Dr Diane Payne BA, MSC, PhD
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Biography:
| Dr. Diane Payne is the Director of the Dynamics Lab which is located at the UCD Geary Institute. She is also a PI at the UCD Complex and Adaptive Systems Laboratory (CASL). Between 2004-2006, she was appointed Assistant Director, with reponsibility for Graduate Programmes, at the UCD Geary Institute. Prior to moving to UCD, Dr. Payne managed the Masters in Social Sciences Degree Programme (Applied Social Research) in the Department of Sociology at the Trinity College, Dublin. Dr. Payne spent several years as a doctoral research fellow at the Interuniversity Centre for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS) at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Following this, she worked as a researcher at the University of Cambridge in England and co-authored with the then Leverhulme Research Professor Robert Bennett, a book and several papers on local and regional economic development in the United Kingdom. Dr Payne completed a Joint Major in Economics and Sociology for her primary degree and then completed a Masters Degree in European Social Policy Analysis (1st class honours) at Maynooth University, National University of Ireland. Whilst studying for her doctoral degree at the ICS in the Netherlands, she received an ICS doctoral scholarship and was also awarded an EU Jean Marie Fellowship. In 2000, she received the UCD President's Research Award for her study of social partnership and wage bargaining in Ireland. She has received a number of major research awards from various Irish and International funding bodies and has an excellent track record in successfully completing and publishing the research work proposed for these various research awards to date. |
Research Interests
| Dr. Payne's various research interests belong to the field of Computational Social Science and in particular, behavioral models of group processes and collective decision making. In particular she has research expertise in group decision modeling, agent based simulation and (formal) social network analysis. She is currently leading and/or collaborating in research projects in the following areas:
Dr Payne has recently successfully completed a number of major research projects at UCD. She led the Irish team, as part of an international group of researchers, collaborating on the cross-national research project entitled Patterns of Urban/Regional Innovation, A Comparative Study of Eight European Countries. She was also a major partner in the UCD-based Irish team, which led the European Commission Framework project entitled Organising for EU Enlargement and which involved international collaboration with universities in Greece, Finland, Slovenia, Hungary and Estonia. She has also co-edited a book entitled "Irish Social and Political Attitudes", published in 2006 and which presents the research findings, based on the analysis of the large-scale survey data set: ISPAS. In 2001, she was co-funded by the Centre for Cross-Border Studies in Armagh and co-authored a major report in 2001, entitled Creating Living Institutions. Cross border and regional co-operation after the Good Friday Agreement. At about this time, she also collaborated with Dutch colleagues on a project examining national wage agreements and organised a research workshop at UCD entitled Negotiating Wage Agreements: Social Partnership in Ireland and the Netherlands. Prior to moving to UCD, Dr Payne worked with Professor Robert Bennett at the University of Cambridge on a project examining decision making for regional economic development under Blair¿s Labour Government, which culminated in several peer-reviewed papers as well as a book entitled ¿Local and Regional Economic Development. Negotiating Power under Labour. Dr Payne¿s PhD research completed at the ICD, University of Groningen in the Netherlands focused on "Policy Making in the European Union: An analysis of the implications of the Reform of the Structural Funds in Ireland". |
Research Projects
| Sponsor : Higher Education Authority (HEA) Title : PRTLI 5: SimSci - Split Accounts - School of Sociology Start Date / End Date : 01-MAR-11 / 29-FEB-16 |
