Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy (Tivoli)

• Advanced Diploma in Supervision

• Accredited Psychotherapist IAHIP, MICP, MEAP

• Accredited Supervisor IAHIP

Biography

Alison is an experienced Counsellor and Psychotherapist with over 25 years in the field of counselling and psychotherapy.  She graduated from the Tivoli Institute in 1996 and has been working as a Counsellor and Psychotherapist since then, first becoming accredited in 1999.  Alison completed Advanced Supervision training in 2007 and delivers supervision to all levels of supervisees: trainees, post graduates, accredited therapists and accredited Supervisors.  Alison has served on the Governing Body of IAHIP from 2004-2007 and was Hon. Treasurer during that period.  She started her career in 1992 as a volunteer counsellor with the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.  In 1994 she was instrumental in the foundation of the Goldenbridge Counselling helpline.  Alison has run a private practice for many years and joined the staff at DBS in January 2015.

Research Interests

• Creative approaches to working with the many and varied issues that arise in the practice of psychotherapy including Gestalt, psychodynamic, existential, family and group psychology.

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Certificate in English Language Teaching, Swan Institute

• Masters in Library and Information Studies, University College Dublin (First-class honours)

• PhD in English Literature, National University of Ireland, Galway

• European Computer Driving License Certificate, Irish Computer Society

• Certificate in Postgraduate Development, National University of Ireland, Galway

• MPhil in Anglo-Irish Literature, Trinity College, Dublin University (First-class honours for dissertation)

• BA in Humanities, St Patrick’s College, Dublin City University (Double first-class honours)

• Certificate in Psychology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth

• Certificate in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Tivoli Institute, Dun Laoghaire

• Associate of Arts in General Studies, Peninsula College, Washington State, USA

Biography

Dr. Browne has studied at third-level in the United States and Europe. He finished his BA at St. Patrick’s College DCU with double first-class honours and received prizes for the highest marks in History and English, the first time that was accomplished. At Trinity College Dublin he was awarded a first-class honour for his MPhil thesis on Samuel Beckett. Dr. Browne was then awarded a highly competitive Doctoral Teaching Fellowship at NUI Galway where he wrote his PhD dissertation on Thomas Kinsella. He was later awarded an Irish Research Council Fellowship and an Arts Faculty Write-up Fellowship. Dr. Browne became an Information Professional through a first-class honours MLIS at UCD. He has lectured and tutored at NUI Galway, UCD and Maynooth University. He was the Course Director for the Kilkenny First Arts, Maynooth University’s English Department programme. Dr. Browne has published essays and poetry in the US, Europe and Australia. He is an active Humanities and Social Sciences researcher with broad interests. Currently he is engaged with studies on Thomas Kinsella and John Banville while also researching study-abroad student experiences, student progression and collaborative research tools and methods.

Research Interests

• Anglo-Irish Literature

• Collaborative research

• Study-Abroad Education

• Research Methods

• Humanities and Social Sciences

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Diploma in Career Coaching

• Cert. in Financial Services

• Train the Trainer

Biography

Andrew Mulligan is an Executive Career Coach as well as a management and communications lecturer, and business trainer. He is the proprietary director of Irish Career Resolutions Ltd. providing services to colleges, outplacement providers, training companies and private clients. Andrew is experienced in the design and delivery of courses in both class facing and virtual settings. He specialises in career planning, CV writing, interview preparation and job sourcing and is highly networked with C-level contacts in all industry sectors. He is also an accomplished former senior financial team manager at the strategic and tactical levels as well as an empathic, caring, genuine and respectful coach with an optimistic outlook.

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• BA (Hons) in Computing Science

Biography

A well-rounded software engineer with over 15+ years of experience working for a wide range of companies such as Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, PNC Global Investments, Newbay Software, HMH & Groupon. Expertise in the computer industry as a staff software developer, technical lead, development and Q/A & build automation in Linux/Windows environments.

Research Interests

• Software Development, Fintech, Cyber Security, Cloud Infrastructure, Virtualisation

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• PhD in philosophy (University College Dublin)

• MA in cultural studies (Collegio San Carlo, Modena)

• BA in Arts (Università Federico II, Naples)

• Certificate in Adult Education (University College Dublin)

• Treasurer of the Irish Philosophical Society

Biography

Angelo was born and educated in Italy. He came to Ireland in 2002 to study for a PhD and has taught in different colleges (DBS, UCD, Marino Institute, Hibernia College) since 2006.

Research Interests

• Hermeneutics

• Conscientious objection

• John Henry Newman

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• PhD in Sociology

• MA in Sociology

• Teaching Online, year-long module, Dublin City University, Ireland

Biography

Dr. Anna Wolniak is a lecturer in Sociology and Social Science at Dublin Business School for over ten years, she has been also teaching Sociology at Dublin City University for eight years. Her PhD focused on legal consciousness and behaviour regarding copyright law on the internet, particularly on attitudes towards sharing, copying and downloading digital materials. Technology and social norms are still among her main interests, especially the intersection between law, morality and technical innovations. Over the years, she has also developed a special interest in inequality and social categorisation – how categories of difference are implicated in the production and reproduction of inequality and what can be done about it.

She has been teaching on a variety of core sociological modules regarding inequalities and sociological theory, as well as those with wider social science scope, like migration, social policy, poverty, youth and children studies. She has been a supervisor of many research projects from the area of social science.

Research Interests

• Sociology of the Internet

• Sociology of Law and Morality

• Structural Inequalities – class, gender, ethnicity, ‘race’

• Migration, especially the position of minorities in the host country

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• PhD (Sociology). National University of Ireland Maynooth

• M.Soc.Sc (Sociology). University College Dublin

• BA (Hons) (Sociology, History). University College Dublin

Biography

Annette has over ten years' experience of teaching Sociology and Social Science at third level and in adult education. Annette currently teaches qualitative research & analysis, globalisation and culture, gender & sexuality, and health studies and acts as thesis supervisor and year head for a number of students. Her research interests include the changing relationship between society and nature and the connections between culture and identity. This reserach focuses on the ways in which actors make sense of such issues, using ethnography, cultural analysis and visual research methods. She is an active member of the DBS Research and Ethics Committees.

Research Interests

• The meanings and politics of food consumption and production

• The changing relationship between society and nature

• Social farming and the role of nature in social care

• Culture, identity and popular music

• Ethnicity, identity and stereotypes in tourism

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• (PhD) Film Studies – University of Kent, UK

• MA (Research) Film Studies– University of Kent, UK

• BA (Hons) Film Studies – University of Kent, UK (First Class Honours)

Biography

Barnaby completed his doctoral study at the University of Kent and taught at Trinity College Dublin before joining Dublin Business School. He is currently engaged in cutting-edge research activities exploring the developing relationships between existing practices and new methods in collaborative digital media education. He co-curate voicesonfilm, an audiovisual research initiative that provides real-world opportunities for learners to engage in academic content creation. Voicesonfilm is also concerned with academic branding, entrepreneurship and engaging in relevant audiovisual debate through the organization of public events. Barnaby’s most recent research activity saw the completion of Lumière Word Cloud (voicesonfilm, 2017), an experiment in contemporary collaborative assessment.

