Dr David Butler

Biography

Dr David Butler is a Senior Lecturer in Economics and Co-Director of the Centre for Sports Economics & Law in UCC.  

Dr Butler holds a PhD (Warwick University), MEconSc (UCC), BComm (UCC - Summa Cum Laude), Postgraduate Cert in Social Science Research (Warwick University) and a Postgraduate Cert in Teaching and Learning (UCC).   

His research interests focus on Sports Economics and Behavioural Economics. He has published in a variety of internationally recognised and high ranked journals. Dr Butler is a member of the European Association of Sports Economists and has presented his research at both domestic and international conferences many times. His research regularly features in the print and broadcast media.   

In recognition of his research contributions, Dr Butler was awarded the College of Business and Law Early Career Researcher of the Year Award. Previously, he has provided advisory services to the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and from 2020 to 2023 he sat on the FAI football research group.   

Dr Butler has over a decade of experience teaching and supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students. He supervises MSc Research Students in Sports Economics, in addition to delivering undergraduate modules in Information Economics, Behavioural Microeconomics, and the Economics of Strategy. He acts as coordinator for incoming Erasmus students to the Department of Economics.