Stephen McCarthy

Dr. Stephen McCarthy is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Business Information Systems, and is a co-director of the MSc Business Information and Analytics Systems postgraduate programme. He holds a Ph.D. and MBS in Information Systems (IS), and Bachelor of Commerce (Management and Information Systems) degree in the National University of Ireland.

Stephen's research centres on five areas: (i) knowledge integration in distributed teams, (ii) artefacts for participatory design, (iii) Health IT use across contexts, (iv) IT ethics and responsible IS research, and (v) practice-oriented research. He has published in leading outlets within the IS field, including: Computers in Human Behavior, the International Conference on Information Systems, Journal of Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, European Conference on Information Systems, and the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science.

Stephen has previously worked with organisations such as IBM, Laya Healthcare, the HSE, Danish Board of Technology, and Strategic Design Scenarios. He continues to be involved in IS projects funded by the European Commission, and has previously worked on Science Foundation Ireland, and Enterprise Ireland funded projects during his time in three leading innovation centres: the Health Information Systems Research Centre, Financial Services Innovation Centre, and the Institute for Business Development and Competitiveness. He is also a visiting academic at University of Agder, Norway and a guest lecturer at University of Münster, Germany.