Publications and Talks

Select Ongoing Projects

  1. Conor O’Driscoll. 2025. “Commuting in Flux: The Roles of Place and Personal Circumstance In Shaping Behavioural Plasticity”.

  2. Conor O’Driscoll and Milad Abbasiharofteh. 2025. “Roots and Routes: Residential Relocation and Relatedness”.

  3. Conor O’Driscoll and Federica Rossi. 2025. “Residential Relocation Decisions and Destinations: The Role of Working From Home”.

  4. Conor O’Driscoll and Ana Maria Silva. 2025. “Working From Home and Labour Market Outcomes: The Case of Earnings and Hours Worked”.

  5. Conor O’Driscoll and Luise Koeppen. 2025. “Subnational Institutional Corruption and Political Discontent”.

  6. Conor O’Driscoll. 2025. “Navigating Change: Residential Relocation, Travel Behaviours, and Built Environments”. Major Revisions in Papers in Regional Science.

Published Research Papers

  1. Conor O’Driscoll; Frank Crowley; Justin Doran; Nóirín McCarthy; Josh O’Driscoll. 2025. “Travel Behaviours and Built Environments on School-Runs”. Regional Science Policy and Practice, 17(1), pp.1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.rspp.2024.100153.

  2. Kevin Credit and Conor O’Driscoll. 2024. “Assessing Modal Tradeoffs and Associated Built Environment Characteristics Using a Cost-Distance Framework”. Journal of Transport Geography, 117, pp.1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.103870.

  3. Conor O’Driscoll; Frank Crowley; Justin Doran; Nóirín McCarthy. 2024. “The relationships between socio-demographics, residential environments, travel considerations, and commute mode choice in Ireland”. Regional Studies, 58(3), pp.1-18. doi: 10.1080/00343404.2023.2199779.

  4. Conor O’Driscoll; Frank Crowley; Justin Doran; Nóirín McCarthy. 2023. “Land-Use Mix in Ireland: Implications for Sustainable Development”. Journal of Maps, 19(1), pp.1-7. doi: 10.1080/17445647.2023.2214165.

  5. Conor O’Driscoll; Frank Crowley; Justin Doran; Nóirín McCarthy. 2023. “Land-Use Mixing in Irish Cities: Implications for Sustainable Development”. Land Use Policy, 128(5), pp.1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106615.

  6. Conor O’Driscoll; Frank Crowley; Justin Doran; Nóirín McCarthy. 2022. “Retail Sprawl and CO2 Emissions: Retail Centres in Irish Cities”. Journal of Transport Geography, 102(6), pp.1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2022.103376.

Public Outreach / Research Dissemination

  1. Conor O’Driscoll. 2024. “The Cost of Morning Commutes: The Case of Kildare”. Kildare FM.

  2. Conor O’Driscoll and Kevin Credit. 2024. “Here’s the real cost of your morning rush hour commute in Dublin”. RTE Brainstorm.

  3. Conor O’Driscoll; Frank Crowley; Justin Doran; Nóirín McCarthy. 2023. “How the relationship between socio- demographics, residential environments and travel influence commuter choices”. Regional Studies Blog.

  4. Conor O’Driscoll. 2023. “Retail Centre Locations in Cork: The Case of Carrigtwohill”. RTE Prime Time.

  5. Conor O’Driscoll; Frank Crowley; Justin Doran; Nóirín McCarthy. 2022. “Planning For Sustainability: Future Retail Centre Locations”. The Boolean, 6(8), pp.27-32.

  6. Conor O’Driscoll; Frank Crowley; Justin Doran; Nóirín McCarthy. 2022. “The Links Between Where We Live and How We Commute”. RTE Brainstorm.

  7. Jane Bourke; Josh O’Driscoll; Conor O’Driscoll. 2022. “Does fear of failure hamper Irish business innovation?”. RTE Brainstorm.

  8. Conor O’Driscoll. 2021. “Why out of town retail parks don’t make sense in a climate crisis”. RTE Brainstorm.

  9. Conor O’Driscoll. 2021. “Shopping Malls, GHG Emissions and The Role of Policymakers in”Green” Transportation Infrastructure in Ireland”. Regional Studies Association: Student Summer Series.

Talks

  1. Conor O’Driscoll. 2025. “Mobility and Economic Geography”.

    • An invited early-career keynote speech to be delivered at the Regional Science Association International: British and Irish Section. The conference was held in Cork, Ireland.

  2. Conor O’Driscoll. 2025. “Stuck in the Mud? Geographical Immobility Across The UK”.

    • Presentation of an ongoing research project at the Regional Science Association International: British and Irish Section. The conference was held in Cork, Ireland.

  3. Conor O’Driscoll. 2024. Navigating Change: The PhD Journey and Life After.

    • An invited workshop by colleagues at the Spatial and Regional Economic Research Centre, University College Cork. Topics covered in the workshop include: Navigating the PhD Journey, The Research Process, Publishing Research, and The Academic Job Market.

  4. Conor O’Driscoll. 2024. Land-Use Patterns and Commuting in Cork.

    • This invited workshop, hosted by the Regional Studies Association (Irish Section), covered the topic of pressing transportation issues in Ireland. At this workshop, I presented ongoing research about commuting flows in the Cork Metropolitan Area, while other notable speakers included Dr. Kevin Credit of Maynooth University and Prof. Hannah Daly of University College Cork.

  5. Conor O’Driscoll. 2024. Writing and Research in University.

    • This invited talk was hosted for undergraduate students about to undertake the first research project of their academic journeys. The purpose of this talk was to introduce them to writing conventions, techniques, and illustrate expectations surrounding what is “expected” in the writings of a university student.