Biography
Dr Paul Liston is a Principal Investigator and Research Fellow at the Centre for Innovative Human Systems (CIHS), Trinity College Dublin. A Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist (C.ErgHF) and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors (FCIEHF), he has over 20 years' experience leading interdisciplinary research in complex socio-technical systems. His work is grounded in applied psychology, behavioural science, and systems thinking, with a focus on ethical, human-centred approaches to technology and policy innovation.
Paul has secured over €2.7 million in research funding and currently leads Trinity College's involvement in multiple Horizon Europe and nationally funded projects. He has contributed to sectors such as aviation, maritime, energy, pharmaceuticals, and health. His research supports policy development, responsible innovation, and public trust in technological systems.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Delemere E., Liston P.M., Reducing e-waste in Europe: Examining the impact of environmental and financial literacy on the premature replacement of appliances across owner-occupier and rental residential properties using the EVIDENT serious game, Energy Reports, 11, 2024, p5910 - 5921, p5910-5921
Delemere E., Liston P., Empowering consumers to repair: The utility and acceptability of a serious game to examine decision-making behaviour regarding home appliances in Ireland, Energy Research and Social Science, 109, 2024
Liston, Paul M., Silvagni, Sara, Ducci, Marco, Safety TransfEr Methodology (STEM): a structured methodology for transferring safety innovation across sectors, Cognition, Technology & Work, 2023
User-Centered Ethical Design - An Evolutionary Perspective in, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023, pp285-296 , [Parlangeli, Oronzo, Liston, Paul M.]
Liston, P., Kay, A., Delemere,E., Karagiannidis, L., Veltsistas, P. Drakoulis, D., Amditis, A., Kostovasili, M., Acceptability & Usability of Location-SupportTechnologies for Cruise Ship Evacuations, 24TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION, HCI International, on-line, 26th June - 1st July, 2022, pp337 - 352
Emma Delemere, Paul Liston, Engaging Serious Games for Energy Efficiency, 2022
Delemere, Emma, Liston, Paul, Exploring the Use of Behavioural Techniques in Serious Games for Energy Efficiency: a Systematic Review and Content Analysis, Behavior and Social Issues, 31, (1), 2022, p451-479
Delemere, E., & Liston, P., Engaging Serious Games for Energy Efficiency, HCI International 2022 - Late Breaking Papers. Interaction in New Media, Learning and Games, HCI International 2022, Online, November, 2022, 2022
Liston, P., Kay, A., Delemere,E., Advancing a Social Licence to Operate for improved evacuation of cruise ships, Ergonomics & Human Factors 2022 International Conference, Birmingham UK, April , 2022
Michael Roesler, Paul Liston, Privacy and Data Protection in COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: An Analysis from a Socio-Technical System Design Perspective, 2022
Parlangeli O., Grifoni S., Palmitesta P., Andreadis A., Liston P.M., Guidi S., Isolation and use of social media by autistic individuals during covid-19 lockdown: Perceptions of caregivers, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 12775 LNCS, 2021, p443 - 455, p443-455
Parlangeli, O., Liston, P.M., Technologies for training and intentional stance, 17th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age, CELDA 2020, 2020, p399-400
Parlangeli, O., Liston, P.M., Marchigiani, E., Bracci, M., Giani, A., Perceptions and Use of Computed Tomography in a Hospital Emergency Department: Technicians" Perspectives, Human Factors, 62, (1), 2020, p5-19
Parlangeli O., Liston P.M., Marchigiani E., Bracci M., Giani A., Perceptions and Use of Computed Tomography in a Hospital Emergency Department: Technicians" Perspectives, Human Factors, 62, (1), 2020, p5 - 19, p5-19
Boulougouris, Evangelos, Vassalos, Dracos, Stefanidis, Fotios, Karaseitanidis, Giannis, Karagiannidis, Lazaros, Amditis, Angelos, Ventikos, Nikolaos, Kanakidis, Dimitris, Petrantonakis, Dimitris, Liston, Paul, SafePASS-transforming marine accident response, Proceedings of 8th Transport Research Arena TRA 2020, 2020
Marchi, S., Targi, N., Liston, P.M., Parlangeli, O., The possible role of empathy and emotions in virtual negotiation, Ergonomics, 63, (3), 2020, p263-273
