Séamas Kelly

Séamas Kelly is Professor of Organisation, Technology & Society at the UCD School of Business. He has a PhD in Management/Organisation Studies from the University of Cambridge, and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering & Microelectronics (1st Class) from University College Cork. He also holds a Diploma in Business & Executive Coaching from UCD, and is a practicing executive coach. Séamas' research interests are in the area of critical organisation and technology studies. He is a co-founder, and former Director, of the UCD Centre for Innovation, Technology & Organisation (CITO), and has held visiting appointments at the Universities of Cambridge and Sydney. His work is broadly concerned with the challenges of living and working in a technological age, including:

• the relationship between knowledge, technology & social organisation;
• practices of knowledge production/consumption & their politics;
• digital innovation processes & their social implications;
• social collaboration & learning;
• organisational change management & its politics;
• leadership & coaching cultures;
• affectivity & embodiment in processes of knowing, organising & relating;
• praxeological approaches to social/cultural inquiry.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN APPOINTMENTS

• Vice-Principal, Teaching & Learning
• UCD College of Business, Ireland1 Jan 2017
• Director
• UCD Centre for Innovation, Technology & Organisation (CITO), Ireland2003 - 2009
• Director
• UCD Centre for Innovation, Technology & Organisation (CITO), Ireland2010 - 2013

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• Research Fellow (Organisation Theory & Information Systems)
• University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, United Kingdom2017
• Research Fellow (Knowledge, Technology & Organisation)
• University of Cambridge, United Kingdom2015 - 2017
• Visiting Scholar
• University of Sydney, Australia2015 - 2015
• Visiting Research Fellow
• University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, United Kingdom2013 - 2014
• Visiting Associate
• Darwin College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom2013 - 2014

DEGREES

• BE University College Cork
• PhD University of Cambridge

CERTIFICATIONS

Diploma in Business & Executive Coaching University College Dublin