Research Interests

• Digital Practice

• Contemporary Cinema

• Databending

• Experimental Filmmaking

• Collaborative Assessment

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Postgrad Diploma in Education

• BA (HONS) English, History, Maths

• Teachers Dip in IT

• Teachers Certificate in Commerce

• Certificate in online learning (MOODLE)

• Member of Irish Computer Society

Biography

Working in the Education sector for over 30 years, Bernadette has extensive experience as a lecturer/teacher and IT trainer in the areas of computer technologies, online learning, Humanities, English Language and Maths. She is also a Moodle Technical Specialist and staff trainer for the online VLE MOODLE in DBS. Bernadette has held the roles of Programme Leader and Subject Leader for the BIS/IT programmes. In addition to her academic role Bernadette has played a central role in the area of staff recruitment, staff mentoring and development in the IT/Computing areas. She was the winner of the ‘Kaplan UK & Ireland Individual Award 2014’, in the ‘Continuous Transformation’ category - a highlight of her career. This was in recognition of her crucial role in driving change in DBS by enabling staff to adapt to change and achieving and accessing government funding for programmes focused on the ICT skills area.

Research Interests

• Online Learning Platforms

• Web, Database and Cloud Technologies

• Teaching, Learning and Assessment Pedagogies

• Technical Skill Development In the workplace

Research Publications

 Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• PhD. Psychology, University of Ulster at Magee College

• BSc. (Hons) Psychology with Organizational Science (First class), University of Ulster at Magee College

• Learning, Teaching & Assessment (Core module for the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Practice), University of Ulster at Coleraine

Biography

Bernadette is the module leader for a range of modules on the BA (Hons) Social Sciences, BA Social Studies, and BA Social Care programmes. Her responsibilities include preparing, teaching, and assessing the following quantitative research and psychology modules - Introduction to Social Research Methods, Advanced Social research Methods (SPSS data analyses) and Social Science Research Project (thesis) modules, Psychology through the Lifespan (one and two), Abnormal Psychology, Social Psychology. She also has responsibility for ensuring that the module content is regularly reviewed and updated. In addition, her duties also include contributing to the reviews of the programmes, as well as the liaison and co-operation with colleagues.

Research Interests

• Body image and appearance concern in adolescents - Self-Objectification

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications

• Masters in Philosophy (M.Phil.)

• BA in Information Systems

• Diploma in Web Design

• Advanced Diploma in Web Design

• Advanced Diploma in Training and Development

Biography

Bernie has been a lecturer in information systems at Dublin Business School since 2005, having previously worked in industry as an SPSS Consultant and Trainer and in the Financial Services Industry as a Data Analyst. She has a BA Honours Degree in Information Systems Management and won a scholarship to pursue a research Master’s Degree in ‘Consumer Web-Search Behaviour in the Irish Airline Industry’. She has presented her work to an international conference on ‘Human Factors and Web Development’ in Nice and also to ‘Human Computer Interaction International’ (HCII) in Crete.

Research Interests

• Human Computer Interaction

• Business Information Systems

• Information Systems Security

• Web Usability

• Web Design

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• BA (Hons.) Psychology, Trinity College Dublin

• Pg Cert Statistics, Trinity College Dublin

• PhD Psychology, Trinity College Dublin

Biography

Prior to joining DBS Ciara worked as a researcher for over 8 years in the Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin (TCD). She taught research methods and statistics to students in the School of Psychology in TCD for 4 years (2015-2019) and worked as an Associate Lecturer in Research Methods on the MBA program at American College Dublin for 3 years (2017-2020).
Her role in DBS is to deliver modules in Research Methods & Statistics to students completing a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Psychology, Business and Finance. These modules aim to equip students with the broad skills and understanding required in order to undertake an independent research project and complete a dissertation. She works closely with other teams in DBS to encourage students to embrace the unique but challenging opportunity that comes with spearheading a research project and to help them develop a unique skillset that will enhance their value in the workforce.

Research Interests

• Cognitive Neuroscience & Electrophysiology

• Neurocognitive Intervention

• Perceptual Processing & Decision Making

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• M.A. in Film Studies and Screen Production (UCD)

• M.Ed (University of Sheffield)

• B.A. (UCD)

• Chairman of Filmbase (Dublin)

• Founder Member of Screen Talent Europe (EU and EFTA)

Biography

Conor has been deeply involved in filmmaking and film lecturing over the last two decades in Ireland and across Europe.
Prior to his current role at DBS, he lectured at UCD and the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), in addition to collaborations with Staffordshire University and University of West of Scotland (UK), as well as the University of Paris 3, La Sorbonne Nouvelle (France).
See IMDB link for filmmaking industry credits.
(https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3334788/)
Since 2014, Conor has been the Editor-in-chief of the Open Access online journal "Studies in Arts and Humanities" (www.sahjournal.com).

Research Interests

• Transnational Film Production

• Screenwriting

• Emerging and Independent Film Production

• Experimental and Avant-garde Film

• Developing Digital Humanities

• OA (Open Access) Publishing

Research Publications

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• MSc in Information Systems with Computing

• BA (Hons) Business

• Teaching Diploma in IT Skills

• C# , Python, PHP and Java Programmer

• Database Developer (MSSQL, MySQL and Oracle)

• OpenStack Development

• Developing OS Systems on Linux

Biography

Currently lecturing in the IT Department, Damien has strong communication, problem solving and decision-making skills with exemplary listening and interpersonal skills. He is self-motivated, reliable and consistent. Damien enjoys working within a dynamic and challenging environment possessing strategic management skills. Damien sees himself as a motivational manager bringing learners along with him by motivating them to strive forward. In his current position as a lecturer in Information Technology, Damien manages many different modules including developing the OpenStack Cloud platform in DBS and prioritises his workloads to deliver learning objectives accurately, with an enterprising approach to business Information Technology and people management.

Research Interests

• Developing online learning systems

• Teaching and learning and assessment pedagogies

• Developing OpenStack platforms

• AI Development

Research Publications

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Masters Strategic Management QQI/DIT (MSc. Strat. Man.)

• Fellow of IITD (Irish Institute of Training and Development)

• Graduateship Marketing Institute of Ireland M.I.I. (PG)

• Graduateship Human Resources Development ICM (PG)

• IITD Certificate in Training and Development

• NCEA Diploma in Business in Marketing

Biography

Darina Reilly is a Lecturer in Human Resources Development and Organisational Behaviour at Dublin Business School, has consulted in matters of HRD, and People and Performance Management for SMEs and has held several Sales Management and Training Management positions in MNCs in various sectors including Hospitality and ICT. She holds directorships in various organisations. She is a fellow of the Irish Institute of Training and Development. Darina is currently lecturing at Dublin Business School on several undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, on subjects in the Management arena. She is a member of the Teaching, Learning and Assessment committee in DBS.

Research Interests

• Organisational Behaviour

• Human Resources Development

• Education

Research Publications

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• MBA

• BA (Hons)

Biography

David Duff has 25 plus years experience in Retail. Both as store Leadership/Management and a strategic senior project manager responsible for the development, and day to day running of, leadership development programme’s in the retail sector. David is currently a business trainer and lecturer, specialising in the areas of leadership and management development, international strategy, innovation & entrepreneurship and HRM.

