Flores, Dr Miguel

Programme Director for Work Placement; Assistant Professor in Economics

miguel.flores@ncirl.ie

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Education

  • PhD in Economics, University of Leicester, 2013.
  • MA in Economics, Georgetown University (coursework - Ilades, Chile), 2006.
  • BA in Economics, National University of Cordoba, Argentina, 2001.

Esteem and Recognition

  • Member of the Editorial Board, journal Higher Education Studies, Canadian Center of Science and Education. Since February 2024.
  • Member of the Academic Council, National College of Ireland. September 2023 - August 2025.

Teaching qualifications and membership

  • Associate, The Economics Network, 2019.
  • Senior Fellow, The UK Higher Education Academy, 2019.
  • Graduate certificate in learning and teaching, University of Surrey, 2017.

Research Projects and Funding

Research Ireland New Foundations Award (Principal Investigator), 2024-2026. 

Enhancing university-to-work transition of students with disabilities through work placements: assessing barriers and facilitators in Irish higher education. 

Funded by Research Ireland under the New Foundations programme, this project examines barriers and facilitators affecting access to and participation in work placements for students with disabilities across Irish higher education, with a focus on supporting inclusive university-to-work transitions.

Research Publications

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

  • Arsenis, Panagiotis and Flores, Miguel (2024) "Work placements and graduate outcomes: self-selection bias and employability metrics". Norton et al. (Eds.): Lighting the Labyrinth: enhancing student success through the 3Es, Advance HE. ISBN 978-1-7385242-0-4
  • Arsenis, Panagiotis and Flores, Miguel (2024) "University-To-Work Transition and Work Placements: Evidence of Heterogeneous Pay Dynamics". In: Trends in vocational education and training research. Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), VII . Vocational Education and Training Network (VETNET), pp. 11-16.
  • Flores, Miguel and Elmenofy, Bardees (2020) "Skills developed by economic students during their professional training year". In: Enhancing student-centred teaching in higher education, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 169-184. ISBN: 978-3-030-35396-4. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-35396-4_11 
  • Flores, Miguel and Waddams Price, Catherine (2014) "Consumer activity in the British retail electricity market: cluster analysis approach". In: Fostering Growth in Europe: Reinforcing the Internal Market, CEU, pp. 351-365. ISBN: 978-84-15949-79-4

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