John Hogan is a lecturer in Irish Politics and International Political Economy, in the College of Business, Dublin Institute of Technology. His work mainly relates to the study of global lobbying regulations, macroeconomic crises, policy change and the teaching of politics. John did his postdoctoral work in the Department of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin. He is editor of Irish Business and Society and Approaches to Qualitative Research and is a reviewer for the Canadian Journal of Political Science and the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis.