Kieran Healy 3717840 184968368 2008-01-17T13:22:25Z JD554 4309588 Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/82.39.105.165|82.39.105.165]] identified as [[WP:VAND|vandalism]] to last revision by [[User:83.254.150.122|83.254.150.122]]. ([[WP:TW|TW]]) '''Kieran Healy''' is an [[Irish people|Irish]] sociologist at the [[University of Arizona]] and a regular visitor to the [[Research School in Social Science]] ([[RSSS]]) at the [[Australian National University]]. He earned his PhD in sociology from [[Princeton University]] having begun his studies at [[University College Cork]], in [[Ireland]]. He is married to [[L.A. Paul]], a philosopher at the University of Arizona. His research interests include the social basis of self-interest and altruism, and the organization of exchange in human goods (like blood, organs, eggs and genetic material) and the role of volunteering in the open source software movement. In 2002, he was awarded the [[American Sociological Association]]'s Dissertation Award for "Exchange in Blood and Organs." Kieran was a successful college [[debater]] while at UCC, winning the Irish Times National Debating competition [http://www.uccphilosoph.com/wiki/index.php/Irish_Times_Debating_Competition] having previously been [[Munster]] [http://www.uccphilosoph.com/wiki/index.php/Munster_Schools%27_Debating_Competition] and All Ireland Schools' Debating Champion [http://www.uccphilosoph.com/wiki/index.php/All-Ireland_Schools%27_Debating_Competition]. He was a loyal member of the [[UCC Philosophical Society]] (''the Philosoph''). Healy is a member of the [[Crooked Timber]] and orgtheory.net group blogs. ==Selected bibliography== * Altruism as an organizational problem: The case of organ procurement ''American Sociological Review '', 69:387-404, 2004, [http://www.kieranhealy.org/files/papers/asr2004.pdf PDF] * Digital technology and cultural goods ''Journal of Political Philosophy'', 10(4):478-500, 2002, [http://www.kieranhealy.org/files/papers/jpp.pdf PDF] * <em>Last Best Gifts: Altruism and the Market for Human Blood and Organs</em>. University of Chicago Press (Chicago, 2006) [http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/185117.ctl Description]. ==External links== * [http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kjhealy/ Kieran Healy's website at University of Arizona] * [http://www.uccphilosoph.com/wiki/index.php/Kieran_Healy Entry on UCC Philosoph's wiki project] * [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/books/review/Postrel.t.html?ex=157680000&en=f390b3396e0ec28a&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink New York Times book review of Last Best Gifts] * [http://orgtheory.wordpress.com/ OrgTheory group blog] {{DEFAULTSORT:Healy, Kieran}} [[Category:American sociologists|Healy,Kieran]] [[Category:Blogs]] [[Category:Former university debaters]]