Marchi S., Targi N., Liston P.M., Parlangeli O., The possible role of empathy and emotions in virtual negotiation, Ergonomics, 63, (3), 2020, p263 - 273, p263-273
Parlangeli, O., Liston, P.M., Guidi, S., Marchigiani, E., Zucchiatti, A., Shopping online and online design: The role of prospective memory in the use of online product configurators, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 2019
Parlangeli O., Liston P.M., Guidi S., Marchigiani E., Zucchiatti A., Shopping online and online design: The role of prospective memory in the use of online product configurators, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 2019
Cassano, C., Colantuono, A., De Simone, G., Giani, A., Liston, P.M., Marchigiani, E., Talla, G., Parlangeli, O., Developments and problems in the man-machine relationship in computed tomography (CT), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 822, 2019, p488-496
Parlangeli, O., Guidi, S., Bracci, M., Marchigiani, E., Liston, P.M., Biomedical research, stress and unethical behavior: Study of a sample of untenured Italian researchers, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 1012, 2019, p222-229
Parlangeli O., Guidi S., Bracci M., Marchigiani E., Liston P.M., Biomedical research, stress and unethical behavior: Study of a sample of untenured Italian researchers, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 1012, 2019, p222 - 229, p222-229
Cassano C., Colantuono A., De Simone G., Giani A., Liston P.M., Marchigiani E., Talla G., Parlangeli O., Developments and problems in the man-machine relationship in computed tomography (CT), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 822, 2019, p488 - 496, p488-496
Parlangeli, O., Guidi, S., Marchigiani, E., Bracci, M., & Liston, P.M. , Perceptions of Work-Related Stress and Ethical Misconduct Amongst Non-tenured Researchers in Italy., SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ETHICS, 2019, p1-23
Parlangeli O., Palmitesta P., Bracci M., Marchigiani E., Liston P.M., Stress misconduct and reduced ability to express dissent: A study on a sample of students at the university of Siena, Occupational Safety and Hygiene VI - Selected contributions from the International Symposium Occupational Safety and Hygiene, SHO 2018, 2018, p443 - 446, p443-446
Parlangeli, O., Palmitesta, P., Bracci, M., Marchigiani, E., Liston, P.M., Stress misconduct and reduced ability to express dissent: A study on a sample of students at the university of Siena, Occupational Safety and Hygiene VI - Selected contributions from the International Symposium Occupational Safety and Hygiene, SHO 2018, 2018, p443-446
Parlangeli, Oronzo, Bracci, Margherita, Guidi, Stefano, Marchigiani, Enrica, Liston, P, Stress and unethical behaviour in the research of untenured university researchers, ICERI2017 Proceedings, 2017
Owen, D, Gill, S, Courtney, H, McDonald, N, Liston, P, Carrera, M, Exploring resilience in aviation and maritime transport--and how human factors can help, The Resilience Shift. https://resilienceshift. org/wpcontent/uploads/2017/10/026_Exploring-Resilience-in-Aviation-and-Maritime-Transport-And-How-Human-Factors-Can-Help. pdf. Accessed October, 2017
Transferring Learning Across Safety-Critical Industries in, editor(s)Malcolm MacLachlan , Maritime Psychology Research in Organizational & Health Behavior at Sea, Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017, pp49 - 68, [Paul M. Liston, Alison Kay, Sam Cromie, Nick McDonald, Bill Kavanagh, Roddy Cooke, Peter Walter]
Parlangeli, Oronzo, Palmitesta, Paola, Bracci, Margherita, Caratozzolo, MC, Liston, PM, Marchigiani, Enrica, Stress and Perceptions of Unethical Behaviours in Academia, Proceedings of ICERI 2017 Conference, Seville, Spain, 16th--18th Nov 2017, 2017
P Liston, V Arrigoni, S Silvagni, M Ducci, S Cromie, Closing The Loop of Cross-Fertilisation Transferring Human Factors Training from Aviation to Maritime, SEAHORSE Conference on 'Maritime Safety and Human Factors, Glasgow, 2016
Turan, Osman, Kurt, Rafet Emek, Arslan, Volkan, Silvagni, Sara, Ducci, Marco, Liston, Paul, Schraagen, Jan Maarten, Fang, Ivy, Papadakis, George, Can We Learn From Aviation: Safety Enhancements in Transport by Achieving Human Orientated Resilient Shipping Environment, Transportation Research Procedia, 2016