Research Interests

• Leadership

• Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• MBA HRM

• MA in Social and organisational Psychology

• BA in Psychology

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

• Member of the Irish academy of management

• Member of the Irish Institute of Training and Development (IITD)

Biography

David demonstrates a history of working in the education management industry and has researched and developed numerous academic programmes over the last 25 years, from developing level 8 undergraduate to level 9 postgraduate studies in Management and HRM.
From an academic perspective David has been facilitating an advanced understanding in learners of general management theoretical and conceptual frameworks in both a domestic and international context-the application of robust academic frameworks for evaluating business policy and practice to create innovative change in a business environment. From both academic and practical settings, David’s work has shed light and insight into key business management issues, emerging trends, training future managers to be in a position to synthesise these elements to diagnose existing problems and formulate high performing work practices and solutions.
David worked extensively in both the public and private sector and has over 20 years of lecturing experience and training in both academic and non-academic settings. He’s also worked extensively with newly appointed managers on performance management techniques, coaching and systems transformation.

Research Interests

• Unlocking the power of ‘the social enterprise’ – Balancing profits with purpose

• Training the newly appointed manager; respecting and supporting the stakeholder network

• Performance management and coaching

• Designing work for wellbeing; ethical design strategies and approaches

• Super teams – metrics and putting AI in the group

• Managing cultural awareness and Diversity

• Employee relations and Conflict management

• Negotiation Strategies for creating and claiming value

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• PHD technology Enhanced Learning

• MA in Learning and Teaching

• PGDip Learning and Teaching

• BSc (Hons) Computing in Multimedia Systems

• Diploma IT Network and System Administration

• National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - Ethics Audit Committee Member

• Association for Computing Machinery – ACM SIGCSE – Member

• The Society for Chartered IT Professionals in Ireland, Irish Computer Society - Affiliate Member

Biography

An experienced technologist and educator who enjoys educational development, with interests in bridging the gap between technology skills and innovative teaching. David is currently engaged in PhD research in Technology Enhanced Learning with the National College of Ireland and works with multiple academic environments developing and managing courses under QQI, BTEC, SQA, Springboard and Momentum governance. David is also part of the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education as a member of the Ethics Audit Committee. Previously, David has worked with project management and interactive education for corporate network and IT solution providers as well as the world’s largest search engine provider.

Research Interests

• Technology Enhanced Learning

• Learner Engagement

• Game Technologies

• Game Based Learning

• Gamification

• Machine Learning

• Deep Learning

• Artificial Intelligence

• Data Analytics

• Cybersecurity

Research Publications

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy - DBS

• Diploma in Supervision - Dublin Counselling and Therapy Centre

• Higher Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy - DBS

• BA International Arts Degree (Psych and German) - UCD

• SIAHIP

• MIAHIP

• MICP

• MIPD

Biography

Derek works from a Humanistic and Integrative perspective with a special interest in Psychodynamic and Existential approaches. Derek currently works full time with the HSE National Counselling Service, working with adult clients who have experienced abuse/trauma during childhood. Derek has 11 years experience working in HSE services specialising in the areas of childhood trauma, sexual offending behaviours and intellectual disability. Derek currently works as a Part-time lecturer in Theory and Practice on the MA and Higher Diploma courses with the Psychotherapy department in DBS.

Research Interests

• Childhood trauma and recovery in adult life

• Attitudes towards mental health in Ireland

• Sexuality and sexual expression amongst individuals with an intellectual disability

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• FCCA - Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accounts

• BA (Hons) Human Resource Management

Biography

Derek has been a lecturer with Dublin Business School for over 10 years. Derek has a keen interest in lecturing to both domestic and international students, lecturing on undergraduate Programmes as well as postgraduate programmes.

Derek has lectured on many ACCA courses, including Financial Reporting, Corporate Reporting, Management Accounting, Business and Technology and Taxation.

Prior to lecturing on a full-time basis, Derek gained valuable experience in the areas of Investment Banking, Multinational Corporations as well as assisting an indigenous Irish Manufacturing company to grow organically.

Derek has been an examiner for many of the on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes as well as a Professional Accountancy Body.

Derek’s relaxed approach to class and exam focus has led to students understanding and enjoying the classes. Derek has been recognised by his peers in 2022 receiving a DBS Above and Beyond Award for Student Success.

Research Interests

• Accounting and Finance

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• M.Phil in Textual & Visual Studies, Trinity College Dublin

• Diploma in Journalism & Media Studies, Dublin Business School

• Certificate in Training & Continuing Education, Maynooth University

• Diploma in Illustration & Graphic Art, Escuela Superior de Dibujo Profesional, Madrid

• BA (Hons) Sociology & English, Maynooth University

• Certificate in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language, Language Centre of Ireland, Dublin

Biography

Donal Casey has lectured on the Irish Life & Cultures and Irish Society & Economics modules at DBS for over ten years now. Working mainly with students from the United States and mainland Europe, his duties have included accompanying students on co-curricular activities and weekend study tours, as well as visiting partner colleges in the US to give guest lectures and pre-departure orientation talks.

He has also taught on EFL and Business English programmes, as well as working as a supervisor on BA final-year Capstone projects.

He is a member of the DBS Sustainable Environment Group. He is also a member of the DBS Academic Impropriety Committee.

He has worked extensively as a political cartoonist and book illustrator, mainly for Irish language text books and children’s books. He political cartoons have been published regularly in such magazines as Magill, Fórsa Magazine, Work & Life, Magazine and VOX Magazine. He has also created a series of educational cartoons for Teagasc, the Irish the National Agriculture & Food Development Authority. One of his political cartoons was published in the World Union of Cartoonists album 'Donald Trump Through the Eyes of World Cartoonists'. He has taken part in the past three editions of the annual Galway Cartoon Festival.
He also participated in a Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interactions Institute study about how professional cartoonists create cartoons based on news content and the process used to summarise data in news articles.

Irish-language books he has worked on include 'Dhá Chluas Capaill ar Labhraí Loingseach' published by Cló Mhaigh Éo and 'Gníomhachtaí Gasta', which was published by Gaelchultúr.

He drew together his academic and artistic interests for the MPhil dissertation he wrote at Trinity College Dublin, which was entitled ‘19th Century Irish Ape Man Cartoons and the Aesthetic of the Grotesque’.

His website is www.donalcasey.com

Research Interests

• Irish Studies

• History

• Politics Cartoons

• Textual & Visual Studies

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• PhD. in Psychology

• MSc in Psychology

• BA (Hons.) in Psychology

• European Society of Behaviour Analysis Member (2016 – present)

• Psychological Society of Ireland Member (2015 - present)

Biography

Following the completion of Dr. Dylan's undergraduate studies in Maynooth University, he pursued postgraduate research at both Master’s and PhD. under the supervision of Dr. Bryan Roche during which he investigated behaviour analytic accounts of intellectual performance and assessed the efficacy of relational skills training in improving intellectual, academic, and verbal competencies. Such topics continue to be his primary research interest, although he also has led investigations pertaining to a variety of other research domains, such as stress, elite performance, and autism. Dr. Dylan has been part of the DBS faculty since 2017, lecturing on a wide range of topics, including Individual Differences, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Biopsychology and Research Methods.

