Dr Seamus O'Reilly

Biography

Seamus O’Reilly’s research integrates food value chains, supply networks, and business ecosystems to explore pathways toward more sustainable and resilient food systems. Employing a business network perspective, including network analysis and co-creation methodologies, his work investigates interdependencies, knowledge flows, and the influence of network position of a range if stakeholders. This has led to current projects such as work examining how social and technical innovations shape pathways to more sustainable food value chains (funded by Protein-I), and interaction between business innovation ecosystems and sustainable bioeconomy business model development (funded by BiOrbic). His work on supply chain complexity and process improvement addresses strategic alignment and decision-making challenges, notably through the implementation of Integrated Business Planning (IBP).  Complementing this, his research into food system vulnerability and integrity informs management frameworks and strategies to foster trust and transparency among consumers, industry, regulators, and media (public-industry funded). Currently, funded PhD scholars are supervised in the areas of plant-based protein value chains and sustainable bioeconomy business models.

Specialisation/expertise areas

• Supply Networks and Business Ecosystems
• Sustainable Food Systems
• Food System Complexity and Integrity

Describe your teaching responsibilities and levels

• Academic leadership for Supply Chain Management, including BComm Operations and Supply Chain Management Major.  Supply Chain Management and Process Improvement module delivery at undergraduate (FE3020; FE4016; FE4207; ), postgraduate (FE6517) and executive education (MBA BU6500) levels

Prior positions

• 2012-2016, Chair Joint UCC/IMI Programme Development and Approval Committee
• 2006 to date Senior Lecturer
• 2001 to 2006 Lecturer

Qualifications

• PhD, University of Wales (Aberystwyth)
• MSc (Food Economics, UCC, National University of Ireland, Cork
• BSc (Food Business), UCC, National University of Ireland, Cork

• Editorial positions: International Journal of Logistics Management (IJLM) Advisory Board and Special Issues Editor.
• Professional body memberships: European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)
• Industry partnerships: European Master in Food Studies: Industry-Academic Board member
• International collaborations: ISL – International Symposium on Logistics Advisory Board member
• Research centre affiliations: BiOrbic Bioeconomy Research Centre