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Dr. Siobhan Corrigan
Assistant Professor, Psychology

Biography

Assistant Professor Siobhán Corrigan is Director of the Masters in Managing Risk and System Change and Assistant Director of the Centre for Innovative Human Systems (CIHS), School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin. Siobhán lectures in areas of Organisational Behaviour, Psychology of Work, Leadership, Human Factors & Research Methods and has published widely in her field. Her research focuses on understanding the functioning of socio-technical systems in order to support industry with the complexities of managing system change and improving overall risk and safety performance. Siobhán's current research interests include Collaborative Networks & Learning; Understanding Behaviour & Managing Risk in Transport Operations; Leadership & the Application of Human Factors in Healthcare Safety. She is PI on a number of industry/research collaborations and has played a leading role on high profile EU funded Human Factor research projects with continuous and successful engagement with a range of industries (e.g., Aviation, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Health & Process). Siobhán is a certified Human Factor trainer and has substantial experience in the development, delivery & evaluation of core Human Factors training. She is also an active member of a number of working groups both at EU and national level tasked with setting the future research agendas.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Looking After the Human Factor During Challenging Events in, editor(s)Senbursa, N. , Handbook of Research on the Future of the Maritime Industry, 2022, [Kay, A., Cahill, J., Howard, V. and Corrigan, S.] Book Chapter, 2022

Geary, U., Ward, M., Callan, V., Mc Donald, N & Corrigan, S, A socio-technical systems analysis of the application of RFID-enabled technology to the transport of precious laboratory samples in a large acute teaching hospital, Applied Ergonomics, 102, 2022 Journal Article, 2022 URL

Corrigan S., Howard V., Gallagher L., Smith V., Hannon K., Carroll M., Begley C., Midwives' views of an evidence-based intervention to reduce caesarean section rates in Ireland, Women and Birth, 2022 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Curtis, E.A., Beirne, M., Cullen, J.G., Northway, R., & Corrigan, S., Distributed Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare; Theory, Evidence and Development, 1st, UK, Open University Press McGraw Hill, 2021, 1 - 264pp Book, 2021 URL

Synthesising practical insights and empirical in, editor(s)Curtis, E.A., Beirne, M., Cullen, J.G., Northway, R., & Corrigan, S. , Distributed Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare: Theory, Evidence & Development, Open University Press McGraw Hill, 2021, pp203 - 217, [Corrigan, S] Book Chapter, 2021 URL

Corrigan, S, Kay, A., Ryan, M., Ward, M.E., Brazil, B, Human factors and safety culture: Challenges and opportunities for the port environment, Safety Science, 125, (May 2020), 2020, p1 - 14 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

O Flangan, S., & Corrigan, S, Appreciative Inquiry, a LightHouse on a Foggy Path: Healthcare Teams Share Success Stories, AI Practitioner, 21, (2), 2019, p82 - 101 Journal Article, 2019 TARA - Full Text DOI

Kay, A., O'Byrne K., Corrigan, S., Callari, T., Slattery, D., Smyth, T., Turner, M., Bennet, D. Logan, J. and Cromie, S. , Development of an Observational Protocol for Reducing and Mitigating Workload and the Risk of Retained Foreign Objects, H-Workload 2018, the 2nd. international symposium on human mental workload, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 20-21 September, , edited by Chiara Leva, Luca Longo , 2018, pp154 - 176 Conference Paper, 2018

Corrigan, S, Kay, A., Ryan, M., Ward, M.E., Brazil, B, Human factors and safety culture: Challenges and opportunities for the port environment, Safety Science, 2018 Journal Article, 2018 URL

Siobhán Corrigan, Alison Kay, Katie O'Byrne, Dubhfeasa Slattery, Sharon Sheehan, Nick McDonald, David Smyth, Ken Mealy and Sam Cromie, A Socio-Technical Exploration for Reducing & Mitigating the Risk of Retained Foreign Objects, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15, 2018 Journal Article, 2018 TARA - Full Text URL DOI

