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Professor Paul Coughlan

Professor in Operations Mgmt (Trinity Business School)
ARAS AN PHIARSAIGH

 Paul.Coughlan@tcd.ie

 3531896 2327


Biography

Paul Coughlan is Professor in Operations Management at the Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin. Following an early career in engineering management he became a university lecturer and then a full-time doctoral student at the Business School of the University of Western Ontario (now the Ivey School). On graduation, he joined the faculty of the London Business School. From LBS he moved to join Trinity's (then) School of Business and has developed his research and teaching in operations management and new product development. At Trinity, in addition to his research and teaching he has held senior School and College administrative positions, including MBA Director, Director of Postgraduate Teaching & Learning, Director of Research, Course Co-Director at the TCD-UCD Innovation Academy, Director of Accreditation & Quality Assurance, and Co-Director of Faculty. Outside of Trinity College, he was President of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) from 2003-09 and Conference Board Chair of the Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC) from 2018-2022. His research interests include collaborative improvement of manufacturing, product development and energy recovery practices; action learning; and action research.

Research Tags

  Operations Management

Research Projects

 Recycling Energy Hidden in Existing Wastewater Treatment Systems: REHEATS
 Recovering Embedded Heat in Zambian Food Production
 Distributing our Water Resources: Utilising Integrated, Smart and low-Carbon Energy (Dŵr Uisce)
 Reducing Energy Dependency in Atlantic Area Water Networks (REDAWN)
 TRADEIT: Traditional Food: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology

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Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Local Organising Committee Chair IPDMC Annual Conference June 2023 June 2024
Conference Board Chair, Innovation & Product Development Management Conference 2018 July 2022
Local Organising Committee Co-Chair CINet Annual Conference 2018
Local Organising Committee Co-Chair EurOMA Annual Conference 2013
President: European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) 2003 2009
Member: Conference Board of the Innovation & Product Development Management Conference 2002 2022
Member: Board of the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) 2001 2012
Local Organising Committee Co-Chair EurOMA Annual Conference 1998
Member: EurOMA Board 1997 2006
Member: EurOMA
Chartered Member: Engineers Ireland
Paul Coughlan and David Coghlan, Reflecting on how action research enables theorising in operations management: a provocation to interiority, Production Planning & Control , 2024, p1 - 10, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Katrin Dreyer"Gibney, Paul Coughlan, David Coghlan, Szu"Hsin Wu, Aisha Bello"Dambatta, Richard Dallison, Aonghus McNabola, Daniele Novara, Annum Rafique, Isabel Schestak, Jan Spriet, Nathan Walker, Prysor Williams, Responding to the UN sustainability goals in transdisciplinary partnership through network action learning, Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024, p1 - 32, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Exploring the richness of action learning ` research to exploit network action learning: A journey in shared theorizing. in, editor(s)D.A Noumair, A.B (Rami) Shani & D.P. Zandee , Research in organizational change and development, Vol 30, Bingley, UK, Emerald, 2023, pp183 - 203, [D Coghlan & P. Coughlan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Co-inquiring in a digital age: Enhancing the practice of strategy work in government organisations through action research. in, editor(s)B. Simeonova & R.D. Galliers , The Cambridge handbook of qualitative digital research, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2023, pp192 - 189, [J. McDonagh, D. Coghlan, P. Coughlan], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  URL
Henrik Saabye, Daryl John Powell, Paul Coughlan, Lean and action learning: towards an integrated theory?, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 43, (13), 2023, p128 - 151, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Paul Coughlan, Roberta Bellini,Aisha Bello-Dambatta, Richard Dallison, Katrin Dreyer-Gibney, John Gallagher Ian Harris, Aonghus McNabola, Djordje Mitrovic, Madhu Murali, Daniele Novara, Sopan Patil, Alex Rigby, Panagiotis Ritsos, Isabel Schestak, Ajeet Singh, Nathan Walker, Prysor Williams, Researching Green Process Innovation Across Borders and Boundaries Through Collaborative Inquiry, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 59, (4), 2023, p556 - 584, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Wu SH, Coughlan P, Coghlan D, McNabola A, Novara D., Developing green process innovation through network action learning, Creativity & Innovation Management, 31, 2022, p248 - 259, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Coghlan, D., Shani, A.B. (Rami), Coughlan, P., Enhancing the quality of project management through action research, International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 2022, p1 - 13, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Nathan L. Walker, David Styles, Paul Coughlan, A. Prysor Williams, Cross-sector sustainability benchmarking of major utilities in the United Kingdom, Utilities Policy, 78, 2022, p1 - 8, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Oltra-Mestre MJ, Hargaden V, Coughlan P, Segura-García del Río B, Innovation in the Agri- Food sector: Exploiting opportunities for Industry 4.0., Creativity and Innovation Management, 30, 2021, p198 - 210, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
  