Research Interests

• Functional analytic accounts of intellectual performance, IQ & the measurement of intelligence

• Behaviour analytic interventions to improve intellectual and academic performance

• Experimental analysis of complex human behaviour and cognition

• Relational Frame Theory and relational responding

• Educational interventions and gamified learning

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• MSc. Information Systems

• Bachelors in Information Technology

Biography

An experienced technologist and entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience working with bluechip companies and startups.
Part-time lecturer teaching Mobile Application Development, Web Application Development and Cloud Technologies at DBS since 2018.

Research Interests

• Machine Learning

• Cloud Computing

• Data Analytics

• DevOps

• Virtualisation

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• MA in Education, Griffith College Dublin

• PG Diploma in Education, Griffith College Dublin

• PG Certificate in Education, Griffith College Dublin

• National Diploma in Business Studies in Business Management/HR/Marketing/LAW, NCI

• National Diploma in Business Studies in HR, NCI

Biography

Emma Olohan - VP PR for PWN Global, an awarded global goodwill ambassador, Judge for the UK Campaign tech awards and Director of United Events Global.

Emma splits her time between her native Dublin, Ireland, and Lagos, on the western Algarve.

Emma started her career in recruitment in the travel and luxury retail market, then joined one of Ireland's busiest event and marketing agencies contracted to manage local and global event and marketing projects.

Emma has been a key contributor in communicating, creating, devising, and delivering innovative campaigns across Europe. After 20 years in Industry, Emma specialises in International business, Sustainability, Events International Marketing, & Martech. Her love of communications, connecting people and networking inspired her to launch her own International consultancy in 2010, Emma's client base includes a plethora of global companies from tech, aviation, sports & fmcg. Emma has mentored and supported new business owners, start-ups, and co-launched the Women in Aviation chapter in Ireland. In 2020, Emma supported the launch of, and is a board member of Minding Creative Minds, a 24/7 wellbeing service for the entire creative & events sector.

In 2017 Emma was elected as VP PR, the first Irish person to be elected on the PWN Global federation board, a global movement working with professionals from the top 500 Fortune companies, leading the efforts for improved gender balanced leadership and best practice.

Emma has always held a mentoring role in the education sector, connecting Industry to education, supporting students careers by linking her network to Industry advisory panels and pushing for internships / grad placements. A hybrid professional who is a string ambassador for diversity & inclusion in education, & lifelong learning. Emma is an Events Mgt and Marketing lecturer, as well as programme design in higher education.

Research Publications

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• B Comm [UCD]

• MBA [UCD]

• TRUSTEE DIPLOMA

• Banking Diploma

• Professional Diploma in Financial Services

• Human Resources Management Diploma

Biography

30 years’ experience in a wide range of senior and leadership positions in Financial Services – Finance, HR, Strategy, e-business, Marketing, Trustee.

Full Time lecturer since 2007; International Business, Financial Markets, Financial Analysis, Strategic Management.

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• IACP Accredited as Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor

• BA (Hons) in Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy, NUI Maynooth, L7 Addiction Studies

• Post Grad in Body Psychotherapy

• Dip in Jungian Sand Tray

• Dip in Humanistic and Integrative Clinical Supervision

• Cert in Clinical Mindfulness

• Cert in Humanistic and Integrative Counselling

• Cert in Hakomi Mindfulness based Body Psychotherapy

Biography

Lecturer and Trainer in the Stress response and its use in informing self in the Therapeutic space. Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapist and clinical Supervisor in private practice (Wicklow Counselling Service).

Research Interests

• Body Psychotherapy and the use of self in professional practice

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• MA in Marketing (Distinction)

• PhD in Psychology

• City & Guilds Certificate for Teaching in Further Education

• BA in Psychology (FIRST)

• Chartered member of the British Psychological Society

Biography

Dr. Garry Prentice is a chartered psychologist (British Psychological Society), with research experience within the addiction, health, social identity, marketing, learning and quantitative methods areas. In the past, Dr. Garry Prentice has been a consultant researcher with an addiction treatment unit in Northern Ireland, and the Centre for Young Men’s Studies at the University of Ulster. His research consultancy work has included constructing questionnaires suitable for assessment of programme outcomes, setting up of databases, statistical analysis of participant outcomes, and report writing. As part of his consultancy work, Dr. Garry Prentice has also conducted Structural Equation Modelling and Advanced Statistics workshops for various institutions including University of Ulster and Queen’s University Belfast. In his Ph.D., Dr. Garry Prentice specialised in the investigation of risk factors for positive drug attitudes and addictive behaviour. Dr. Garry Prentice has many publications within the addiction, psychology and social research fields, including conference presentations, abstracts, reports and peer-reviewed journal articles. He has also successfully completed an MA in Marketing and associated marketing thesis, which examined the application of service quality assessment techniques in relation to education programmes.

Research Interests

• Addiction

• Health and health behaviour models (cognition/ social cognition models)

• Social identity, personality and emotions

• Learning and motivation

• Quantitative methods

• Marketing

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Externship & Core Skills in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy

• Masters in Psychotherapy & Counselling – 1st Class Honours (Hetac 9)

• Postgraduate in Psychotherapy & Counselling – 1st Class Honours (Hetac 8)

• Counselling & Pastoral Care Diploma (Level 3 OCN)

• Diploma in Art & Design Teaching – 1st Class Honours (NCEA) NCAD

• Degree in Visual Communication (B.A. Hons) 1st Class Honours University of Ulster

• IACP

• IAHIP

• ICEEFT (International Centre of Excellence for Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy)

• DPI (Disability Psychotherapy Ireland)

Biography

Heather is a practising psychotherapist with 13 years’ experience with adults, adolescents and couples from diverse cultural backgrounds. She works in a humanistic integrative way which focuses on the primacy of the therapeutic relationship. Her background in secondary school teaching has facilitated in practising in a creative way ensuring safety and sensitivity to all ages.

Research Interests

• Impact of Suicide Prevention on the Experienced Irish Clinician

• Vicarious Trauma & Vicarious Resilience in the Face of Suicidality

• Disability in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• FCCA (Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)

• Dip IFR (Diploma in International Financial Reporting)

• Adv Dip (T & D) (Advanced Diploma in Training & Development)

Biography

James has been with Dublin Business School for over 20 years holding various roles including Head of Department of Accounting & Finance. James has a particular interest in teaching International students and regularly travels overseas as a Visiting Professor at the College’s International Partner Institutions in China and SouthEast Asia.

Prior to lecturing full-time, James gained valuable commercial accountancy experience in a range of roles from public practice to multi-national industry. Since then James has become an expert in his chosen fields of corporate governance, financial reporting and management accounting and has been preparing students for under-graduate, post-graduate and professional accountancy exams for over 20 years. He has authored a Professional Manual in Management Accounting and has himself held roles as an Examiner / Moderator / Senior Moderator for a number of the Professional Accountancy Bodies.

James has a reputation for making difficult topics easy to grasp. His ethos is simple: if you understand the basic principles, then applying these to the exam to achieve success is easy. His classes focus on ensuring each student clearly understands the topic they are studying, why they need to know it and most importantly, how they can use it in the pursuit of academic success.

