James Williams

Mr. James Williams is a Research Professor at The Economic & Social Research Institute.
He is Principal Investigator and Co-director of the National Longitudinal Study of Children in Ireland (NLSCI).
Mr. Williams previously held the position of Senior Economist at Bord Failte Eireann, the Irish National Tourist Organisation as well as in University College, Dublin.
He holds B.A. from UCD as well as an M.A. He obtained a Dip.
Applied.Stats from TCD in 1986 and an M.Econ.Sc in Economics and Econometrics from UCD in 1987.
He also holds graduate degrees in Geography and Economics.
His areas of interest include survey methodology; poverty and income distribution; Geographic Information Systems; and regional development.