Dr. Deirdre Lillis
deirdre.lillis@tudublin.ie
Member of the Applied Social Computing Research group
Convene, TU Dublin
Dr. Deirdre Lillis is a proven academic leader with over twenty years experience in higher education. She has a track record of sustained innovation in professionally-oriented and internationalised curriculum development in computer science, in pioneering flexible delivery methods, in leading European projects and in proactive stakeholder engagement. She is currently Head of Computer Science at TU Dublin (City Campus) in Ireland. With multi-disciplinary educational qualifications including a PhD in Higher Education Management and an MSc in Computer Science, she undertakes research in strategic management, global entrepreneurial talent management and university-industry interactions. She has extensive experience of developing internationalised, innovation and industry-oriented Computer Science programmes to address the skills shortages in the ICT sector in Ireland. As principal investigator, she has secured European funding in highly competitive schemes including four funded projects as lead co-ordinator since 2015. She is a member of the Board of the Higher Education Authority and Irish Writers Centre.
Deirdre’s main areas of research include: Higher Education Management, Strategic Management, Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management and University-Industry Interactions.
Current Projects
Convene – Government of Ireland – Human Capital Initiative – €15,000,000
GETM3 – Horizon 2020 – €950,000
SAER: Early Career mentoring – Salesforce – €200,000
Global Innovation Teams – Erasmus+ – €300,000
Ethics4EU – Erasmus+ – €449,000 – 3 years
Previous Projects
HubLinked Knowledge Alliance – Erasmus+ – €1,000,000
Global WorkIT – Erasmus+ – €200,000