by Nick Money | Jun 24, 2022 | Featured, News & Updates, Past Events, Welcome
Credit unions from Ireland and Britain, plus a wide range of stakeholders including the Minister of State, came to the Swoboda conference on 20th May in Dublin to discuss the strategically vital issue of financing the transition to net zero carbon emissions. A report...
by Nick Money | May 31, 2022 | Featured, News & Updates, Reflections Series, Welcome
New paper now available: Purposively Purposeful: the case for credit union clarity of purpose, by Matt Bland, CEO of Co-op Credit Union in Britain. This is the second in our Reflections series, based in practitioner experience rather than research. In this piece, Matt...
by Nick Money | Apr 25, 2022 | Featured, News & Updates, Reflections Series, Welcome
The first paper from the Swoboda Reflections Series is from Caroline Domanski MBE, CEO at No1 CopperPot Credit Union, the largest police credit union in Britain. In this report, Caroline describes and analyses her experience of developing a risk management framework...
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 | Dec 21, 2021 | Audio, Featured, News & Updates, Welcome
Over Christmas, we at the Swoboda Research Centre will be remembering our deceased colleague, Ralph Swoboda. We miss Ralph’s wit and wisdom, so we were pleased to come across a podcast from August 2020, containing an hour of reflections from Ralph during an interview...
by Nick Money | Nov 22, 2021 | Featured, News & Updates, Welcome
In memorial to the Centre’s co-founder, first chair and driving force, Ralph Swoboda, the Centre has been re-named the Swoboda Research Centre. You can read more about Ralph’s contribution to credit unions and the Centre here. Our Twitter handle is now...
