Enhancing inclusive entrepreneurial activity through community engagement led by higher education institutions. Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 19(2), 177-201.  
  • O’Brien, E., Ilic, B. Ć., Veidemane, A., Dusi, D., Farnell, T., & Schmidt, N. Š. (2021). Towards a European framework for community engagement in higher education–a case study analysis of European universities. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.23(4)815-830  
  • O’Reilly, C, Walsh, L and Mottiar, Z (2023) Considerations for scaling a social enterprise: key factors and elements. Irish Journal of Management Vol 42 Is 1.  
  • Oliveira, E.; Basini, S. and Cooney, T.M. (2024). Framing a feminist phenomenological inquiry into the lived experiences of women entrepreneurs. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, Vol. 30 No. 11, pp. 91-119  
  • Oliveira, E.; Basini, S. and Cooney, T.M. (2024). Navigating Gendered Spaces: A Feminist Phenomenological Exploration of Women Entrepreneurs Lived Experiences Within Government Support Agencies. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship. Vol. 30 No. 11, pp. 91-119  
  • Walsh, L. and Cooney, T.M. (2023). Understanding the interplay between immigrant nascent entrepreneurship and cross-cultural adaptation. Journal of Small Business & Enterprise Development. Vol.30, No.5, pp.919-946  
  • Zherdeva, A., Madi, I., Alzankawi, A. and McQuillan, Deirdre (2024) Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Education for Economic Reconstruction. Critical Letters in Economics & Finance, Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 5. Available at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/clef/vol1/iss1/5. 
  • Ben-Hafaiedh, C. and Cooney, T.M. (2024). Cases on STEM Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham 
  • Cooney, T.M. (2021). The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Entrepreneurship. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke  
  • McQuillan, D., ed. (2020) Writing for academic journals in the business domain. Academic Writing for Business Researchers Peer-led Student Handbook Series. Handbook 1. Technological University Dublin. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21427/07ch-b690.  
  • McQuillan, D., ed. (2021) Co-authoring strategies in business research. Academic Writing for Business Researchers Peer-led Student Handbook Series. Handbook 2. Technological University Dublin. https://doi.org/10.21427/mste-8658.  
  • McQuillan, D., ed. (2021) Integrating ‘voice’ into scholarly writing. Academic Writing for Business Researchers Peer-led Student Handbook Series. Handbook 3. Technological University Dublin. https://doi.org/10.21427/cec0-7f43. 
  • Nzembayie, KF, Buckley, AP (2022). Digital Entrepreneurship – Disruption & New Venture Creation. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. ISBN 978 1 80220 057 7. eBook ISBN 978 1 80220 058 4. 
  • Osaghae, O.G. and Cooney, T.M. (2021). Linking Immigrant Concentration to TDE Activity. Lambert Academic Publishing.   
  • Osaghae, O.G. and Cooney, T.M. (2024). From Immigrant to Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneur: The Role of Enclaves in their Entrepreneurial Journey. World Scientific Publishing Co.   
  • Cooney, T., Brophy, M, O’Brien, E., and Farnell., T (2024) A Framework for Community Engagement Assessment and Action Planning to Enhance University-Business Collaboration in Loer Hansen, S. and Daniels K., (Eds) How to enable engagement between universities and business: A guide for building relationships.  
  • Cooney, T.M. (2021) – Minority Entrepreneurship: Setting the Context. From: The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Entrepreneurship (Editor: T.M. Cooney). Palgrave   
  • Cooney, T.M. (2022). Designing Public Policy to Support Entrepreneurial Activity within the Disabled Community in Ireland. From: Handbook on Disability and Entrepreneurship (Editors: S. Yousfzai, T. Coogan, S. Sheikh and W. Ng). Edward Elgar Publishing.   
  • Cooney, T.M. and Brophy, M. (2024). Future Potential of Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Ireland. Refugees and Migrants – Current Conditions and Future Trends (Editor: S. Maekele Tsegay), Intech Open  
  • Cooney, T.M. and Osaghae, O.G. (2021). Leveraging Immigrant Entrepreneurship for Job Creation and Growth. From: The Missing Entrepreneurs 2021 (Editor: OECD). OECD, Paris.  