McAuliffe, E., De Brún, A., Ward, M., O'Shea, M, Cunningham, U., O'Donovan, R., McGinley, S., Fitzsimons, J., Corrigan, S., & McDonald, N., Collective Leadership and Safety Cultures (Co-Lead): Protocol for a mixed methods pilot evaluation of the impact of a co-designed collective leadership intervention on team performance and safety culture in a hospital group in Ireland" , British Medical Journal Open, 7, (11), 2017 Journal Article, 2017

Corrigan, S & Curtis, E, Facilitating Informal Learning in Nursing, British Journal of HealthCare Management, 23, (1), 2017, p22 - 27 Journal Article, 2017 URL

Liston, P., Corrigan, S, Human Factors Training for Shipping & Port Operators: Transferring safety and human factors training from aviation to maritime - opportunities and challenges. , Port Technology International, August 2017, 2017, p45 - 55 Report, 2017

Corrigan, S., Kay, A, Assessment of Safety Culture in a Port Environment, 2017 Working Paper, 2017

Leadership & Teamwork: Ensuring effective inter-disciplinary teamwork and learning in healthcare. in, editor(s)Elizabeth Curtis and John Cullen , Leadership and Change for the Health Professional, , Open University Press, 2017, [Corrigan, S] Book Chapter, 2017 URL

Corrigan, S., Balfe, N., & Ryan, M. , Corrigan, S., Balfe, N., & Ryan, M. Towards a Better Understanding of Road User Behaviour at Tram Junctions, 2016 Working Paper, 2016

Corrigan, S., Mc Donald, N., & Ulfvengren, P , Managing the Risk of Change: A New Approach. , European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL, Zurich, Switzerland, 7th-10th September 2, 2015 Conference Paper, 2015

Corrigan, S. Martensson, L., Kay, A., McDonald, N., Implementing Collaborative Decision Making: Challenges & Recommendations., Journal of Cognition, Technology & Work, 17, (2), 2015, p207 - 218 Journal Article, 2015 URL

Journal of Cognition Technology & Work, Volume 17, 2, (2015), 189 - 278p, Corrigan, Siobhán, [eds.], 1 year Journal, 2015 URL

Corrigan, S., Zon, R., Maij, A., Martensson, L. McDonald, N., A Collaborative Learning Framework & Serious Game Development, Journal of Cognition, Technology & Work, 17, (2), 2015, p269 - 278 Journal Article, 2015 URL TARA - Full Text

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 Journal Article, 2015 DOI URL

Corrigan, S., Mc Donald, N., Ulfvengren, P., Baranzini, D , Proactive Safety Performance for Aviation Operations, HCI International Conference , Crete, Greece, 22 - 27 June 2014, 2014 Conference Paper, 2014

Corrigan, S., McDonald, N., What Makes for Successful Change: Evidence from Industrial-Based Research, Journal of Airport Management, 8, 2014 Journal Article, 2014 URL

McDonald, N., Corrigan, S., Ulfvengen, P. & Baranzini, D.(ed.), HCI International Conference, Crete, Greece, 22-27 June,, 2014 Proceedings of a Conference, 2014 URL

Corrigan, S., McDonald, N.(ed.), European Association of Aviation Psychology, Valetta, Malta, 22-26 Sept, 2014, 2014 Proceedings of a Conference, 2014 URL

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 Journal Article, 2013 TARA - Full Text

Understanding Probability in, Elizabeth A. Curtis and Jonathan Drennan , Quantitative Health Research: Issues and Method, Open University Press & McGraw-Hill Education, 2013, [Corrigan, S] Book Chapter, 2013 URL

M Cassani, V Licata, D Baranzini, S Corrigan, E De Grandis, A Ottomaniello, Integrated data management for handling hazard of change situations: a sample case of operational implementation, PSAM-11-ESREL, 2012, pp25 - 29 Conference Paper, 2012