Research Interests

• International Education

• Professional Education

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• BSc Computing IT ( Hons)

• Certified Transact SQL Trainer ( SYBASE)

Biography

Jennie was part of the first group of graduates from IT Tallaght (RTC Tallaght) in 1996. She also studied Transact SQL in college & got an immediate role with Sybase Ireland based on this. Jennie has 25 years experience mostly in Databases, Data, Information Systems & Solution Delivery. She has always been involved in training within every role.

Jennie worked for many companies including Sybase, AOL, Capita, PM Group and moved to Lecturing part-time in 2018 with DBS.

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• B.A.(Hons) Psychology, M.A. Cognitive Science, PhD

• Visiting research fellow at School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin

• Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS)

• Subject matter expert in Psychology for Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)

• Scientific peer reviewer for The Journal of Health Psychology, European Journal of Behavior Analysis, The Psychological Record, the Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, the World Journal of Paediatrics and Studies in Arts and Humanities.

Biography

Dr. John Hyland is a lecturer in psychology at Dublin Business School, and a visiting research fellow in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Trinity College, Dublin. His teaching centres around Behaviour Science, Research Methodology, Data Analysis and Psychological Ethics. He also serves as a member, and was previously the head, of the DBS Research Ethics Committee, and a member of the DBS Research Ethics Filter Committee. He is a Chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and also served for six years as a committee member of the Northern Ireland Branch of the BPS. He currently sits on the Editorial Panel for Studies in Arts and Humanities.

Research Interests

• Experimental Analysis of Complex Behaviour: Originating in the effects of, and reproduction of, language and sequence, my work has since integrated several associated variables such as age-related cognitive decline, electrophysiological activity in behaviour sequencing, and instruction following impacting upon decision making.

• Aggression and Victimisation: The role of the Dark-triad of personality in bullying victimisation, the role of religiosity as a coping mechanism in victimisation, and bullying victimisation in schools from high poverty (DEIS Band-1) regions.

• Health Promotion and Intervention: Issues of substance use and associated correlates, the use of guided mindfulness in stress reduction and cognitive performance, the role of ISPCC social supports on stress levels among secondary school students.

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Postgraduate in Digital Marketing, Level 9 from DCU

• Graduate Member of the Marketing Institute of Ireland

• Advanced Diploma in Marketing Techniques

• BSc. (Mgmt.) (Hons.)

Biography

30 years in Marketing FMCG industry, including Marketing positions with The Coca-Cola Company, C&C Soft Drinks and Unilever Ireland. Founder and Director of four companies, including Food For Living Life with Owner of Cornucopia. Currently run my own e-Commerce Sports business.

Research Interests

• Food, Drinks & Sport

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• PhD Behavioural Neuroscience

• BSc (Hons) Applied Psychology

• External Examiner – BSc (Hons) Applied Psychology, Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education 2013-2017

• Member - Psychological Society of Ireland

• Member - National Forum - Learning Analytics Advisory Group on Teaching, Learning & Effective Interventions

• Member – Educational Developers in Ireland Network

Biography

Dr. Lee Richardson is the Data Analytics & Reporting Manager, and Student Engagement & Success Unit Team Lead at Dublin Business School. Lee’s current research interests include assessment and feedback and he is a member of the National Forum - Learning Analytics Advisory Group on Teaching, Learning & Effective Interventions.

Research Interests

• Assessment & Feedback

• Behavioral Neuroscience

• Pedagogy

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• MSc Financial Economics

• HDip Economics and Governance

• BSc Engineering (member of Engineers Ireland)

Biography

Lynn Monaghan is an experienced data analyst with 6+ years of experience in ecommerce companies such as Paddy Power and Sky PLC. Lynn started as a junior data analyst in 2011 in Paddy Power and finished three years later as a senior analyst on the customer intelligence team. Following this, she spent a number of years in London working initially as a data analyst for Sky PLC and finished as a revenue manager for their revenue and strategy team.

Research Interests

• Interested in the Fintech world and hoping to teach on the upcoming Fintech Masters

• Big data and Artificial Intelligence including keeping up to date with new tools and technologies in this field

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• B.A. (HONS) Counselling & Psychotherapy.

• Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy

• Certificate in Counselling & Psychotherapy

• Diploma in Integrative Supervision

• Certificate in Integrative Supervision

• Diploma in Management.

• Certificate in RNID (Registered Nurse in Intellectual Disabilities)

• I.A.H.I.P

• I.C.P.

Biography

Mags is an accredited Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor. She has over twenty years’ experience as a psychotherapist, having graduated from Tivoli Institute in 2001, completing her BA in 2003 and her Diploma in Clinical Supervision in 2009.

Mags joined DBS in 2006. She is a Clinical Group Supervisor on the MA and BA Psychotherapy Programmes. She is also a trainer on the BA in Counselling and Psychotherapy, and the Diploma in Counselling Studies courses.

Furthermore, Mags has an established private practice and provides psychotherapy and clinical individual and group supervision to clients - including trainee psychotherapists and supervisees, accredited psychotherapists and supervisors. She is also a case manager with Towards Healing working with survivors of institutional, clerical and religious abuse. Mags has also served on the accreditation committee of I.A.H.I.P.

Research Interests

• A keen interest in working with how the conscious and the unconscious material in the therapeutic relationship unfolds and develops.

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Executive MBA, Liverpool John Moore’s University

• Diploma in Entrepreneurship. M50 Enterprise (in conjunction with UCD, DCU, IT Tallaght and IT Blanchardstown)

• Higher Diploma in Education, University College Galway

• B.A. (Hons.) in English and History, University College Cork

Biography

Martin O’Dea lectures in Management and Human Resource Management at Dublin Business School. His interests include human advancement through technological and biological development. He has written on topics such as the economics of accelerating technologies and the nature of consciousness. He has been involved with organizations such as Advanced Substrate Independent Minds and Terasem Foundation and is involved in a startup Artificial General Intelligence company.

Research Interests

• Advancing Technology in Business

• Theory of Mind

• Advancing technology in politico-social settings

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• MSc in Psychotherapy Studies - University of Sheffield

• Diploma in Clinical Supervision - Dublin Gestalt Centre

• Diploma in Gestalt Therapy - Dublin Gestalt Centre

• Diploma in Psychotherapy – Tivoli Institute

• Certified Imago Relationship Couples Therapist

• Diploma in Hypnotherapy

• Mindfulness Meditation Teaching Qualifications:

  • Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Meditation Teacher – awarded by the Institute for Mindfulness Based Approaches (IMA)

  • Certified Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Teacher - awarded by (IMA)

• M.I.A.C.P.

Biography

Martina is an advocate for mental wellness and well-being, and has completed years of extensive training in the field of mental health. She holds an MSc in Psychotherapy from the University of Sheffield, and is an accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist with the Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (I.A.C.P.).
Martina is an I.A.C.P. accredited Supervisor and provides supervision for professional Counsellors and Psychotherapists.
She is a certified Teacher of Mindfulness approaches and is a graduate of the Teacher Training programme at the Institute of Mindfulness Based Approaches (I.M.A.). She teaches mindfulness based stress reduction courses and mindfulness based compassionate living courses.
Martina maintains a clinical Psychotherapy practice in Dublin and has extensive experience of working with individuals and couples with a wide range of issues. Her approach is integrative, and she adapts her approach to the specific needs of the person.