  • Cooney, T.M.; O’Brien, E.; Brophy, M. and Farnell, T. (2024). A Structured Approach to Community Engagement Leading to Greater University / Business Interaction. From: How to Enable Engagement Between Universities and Business (Editors: K. Daniels and S. Loer Hansen) Edward Elgar Publishing  
  • Gavigan, S.; Cooney, T.M. and Ciprikis, K. (2021). Understanding the Context of Entrepreneurship for Rural Women in Uganda. From: Women and Global Entrepreneurship: Contextualising Everyday Experiences (Editors: M. McAdam and J. Cunningham). Routledge  
  • Gavigan, S.; Cooney, T.M.; Ciprikis, K. and Oliveira, E. (2025, forthcoming). The Relationship between Entrepreneurship Training and Emancipation of Rural Women: How Does it Differ According to Marital Status? From: The DeGruyter Handbook of Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies (Editors: G. McElwee and R. Smith), DeGruyter 
  • Gavigan, S.K.; Cooney, T.M. and Ciprikis, K. (2022). Evaluating the Contribution of Entrepreneurship Training, Perceived Emancipation and Value Creation for Rural Female Entrepreneurs in Uganda. From: Research Handbook on Women’s Entrepreneurship and Value Creation (Editors: S. Yousafzai, A. Lindgreen, S. Saeed, C. Henry and A. Fayolle). Edward Elgar Publishing  
  • Godwin Osaghae, O. and Cooney, T.M. (2021). Exploring the Relationship Between Immigrant Enclave Theory and Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurial Opportunity Formation. From: Diaspora Governance and Transnational Entrepreneurship (Editors: S. Rezaei and R. Z. Barrero). Routledge  
  • Godwin Osaghae, O. and Cooney, T.M. (2025). Talent Waste – When immigration fails to enhance immigrant enclave economy formation? From: International Talent Management in Times of Crisis: China and International Comparisons (Editors: M.R. Mouritzen and S. Rezaei), Edward Elgar Publishing  
  • Kidney, E. (2021) The Challenges of Coming Out as a Gay Entrepreneur. In Cooney, T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Entrepreneurship.     
  • McQuillan, D., Walsh, L., Gavigan, S. and O’Brien, E. (2025 forthcoming) Sustainable entrepreneurship education: innovative pedagogical design experiences for targeting UN SDGs. In Sustainable Development in Business Teaching and Education Programmes, World Sustainability Series. Ed. Leal Filho, W., Springer.  
  • Mottiar, Z and Ryan, T (2023) Events, Transformation and Global Citizenship in Raj, R and Griffin, K Sustainable Events Management CABI. 
  • Njoku, K. and Cooney, T.M. (2020). The Influence of Ethnicity on Entrepreneurship Opportunity Formation (EOF) Amongst Immigrants. From: Developing Entrepreneurial Competencies for Start-Ups and Small Business (Editor: J. Šebestová). IGI Global, Hershey, PA  
  • O’Brien, E (2025) Inclusive Entrepreneurship in Levent, A., Farmaki., A, Alrawadieh, Z. Entrepreneurship in Hospitality and Tourism: A Global Perspective 2nd Edition Goodfellow: Oxford  
  • O’Brien, E. (2021). “Pre-Texts in Ireland” in Falconi, J., and Abdusalamova, K. (Eds) in Pre-Texts International: Literacy, Innovation, Citizenship. Cambridge: Harvard University Press  
  • O’Brien, E. and Cooney, T.M. (2021). HEIs, Minority Communities and Enterprising Behaviour. From: The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Entrepreneurship (Editor: T.M. Cooney). Palgrave   
  • O’Brien, E. and Cooney, T.M. (2021). HEIs, Minority Communities and Enterprising Behaviour in Cooney, T.M (Ed), Palgrave Handbook of Minority Entrepreneurship. London: Palgrave MacMillan  
  • O’Brien, E. and McQuillan, D. (2025 forthcoming) Learning Together – Designing an Inclusive Co-learning Entrepreneurial Education Initiative for Students with Intellectual Disability. In Inclusive Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals: A global research perspective. Eds Henry, C.   
  • O’Brien, E., and Cleary, G. (2025) Enhancing Hospitality and Tourism graduate skills through blended entrepreneurial education in Fang, M., Williams, K., and Morrison, A. (Eds), Hospitality and Tourism Education: Disruptions and transformations 
  • O’Brien, E., and Cooney, T.M (2025) Using the past and the present to explore the future of inclusive entrepreneurial education: The case study of Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) in Geert Thyssen and Attila Nobik (Eds) Re-Membering Education: Temporally Inflected Approaches to Edges of Inquiry.  
