Anne Nolan

Anne Nolan is a Research Professor and Head of the Social Research Division at the ESRI. She joined the ESRI in 2002 after completing her PhD in Economics at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). She is also an Adjunct Professor in Economics at TCD, a Research Affiliate at the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at TCD, and on the Expert Advisory Group for the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) study. 

Her research focuses on understanding the factors that shape health and wellbeing across the life course, with a particular focus on factors such as healthcare financing and access, socioeconomic position and environmental conditions. She leads the EPA-funded research programme on environmental socioeconomics, and works on research projects on youth mental health (funded by the Health Research Board), sexual health (Health Service Executive), sexual violence (Cuan and Shared Island Unit at the Department of the Taoiseach) and healthy ageing (Department of Finance).