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Biography

John is currently a Lecturer in Business Information Systems with the Department of Accountancy and Economics, School of Business at Waterford Institute of Technology. Previously, he was a Doctoral Researcher in the Centre for Information Systems and Techno-culture (INSYTE) at Waterford Institute of Technology.

He earned his PhD in Waterford Institute of Technology in 2019 under the supervision of INSYTE’s Dr. Larry Stapleton, Examiners: Prof. Dietrich Brandt - RWTH Aachen University and Dr. Jim Lawlor - Waterford Institute of Technology. The title of his thesis was ‘Systemic Risk in Information Systems through a Socio-Technical Lens: A case study of banking failure in Ireland’. The aim of the research was to broaden the basis of risk assumptions, rationality and knowledge reframing risk as a socio-technical issue using the Irish banking crisis as a case study. The socio-technical framework developed synthesises important dimensions which can better inform systemic risk management and thinking from the perspective of systems engineering. He also received a BSc (Hons) in Commercial Software Development and a MSc in Computing (Information Systems Processes) both from Waterford Institute of Technology.

External Academic Experience:

External Examiner

The Institute of Banking, University College of Dublin (UCD)

Modules include Banking in the Digital Age, Digital Financial Services, Digital Risk Management.

John has delivered a number of different modules since taking up his lecturing position in WIT. These include (but not limited to):

 

Data Modelling and Analytics

Databases

Web Design

Business Information Systems

Business Systems Analysis

IT and Communications

Technology Entrepreneurship

Research Interests include information systems, human-centred systems, social-technical systems, risk management, Fintech and practical application and dissemination of research.

  • Researcher in Centre for Information Systems and Techno-culture, Department of Computing and Maths, Waterford Institute of Technology
  • Researcher in Building Information Modelling Collective Research Group, School of Business, Waterford Institute of Technology 
  • Vice Chair, Social Media for TC 9.5 (Technology, Culture and International Stability) at the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
  • Associate Editor of the Young Researcher Forum with the Springer Journal AI and Society
  • Member of TC 9.5 Working Group on Diversity & Inclusion - International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
  • Technical Committee (TC9.5) Member - International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
  • International Programme Committee Member – IFAC/TECIS Conferences International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) for various IFAC conferences held in Waterford (2012), Toulouse (2017), Baku (2018), and Sozopol (2019)
  • Session Chair - Control and Automation to Improve Stability III – TECIS 2018 - 18th IFAC Conference on Technology, Culture and International Stability, Baku
  • National Organising Committee Member – SWIIS 2012 and EUTIC 2013

 

Journal and Conference Peer Review Activities

20th IFAC Conference on Technology, Culture and International Stability, 2021 Moscow.

21st IFAC World Congress, 2020 Berlin.

AI and Society: Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Communication.

19th IFAC Conference on Technology, Culture and International Stability, 2019 Sozopol.

18th IFAC Conference on Technology, Culture and International Stability, 2018 Baku.

20th IFAC World Congress, 2017 Toulouse.

Awards and Achievements

Winner of the Young Author Award at the 19th IFAC International Conference on Technology, Culture and International Stability (TECIS 2019) Sozopol, Bulgaria.

Finalist for the Young Author Award at the 18th IFAC International Conference on Technology, Culture and International Stability (TECIS 2018) Baku, Azerbaijan.

Organ, J. and O’Neill, B., Stapleton, L (2021) “Artificial Intelligence and Human-machine symbiosis in Public Employment Services (PES): Lessons from Engineer and Trade Unionist, Professor Michael Cooley” Proceedings of the International Federation of Automation and Control International Conference on Technology, Culture and International Stability (TECIS), Moscow, Russia, North Holland: Elsevier [Forthcoming].

Organ, J. (2021) “Development of entrepreneurial competences in computing students: A project-based learning (PBL) case study”, Irish Academy of Management Conference (IAM2021), Waterford, Ireland

Doyle-Kent, M., Chowdhury, F., Costello, O., O’Neill, B., Organ, J., Kopacek, P. (2020) “A Vision and Framework for Improving Diversity and Inclusion”, Proceedings of the International Federation of Automation and Control World Congress, Berlin, Germany, North Holland: Elsevier.

Organ, J. (2019) Systemic Risk in Information Systems through a Socio-Technical Lens: A Case Study of Banking Failure in Ireland. PhD thesis.

Organ, J. and Stapleton, L. (2019) “A socio-technical systems framework for risk management in financial services: Some empirical evidence from a case study of the Irish Banking Crisis”, Proceedings of the International Federation of Automation and Control International Conference on Technology, Culture and International Stability (TECIS), Sozopol, Bulgaria, North Holland: Elsevier.

Organ, J. and Stapleton, L. (2018) “The Control of Human Factors in Catastrophic Financial Systems Risk: A Case Study of the Irish Banking Crisis”, Proceedings of the International Federation of Automation and Control International Conference on Technology, Culture and International Stability (TECIS), Baku, Azerbaijan, North Holland: Elsevier.