| Sponsor : Higher Education Authority (HEA) Title : PRTLI 5: IPSE - Innovation Policy Simulation for the Smart Economy - Split Accounts Start Date / End Date : 01-MAR-11 / 28-FEB-15 |
| Sponsor : European Science Foundation (ESF) Title : Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences II - Power, Decision-Making and Social Networks Start Date / End Date : 01-JUL-10 / 27-AUG-10 |
Books
| Garry, J., Hardiman, N., Payne, D. ; (2006) Irish Social and Political Attitudes. Liverpool: Liverpool UP. [Details] |
| D. Payne, B.Laffan et ; (2001) Creating Living Institutions. EU Cross-Border Co-operation after the Good Friday Agreement. Armagh: The Centre for Cross-Border Studies. [Details] |
| R. J. Bennett and D. Payne; (2000) Local and Regional Economic Development: Renegotiating power under Labour. : *. [Details] |
| D.Payne; (1999) Policy Making in the European Union. An analysis of the impact of the Reform of the Structural Funds in Ireland. : Thela Thesis. [Details] |
Book Chapters
Farrugia, M., Hurley, N., D. Payne and A. Quigley.; (2011) 'Social Network Construction in the Information Age: Views and Perspectives' In: Social Network Mining, Analysis and Research Trends: Techniques and Applications. Pennsylvania, USA: IGI Global.  [DOI] [Details] |
| Payne, Diane and Stafford, Peter; (2011) 'Governing The City. Institutional Innovation and its Consequences' In: Hardiman, Niamh (eds). Irish Governance in Crisis. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] |
| Payne, D. (with Hardiman, N., McCashin, A.); (2006) 'Understanding Attitudes to Poverty and Wealth' In: Geary, J., Hardiman, N. Payne, D (eds). Irish Social and Political Attitudes. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. [Details] |
| Payne, D., Geary, J.; (2006) 'An Introduction' In: Irish Social and Political Attitutes. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. [Details] |
| Payne, D, Laffan, B et; (2004) 'European Integration and Domestic Territorial Politics: INTERREG III and Cross-Border Cooperation' In: Bourne, A (eds). The EU and Territorial Politics Within Member States: Conflict or Co-operation. The Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. [Details] |
| Payne, D., et Stafford, P.; (2004) 'Metropolitan Governance and Urban Regeneration in Dublin' In: Urban Development Debates. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers. [Details] | |||||||||
| Payne, D ; (2004) 'Irsk EU-medlemskab og kvinders nyemuligheder' In: B.Thomsen (eds). Kvinder Bryder Grænser. Copenhagen: Forlag Informations. [Details] | |||||||||
| Payne, D., et Stafford, P.; (2004) 'The Politics of Urban Regeneration in Dublin' In: V.P. van Stipdonk, F. Hendriks and P.W. Tops (eds). Europe of the City and Regions: Patterns of Co-operation in Comparative Perspective. Netherlands: Elsevier Publishers. [Details] | |||||||||
| Bennett, R. J. And D. Payne; (2002) ''Re-negotiating Regional economic Development in England- who has Joined-up? '' In: in: A. Deffner, D. Konstadakopulos, and Y. Psycharis (eds) , University of Thessaly Press, Volos, Greece (eds). Culture and Regional Economic Development: Cultural, Political and Social Perspectives. [Details] | |||||||||
| D.Payne, R.J.Mokken, F.N. Stokman; (2000) 'European Union Power and Regional Involvement - a case study of the political implications of the Reform of the Structural Funds for Ireland' In: in P,Moser, G, Schneider and G. Kirchgassner (eds.) London: Macmillan (eds). Decision Rules in the European Union. A Rational Choice Perspective. [Details] | |||||||||
| Bennett, R.J. and Payne, D.; (1999) 'Territorial reform of central-regional-local government relations: the implications for power relations of regional development agencies in England' In: in: K-D Henke (ed) , 67-84 Europäische Schriften zu Staat und Wirtschaft, Band 3 (eds). Öffentliche Finanzen zwischen Wachstum und Verteilung Baden-Baden: Nomos. [Details] | |||||||||
| R.J. Mokken, D. Payne, F.N. Stokman and F.W. Wasseur; (1998) 'Praferenzaggregation und Effektivmacht. Die Reform de EG-Strukturfonds fur Irland' In: T, Konig, E, Rieger and H, Schmitt (eds.) Voraussetzungen, Alternativen, Konsequenzen. Mannheim Campus Verlag: (eds). Europa der Burger?. [Details] | |||||||||