Research Interests

• Neuroscience and the effects of trauma and well-being

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Database Design and Development, SQL (Ennis Business School)

• Teaching English as a Foreign Language (City and Gills, Dublin Language Centre)

• Teachers’ Diploma in Information Technology (LSB College, Joint Examining Board)

• Teachers’ Diploma in Typing (College of Commerce, Rathmines, Department of Education)

Biography

Mary Nolan worked for seven years in Industry before starting her career in Education.  She teaches IT Skills based modules on level 6 & 7 programmes and also level 8, 1st year programmes.  Mary has the opportunity to work closely with our student body offering pastoral care support to our undergraduate students.
She has taken on the role of Programme Leader for some Springboard programs and her function in DBS is an academic and pastoral care role to support our students.
In addition to her academic role, Mary was privileged to be awarded the 2015 'Above and Beyond Student Award' from the DBS student body.  In two consecutive years, 2016 and 2017, she was the winner of the 'Kaplan Way and Spirit of Kaplan in Ireland and the UK'.  This was in recognition of her student support role in encouraging and supporting students in academic support.

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• BA (Hons) Philosophy from Trinity College Dublin

• MA (Hons) Film Theory and Production from TUD (then DIT)

Biography

Senior Lecturer and Subject Expert in Creative Media Matthew Nolan currently teaches on the Film and Creative Media degrees, manages the creative media production unit along with the Master’s in Creative Media Practice, delivered in partnership with the University of West Scotland.is a Dublin based musician, composer, music curator, and film academic. He was the founder and artistic director of 3epkano from 2004 to 2015, an instrumental music ensemble who specialised in the production of original music for movies from the silent era. Since 2015 he has been commissioned to write new music for Carl Dreyer’s Vampyr,Tod Browning’s Dracula, Andrea Mastrovito’s Nysferatu, Rex Ingram’s The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the Weimar classic People on Sunday, and co-composed the score to Night of the Living Dead for a special 50thanniversary screening in 2018.Over the last 10 years, he has been involved in producing new music for several award-winning Irish films including Exile in Hell, Runners, and Somewhere Down the Line.

Matthew has also worked on commissions from and curated programmes with a range of prestigious performing arts institutions and arts organisations, including: Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, Film Society at Lincoln Centre in New York, Goethe Institut Dublin and New York, Dublin International Film Festival, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Dublin Fringe Festival, National Gallery of Art in Dublin, Bram Stoker Festival, St Patrick’s Festival Dublin, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Here is a list of films that Matthew has been involved in scoring: 

Roaming (2002, dir. Katie Lincoln)
Besieged: The Ned Kelly Story (2004, dir. Barrie Dowdall)
Exile in Hell (2007, dir. Barrie Dowdall)
Runners (2009, dir./ Rob and Ronan Burke)
Somewhere Down the Line (2014, dir. Julien Regnard)
I am not Legend (2020, dir. Andrea Mastrovito)
The Making of MOLI (2020, dir. Luke McManus)

Research Interests

• Film Music – theory and practice

• Sound Design

• Visual and sonic art

• Film Theory and Philosophy

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Diploma in Digital Marketing & Strategy. DBS.

• MOS Master Trainer (Office 2010). Microsoft.

• Diploma in Business & Life Coaching. Mindstream - NCI

• Certificate in Training & Continuing Education. NUI - Maynooth

• JEB Certificate in Teaching & Training on the Internet. (JEB) Joint Examining Board

• (Adv) JEB Teachers Diploma in Information Technology. (JEB) Joint Examining Board

• JEB Teachers Diploma in Information Technology. (JEB) Joint Examining Board

• Teachers Typing Diploma. Department of Education

Biography

Michelle has worked for almost 20 years for a number of large multinational companies specialising in the Marketing & Sales areas where she held a number of managerial roles before setting up her own IT Training Consultancy company which meets the many varied and changing business needs of today's flexible companies, focusing particularly on the information technology side. Michelle holds a number of professional qualifications among which she is a specialist in Microsoft Applications (MOS Trainer) and has an international Business & Life Coaching qualification. She is an experienced lecturer who lectures on first and second year business programmes.

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Post-graduate Diploma in Family Law

• MA in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

• Higher Diploma in Psychotherapy

• Professional Training Enrolled as Solicitor Hilary Term 1995

• Diploma in Legal Studies

• Bachelor in Business Studies

• Member of the Irish School for Lacanian Psychoanalysis (ISLP), Dublin

• Member of the Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland (APPI)

• Member of the Law Society of Ireland

Biography

Miriam Kavanagh is a Lecturer in Group Psychotherapy on Higher Diploma in Psychotherapy, Group Supervisor for the Infant Observation Module on MA in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and on the Group Process Module on BA, Higher Diploma, and MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy. She holds a MA in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from Dublin Business School, a H. Dip in Psychotherapy from UCD, a Postgraduate Diploma in Family Law from the Law Society of Ireland and a BBS degree from Trinity College. She is a member of the Association of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland (APPI), the Irish School for Lacanian Psychoanalysis (ISLP) and the Law Society of Ireland.

Research Interests

• The Practice of Psychoanalysis

• A psychoanalytic approach to Group Relations in the Tavistock tradition

• Freud’s “The Interpretation of Dreams”

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• PhD

• MSc

Biography

Financial services senior practitioner with expertise in Risk Management.

Research Interests

• Business Data Analytics

• Risk Management

• International Regulations for Financial Services

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• MA Education & Training

• Post Grad Entrepreneurial Educators

• Prof Diploma Digital Marketing

• MSc Marketing

• BA (hons) Marketing

Biography

Niamh Cullen teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the School of Business. Her specialities are within Marketing and focuses on areas including Contemporary Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Communications, and Essentials of Marketing. Niamh has a strong interest in researching learning environments and various teaching methods that influence learner motivation and engagement across levels of courses.
Her professional experience includes over 9 years teaching in the School of Business while also staying current in industry through marketing consultancy for SMEs.

Research Interests

• Research carried out on “The effects of learning environments & methods on learner motivation and engagement.”

• Research carried out on “The use & impact of Sensory Marketing in Advertising”.

• Consumer Behaviour Research & Marketing

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• MSc. Information Technology (Aberdeen, Scotland, UK)

• BEng. Electrical / Electronic Engineering (FUTO, Nigeria)

Biography

Obinna Izima has a Bachelor of Engineering degree (2.1) in Electrical / Electronic Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State (FUTO) in Nigeria. He later obtained a Master of Science degree (Distinction) in Information Technology from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Obinna is currently engaged in PhD research with the Communication Network Research Institute at the Technological University Dublin where his primary research focus is on developing machine learning techniques for the prediction and monitoring of Quality of Delivery (QoD) and Quality of Service (QoS) metrics in video delivery networks. His industry work experience spans across Network Engineering, Web Application Development and Specialist Project IT Support in both Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Projects and Real Estate Management.

