Dr Aidan Duane

Dr. Aidan Duane is the Programme Director for the Bachelor of Business in Business Information Systems (BIS) launched in September 2021. The BIS degree was awarded funding under the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Human Capital Initiative (HCI). Aidan previously held the post of Programme Director for the MSc in Global Financial Information Systems (GFIS). In 2014, GFIS was a Runner-Up for Best Course of the Year and Shortlisted in 2013, at the Postgrad Ireland Awards.

Aidan graduated with a PhD (2009) and an Master of Science (1999) in Information Systems by Research from University College Cork. Aidan also graduated with a Master of Education in Teaching and Learning from South East Technological University (2022).

Aidan specialises in Programming, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Data Modelling and Analytics. Aidan previously served as a Workshop Lead for 10 years on the Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA). In 2024, Aidan was awarded a SETU Innovative Teaching Practice Award. Aidan was also shortlisted for the WIT Teaching Excellence Award in 2021 and 2015.

Aidan is a Lead Research Supervisor for the Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA), the Master in Business (MBS), and the Master of Science (MSc). Aidan was awarded the SETU Excellence in Postgraduate Supervision Award in 2017.

In 2024, Aidan was awarded the Best Research Paper Award at the 10th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEA'd) in Valencia, Spain. In 2019, Dr. Triona Bartholin and Aidan were recognised for the Best PhD Student Paper at the Academy of Management, Human Resources Division International Conference (HRIC). In 2014, Aidan along with Dr. Philip O'Reilly won the Best Paper in the Technology Management Stream at the Irish Academy of Management. In 2013, Aidan along with Dr. Philip O'Reilly and Dr. Rajendra Prasath won the Best Poster at the Asia Information Retrieval Societies (AIRS) in Singapore.

Aidan also served as the External Examiner for the UCC, GMIT, DBS and NCI while also serving on new programme evaluations committees for Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI). He also served as a School of Business Board Member at WIT. Aidan also served as a Director at the Waterford Leader Partnership (WLP).

Aidan has received research funding from the Higher Education Authority (HEA) - N-TUTOR Research Grant (2023); Higher Education Authority of Ireland (HEA), Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement (SATLE) Research Grant (2023) and the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Research Connexions Research Grant (2022). From 2012-2016, Aidan worked as an investigator on the B-MIDEA Software Project (Business Modeling Intelligent Design Evaluation Application), co-hosted by WIT and University College Cork (UCC), and funded by Enterprise Ireland. Aidan also served as Principal Investigator (PI) on the Blockchain Insurance as a Service funded by Enterprise Ireland in 2020.

Aidan has presented and published his research in over 75 international journals and conferences including the Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development (JSBED); International Journal of Information Management (IJIM); Australasian Journal of Information Systems (AJIS); Information Systems Journal (ISJ); Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods (EJBRM); Journal of Advances in Higher Education (JAHE); Electronic Markets (EM); Irish Journal of Management (IJM); Behaviour and Information Technology (BIT); VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems; International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS); European Conference on Information Systems (ICIS); and Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS).

Aidan is the Director of Reveal IT (www.revealit.ie). Reveal IT is a non-profit organization committed to offering free digital skills training to older people in our community.