Turan, O., Kurt, R.E., Arslan, V., Silvagni, S., Ducci, M., Liston, P., Schraagen, J.M., Fang, I., Papadakis, G., Can We Learn from Aviation: Safety Enhancements in Transport by Achieving Human Orientated Resilient Shipping Environment, Transportation Research Procedia, 14, 2016, p1669-1678
Nabben, AC, Liston, P, Attitudes and Behaviour Intervention Selection Tool for Aircraft Maintenance, 2015
McDonald, N., Kay, A.Liston, P., Morrison, R., and Ryan, M, An integrated Framework for Crew-Centric Flight Operations, 12th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics as part of HCI International 2015, Los Angeles, 2nd-7th August 2015, edited by Don Harris , 2015
McDonald, Nick, Kay, Alison, Liston, Paul, Morrison, Rabea, Ryan, Margaret, An Integrated Framework for Crew-Centric Flight Operations, International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, 2015
Organisational requirements to transfer and implement safety solutions across operational contexts in, editor(s)Safety and Reliability of Complex Engineered Systems , Safety and Reliability of Complex Engineered Systems, Taylor & Francis Group, London, 2015, pp3747 -3753 , [M. Ducci, S. Silvagni, and P. Liston]
Samuel Cromie, Derek Ross, Siobhan Corrigan , Paul Liston, Darragh Lynch and Evangelos Demosthenous, Integrating human factors training into safety management and risk management: a case study from aviation maintenance, Journal of Risk and Reliability, 2015, p1 - 9
Kay, A., Liston, P. and Cromie, S.D., Measuring Crew Resource Management:, HCI International 2014, Crete, Greece, 22-27 June 2014, edited by Don Harris , 2014
D. Harris(ed.), System requirements for an advanced cockpit to reduce workload and stress, Proceedings of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 8532, June 22-27, 2014, , Springer, 2014, 34-41 p
Kay, Alison, Liston, Paul M, Cromie, Sam, Measuring Crew Resource Management: Challenges and Recommendations, International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, 2014
Kay, A., Liston, P.M., Cromie, S., Measuring crew resource management: Challenges and recommendations, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 8532 LNAI, 2014, p480-490
Samuel Cromie, Paul Liston, Derek Ross, Siobhan Corrigan, Lindita Vani, Darragh Lynch, Solonas Demosthenous, Chiara Leva, Vangelis Demosthenous, Human and Organisational Factors Training as a Risk Management Strategy in an Aviation Maintenance Company, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 33, 2013
Maritime Work: Psychosocial and organisational aspects of work at sea and their implications for health and performance in, editor(s)Carter. T. & Schreiner, A , Textbook of Maritime Medicine., Bergen, Norwegian Centre for Maritime Medicine., 2013, pp178 - 192, [Malcolm MacLachlan, Sam Cromie, Paul Liston, Bill Kavanagh, and Alison Kay]
MacLachlan, M, Cromie, S, Liston, P, Kavanagh, B, Kay, A, Psychosocial and Organisational Aspects (Maritime Medicine), Textbook of Maritime Medicine, 2013
Liston PM, Kay A, Cromie S, Leva C, D'Cruz M, Patel H, Langley A, Sharples S, Aromaa S, Evaluating the iterative development of VR/AR human factors tools for manual work., Work (Reading, Mass.), 41 Suppl 1, 2012, p2208-15
Liston, P., Cromie, S., 'The Development of an Integrated Learning Environment for the Training and Certification of Aircraft Maintenance Engineers: Moving Beyond the Classroom', International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN), 2012, pp3247 - 3254
Liston, P., Kay, A., Cromie, S., Leva, C., D'Cruz, M., Patel, H., Langley, A., Sharples, S. and Aromaa, S. , Evaluating the Iterative Development of VR/AR Human Factors Tools for Manual Work. , 18th World Congress of Ergonomics, Recife, Brazil, February 12-16, 2012
Liston, P, Cromie, S, The Development of an Integrated Learning Environment for the Training and Certification of Aircraft Maintenance Engineers: Moving Beyond the Classroom, EDULEARN12 Proceedings, 2012
Liston, P., Kay, A., Cromie, S., Leva, M.C., D'Cruz, M., Patel, H., Langley, A., Sharples, S., and Aroma, S., Evaluating the iterative development of VR/AR human factors tools for manual work., Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, 2012, p2208 - 2215
Cromie, S, Liston, P, Ross, D, Corrigan, S, Vani, L, Lynch, D, Demosthenous, S, Evaluation Report on Phase 1 of the (The Company's) Human Factors and Safety Management Programme 2011-2012: Trinity College Dublin, Dublin: Trinity College, 2012
Liston, P, Cromie, S, Using Research-Based Teaching to Help the Unemployed in Ireland to Upskill and Reskill for Sustainable Work, 2011
