Dr. Eamonn Molloy

Biography

Eamonn Molloy is an Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and a Tutorial Fellow in Management Studies at Pembroke College. He is internationally recognized for his research and executive-level teaching, particularly in the areas of complex organization design and technological change, with a specific focus on strategic dynamics in temporary project and portfolio-based organizations and the role of technology in professional organizational change. Eamonn obtained his BSc in Environmental Studies from Lancaster University and the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1995 and completed his PhD in Science and Technology Studies at Lancaster University in 1999. During this period, he worked as an assistant scientific officer at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology and as a research assistant at Economic and Social Research Council’s Centre for the Study of Environmental Change. Prior to his current roles, Eamonn held academic posts at the University of Warwick and the University of Bath, joining Saïd Business School as a senior research fellow in 2002 and taking up his current posts in 2008. His research includes exploring aspects of interdisciplinary perspectives on temporary organizations, the optimism bias in planning, and psychoanalytical approaches to organizational responses to perceived threats. Eamonn has worked with various government bodies and private sector clients, authored numerous articles, and frequently engages with senior policymakers and business leaders on matters related to innovation and technological change.

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