Organ, J. and Stapleton, L. (2017) “The Control of Human Factors in Catastrophic Financial Systems Risk using Ontologies”, Proceedings of the International Federation of Automation and Control World Congress, Toulouse, France, North Holland: Elsevier.

Organ, J. and Stapleton, L. (2016) “Technologist engagement with risk management practices during systems development? Approaches, effectiveness and challenges”, AI & SOCIETY, 31(3), pp. 347-359.

Organ, J. and Stapleton, L. (2013) “Information Systems Risk Paradigms: Towards a New Theory on Systems Risk”, Proceedings of the International Federation of Automation and Control International Conference on Supplemental Ways of Improving International Stability. Pristina, Kosovo, Elsevier.

Organ, J. and Stapleton, L. (2013) “Information Systems Paradigms: Towards a new direction in Information Systems Development Risk”, Proceedings of the European and Interdisciplinary Research Network on Issues and Uses of Information and Communication Technologies Conference, Waterford, Ireland.

Organ, J. and Stapleton, L. (2012) “Information Systems Risk through a Socio-Technical Lens: Future directions in Systems Risk Research”, Proceedings of the International Federation of Automation and Control International Conference on International Stability and Systems Engineering. Waterford, Elsevier.

Presentation at the Systems Engineering and Systems Management International Mini-conference (SESEM 2011): “Making Sense of Information Systems Risk – New Directions In Information Technology Risk Research”, Proceedings of SESEM 2011.

Organ, J. (2011) An investigation into information risk management and policies in mobile computing. MSc thesis.

Research Assistant 2020-2021: New Foundations Scheme – Irish Research Council (IRC) Funded Project

  • Project Title: Using Interactive Mapping to explore the architecture of containment in Waterford’s Magdalene Laundry.
  • Principal Researcher: Dr. Jennifer O’Mahoney, School of Humanities - Applied Arts, WIT.

Organ, J. and O’Neill, B., Stapleton, L (2021) “Artificial Intelligence and Human-machine symbiosis in Public Employment Services (PES): Lessons from Engineer and Trade Unionist, Professor Michael Cooley” Proceedings of the International Federation of Automation and Control International Conference on Technology, Culture and International Stability (TECIS), Moscow, Russia, North Holland: Elsevier [Forthcoming].

Organ, J. (2021) “Development of entrepreneurial competences in computing students: A project-based learning (PBL) case study”, Irish Academy of Management Conference (IAM2021), Waterford, Ireland

Doyle-Kent, M., Chowdhury, F., Costello, O., O’Neill, B., Organ, J., Kopacek, P. (2020) “A Vision and Framework for Improving Diversity and Inclusion”, Proceedings of the International Federation of Automation and Control World Congress, Berlin, Germany, North Holland: Elsevier.

Organ, J. (2019) Systemic Risk in Information Systems through a Socio-Technical Lens: A Case Study of Banking Failure in Ireland. PhD thesis.

Organ, J. and Stapleton, L. (2019) “A socio-technical systems framework for risk management in financial services: Some empirical evidence from a case study of the Irish Banking Crisis”, Proceedings of the International Federation of Automation and Control International Conference on Technology, Culture and International Stability (TECIS), Sozopol, Bulgaria, North Holland: Elsevier.

Organ, J. and Stapleton, L. (2018) “The Control of Human Factors in Catastrophic Financial Systems Risk: A Case Study of the Irish Banking Crisis”, Proceedings of the International Federation of Automation and Control International Conference on Technology, Culture and International Stability (TECIS), Baku, Azerbaijan, North Holland: Elsevier.

Organ, J. and Stapleton, L. (2017) “The Control of Human Factors in Catastrophic Financial Systems Risk using Ontologies”, Proceedings of the International Federation of Automation and Control World Congress, Toulouse, France, North Holland: Elsevier.

Organ, J. and Stapleton, L. (2016) “Technologist engagement with risk management practices during systems development? Approaches, effectiveness and challenges”, AI & SOCIETY, 31(3), pp. 347-359.

Organ, J. and Stapleton, L. (2013) “Information Systems Risk Paradigms: Towards a New Theory on Systems Risk”, Proceedings of the International Federation of Automation and Control International Conference on Supplemental Ways of Improving International Stability. Pristina, Kosovo, Elsevier.

Organ, J. and Stapleton, L. (2013) “Information Systems Paradigms: Towards a new direction in Information Systems Development Risk”, Proceedings of the European and Interdisciplinary Research Network on Issues and Uses of Information and Communication Technologies Conference, Waterford, Ireland.

Organ, J. and Stapleton, L. (2012) “Information Systems Risk through a Socio-Technical Lens: Future directions in Systems Risk Research”, Proceedings of the International Federation of Automation and Control International Conference on International Stability and Systems Engineering. Waterford, Elsevier.

Presentation at the Systems Engineering and Systems Management International Mini-conference (SESEM 2011): “Making Sense of Information Systems Risk – New Directions In Information Technology Risk Research”, Proceedings of SESEM 2011.

Organ, J. (2011) An investigation into information risk management and policies in mobile computing. MSc thesis.