Research Interests

• Machine Learning for Network Performance Optimization

• Network Performance Monitoring and Management

• Signal Processing

• QoD/QoS management in Video Delivery Networks

• Data Analytics

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• PhD in Behavioural Analysis

• MSc in Psychological Research Methods

• BSc in Applied Psychology

• Diploma in Combined Social and Behavioural Studies

Biography

My PhD focused on using behavioural analysis to reduce energy use. I have been lecturing in Psychology at Dublin Business School since 2011. I have significant experience in: lecturing on a range of subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate level (including statistics, research methods, mental health and experimental psychology); module development; programme design and evaluation, research and research mentorship. I've recently completed short courses in data analytics, R and python.

Research Interests

• My research interests include behaviours with potential to influence climate change, mental health (and related stigma), music, experimental methods and many other areas. I use both qualitative and quantitative research methods and have a developing interest in data science and the R and python programming languages

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Adult & Higher Education)

• Ph.D. English Literature

• BA (Hon) English and American Literature

Biography

Paul Hollywood is a graduate of the University of Kent at Canterbury, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in English Literature for his work in nineteenth century political fiction. After graduation, Paul taught English and American Literature at the University of Kent for two years, before moving to London to teach English for the Refugee Council UK, and then to Ireland to teach drama and theatre studies, as an extension of his interests in modernism in literature. He taught at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth from 1998 until 2009 and at DBS from 1999 to the present.

Research Interests

• Contemporary drama

• Community theatre

• Literary modernism

Research Publications

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Professional Diploma in Data and Analytics in Financial Services, Level 9 - Institute of Bankers & UCD School of Professional Finance

• Certification in PRINCE2 Project Management, Axelos

• Professional Diploma in Innovation, Creativity and Leadership, UCD Innovation Academy, Level 9

• MSc Project Management - UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Level 9

• Certificate in Project Management for International Financial Services - Institute of Business and Technology College Dublin, Level 8

• BA (Hons) International Business and Languages - Dublin Institute of Technology, Level 8

• Professional Diploma in Financial Advice - Institute of Bankers & UCD School of Professional Finance, QFA, Level 7

• Professional Certificate in Financial Advice - Institute of Bankers & UCD School of Professional Finance, APA, Level 7

• Member of Institute of Bankers Ireland (IOB)

• Member of the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA)

• Washington in Ireland Forum Fellow (WIP)

Biography

Paul is a Qualified Financial Advisor (QFA) and Project Manager located in Dublin-Ireland. With a combined professional experience over 10 years in Corporate Banking and Management Consulting his key skills include project management, financial management, leadership and change management.

Paul is a Senior Technology Consultant at Deloitte Ireland and Part-Time Lecturer at Dublin Business School delivering various Project Management modules across the MBA, Degree and Professional Diploma programmes. With experience in project management techniques such as PRINCE2, Agile, PMI and Lean, Paul has a keen interest in change transformation, implementation in the Financial Services Industry.

Paul is an individual who can provide vision, a commitment to delivering cutting-edge analysis, opinions and solutions in a classroom setting.

Research Interests

• Project Management, Change Transformation and Technology

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Master’s Degree in Project Management

• BA Degree Management

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

• Member of the Project Management Institute

• Member of the Ireland chapter the Project Management Institute

Biography

Paul Taaffe is the founder and lead consultant with Taaffe & Associates; a company that primarily offers advice, expertise and specialist skills concerned with leading transformation programmes in both public and private organisations.

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• B.A. (Hons.) Psychology, Diploma in Family Law, Diploma in Addiction Studies, Ph.D.

• Test User: Occupational, Ability (including Assistant Test User: Occupational) & Test User: Occupational, Personality

• Visiting research fellow at School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin

• Subject matter expert in Psychology for Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)

• Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society

• Scientific peer reviewer for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and the Journal of Health Psychology

Biography

Dr. Pauline Hyland is a lecturer in Psychology at Dublin Business School for over twelve years and a visiting research fellow in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Trinity College, Dublin. She is also a member of the DBS Research Ethics Committee and the Chair of the DBS Psychology Research Ethics Filter Committee and the Head of Undergraduate Research in Psychology at DBS. Her Ph.D. focused on some of the predictive factors and outcomes of involvement in traditional and cyberbullying, specifically the ‘dark triad’ (Narcissism, Machiavellianism and Psychopathy) of personality, mental health, social support, self-efficacy and coping. Her teaching centres on research methods and analysis, quantitative and qualitative analysis and project support. She is also an editorial board member of Studies in Arts and Humanities Journal.

Research Interests

• Bullying and aggression: Predictive factors and outcomes of involvement in traditional and cyberbullying such as mental health, social support, self-efficacy and coping. Bullying victimisation in schools from high poverty (DEIS Band-1) regions.

• Dark triad of personality: Role of Narcissism, Machiavellianism and Psychopathy as predictive factors in traditional and cyberbullying, trolling and aggression. Also examining its role in the workplace setting.

• Teacher related issues in the educational setting: Issues concerned with teacher training and special education needs

• Health-related behaviours and outcome: Issues of substance use and associated correlates and consequences of health-related illnesses.

Research Publications

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Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• Ph.D. in English, University of Warsaw

• M.Lit. in English, University of Warsaw

• Member of British Shakespeare Association

• Member of the editorial board of academic journal Studies in Arts and Humanities

Biography

Born in Poland, Dr. Sadowski has lived in Ireland since 1991, where he taught at Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, American College Dublin, and Dublin Business School. Dr. Sadowski is married, with two grown-up sons. His hobbies include reading history and popular science books, photography and filmmaking, hill-walking during the summer and cross-country skiing in the winter.

Research Interests

• Early German cinema

• Modern visual arts

• Renaissance drama, esp. Shakespeare

• Evolutionary semiotics

• Communication theory

• Systems theory of literature

Research Publications

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• EdD Doctorate in Education University of Winchester

• Professional Development Award for External Examiners, Advance HE

• MEd Master’s in Education (distinction) Ulster University

• Postgraduate Certificate in CDP Digital Education Innovation Ulster University

• Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership Chartered Management Institute at Ulster University

• MBA Master’s in Business Administration Ulster University

• Diploma in Project Management ALISON

• Advanced Teaching Thinking Certificate Newcastle University (South West College)

• Teaching & Learning Certificate Newcastle University (South West College)

• PG Certificate in Blended Learning Southampton Solent University

• PGCLTHE PG Certificate in Learning & Teaching in Higher Education Southampton Solent University

• Certificate in Further Education Teaching Southdown’s College

• Professional Trainer CIEH

• BA (Hons) Information Management Queen’s University Belfast

• Teaching English as a Foreign Language TEFL

• Present Member of the DSA Business and Development Group

• Present Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

• Present Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute

• Present Senior Fellow of the AdvanceHE

Biography

Rita is the Academic Director for Business, Law, and Marketing, with responsibility for governance of programmes in learning and teaching innovation since December 2019. She has led the development of the curriculum to deliver high quality academic and industry relevant programmes. This includes the Programme Review of the Bachelor of Business programme, the Programme Validation of the SPA Certificate in Marketing Technologies, the Higher Diploma in Science in Digital Marketing, and the Higher Diploma in Business in Project Management.

A successful record of achievement in academic and professional leadership and management, within the Further and Higher Education and private sectors, committed to pedagogical development, innovation, and employee engagement. An extensive variety of teaching undertaken in Business and Marketing at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Ireland, the UK and Europe. Rita has been involved in a number of projects with the University of Cyprus, the State University of New York and RMIT Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and IT Sligo. Highly experienced in collaborative partnership working, she has led the development of the Business and Marketing Industry Advisory Board.

