Professor Thomas M. Cooney
(B. Comm, MBA, PhD, MMII, MCIM, FIMCA)
- Professor of Entrepreneurship at Technological University Dublin
- Director of the TU Dublin Institute for Minority Entrepreneurship
- Adjunct Professor at the University of Turku (Finland)
- Member of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment ‘Project Delivery Team’ for the Dublin Regional Enterprise Plan to 2024
- Honorary President of Feiyang Entrepreneurship Research Institute (China)
- Global Associate at the Center for Science and Commercial Diplomacy (Denmark)
- Former Editor of Small Enterprise Research academic journal
- Fellow of the European Council for Small Business
- TedX Speaker (Drogheda, 2016)
- Grand Jury Member for the European Enterprise Promotion Awards
- Former Grand Jury Member of the GEN Startup Nations Awards
- Policy Advisor to Governments, European Commission, OECD and European Training Foundation
- Supervised 9 PhD students to completion (currently supervising 8 more)
- Board Member of Skillnet Ireland
Professor Thomas M. Cooney on TEDx Drogheda – Difability (Disability)
This talk shared the idea of creating Entrepreneurship / Self-Employment programs for People with Difability (Disability). While the rate of employment and wages for People with Difabilities remains shockingly low, very few customised programs exist for People with Difabilities to become Self-Employed. This talk explains how such a program could be developed.