Prof. Dr. Donncha Kavanagh

Home university: 
University College Dublin (UCD), Irland
Date of the visit: 
16. October 2016 to 18. October 2016
  • About

    Donncha Kavanagh is Professor of Information & Organisation in the Business School at University College Dublin, Ireland.  His research interests include the sociology of knowledge and technology, temporality, phronesis, the history and philosophy of management thought, pre-modern modes of organizing, money, play and creativity. Currently he is studying the socio-political aspects of cryptocurrencies, and modes through which value is created and retained in the digital society. He has published widely in the fields of information and organization, management, marketing, organization studies, and engineering. 

    Professor Kavanagh is visiting the Institut for Information Systems to give a talk at the Lunchtime Seminar on Oct. 18, 2016 and to moderate some phd reading session at the chair of Prof. Dr. Stefan Klein.