Mc Donald, N., Corrigan, S., Morrison, R., Leva, C. , Achieving Impact through Human Factors Research , Irish Journal of Psychology, 33, (2-3), 2012 Journal Article, 2012

Gubbins, C., Corrigan, S., Garavan, T., O Connor, C., Leahy, D., Murphy, E , Evaluating a Tacit Knowledge Management Initiative: its Business Value, ROI and the Challenges, International Journal of Training & Development. , (8), 2012 Journal Article, 2012

Koumaditis Konstantinos, Themistocleous Marinos, Philip Byrne, Derek Ross, Samuel Cromie, Siobhan Corrigan, , Investigating Human Factors in Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing industries, European, Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems 2011, Athens, Greece, May 30-31 2011, 2011, pp294 - 305 Conference Paper, 2011 TARA - Full Text

Corrigan, S., Zon, R., The Challenges of Organisational Change: What Human Factors has to Offer? , Symposium on Human Factors for Future Aviation, Amsterdam, 21st September 2011, 2011 Conference Paper, 2011

Koumaditis Konstantinos, Themistocleous Marinos, Philip Byrne, Derek Ross, Samuel Cromie, Siobhan Corrigan, Investigating Human Factors in Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing industries, European, Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems 2011, Athens, Greece, 30-31 May 2011, 2011, pp294 - 305 Conference Paper, 2011 TARA - Full Text

Corrigan, S.., Cooke, M., Garavan, T.N., Gubbins, C., Cromie, S., , An Understanding of Manufacturing Operational Contexts in Enhancing Successful Implementation & Sustainability of Re-Skilling/Multi-Skilling Interventions, 11TH International Conference on Human Resource Development. , Pecs, Hungary, 2nd - 4th June, 2010, 2010 Conference Paper, 2010

Journal of Cognition Technology & Work, Volume 17, Issue 2, (2005), 189 - 278p, Corrigan, Siobhán, [eds.] Journal, 2005 URL

Corrigan, S, Comparative analysis of safety management systems and safety culture in aircraft maintenance, TCD, 2003 Thesis, 2003

An organizational approach to human factors in, editor(s)Hayward, B.J. and Lowe A.R. , Aviation Resource Management, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2002, pp51 - 61, [N. McDonald, S. Corrigan, S. Cromie & C. Daly] Book Chapter, 2002

'An organizational approach to human factors' in, editor(s)Hayward, B.J. and Lowe A.R. eds, Aldershot , Aviation Resource Management, Ashgate 2002, 2002, [N. McDonald, S. Corrigan, S. Cromie & C. Daly] Book Chapter, 2002

Mc Donald, N, Corrigan, S, Daly, C & Cromie, S., Safety Management Systems and Safety Culture in Aircraft Maintenance Organisations, Safety Science, 34, (1-3), 2000, p151 - 176 Journal Article, 2000

McDonald, N., Human factors and Aircraft Dispatch and Maintenance Safety, Nouvelle Revue Aeronautique Astronautique, 1998, p143 - 146 Journal Article, 1998

Human Factors and Compliance with Task Procedures in Aircraft Maintenance in, editor(s)Pentti Seppala, Tuulikki Luopajarvi, Clas-Hakan Nygard, Markku Mattila , From Experience to Innovation, Vol 3, Helsinki, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, 1997, [McDonald, N.,Daly, C., Corrigan, S. and Cromie, S. ] Book Chapter, 1997 URL

Corrigan, S, Human and organisational aspects of business process reengineering, 1996 Working Paper, 1996 URL

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Geary, U., Ward, M., Callan, V., Mc Donald, N & Corrigan, S, A socio-technical systems analysis of the application of RFID-enabled technology to the transport of precious laboratory samples in a large acute teaching hospital, Applied Ergonomics, 102, 2022 Journal Article, 2022

