Professor Eamon O'Shea B.A. M.A. M.Sc. PhD eamon.oshea@nuigalway.ie Telephone: 353 91 495457 Location: Room 306, Second Floor, St. Anthony's-Cairnes Building.

Professor Eamon O'Shea is Head of the Economics Department. He received a B.A and an M.A. from University College Dublin. He received a M.Sc. from the University of York, specialising in health economics, and a PhD from the University of Leicester in 1994. Dr. O'Shea's research interests include social gerontology, the economics of ageing and the economics of the welfare state. He is Director of the Centre for Social Gerontology at NUI, Galway. His academic work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Health Economics, Applied Economics, Social Science and Medicine, Health Policy, Age and Ageing, Ageing and Society and the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

Professor O’Shea has worked as a consultant for the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of ageing research. He has also published a number of research reports and policy documents in the field of ageing and related studies in Ireland. His most recent report for the National Council on Ageing and Older People, published in 2003, is titled: Healthy Ageing in Ireland: Policy, Practice and Evaluation. His book Policy and Practice for Dementia Care in Ireland was published in 2004. He is currently Chair of the National Economic and Social Forum project team on care of the elderly.

Selected Publications