Graduate Student, School of Law
University College Dublin, Politics and International Relations
PhD. Candidate
Thesis Title: The use of branding by public and private regulatory regimes
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Colin Scott
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About
Dan is a 2010- 2012 IRCHSS Government of Ireland Doctoral Scholar. He was the first candidate to enter UCD's European Law and Governance PhD Programme and is now in his third year.
Dan's research investigates how branding and promotional activities are used strategically by regulators to help them achieve their goals. It draws on examples from commercial organisations, public bodies and NSMD (Non- State Market Driven) regulators where the regulatory regime operates as a brand through market mechanisms. The research includes four case studies of public and private regulators in two jurisdictions to understand whether branding and how branding and promotional activities are used by public and private regulators. As part of this research, Dan has spent time working with The Competition Authority and the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland
Completion of this research will offer a better understanding of how regulators relate with and respond to the demands of the different groups with which they interact and to whom they are responsible.
This research draws on literature in the fields of Regulation, Law, Political Science and Business. His research is supervised by Professor Colin Scott.
Dan holds BA (English and French) and MEconSc (European Economic and Public Affairs) Degrees. His Master's thesis examined political campaiging in Referenda.
Dan is a former President of UCD Students' Union, was a member of UCD's governing authority for two years and has worked as a Rapporteur for the Office of the President of Ireland. More recently, he was the Research Director for the pro- Lisbon Campaign Group Generation YES. He acted as Policy Director in the successful election campaign of Stephen Donnelly TD for Wicklow and continues to advise him in his new role. Dan is a News Editor at Legal Focus, the online portal for Wiley- Blackwell's legal journals which aims to link socio- legal research with current events.
His academic and professional work is strongly focused on the development of more effective public policy.
He is an active member of RegGov, the UCD Centre for Regulation and Governance. Please see http://www.reggov.com/ for more details.
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