Sujan, M., Frau, G., Corrigan, S., , Intermediate Validation Plan. , EU Projects, 2015 Report, 2015

Corrigan, S, A Framework for Collaborative Learning, LEADERSHIP & CHANGE SUMMIT ACI AIRPORT EXCHANGE ISTANBUL , ISTANBUL , December 2015, 2015 Conference Paper, 2015

Journal of Cognition Technology & Work, Volume 17, 2, (2015), 189 - 278p, Corrigan, Siobhán, [eds.], 1 year Journal, 2015 TARA - Full Text URL

Baranzini, D., Mc Donald, N., Corrigan, S , Revision of Functional Specification for PROSPERO System., EU, 2015 Report, 2015

Cromie, S., Ross, D., Corrigan, S , Human Factors Training for the Pharmaceutical Industry. , EU Projects, 2013 Report, 2013

Corrigan, S, Zon, R, Maji, A, Mc Donald, N, Mårtensson, L. , Collaborative Learning & Serious Game Development,, SESAR Innovation Days 2013, Stockholm, Sweden, 26-28 November 2013, 2013 Conference Paper, 2013

Corrigan, S., Mc Donald, N (, Evaluation of Change Initiatives. , 2013 Report, 2013

Ulfvengren, P., Corrigan, S., Kontogiannis, T., Mc Donald, N , End-User Requirements for Proactive Safety Performance. , 2013 Report, 2013

Corrigan, S, Zon, R, Maji, A, Mc Donald, N, Mårtensson, L, Collaborative Learning & Serious Game Development, SESAR Innovation Days 2013, Stockholm, Sweden, 26-28 Nov 2013, 2013 Conference Paper, 2013

Corrigan, S. (2013). , Managing the Risk of Change Work-Shop with Industry, Airport Leadership Forum: Leadership for Sustainable Growth,, Bologna, Italy, October 23-25th 2013, 2013 Conference Paper, 2013

Corrigan, S., Leva, C., Mc Donald, N , Specification of a CMS model as applied to change scenarios, including the LTM framework, IT specification. , EU Projects, 2012 Report, 2012

S Cromie, P Liston, D Ross, S Corrigan, L Vani, D Lynch, S Demosthenous, V Demosthenous, Evaluation report on phase 1 of [The Company's] human factors and safety management programme, 2012 Working Paper, 2012

Corrigan, S., Zon, R. , The Process of Managing Change in the Aviation Industry and the Role of Learning, Training, Mentoring and Serious Games. , PSAM 11 ESREL 2012 Conference. , Helsinki Finland. , 25-29 June 2012, 2012 Conference Paper, 2012

Corrigan, S., Leva, C., Mc Donald, N., Ulfvengren, P , The Challenges of Organisational Change: What has Human Factors to Offer, Irish Ergonomics Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 2011, 2011 Conference Paper, 2011

Derek Ross, Loukia Loukopopolous, Evangelos Demosthenous, Andreas, Hadjinicolaou, Siobhan Corrigan, Sam Cromie, STAMINA BPM Training Course, 2011, - Miscellaneous, 2011

Leva, C., Corrigan, S., Ulfvengren, P , Review of Industry Requirements for Effective Change. MASCA Project Deliverable to the European Commission, , EU Projects, 2011 Report, 2011

Corrigan, S., Mc Donald, N (, HILAS Final Report. , EU Projects, 2009 Report, 2009

Corrigan, S., Morrison, R., Mc Donald, N. , Safety and Reliability in the Urban Multi-Drop Delivery Operations (UMDD) in Dublin, Safety of Work (SOW) Conference, Netherlands, 2007 Conference Paper, 2007

Cromie, S., Liston, P., Ward, M., Perez, J., McDonald, N., Corrigan, S., & Morrison, R. , Training Methodology & Curriculum for Human Factors Practitioners in Aviation Maintenance. , STAMP Deliverable to the European Commission, Trinity College Dublin., 2004 Report, 2004

