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Welcome to the 'From Passion to Action' podcast series.
'From Passion to Action' is DCU’s resource hub for social innovation and social entrepreneurship education.
Students are passionate about all kinds of social and/or environmental issues. This initiative aims to support educators in embedding social impact in their teaching, irrespective of discipline. In doing so, they can foster in their students the behaviour, skills, thinking and attitude in devising, testing and launching sustainable innovative solutions to social and environmental challenges.
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DCU Social Entrepreneurship

DCU Social Entrepreneurship
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13 episodes
S1 Ep11: Niall O’Kane: Creating Sustainable Rural Communities
In this episode, Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh talks to Niall O’Kane, Director of An Carn in Co. Derry, a community organisation that aims to regenerate the surrounding rural area using a social enterprise approach rooted in the Irish language. In this conversation, Niall explains the opportunities and challenges associated with setting up and running the community association. He describes how communi...
1hr 9m • Jun 24, 2021
1hr 9m
S1 Ep12: Mary Lawlor: Social Finance for Social Enterprise Development
In this episode, Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh talks to Mary Lawlor, CEO of Clann Credo, a community loan finance organisation that provides loans to community organisations, charities and social enterprises. In this conversation, Mary provides insights into the role that Clann Credo plays in supporting social enterprise in Ireland through social finance. Mary also explores how Clann Credo defines ‘com...
58m • Jun 24, 2021
58m
S1 Ep10: Ilana Gotz: Cooperative and Social Enterprise Research in a European Context
In this episode, Donnchadh Kindlon talks to Ilana Gotz, Project Manager at Euricse, the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises, in Trento, Italy. Originally from the USA, Ilana describes the American perspective of social enterprise and entrepreneurship and reflects on how it differs from the European perspective. Ilana also discusses the collaborative work carried o...
46m • Jun 24, 2021
46m
S1 Ep9: John Murphy: Increasing Employment through Work Integration Social Enterprise
In this episode, Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh and Míde Power talk to John Murphy (MSc in Education and Training Management, 1999), Chief Executive of Speedpak Group, a social enterprise that operates commercial businesses and training courses to support long term unemployed people get back to work by providing real work experience. John highlights how trading, training and transforming are at the hear...
1hr 12m • Jun 24, 2021
1hr 12m
S1 Ep8: Mick Kelly: Social Entrepreneurship and Climate Action
In this episode, Míde Power talks to Mick Kelly, Founder and CEO of Grow It Yourself (GIY). GIY is a social enterprise that supports people around the world to live healthier, happier and more sustainable lives by growing their own food. Mick describes how the story of GIY began during one trip to the supermarket, after realising that the garlic he was about to buy had been imported from China...
45m • Jun 24, 2021
45m
S1 Ep7: Dr Marie Taylor: Social Enterprise Education and Research for Sustainable Inclusive Development
In this episode, Míde Power talks to Dr Marie Taylor. Marie works as a Senior Project Officer at the Development Unit, Limerick Institute of Technology. Marie is an experienced researcher and educator in the field of social enterprise and rural development, and has worked on a variety of European projects focused on social enterprise development. Marie discusses how her PhD in heritage tourism...
48m • Jun 24, 2021
48m
S1 Ep6: Maggie Clune: Work Integration Social Enterprise for Inclusive Communities
In this episode, Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh talks to Maggie Clune, Training and Social Enterprise Manager at PACE, an organisation that supports the integration process of people with criminal convictions back into the community. Maggie explains how PACE has created a number of work integration social enterprise ventures to give former prisoners the opportunity to gain valuable work experience and t...
1hr 10m • Jun 24, 2021
1hr 10m
S1 Ep5: Dr Denise Crossan: Social Business Model Canvas as a Teaching Tool
In this episode, Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh talks to Dr Denise Crossan. A native of Derry, Denise works at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, as Lang Visiting Professor for Issues of Social Change at the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility. Denise is an experienced academic and educator, and focuses on teaching social innovation, social entrepreneurship, design thinking, and project and st...
1hr 13m • Jun 24, 2021
1hr 13m
S1 Ep4: Liam Redmond: Social Entrepreneurship & LGBTQ+ Equality
In this episode, Donnchadh Kindlon talks to Liam Redmond. Liam is a graduate of DCU, (BA Gnó & Gaeilge, 2013). He is also the Co-founder (with Eve Kerton, BA in Communications, 2014) of Certified Proud, a social enterprise that strives towards LGBTQ+ equality throughout businesses and organisations in Ireland. Liam reflects on the journey of setting up Certified Proud and how his personal expe...
53m • Jun 24, 2021
53m
S1 Ep3: Daniela Papi-Thornton: Social Entrepreneurship & Systems-led Leadership
In this episode, Míde Power talks to Daniela Papi-Thornton, an impact consultant, educator and author, whose work focuses on social entrepreneurship and systems-led leadership. Daniela explains how social entrepreneurship education should go beyond solely teaching students how to set up a social business. This conversation covers relevant topics such as systems change, building upon existing s...
42m • Jun 24, 2021
42m
S1 Ep2: Dr Andrew Forde: Social Enterprise Policy
In this episode, Dr Emer Ní Bhradaigh talks to Dr Andrew Forde, Head of Rural Strategy and Social Enterprise at the Department of Rural and Community Development. Andrew is a graduate of DCU, having received his BSc in Computer Applications in 2004, and has years of experience working in the field of human rights law. In this conversation, Andrew explains what exactly a social enterprise is an...
55m • Jun 24, 2021
55m
S1 Ep1: Prof Deiric Ó Broin: The History & Landscape of Irish Social Enterprise
In this episode, Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh talks to Prof Deiric Ó Broin. Deiric is Professor of Public Policy Practice at the School of Law and Government, DCU, and Chair of Pobal, a government organisation that supports communities and local agencies toward achieving social inclusion and development. In this conversation, Deiric discusses the Irish social enterprise history and landscape, and expl...
1hr • Jun 24, 2021
1hr
S1 Ep13: Dr Lorraine Boran & Dr Louise Hopper: Embedding Social Innovation & Enterprise in Psychology
In this episode, Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh and Donnchadh Kindlon talk to Dr Lorraine Boran and Dr Louise Hopper. Lorraine and Louise both work in the School of Psychology at DCU and have collaborated with From Passion to Action to embed social innovation and social enterprise into their teaching. This conversation explores the relevance of social innovation and entrepreneurship to psychology educat...
28m • Jun 24, 2021
28m

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