Leva, M, Kay, AM, Smith, T, Diez, A, Azpiazu, J, Liston, P, Cromie, S, The use of Augmented Reality to support maintenance: Human Factors issues and advantages, 'Irish Ergonomics Society Annual Conference 2011", 2011
Liston, P., Cromie, S., 'Using Research-based Teaching to Help the Unemployed in Ireland Upskill and Reskill for Sustainable Work', International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN), 2011, pp1127 - 2234
Leva, C., Kay, A., Smith T., Diez A., Azpiazu J., Liston, P. and Cromie S., The Use of Augmented Reality to Support Maintenance: Human Factors Issues and Advantages. , Irish Ergonomics Society Annual Conference , June 2011, 2011
Liston, P., Cromie, S., Kay, A., Leva, C., D'Cruz, M., Patel, H., Langley, A., Sharples, S., Aromaa, S.,Vizzo, C. , Evaluating a Modular Virtual Reality Platform for High-Skilled, High-Value Manual Tasks in Real Industrial Cases, Joint VR Conference of euroVR and EGVE, Nottingham, UK, September 20-21, 2011
Lawson, G., Tosolin, G., Leva, C., Sharpies, S., Langley, A., Shaikh, S., Liston, P., Investigating manual work using human factors approaches and behavioral analysis, Advances in Occupational, Social, and Organizational Ergonomics, 2010, p239-249
Lawson, Glyn, Tosolin, Guido, Leva, Chiara, Sharples, Sarah, Langley, Alyson, Shaikh, Shakil, Liston, Paul, Investigating manual work using human factors approaches and behavioral analysis, 2010
Liston, P., Cromie, S., Leva, C., Helin, K., D'Cruz, M., ManuVAR Training: Supporting the Implementation and Design of VR/AR Quality-improvement Tools for Manual Handling, Proc. of the 3rd International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE2010, Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics - AHFE , Florida, USA, 2010, AHFE, 2010
Krassi, B.; Kiviranta, Sauli; Liston, P.; Leino, Simo-Pekka; Strauchmann, M.; Reyes-Lecuona, A.; Viitaniemi, J.; Sääski, J.; Aromaa, S.; Helin, K., ManuVAR PLM model, methodology, architecture, and tools for manual work support throughout system lifecycle , Advances in Occupational, Social, and Organizational Ergonomics, 3rd International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE2010), Miami, Florida, USA, 17-20 July, 2010, edited by Vink, P., Kantola, J. , CRC Press, 2010
Leva, C.; Liston, P.; Kay, A.; Cromie, S.; Krassi, B; Aromaa, S, Human Factors Methods in ManuVAR: A Contribution to Go beyond Leand and Agile Approaches , Proceedings Irish Ergonomics Society Annual Conference 2010, Irish Ergonomics Society Annual Conference 2010, Limerick, Oct. 2010, ISSN 1649-2102, 2010, pp17 - 26
Liston, P., Cromie, S., Leva, M.C. , Training Best Practice: How to Support the Implementation of Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Quality-Improvement Tools in High-Value, High-Knowledge Manual Work, ICERI2009 Proceedings CD, International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation - ICERI , Madrid, 2009, 1, IATED, 2009
Liston, Paul, Human Factors Competence in Aircraft Maintenance, 2006
Liston, P., Farrell, E., & Baranzini, D. , 'The assessment of professional Skills', Occupational Risk Prevention (ORP), Gran Canaria, Spain, 2002
Liston, P., Cromie, S., 'An Analysis of Normal Operations in Aviation Maintenance', European Association of Aviation Psychology Conference, 2002
Ramos, Yeray, Villegas, Oskelys, Rolo, Gladys, Suárez, Ernesto, D""az-Cabrera, Dolores, Farell, Emer, Liston, Paul, An Exploratory Analysis of Safety Causal Attributions in Aircraft Dispatch and Maintenance Departments, A presentation to the International Symposium on Occupational Risk Prevention, Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria Island, February, 2002
Stüring, S., Trasi, A., Baranzini, D., & Liston, P, 'Learning by doing: If at first you don't succeed', 4th International Conference on New Educational Environments, 2002
Nick McDonald, Victor Hrymak, Jose Damián Pérez-González, Siobhán Corrigan, Sara Boyd, Emer Farrell, Ann Fitzpatrick, Derek Ross, Michael Griffin, Paul Liston, Safety behaviour in the construction sector , Dublin, Health and Safety Authority, 2001
Liston, P., 'The notion of Human Factors competence', World Aviation Training Symposium (WATS), 2001
Cobbett, Ann M, Liston, Paul, Muir, Helen, An Investigation into Methods of Briefing Passengers at Type III Exits, 2001