Ward, M., Corrigan, S. & McDonald, N. , The Development and Introduction of an Aircraft Maintenance Continuous Improvement System, E-2002 Conference, Prague, 2002, 2002, pp47 - 57 Conference Paper, 2002

Baranzini, D., Corrigan, S., Perez, J., and Ward, M. , Tools for Organisational Analysis., EU Projects, 2002 Report, 2002

Corrigan, S., Gaynor, D, Managing the Improvement Process. , Proceedings from the 16th Human Factor Symposium on Human Factors, 16th Human Factor Symposium on Human Factors, San Francisco, June 2002, 16, (1), 2002, pp17 - 27 Conference Paper, 2002

McDonald, N., Corrigan, S., & Ward, M, Well intentioned people in dysfunctional organisations (WIPIDO). , 5th Workshop on Human Error, Safety and Systems Development, , Newcastle, Australia., 2002, 2002 Conference Paper, 2002

Corrigan, S., Baranzini, D., Perez, J., Ward, M. and McDonald, N. , Methodology for Organisational Analysis., . Deliverable to the European Commission of the ADAMS2 Project. Trinity College Dublin., 2002 Report, 2002

Ward, M., Corrigan, S., McDonald, N., Bos, T., Hakkeling, M, AMPOS System Evaluation & Pilot Implementation. , Deliverable to the European Commission of the AMPOS Project, Trinity College Dublin., 2001 Report, 2001

Ward, M., Corrigan, S., McDonald, N., Bos, T., Hakkeling, M. , AMPOS Evaluation, Pilot Implementation., Deliverable to the European Commission of the AMPOS Project. Trinity College Dublin. , 2001 Report, 2001

McDonald, N, Corrigan, S., Ward, M, Organisational Specification for the AMPOS Project., Deliverable to the European Commission of the AMPOS Project, Trinity College Dublin., 1999 Report, 1999

McDonald, N., Daly, C., Corrigan, S., Cromie, S. & Ward, M. , Human-Centred Management Guide for Aircraft Maintenance. , Deliverable to the European Commission of the ADAMS I Project, Trinity College Dublin., 1999 Report, 1999

McDonald, N. & Corrigan, S , Self-Regulatory Safety Management System in Aircraft Maintenance, EU Projects, 1998 Report, 1998

Corrigan, S., Cromie, S., McDonald, N., & C. Daly. , Safety Management Systems and Safety Culture in Aircraft Maintenance., Conference of the European Association for Aviation Psychology,, Vienna, Austria. , 1998, pp67 - 75 Conference Paper, 1998

McDonald, N. & Corrigan, S , Organisational Safety Systems in Aircraft Maintenance. , Deliverable to the European Commission of the ADAMS Project, Trinity College Dublin., 1997 Report, 1997

