LATEST NEWS
Deadline extended for Credit Union Research Prize 2022
Calling researchers! The deadline for applications for the Swoboda Credit Union Research Prize 2022 has been extended to 16th May. This unique award, now in its third year, is aimed at bringing new voices and ideas into the movement, supporting researchers who wish...
Introducing the Swoboda Reflections Series
Swoboda Research Centre is proud to introduce the Reflections Series: a platform for practitioners - executives, directors and staff of credit unions and their stakeholders - to present their views and ideas. These papers are rooted in the experience of...
Social Value Reporting and Credit Union Legitimacy
The latest paper from Swoboda is now available. It is written by our 2021 Credit Union Research Prizewinners, Professor Martin Quinn (Queens University Belfast), Dr Peter Cleary (University College Cork) and Dr Martijn van der Steen (University of Groningen). The...
Talking Credit Unions #28: Credit unions – did they survive the pandemic?
Chris Smith is back, with a podcast that investigates how credit unions have emerged from the pandemic. Chris notes that the past two years have provided the ultimate stress test for the financial, operational, competitive, and cultural resiliency of credit unions,...
The Credit Union Green Lending Conference 2022
The Swoboda Research Centre welcomes its members, and all interested in the credit union sector in Ireland, Britain and beyond, to participate its next exciting conference, in Dublin on Friday 20th May. The conference is all about how credit union lending can help...
Swoboda welcomes Irish Minister for Credit Unions
Paul A. Jones and Nick Money from the Swoboda Research Centre were delighted to welcome last Tuesday Seán Fleming, Irish Minister of State with responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance. Seán is TD for the constituency of Laois Offaly....
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