Cobbett, A.M., Liston, P., & Muir, H., An investigation into methods of briefing passengers at Type III Exits, London, UK, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), May, 2001, (CAA Paper 2001/6)
Liston, Paul, Cromie, Sam, Leva, Maria-Chiara, Ka) He/hi, Mirabelle D'Cruz3
Parlangeli, Oronzo, Liston, Paul M, TECHNOLOGIES FOR TRAINING AND INTENTIONAL STANCE
McVeigh, Joanne, MacLachlan, Malcolm, Cromie, Sam, Liston, Paul, Kavanagh, Bill, Kay, Alison, F. 4 Psychosocial and organisational aspects of work at sea and their implications for health and performance
Research Expertise
Description
Human Factors & Ergonomics Behavioural Science & Decision-Making Ethics and Governance in Emerging Technologies Societal Readiness and Stakeholder Engagement Sustainability Transitions and Circular Economy Innovation Transfer and Sectoral Learning Virtual & Augmented Reality for TrainingProjects
- Title
- AutoMoTIF
- Summary
- I am Principal Investigator for the Horizon Europe AutoMoTIF project at Trinity College Dublin, leading Task 3.5 on assessing the societal impacts of automation in multimodal freight transport. The project aims to overcome the fragmentation of automation across transport modes by simulating integrated solutions for rail, road, port, and inland waterway logistics. My work focuses on evaluating the social, environmental, and governance implications of automation, including effects on employment, equity, safety, and public trust. AutoMoTIF supports the design of sustainable, human-centred logistics systems for Europe"s low-carbon future. https://automotif-project.eu/ Skills: Societal Impact Assessment · Responsible Innovation · Multimodal Freight Transport
- Funding Agency
- Horizon Europe
- Date From
- Jun 2024
- Date To
- May 2027
- Title
- BASTILLE
- Summary
- I am Lead Applicant and Coordinator of the BASTILLE project at Trinity College Dublin, funded by Ireland"s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The project investigates the barriers and enablers to a circular economy in Ireland through the lens of battery-grade graphite, and produces an evidence-based roadmap and Policy White Paper to support this transition. I lead the project"s strategic direction and coordinate all work packages, including the co-design of use cases and analysis of Societal Readiness Levels (SRLs) to assess public and stakeholder preparedness for sustainable materials policy. BASTILLE integrates technical, behavioural, and regulatory insights to inform future policy and foster more circular, transparent and trustworthy systems in support of Ireland"s energy and climate goals. https://bastille-project.ie/about Skills: Policy Impact & White Paper Development · Implementation Science
- Funding Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ireland
- Date From
- Mar 2024
- Date To
- Feb 2027
- Title
- RAIDO
- Summary
- I am Principal Investigator (PI) for the Horizon Europe-funded RAIDO project at Trinity College Dublin, leading Work Package 4 (WP4), which focuses on ethical standards, explainability, transparency, and trustworthiness in AI. WP4 ensures that Ethics by Design principles are embedded throughout the project, aligning RAIDO"s pilots with EU AI Act requirements. We are also investigating Societal Readiness Levels (SRLs) to assess how prepared different contexts are for the responsible adoption of AI. I"m developing practical tools and governance models to support trustworthy, human-centred AI innovation. https://raido-project.eu Skills: Ethics · Artificial Intelligence (AI) · Societal Readiness Level (SRL) assessment
- Funding Agency
- Horizon Europe
- Date From
- Jan 2024
- Date To
- Dec 2026
Recognition
Representations
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors (FCIEHF)
Committee Member, Irish Human Factors & Ergonomics Society (MIHFES)
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics
Programme Committee Member, Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2024
Expert Evaluator, SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking, Exploratory & Industrial Research Proposals (Horizon Europe)
Awards and Honours
TCD Postgraduate Award
Maritime Safety Award (2016), awarded to the SEAHORSE Consortium, Royal Institution of Naval Architects in association with Lloyd's Register
Memberships
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors (FCIEHF)
Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist (C.ErgHF)
Member, Irish Human Factors & Ergonomics Society (MIHFES)