Research Expertise

Description

I have had continuous and successful engagement in industrial based research projects. The core focus of my research has been on advancing the socio-technical understanding of managing the completies of change management in order to support industry in improving overall risk and operational performance. My core funding has been a result of my participation in EU funded projects right from the BriteEuram programme in 1996 right up until EUFP7 in 2016. I am PI on an Erasmus+ project that is due to commence in October 2017 and PI on an EU EIT Raw Materials project that is due to commence in January 2018. I am PI on an EU COST Acion proposal that was submitted in September 2017 and PI on a proposal under the 2020 Transport programme. I have also been successful with national funding as I am currently a Co-Applicant in a HRB funded project and PI on two directly funded industry projects. Due to the industrial focus of many of the research projects that I have led, the research dissemination has been characterised by numerous reports to industry, various working groups on policy and practice as well as academic publications (xxx) The products and services we take for granted in our everyday lives are mostly the result of complex systems that are contingent on the interplay between technology, people, process, knowledge, organisational goals and regulatory demands. At the core are people, designing, operating, managing and improving the system to produce outputs and as consumers we are rarely conscious of these systems until they let us down (e.g., a flight is delayed, treatment delays in healthcare, train derails etc). The unique contribution of my research is to put the human at the centre of its analysis - systems and processes have to work for people and they can only do this if the role of humans is central. My research has focused on the development of concepts, tools and methodologies that can understand, diagnose and provide an implementation road map to change these systems and processes. These developments are continually tested in collaborative based research and practice across a range of industries (e.g., aviation, rail, maritime) that provides an academically rigorous but practical focus on risk and change management. The underlying themes that underpin my action based research programme include the following: (i) rich modelling of normal operational practice, the unique contribution of this modelling is that it moves beyond just a linear task based approach to one that captures the more tacit/informal knowledge and social interactions that are not always visible within our organisations; (ii) socio-technical analysis of the 'blockers' and 'facilitators', highlighting the vulnerabilities and risks in the system; (iii) assessing and managing the risk in the overall change process itself; (iv) understanding the behaviour of individuals at all levels within an organisation, particular focus on leadership; and (v) framework for learning and collaboration to support implementation and evaluation. Building on this extensive research experience, network of industrial/research collaborators and core conceptual and methodological framework my research plan is to apply the learning and further test the applicability of my approach within two specific sectors: Leadership & Implementing Change in Healthcare and the Application of Human Factors in Connected & Autonomous vehicles. As a result of my involvement in various working groups, I have succeeded in getting these issues on the research agenda. My future research agenda will continue to pose the following question: how can complex systems which carry critical risks become more resilient and successfully implement the necessary change? My future research programme will be directly linked with the Masters programme where the research outputs will be transferred into the Masters programme to bridge gaps in competence of our industries to manage risk and change.

Keywords

Managing Change in Complex Organisations; Organisation design, development, theory, behaviour; Organisational evolution/change; Organisational Learning; Organisational safety culture; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR AWARENESS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY CULTURE

Recognition

Representations

Peer Reviewer Journal of Cognition, Technology & Work May 2010

Psychology Monitor for OPEN Education, Dublin City University (DCU) September 2006

Member of the EU ERTRAC working group (European Road Transport Research Advisory Council), which is responsible for setting the objectives for the next Strategic Research Agenda. 2015

Editor of Special Edition entitled 'Managing System Change in Aviation: What Makes for Successful Change' in of Journal of Cognition, Technology & Work. May 2015.

Collaborator on HRB Research Leaders Award project 'Collective Leadership & Safety Cultures' -School of Nursing, Midwifery, Health Systems, UCD 2016

Chairperson on Strand on Skills, Learning & Education (National Aviation & Aerospace Association(NAAA) 2013

Reviewer for for Human Mental Work-Load Models & Application Conference June 2017

Member of European Association of Applied Psychologists (EAAP) present

Member of Safety in Health Sciences Working Group collaborating with UCD,DCU,NUIG,UL,UCC, RSCI, St Vincent's Hospital Group 2013

European Commission Network of Excellence: Member the on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Working Group 2002-2004

Member of Leadership in Nursing Network, School of Nursing & Midwifery, TCD 2011

Awards and Honours

Finalist in Aviation R&D Awards 2015

Memberships

British Psychological Society Member of the Register of Competence in Occupational Testing: Level A Psychological Testing Competency Level B Psychological Testing Competency 1999 – 2012

Member of the National Aviation & Aerospace Association (NAAA) and chairperson on the strand on Skills, Learning & Education 2013 – present

Member of the CAV Working Group (Connected and Autonomous Vehicles) 2017 – present

Member of the HEAnet (National Educational & Research Network) working group on examining Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) and other e-learning and teaching solutions. 2012 – present

Member of the ERTRAC working group (European Road Transport Research Advisory Council), which is responsible for setting the objectives for the next Strategic Research Agenda 2015 – present

Member of Safety in Health Sciences Working Group collaborating with UCD,DCU,NUIG,UL,UCC, RSCI, St Vincent's Hospital Group 2013 – present