Biography

Professor Deirdre O'Loughlin, BA, MBS, PhD, MII Grad is Professor of Marketing at the Kemmy Business School in the University of Limerick. She held a number of positions in industry before she joined academic where she lectured at Dublin City University and University College Cork before joining UL. She has over 25 years experience in academia as a researcher and educator.

She held the position of Assistant Dean Research in the KBS (2019-2022) where she was responsible for leading the research strategy of the school. She was also Chair of the KBS Research Committee and served on several university committees including Academic Council and Graduate Research Working Group. She was strategic lead for Research on the recent EQUIS accreditation application by the KBS, securing 3 years accreditation in December 2021.

She has held a number of other administrative roles at UL including Programme Director, BBS and BBS & Languages and has served on several university and school level committees including UL Marketing Committee, UL Academic Council, BBS Course Board (Chair) and Student Status Committee. She successfully chaired the Department of Management and Marketing Quality Review Committee in 2012 and led the Review of the BBS in 2014-2015. She was member and subsequently Chair of the KBS Research Ethics Committee from 2017-2019. She was also Academic Mentor for the Department of Management and Marketing 2018-2020.

She is a graduate member of the Marketing Institute of Ireland (MII Grad.) and actively involved with marketing practitioners and industry networks. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience.




Research Interests

Deirdre's research critically explores the intersection between marketing, consumption, vulnerability and social/public policy within a number of key contexts including debt and austerity research, family caring, and co-creation in health and financial services. Her research has high impact in a number of key domains specifically in exposing the effects of austerity, credit and debt consumption, highlighting marketing and consumer responsibility, and identifying the social and public policy implications. key research are reflected by the following:
  • Credit and Debt Consumption.
  • Financial Insecurity and Consumer Responses to Austerity and other Crises.
  • Service Research and Financial Services.
  • Value co creation in Health Services including Family Caring.
  • Sustainability, Social Marketing and Policy, CSR and Ethics.
  • Branding and Digital Marketing.
  • Relationship Marketing.
She has published in a broad range of highly ranked international peer reviewed journals including Journal of Service Research, Journal of Business Research, European Journal of Marketing, Sociology, Social Policy and Administration, The Services Industries Journal, Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Strategic Marketing, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Irish Marketing Review, the Australasia Journal of Marketing, Studies in Higher Education, and Innovations in Education and Training International. She has also co-edited a Routedge book on Researching Poverty and Austerity (2024).

She has presented at many Irish, UK, European and International conferences including the Academy of Marketing, Macromarketing, European Marketing Association Conference (EMAC), Australasia New Zealand Marketing Association Conference (ANZMAC), American Marketing Association Winter Educators conference and the Advances in Consumer Research (ACR) conference, USA.

Deirdre has successfully secured several research grants through the UL/University of Massachusetts funding programme, Combat Poverty Agency Ireland and university seed-funding initiatives. She also secured HEA/ UL funding to conduct collaborative research on peer observation of teaching processes and best practice. She acts as reviewer for a wide range of marketing journals and conferences and is the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Bank Marketing.

Professional Activities

Committee

  • 2022 UL Athena Swan Support for Researchers Committee,
  • 2022 UL University Research Rankings Committee,
  • 2021 Academic Council ,
  • 2021 UL Sustainable Working Group,
  • 2021 UL University Sustainability Working Group,
  • 2020 UL Talent & Career Development Committee,
  • 2019 UL Postgraduate Research Committee,
  • 2019 UL Graduate Research Working Group,
  • 2019 KBS Research Committee,
  • 2017 KBS Research Ethics Committee,
  • 2014 BBS Review Committee,
  • 2011 Department of Management and Marketing Quality Review Committee,
  • 2008 EPAS Committee,
  • 2008 UL Academic Council ,
  • 2007 UL Marketing Committee,
  • 2005 EQUIS Committee,
  • 2004 BBS Course Board,
  • 2004 Research Committee,

Award

  • 2022 - CHASM International Research Fellowship
  • 2020 - KBS Individual Teaching Excellence Award
  • 2012 - Shortlisted for Shannon Consortium Regional Teaching Award
  • 2011 - Shortlisted for Shannon Consortium Regional Teaching Award
  • 2008 - Honorary Senior Research Felllow
  • 2005 - UL Teaching Excellence Award
  • 2004 - Shortlised for Teaching Excellence Award

