Kevin O'Rourke was Professor of Economics at Trinity College, Dublin from 2000 to 2011, and had previously taught at Columbia University and University College, Dublin.
12 Facts About Kevin O'Rourke
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Kevin O'Rourke's father, Andrew O'Rourke, was a senior Irish diplomat who had served as ambassador to the UK and France among others.
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Kevin O'Rourke graduated in 1984 with a first class honours Bachelor of Arts degree; as per tradition, his BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts degree.
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Kevin O'Rourke was awarded a Master of Arts degree in June 1986 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in June 1989.
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Kevin O'Rourke's work showed that rural depopulation was not linked to relative price changes for agricultural goods, rather that it was driven by a change in the structure of the agricultural industry, in particular the use of potato as an input, as well as greater opportunities for Irish labourers abroad, in particular in the US, due to the again-sudden existence of emigrant networks and information flows back to Ireland.
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From 1989 to 1992, Kevin O'Rourke was an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University.
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Later in the decade, as the Great Recession struck, Kevin O'Rourke became interested in the parallels between it and the Great Depression.
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From 2009 to 2011, Kevin O'Rourke was the President of the European Historical Economics Society, a learned society of European economic historians.
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Kevin O'Rourke has served as editor of the organization's publication, the European Review of Economic History.
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Kevin O'Rourke has served as editor for other peer-reviewed academic journals, including the Journal of Economic History, World Politics, and Oxford Economic Papers.
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In 2011, Kevin O'Rourke joined the University of Oxford as Chichele Professor of Economic History.
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In 2009, Kevin O'Rourke was elected Member of the Royal Irish Academy, an all-Ireland learned society.