by Nick Money | May 9, 2022 | Featured, News & Updates, Swoboda Credit Union Research Prize
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 to...
by Nick Money | Apr 21, 2022 | Featured, News & Updates, Reflections Series, Welcome
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...
by Nick Money | Apr 21, 2022 | Audio, Featured, News & Updates, Research Publications
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...
by Nick Money | Apr 7, 2022 | Audio, Featured, News & Updates
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,...
by Nick Money | Mar 30, 2022 | News & Updates
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a think-tank focused on poverty based in London, has published a report on the extent of illegal lending in the UK, how it affects those who get drawn into borrowing from illegal lenders and how alternatives might be supported to...
by Nick Money | Mar 28, 2022 | Featured, News & Updates, Upcoming Events
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...