Education

  • 2005 Swedish School of Economics - H.Dip in International Teaching Practicce
  • 2003 University of Birmingham - Ph.D.
  • 1995 UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School - MBS
  • 1994 Dublin City University - BA

Association

  • MII Graduate Member, Marketing Institute of Ireland
  • Member, EIASM - EMAC
  • Member, Association for Consumer Research (ACR)
  • Member of Board of Directors, Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience
  • Member, Academy of Marketing

Language

  • French
  • German

Research Collaborators

  • Belem Barbosa - International Collaboration Type - Universidade de Aveiro -Portugal
  • Isabelle Szmigin - International Collaboration Type - University of Birmingham -England
  • Kalipso Karantinou - International Collaboration Type - Athens University of Economics & Business -Greece
  • Kalipso Karantinou - Visiting Professor/Lecturer - Athens University of Economics & Business -Greece
  • Maria Eugenia Fernandez- Moya - International Collaboration Type - CESUGA -Spain
  • Morven Mc Eachern - International Collaboration Type - University of Huddersfield -England
  • Morven Mc Eachern - Visiting Professor/Lecturer - University of Salford -England
  • Werner Kunz - Joint Publication - University of Massachusetts Boston -USA
  • Carol Kelleher - Joint Publication - University College Cork
  • Johanna Gummerus - International Collaboration Type - Hanken School of Economics -Finland

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

2015

Austere Times: Male Experiences of Liminal Vulnerability

O'Loughlin, D.M., Szmigin, I.T., McEachern, M.G., Karantinou, K. Barbosa, B. and Fernández-Moya, M (2015) Austere Times: Male Experiences of Liminal Vulnerability. Editors. Kristin Diehl and Carolyn Yoon, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research Advances In Consumer Research :633-634

Books

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Book Chapters

2024

Theorising Resilience in Times of Austerity

O'Loughlin, D.M., McEachern, M., Szmigin, I. T., Karantinou, K., Barbosa, B., Lamprinakos, G. and Fernández-Moya, M.E. (2024) Theorising Resilience in Times of Austerity. London : Routledge Researching Poverty and Austerity: Theoretical Approaches, Methodologies and Policy Applications

2024

Poverty and Austerity: An Introduction

Moraes, C., McEachern, M. and O'Loughlin, D. (2024) Poverty and Austerity: An Introduction. UK : Routledge Research Poverty and Austerity: Theoretical, Methodological and Policy Applications

2023

The Influential Role of Austerity in Normalising Sustainable Consumption

O'Loughlin, McEachern, M., Szmigin, I.T., Karantinou, K., Lamprinakos, G. and Fernández-Moya, M.E. (2023) The Influential Role of Austerity in Normalising Sustainable Consumption. London : Edward Elgar Publishing Research Handbook on Ethical Consumption: Contemporary Research in Responsible and Sustainable Consumer Behaviour

2016

The Case for Altruism in eWOM Motivations

Killian, M., Fahy, J. and O'Loughlin, D. (2016) The Case for Altruism in eWOM Motivations. Adelaide : Springer Making a Difference Through Marketing: A Quest for Diiverse Perspectives :129-142

Edited Books

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Conference Publications

2023

Academy of Marketing

Gummerus, J. O'Loughlin, D., Kelleher, C. and von Koskull, C. (2023) Academy of Marketing.

2016

Frontiers in Service

Killian, Michelle, John Fahy, Deirdre O'Loughlin and Werner Kunz (2016) Frontiers in Service.

2015

Academy of Marketing

O'Loughlin, D., McEachern, M., Szmigin, I., Karantinuou K., Barbosa, B., Fernandez, E., (2015) Academy of Marketing .

2015

Advances in Consumer Research

O'Loughlin, D., McEachern, M., Szmigin, I., Karantinuou K., Barbosa, B., Fernandez, E. (2015) Advances in Consumer Research.

2014

Macromarketing

O'Loughlin, D., Barbosa, B., Fernandez, E., Karantinuou K., McEachern, M., Szmigin, I. (2014) Macromarketing. :941-943

Conference Contributions

2015

Academy of Marketing Conference 2015

O'Malley L., Patterson, M., Lynch, L., Carroll, C., Lichrou, M., Ryan, A., Fahy, J. O'Loughlin, D., O'Connell, B. (2015) Academy of Marketing Conference 2015.

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