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Peer Reviewed Journals
| Oosterwald, A., Payne, D and R. Torenvlied; (2011) 'The Effect of Political Disagreement on Discretion: Mechanisms and Conditions'. Administration and Society, . [Details] |
| R.J. Bennett and D.Payne; (2003) 'Regional Development Agencies in the United Kingdom-Labours flagship sailing at half-mast'. Rationality and Society, 15 (1). [Details] |
| Payne, D., B.Laffan et ; (2003) 'European Integration and Domestic Territorial Politics: INTERREG III and Cross-Border Cooperation'. Perspectives on Politics and Society Special Edition on the Domestic Politics of Regionalism and European Integration, 4 (3):447-474. [Details] |
| B. Laffan and D. Payne; (2002) 'The EU in the domestic. INTERREG III and the Good Friday Institutions'. Irish Political Studies, 17 (1). [Details] |
| R.J. Mokken, D. Payne, F.N. Stokman and F.W. Wasseur; (2000) 'Preference aggregation and Effective power in the EU Structural Funds Reform process'. Irish Political Studies, 15 . [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2011. Title: Dynamics of Innovative Health care delivery: A Social Network Approach (Funded as part of the IPSE Research Programme, under PRTLI 5, Strand 2, 2011-2016) |
| Year: 2010. Title: QMSS 2 Seminar Funding Power, Decision Making and Social Networks (16,500) |
| Year: 2005. Title: IRCHSS award (185,282) for (ISSP) Survey data collection |
| Year: 2002. Title: 65,000 IRCHSSPRTLI3 Patterns of Urban/Regional InnovationA Comparative Study of Urban/Regional Innovation in Eight European Countries-The Irish case study. & Peter Stafford and international coll |
| Year: 2001. Title: 780,000 European Commission Fifth Framework Funding Research Project Organising for EU Enlargement..& Brigid Laffan ; Jane O'Mahony and international collaboration with universities in Greece, Fi |
| Year: 2000. Title: £5,500 UCD President's Research Award Research project: Negotiating Wage Agreements. Social Partnership in Ireland and the Netherlands & Dr. Rene Torenvlied |
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| Year: 2000. Title: £23,000 Centre for Cross-Border Studies, Armagh Research Project: Creating Living Institutions. Cross border and regional co-operation after the Good Friday Agreement & Brigid Laffan ;IBIS |
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| Year: 1999. Title: HEA Funding Survey Module for Irish Social and Political Attitudes Survey (ISPAS)&Dr. McCashin; Dr. Hardiman |
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| Year: 1993. Title: Marie Curie PhD Fellowship |
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| Year: 1992. Title: ICS University of Groningen PhD Fellowship |
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Associations
| Association: European Social Simulation Association, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: International Network of Social Network Analysis, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: European Consortium of Sociological Research, Function/Role: Irish Contact Person |
| Association: International Sociological Association , Function/Role: Research Committee Member RC45 |
Conference Contributions
| Diane Payne; (2008) Externalities and Exchange in Decision Making. [Invited Lecture], School of Sociology Invited Lecture Series, Utrecht, Utrecht University The Netherlands , 24-SEP-08 - 24-SEP-08. |
| Diane Payne; (2008) Dealing in Externalities- decision making and policy networks. [Invited Lecture], Jacobs SHSS Lecture Series, Bremen, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany , 03-DEC-08 - 04-DEC-08. |
| Payne, D; (2008) Ireland and ESF QMSS 2 Programme. [Invited Oral Presentation], Quantitative methods in the social sciences (QMSS 2) Preparatory workshop, European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, France , 03-APR-08 - 04-APR-08. |
| Payne, D and J. Dijkstra; (2008) Networks, Decision Making and Externalities. [Invited Lecture], Networks and Organisations, University of Paris Dauphine, Paris, France , 18-FEB-08 - 18-FEB-08. |
