Background
O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj was born on March 25, 1963 in Bern, Switzerland. Son of Andrew and Hanne O'Rourke.
O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj was born on March 25, 1963 in Bern, Switzerland. Son of Andrew and Hanne O'Rourke.
Bachelor, University Dublin, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989.
Assistant professor Columbia University, New York City, 1989—1992. Lecturer, statutory lecturer University College Dublin, 1992—2000. Professor economic Trinity College Dublin, since 2000.
Co-organiser economic history initiative Center Economic Policy Research, London, since 2004.
Member of Economic History Society, Cliometric Society, Economic History Association, European History Economics Society, American Economic Association.
Married Rosemary Ann Byrne, June 11, 1964. Children: Sophie, Ciara, Joseph, Gabriel.