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Katrin Dreyer"Gibney, Paul Coughlan, David Coghlan, Szu"Hsin Wu, Aisha Bello"Dambatta, Richard Dallison, Aonghus McNabola, Daniele Novara, Annum Rafique, Isabel Schestak, Jan Spriet, Nathan Walker, Prysor Williams, Responding to the UN sustainability goals in transdisciplinary partnership through network action learning, Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2024, p1 - 32, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Barry P. McMahon & Paul Coughlan, Injecting Creative Thinking into Healthcare: Bringing innovative practice to healthcare, Abingdon, CRC Press, 2023, 1 - 108pp, Book, PUBLISHED
De Vries, J., Smith, R., Skopek, J., Coughlan, P., Arikan, G. & Byrne, M., WE VALUE YOUR OPINION OF QUALITY IN TRINITY, Appendix to ISER, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Sept, 2021, p1 - 49, Notes: [This report is relevant to ascertaining quality of education at Trinity College Dublin and is therefore related to educational policy.], Report, PUBLISHED
Paul Coughlan & David Coghlan (Case editors), 'The butcher, the baker & the cheesemaker: TRADEIT Case Study Book', IT Tralee, TRADEIT, 2016, - 10-11, 27-109, Notes: [TRADEIT is funded by the European Commission, Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology Call FP7-KBBe-2013-7- Single-stage: Grant no 613776.], Fieldwork collection, PUBLISHED
Paul Coughlan, Improving organisations and operations through European research funding: developing and sustaining networks, 20th EARMA Conference, Tallinn, Estonia, June 30-July 02, 2014, EARMA, 58-, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
McNabola, A. & Coughlan, P., Energy recovery in the water industry using micro-hydropower, Water Ireland: implementing a national water utility, Ashbourne, Ireland, May 15, 2013, Water & Wastewater Treatment, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Paul Coughlan, Creative confidence and Action Research, 3rd Annual Action Research Colloquium: Action Research - Real World Research, Tralee, Ireland, June 20-21, 2013, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Paul Coughlan, Interdisciplinarity in Management Research: Opportunities and Challenges , Irish Academy of Management: 2013 Research Colloquium, NUI Maynooth, Ireland, April 23, 2013, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
J. Gallagher, A. P. Williams, D. Styles, I. Harris, P. Coughlan, C. Power, L. Corcoran, A. McNabola., The Hydro-BPT Project: Realising the True Potential for Energy Recovery in the Water Industry in Ireland & Wales, ENVIRON 2013, Galway Ireland, 30th Jan - 1st Feb, 2013, Poster, PUBLISHED
Gallagher, J., Williams, A.P., Styles, D., Harris, I.M., Packwood, A.J., Coughlan, P., Power, C., Corcoran, L., McNabola, A., Energy Recovery in the Water Industry: A Technical, Economic and Commercial Feasibility Study in Ireland and Wales, SPI Water Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 3rd & 4th December, 2012, Poster, PUBLISHED

  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
Fellowship of Trinity College Dublin April 2019
Honorary Member, Continuous Innovation Network September 2018
Honorary Fellow, European Operations Management Association June 2016
Provost's Teaching Award 2010

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

Research Interests include: . Continuous improvement of manufacturing and product development practices . Inter-organisational collaboration . Action learning . Action research . Service innovation . Commercialisation of university research