Dr Wendy Rowan

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Wendy Rowan

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Post-Doctoral Researcher, Co-Director of MSc Information Systems for Business Performance (ISBP)

Business Information Systems ORB 3.69 O'Rahilly Building Cork University Business School University College Cork

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Biography

Wendy has extensive experience in Psychology, Organisational Behaviour (OB), and Management Information Systems (MIS), both in Ireland and the UK. Past work experiences include roles such as Organisational Psychologist and working within Clinical Quality Management.  She holds qualifications in Psychology, OB, and MIS, as well as qualifications in Psychiatry, having previously worked in this field within the NHS in the UK. Wendy has lectured on a variety of courses, both in Management (Organisational Behaviour - OB, and Enquiry-Based Research - ERB) and Health Sciences (Health Management, Mental Health, and Counselling). More recently, she has lectured on Health Information Systems (HIS), UX Design, Ethics and Data Management (UG, PG, and PhD levels) at University College Cork. Wendy's research focuses on areas related to HIS, Behavioural Change, Organisational Change, Citizen Engagement, and Sustainability. She has several publications and conference proceedings in the areas of Health, Human Behaviours and IS Sustainability. 

Her research focuses on Health Information Systems (IS) in the delivery of healthcare to users.  The determinants of behaviour and behavioural change. Social Relationships and Organisational Change: The Human Lens in IS Research.  Ethics and Responsible Research in IS. 

Involvement in past research projects: Welcome Trust – CHASM Project; H2020 Project – ACT4ECO; Missions Publiques Project – WeTheInternet; DBT Project – Oceans; DBT Project – TITAN.  

Current research engagement: CoBL (UCC) Project – EAT-SINCERE. 

EXPERIENCE

  • Lecturer, BIS, CUBS, UCC. 
  • Lecturer (BoI), BIS, CUBS, UCC. 
  • Post-Doctoral Researcher, H2020 Project, BIS, CUBS, UCC. 
  • Post-Doctoral Researcher, Athena SWAN, BIS, CUBS, UCC. 
  • Post-Doctoral Researcher, Wellcome Trust Project, BIS, CUBS, UCC. 

QUALIFICATIONS

  • PhD, MA, BSc(Hons), PG-Cert. Teaching & Learning 

Leadership roles:  

  • Programme Co-Directorship roles – MSc Information Systems for Business Performance (ISBP – Current); MSc Management Information and Management Accounting Systems (MIMAS – past); MSc Digital Health (DH – past). 

Academic Reviewer: 

  • Journal Publication Reviewer – European Journal of Information Systems; Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems; Communications for the Associate of Information Systems; Journal of Medical Internet Research. 
  • Conference Reviewer – ICIS; EICS; HICSS; AMCIS.  

Professional body memberships: 

  • Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) 
  • Association of Information Systems (AIS) 
  • CHAIN (UK – Ethics Division)  

Industry partnerships 

  • SDS, Belgium. 
  • ARC-Fund, Bulgaria. 
  • DBT, Denmark. 
  • Energy Profit, Greece. 

International collaborations (universities) 

  • University of Salford, UK. 
  • University of Tartu, Estonia. 
  • University of Turku, Finland. 
  • University of Helsinki, Finland. 
  • University of Maribor, Slovenia. 

Research centre affiliations 

  • EU Cost Action Consortium – Slow Memory (2021-2025)