Barry Sheehan

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Barry Sheehan

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20162026

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Research Interests

Risk Management, Insurance, Machine Learning, Insurance, Quantitative Finance, Cybersecurity, Smart Mobility, Nanotechnology, Financial Regulation

Teaching Interests

Risk Analysis, Machine Learning Applications in Finance and Insurance, Risk and Insurance, Quantitative Finance

Biography

Dr Barry Sheehan is Head of the Department of Accounting and Finance at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, and Associate Professor in Risk Management and Insurance. His research focuses on emerging risks, insurance and the changing risk profile generated by emerging technologies or phenomena, with a strong applied orientation shaped by his professional background in the insurance sector. He is Co-Director of the Centre for Emerging Risk Studies (CERS), Research Affiliate at the Central Bank of Ireland, and an academic member of Lero, the SFI Research Centre for Software. He also serves as a Funded Investigator at the Climate+ Co-Centre, where his work examines the insurance industry’s role in addressing the climate challenge, particularly in terms of natural catastrophe resilience, affordability, and innovative public-private risk transfer mechanisms. Dr Sheehan has led and collaborated on numerous competitively funded European, national and industry projects, including major Horizon Europe, Interreg Europe, UK NCSC, Luxembourg FNR, Research Ireland and Enterprise Ireland initiatives.

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  • HG Finance
  • HE Transportation and Communications
  • HF5601 Accounting

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  3. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  4. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  5. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  6. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  7. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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