  • Sareen, S.; Kidney, E. and Cooney, T.M. (2020). Entrepreneurial Teams and Social Media. From: Understanding Social Media and Entrepreneurship: The Business of Hastags, Likes and Tweets (Editors: L.Schjoedt, M. Brännback and A. Carsrud). Springer  
  • Walsh, L. & Hynes, B. (2025). Empowering Changemakers of Tomorrow: Building Sustainability and Entrepreneurship Competences through Enactus Social Impact Programme to Advance the 2030 Agenda. In Audretsch, D.B., Sorensson, A. and Lundstrom, A. (eds). Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and Social Responsibility: The Importance of Agenda 2030. Springer. 
  • Zherdeva, A., McQuillan, D. and Morales, L. (2024) Driving Impactful Change: Entrepreneurial Insights for Social Responsibility in the Irish Context. Emerald Publishing, ISBN 9781032655802. 
  • Basini, S. (2020). Building Management Capability. COVID-19 Enterprise Response Forum Building Management Capability. Report of Technological University Dublin. 
  • Cooney, T., Brophy, M., Clune, M., Galeckas, M., George, N., Istrate, A., & Murgeanu-Manolache, O. (2022). European Report on Prisoner Reintegration through Entrepreneurship and Psychology. doi:10.22028/D291-38993   
  • Cooney, T.M. (2020) – Supporting People from Marginalised Communities into Employment – Open Doors Initiative, Dublin 
  • Cooney, T.M. (2020). WEbarometer 2020: A Survey of Women Entrepreners in Europe. WEgate, Brussels 
  • Cooney, T.M. (2021). WEbarometer 2021: A Survey of Women Entrepreners in Europe. WEgate, Brussels 
  • Cooney, T.M. (2022). WEbarometer 2022: A Survey of Women Entrepreners in Europe. WEgate, Brussels 
  • Cooney, T.M. and Aird, B. (2020) – Pathway to Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities in Ireland – TU Dublin, Dublin. 
  • Cooney, T.M.; Brophy, M. and Habib, A. (2024). Navigating the Pathway to Entrepreneurship for Persons with Disabilities: Insights from an Irish Context. TU Dublin, Dublin. 
  • Cooney, T.M.; Brophy, M; Clune; ul Habib Bajwa, N; George, N.; Galeckas, M.; Istrate, A.; & Murgeanu-Manolache, A. (2023). European Report on Prisoner Reintegration through Entrepreneurship and Psychology. Universität des Saarlandes. 
  • Cunningham, J., P. O’Reilly, B. Dolan, M. Menter, and C. O’Kane (2020). Publicly Funded Principal Investigators, Technology Transfer and Market Impacts, Research Technology Management. 
  • Farnell, T., Ćulum Ilić, B., Dusi, D., O’Brien, E., Šćukanec Schmidt, N., Veidemane, A., Westerheijden, D. (2020). Building and Piloting the TEFCE Toolbox for Community Engagement in Higher Education. Zagreb: Institute for the Development of Education.   
  • McQuillan, D, O’Brien E., Briones Peñalver, A.J., Clitan, I., Gavigan, S., Stan, O., Christou, A., (2023) Re-Imagining Higher Education Institutions as inclusive entrepreneurial entities: the case of European University of Technology, RISE 2022, EUt+Academic Press. 
  • McQuillan, D. & Keating, E. (2023) Working as an Artist in the Regions of the Republic of Ireland Today. Policy Report funded by Irish Research Council. Available at: https://www.droichead.com/  
  • McQuillan, D., Cooney, T.M., Nolan, C. Osaghae, O.G., Rashwan, W. and Sweeney, L. (2020). SME Manager Skills and Practices Survey. TU Dublin, Dublin. 
  • McQuillan, D., Cooney, T.M., Nolan, C. Osaghae, O.G., Rashwan, W. and Sweeney, L. (2020). Leading the Way: Investing in Management Development for SME Productivity and Growth: Report by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs. TU Dublin, Dublin. 
  • O’Brien, E. Cooney, T.M. & Brophy, M. (2021). Summary TEFCE Report on Community Engagement in TU Dublin. Dublin: Technological University Dublin.   
