Alan Ahearne

Alan Ahearne joined Bruegel as a Research Fellow in late August 2005. Simultaneously with his work for Bruegel, he is a Research Associate at the Institute for International Integration Studies at Trinity College Dublin. He is also Vice Dean for Research at the National University of Ireland in Galway.

In March 2009, Alan was recruited as a special advisor to Irish Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, in March 2009. He is on leave of absence from the National University of Ireland, Galway, where he lectures at the J.E. Cairns School of Business and Economics.

An Irish and US citizen, Alan obtained his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh) in 1998 and subsequently joined the Federal Reserve Board‘s Division of International Finance, where he worked as a Senior Economist on Asia, international finance and growth.

Alan is an invited member of the Financial Times Economists' Forum, and of the EMU Monitor group of experts, a new forum aimed at providing informed debate on macroeconomics in the euro area.

His research at Bruegel is focused on macroeconomics and international finance, including growth, global current account imbalances and exchange rates and the economic performance of the euro area.