| Payne, D; (2007) QMSS 2 Workshop Preparation Social Networks Topic. [Invited Oral Presentation], QMSS 2 Workshop, University of Ljublana, Slovenia , 23-NOV-07 - 24-NOV-08. |
| Payne, D; (2007) Final QMSS 1 Programme Conference. [Conference Organising Committee Member], QMSS 1 Large Scale Conference, Prague, Czech Republic , 21-JUN-07 - 23-JUN-07. | |||||||||
| Payne, D; (2006) Dynamic Social networks workshop and seminar. [Conference Organising Committee Member], SocIal Networks and Seminar (QMSS Programme), University of Groningen, Netherlands , 06-SEP-06 - 15-SEP-06. | |||||||||
| Payne, D; (2005) Geary Seminar Series 2005-2006: Organisations and Decsion-Making. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Organisations and Decision Making Series, UCD Geary Institute, UCD, Ireland , 10-JAN-05 - 31-JUL-06. | |||||||||
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Committees
| Committee : European Social Survey Round 5 National Steering Committee |
| Committee : UCD Geary Institute Management Committee |
| Committee : IRCHSS International Advisory Committee |
| Committee : School of Sociology Executive Committee |
| Committee : ESRC Conference Organising Committee for 2011 Research Conference |
| Committee : International Sociological Association Research Committee 45 | |||||||||
| Committee : Irish Representative for European Science Foundation QMSS Steering Committee | |||||||||
| Committee : Academic Co-ordinator Dynamics Lab Geary Institute | |||||||||
| Committee : ESF Topic Team "Analysing Social Networks", as part of QMSS programme | |||||||||
| Committee : Research and Scholarship Committee, School of Sociology, UCD; Newsletter Editor, UCD School of Sociology Research Newsletter 2002 -2005 | |||||||||
| Committee : UCD Faculty of Human Sciences Research and Scholarship Board Subcommittee on Research Supports | |||||||||
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Employment
| Employer: School of Sociology/Geary Institute, University College, Dublin Position: Senior Lecturer/Director Dynamics Lab, Geary Institute |
| Employer: School of Sociology/Geary Institute (formally named ISSC), University College Dublin Position: College Lecturer/Assistant Director (Graduate Programmes) Geary Institute |
| Employer: Trinity College, Dublin. Position: Lecturer/Course Director of Applied Social Research Masters Degree Programme |
| Employer: University of Cambridge, England Position: Research Fellow |
| Employer: ICS University of Groningen, Netherlands Position: Ph.D Research Fellow/Assistant Lecturer |
| Employer: WRC (Social and Economic Consultants), Dublin Position: Policy Researcher |
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Education
| Year 1999 Institution: University of Groningen Qualification: PhD Subject: |
| Year 1991 Institution: NUI Maynooth, IRL Qualification: MSc Subject: |
| Year 1990 Institution: NUI Maynooth, IRL Qualification: BA Subject: |
Languages
| Dutch: |
| French: |
Teaching Interests
| Dr Diane Payne is Director of the PhD Thematic Programme Complex Systems and Computational Social Science (CSCS) Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses in the following areas: Advanced Quantitative Data Analysis Comparative European Societies |
Recent Postgraduates
| Dr. Payne has substantial experience of organising specialised doctoral training workshops, as well as individual post-graduate training and supervision (masters and doctoral levels), in model-guided data collection and analysis. She is currently supervising postgraduate work in various areas, including: EU Regional Policy Supervision of Doctoral Degrees Nanette Schuppers UCD School of Sociology Uwe Obermeier UCD School of Business/CASL Mathew Senga Agripinus UCD School of Sociology Extern Examiner for PHD Defense Gijs Van Houten (2008: Department of Sociology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
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Modules Taught
| 200800 SOC30210 Sociology: Social Networks, Organisations and People |
| 200800 SOC30060 Sociology: Quantitative Research Methods |
| 200800 SOC40030 Sociology: Advanced Workshop on Quantitative Data Analysis |