  • O’Brien, E., Cooney, T.M & Šćukanec Schmidt, N. (2020). Community Engagement at Technological University Dublin Report on Piloting the TEFCE Toolbox. Zagreb: Institute for the Development of Education.   
  • O’Brien, E.; Cooney, T.M. and Brophy, M. (2021). Summary TEFCE Report on Community Engagement in TU Dublin. TU Dublin, Dublin. 
  • O’Reilly, P., J.C. Cunningham, D. Hooper, D. Nepelski, and V. Van Roy (2020). The Role of Project Coordinators in European Commission Framework Programme Projects, Technical Report, European Commission Joint Research Centre. 
  • Cooney, T. M., & Brophy, M. (2024). "Chapter 6: Micron Agritech (Ireland)". In Cases on STEM Entrepreneurship. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved Oct 30, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802206289.00012  
  • Cooney, T.M, & Brophy, M. (2024). "Chapter 2: Ailim Healing". In Cases on Entrepreneurship and Diversity. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved Oct 30, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803923857.00009 
  • Ahmed, S and Buckley, A. (2021) Using Mixed Methods to Evaluate the Role and Contribution of Disciplined Innovation Processes (DIPs) for Start-Up Growth and Development. 20th ECRM - European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies, 17 - 18 June 2021, Aveiro, Portugal.   
  • Basini, S., & Kossykowska, J. (2021) Evaluating the contribution of qualitative research methods. IMISCOE 18th Annual Conference, “Crossing borders, connecting cultures”, Luxembourg.  
  • Basini, S. (2020). Keynote address: Quality in Qualitative Research. 2nd Irish Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Colloquium, Dublin  
  • Delaney, D., K; Cussen, N.; Ryan, D. (2023). ‘Lessons from Redefining Traditional Work Placements for University Students in Technological University Dublin’. Proceedings of SEFI. Dublin. Available at: https://www.sefi.be/proceedings/   
  • Freeman, O. & Rawe, S. (2024) 'Learning on your feet' - using active-learning pedagogical approaches to support the entrepreneurial mindsets needed to enact socio-cultural change for a more sustainable world. Paper presented at 3e Conference, Amsterdam.   
  • Ganly, P., Basini, S., O’Donoghue, A. (2024). Illuminating relationality in leadership mentoring partnerships: a novel multi-perspectival (Dyadic) IPA design. 8th World Conference on Qualitative Research 23-25 January 2024.  
  • Ganly, P., Basini, S., O'Donoghue, A. (2022). Advancing Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis as a novel methodological tool in deepening insights and amplifying the voices of Women Mentees in Leadership Development Programmes in Irish Higher Education Institutions [Conference Paper]. RISE2022 (Re-imagining Higher Education through Equity, Inclusion and Sustainability), Sozopol, Bulgaria.  
  • Kossykowska, J. & Basini, S., (2024). Ulysses syndrome – an emotional journey fraught with the complexities of choice, sacrifice, commitment, and emotions. The lived experience of emotional transnationalism of two generation of Polish migrants in Ireland. International Migration Research Network. IMISCOE Spring Conference Istanbul.  
  • Oliveira, E., Basini, S., & Cooney, T. (2022). Framing A Novel Inquiry into The Lived Experiences of Women Entrepreneurs Through Feminist Phenomenology. 2022 Diana International Research Conference. Dublin.  
  • Oliveira, E., Basini, S., (2024). Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) research design: a Heideggerian perspective. 8th World Conference on Qualitative Research 23-25 January 2024.  
  • Oliveira, E., Basini, S., & Cooney, T. (2023). How can feminist phenomenology inform Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis research into the lived (embodied) experiences of women entrepreneurs. World Conference on Qualitative Research (WCQR). Portugal, January.  
  • Oliveira, E., Basini, S., & Cooney, T. (2021). How can feminist phenomenology inform a gender perspective on embodied entrepreneurial leadership? RENT Conference – University of Turku. 18th Nov 2021  
  • Walsh, L., Basini, S. (2020). Rigor & Transparency in IPA research. European Conference on Research Methods. June 2020, Portugal 
  • Walsh, L, Freeman, O. and McAlpine, A. (2023). Empowering students with entrepreneurial mindsets to solve sustainability challenges – Innovative Pedagogical Practice. 3E ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference, 10-12th May 2023 in Aarhus, Denmark