Research Interests

• Pedagogy: Constructive Alignment used for Learning, Teaching and Assessment.

• Online Learning: As part of the Intel Ireland project at IT Sligo 2015, I created and developed a range of MOOC’s in coding for young people. This role involved researching instructional design, developing online content, and sourcing suitable resources, using professional links with subject matter experts, from Dublin Institute of Technology, Fast Track into Technology Ltd., ITSligo, South West College and Drogheda FE College. The MOOC’s are still available online and the output was in the form of a research paper for Intel and conference proceedings.

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• PhD Behavioural Neuroscience and Psychology

• BSc (Hons) Applied Psychology

Biography

After completing her undergraduate degree in Applied Psychology in the University of Ulster, Dr. Rosie Reid received her Doctorate in Behavioural Neuroscience and Psychology in 2004. The focus of her research was the restoration of neural development in a model of Congenital Hypothyroidism. Her other research interests included the neurophysiology and treatment of Alzheimer's Disease, and the role of brain opioids in feeding behaviours.

Research Interests

• Electrophysiological investigation in the areas of desensitisation to violence, deception, attention, language, and music perception

• Neural context of responses to art and musical ability, and the effects of brain injury

Research Publications

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• PhD in Data and Knowledge Processing, University of Dublin, Trinity College

• M.Sc. of Mathematical Statistics, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

• B.Sc. of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

Biography

Dr. Shahram is an IT and AI lecturer and senior researcher in Dublin Business School (DBS). He received his PhD in Data and Knowledge Processing from Trinity College Dublin in 2017, which was funded by Science Foundation Ireland and LERO. Dr. Shahram received his MSc in Mathematical Statistics from University of Tehran, Iran, in 2009 and his BSc in Statistics from Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran in 2006. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at HPC group at UCD, from 2017-18. He has also designed and developed various AI-based applications in different Business domains such as Health care sector, Transportation, Energy, Telecom from 2017-19. His current research focus is on designing, developing and deploying different types of AI-based applications using Statistical learning, Machine learning and Deep learning algorithms. Dr. Shahram is also interested in hybrid deep learning models for signal and video processing, Big Data and MAS.

Research Interests

• Design, develop and deploy different types of AI applications using Statistical learning, Machine learning and Deep learning algorithms

• Hybrid deep learning models for signal and video processing

• Machine learning for Big Data Analytics

• Bayesian Knowledge Processing

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• PhD, DCU

• PGD (Software Quality Management), NUST

• MBA, AIOU

• B-Com, Karachi University

• Certified Aircraft Engineer, Fixed Wing airframe license

• Certified Software Quality Management Professional

• Private Pilot Licences

• Member Association for Consumer Research

• Member Irish Academy of Marketing

• Active Private Pilot / represent Ireland in Model Extreme Aerobatics at the world level

Biography

Dr. Shakeel Siddiqui PhD is an established academician and author, and has been associated with DBS for over ten years. During his PhD, he was a recipient of Bank of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship at DCU, where he researched and published in the area of Digital Consumer Behaviour, and later taught postgraduate modules in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour (2003-2008). Over the years, Dr. Siddiqui has acquired diverse professional and academic qualifications and has worked in a variety of industries. In his previous careers, Dr. Siddiqui managed the innovation and marketing division of a technology multinational, Project managed a large telecommunications project, taught in an engineering university, designed and built light aircraft, and conducted original research in the area of Aerospace Engineering.

Research Publications

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• BA in European Studies, Law & Spanish (Level 8)

• Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (Level 9)

Biography

Sharon Sheehan has been lecturing at Dublin Business School since 1997. Amongst her other teaching workload, Sharon teaches Paper F4 Corporate and Business Law for the ACCA and her students have been placed first, second and third in Ireland in previous exam diets. Sharon is also the examiner for Chartered Accountants Ireland – Law for Accountants, Accounting Technicians Ireland – Law and Ethics, and Certified Public Accountants Ireland – Corporate Laws and Governance. She teaches at Masters level in Employment Law with the IPA and has written an employment law manual, as well as providing technical proof on textbooks such as A Guide to Being a Company Director, and An Introduction to Business Law.

Research Interests

• Company Law

• Employment Law

Research Publications

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• PhD (UCD)

• Higher Diploma in Computer Science (UCD)

• MSc. Mathematics (FC College, Lahore, Pakistan)

• Technical: MTA Software Development Fundamentals

• MTA Web Development Fundamentals

• MTA .NET Fundamentals

• Member of Irish Computer Society

Biography

Dr. Shazia A Afzal has an MSc in Mathematics from University of Punjab, Pakistan. She also obtained a Higher Diploma in Computer Science in 1998 and a PhD in 2006 from National University of Ireland. During her PhD, she worked as part of the Intelligent Information Retrieval research group in UCD. Her research interests include machine learning, information retrieval, XML mark-up and natural language processing; she has published a number of research papers and a book chapter in these areas. She received a best paper award for one of her research papers in the session Information Retrieval in 7th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2003). She has been with the IT department, Dublin Business School (DBS) since 2007. In DBS, she teaches several undergraduate and postgraduate modules and performs several academic duties such as dissertation and project supervisor for postgraduate students. Dr. Shazia is also the Subject Expert in Computing.

Research Interests

• Information Retrieval

• Machine Learning

• Natural Language Processing

Research Publications

Link coming soon

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• MA in Politics and International Relations

• MA in Media and Cultural Studies

• Post-Graduate Certificate in Further and Higher Education

• Post-Graduate Diploma in Journalism

• BA (Hons) Media and Cultural Studies

• Member of Media Education Association

Biography

Stephen joined DBS in 2007. He previously lectured with the Open University, and in the Further Education sector. Stephen’s teaching draws on - and develops - his research interests and experience. He has taught on a number of modules and degree programmes in the College including the BA (Hons) in Journalism and the BA (Hons) in Media and Cultural Studies. Alongside this teaching he has also supervised a number of undergraduate dissertations on a range of topics including: social media and journalism; celebrity culture; film genres; body image and the media; gender. He has just completed his second MA in Politics and International Relations at UCD where he completed a thesis on Humanitarian Intervention.

Research Interests

• Climate Change and Journalism

• Digital Activism

• Humanitarian Intervention

• Human Rights and Politics

Qualifications and Membership of Professional Bodies

• MSc in Applied Social Research, Trinity College Dublin

• BA (Hons) in Social Science, Dublin Business School

Biography

A highly skilled researcher in the field of active labour market policies involving higher education. Vanessa Hogarty is a full-time lecturer at Dublin Business School on the Social Science/Studies programmes. The modules on which she teaches include Social Policy, Quantitative analysis using SPSS, Qualitative analysis using Nvivo, Sociology of Ireland, and Employability modules. Vanessa has a special interest in teaching methods for online learning in higher education and locating 'grey literature' for research purposes. Vanessa Hogarty is also the Subject Expert in Social Sciences.

Research Interests

• Sociology of Education

• Higher education policy

• Activation Labour Market Policy

• Ageing

Research Publications

Link coming soon