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Dr. Martha O'Hagan Luff

Associate Professor (Trinity Business School)
ARAS AN PHIARSAIGH
      
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Dr. Martha O'Hagan Luff

Associate Professor (Trinity Business School)
ARAS AN PHIARSAIGH

 ohaganm@tcd.ie

 3531896 4982


Professor Martha O"Hagan is an Associate Professor of Finance, a Fellow of TCD, and the Director of Undergraduate Teaching and Learning in Trinity Business School. She holds a BA in Economics, an MSc in Finance from Trinity College and a PhD in International Finance. Her research is in the area of Behavioural Finance, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Finance, with a particular focus on financing nature restoration. She has published articles in the British Journal of Management, the Cambridge Journal of Economics, Small Business Economics, Ecosystem Services and Forest Policy and Economics. She is currently involved in several research projects in the area of funding nature restoration and conservation and is part of the Business and Nature Hub. Current research projects are ReFarm www.refarm.ie, FOREST https://www.tcd.ie/e3/forest/, FarmCredit https://www.farmcreditproject.com/and INVESTGREEN. She is on the advisory board of the AIB Trinity Climate Hub and on the Steering Committee of Natural Capital Ireland. Prior to completing her PhD Professor O"Hagan worked in Investment Banking in London and Dublin, for Bank of America, Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of Ireland Global Markets. Her area of specialisation was derivatives and financial engineering. Professor O"Hagan has received multiple teaching awards - the Provost"s Teaching Excellence Award, a Teaching Hero Award and has received the Trinity Business School Teaching Excellence Award every year since 2018.
  behavioural Finance   Corporate finance   economics and finance   Entrepreneurship   Finance   International Finance   international finance   Social Finance   Sustainable Finance
Project Title
 Forest
From
September 2021
To
September 2025
Summary
Forest, linking nature and society.
Funding Agency
Kinsella E3 Funding
Person Months
48
Project Title
 Provost Research Award
From
2019
To
2023
Summary
The risk reduction benefits of Green Bonds
Funding Agency
Trinity College Dublin
Project Type
PhD funding
Person Months
48
Project Title
 Government of Ireland PhD Scholarship
From
To
Summary
Home Bias in Investment Portfolios
Funding Agency
Irish Research Council
Person Months
36
Project Title
 ERC Enterprise Ireland Grant Funding
From
2020
To
2021
Summary
InvestGreen
Funding Agency
Enterprise Ireland
Person Months
12
Project Title
 TRISS Fellowship
From
2021
To
2022
Summary
Green Labelling Investment Funds
Funding Agency
TRISS
Person Months
12

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Co-editor of special issue of International Review of Entrepreneurship 2020
External Examiner to Adam Smith Business School, Glasgow 2018
Co-editor of Special Interest Group on Entrepreneurship at EURAM2020 2019
Organising Committee for European Academy of Management conference in June 2020 May 2019
Journal Reviewer for International Review of Financial Analysis 2014
Academic Mentor for Chartered Financial Analyst Institute 2014
Panel Organiser for Trinity Global Business Forum 2017
Reviewer for Small Business Economics 2018
Reviewer for Research in International Business and Finance 2018
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Basic Basic Basic
German Fluent Fluent Fluent
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Natural Capital Ireland Steering Committee
The Cost of Sustainability Reporting: Are Investors Charged Twice for Sustainability-Related Disclosures? in, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026, pp233-254 , [Bevza, Irina, O"Hagan-Luff, Martha], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
Risk-Return Management in Sustainable Finance: Collateral Basket Challenges for Synthetically Replicated Sustainability-Linked ETFs in a European Context in, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2026, pp393-411 , [Bevza, Irina, O"Hagan-Luff, Martha], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
Laqiqige Zhu and Martha O'Hagan-Luff, Investigating barriers to afforestation in Ireland: Insights from a choice experiment survey, Forest Policy and Economics, 182, 2026, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Farrell, CA, White, C, et al., Aligning nature sustainability reporting requirements across national, business and farm scale: lessons from Ireland, Journal of Environmental Management, 409, 2026, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Zhu L., O'Hagan-Luff M., Valuing the invaluable: a review of economic valuations of forest biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, 78, 2026, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Wylie N., O'Hagan-Luff M., An Investigation of the Relationship Between Central Bank Unconventional Monetary Policy and Bitcoin Activity, International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2026, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Wylie N., O'Hagan-Luff M., A qualitative assessment of quantitative easing sentiment, Economic Inquiry, 2026, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Zhu L., O'Hagan-Luff M., Applying real options theory to farmers" afforestation decisions in Ireland, Land Use Policy, 168, 2026, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Alina Sawy, Dieter Bögenhold, Martha O'Hagan-Luff, André van Stel, `I am my business': Solo entrepreneurs' self-presentation on social media, Journal of Management & Organization, 31, (6), 2025, p2726 - 2747, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Perceptions of the self-employed and wage-employed regarding institutional conditions affecting entrepreneurship in, 2024, [D Bögenhold, M O'Hagan-Luff, Z Parastuty, A van Stel], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Award Date
School Award for Excellence in Research Supervision 2023
Trinity Business School Teaching Excellence Award 2023
Trinity Business School Teaching Excellence Award 2022
Trinity Business School Teaching Excellence Award June 2021
Teaching Hero Award June 2021
Winner of Provost Teaching Award June 2020
Provost's Research Award Jan 2019
Shortlisted Provost Teaching Award June 2019
Trinity Business School Teaching Excellence Award June 2020
Trinity Business School Teaching Excellence Award June 2019
Trinity Business School Teaching Excellence Award June 2018
Studentship Trinity Business School 2011 - 2014
Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship - Irish Research Council 2011 - 2014