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Dr Ann J. O'Brien

BA., M.Sc, PhD

Contact Details

Post Doctoral Researcher
School of Business & Economics
University of Galway
GALWAY
E: ann.obrien@universityofgalway.ie

Biography

I am currently working on a strategic project in the JE Cairnes School of Business and Economics that aims to map the work of faculty members to the relevant United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The project is an interview-based action research for in-depth mapping and development of engagement with the SDGs at Target level. The project highlights existing work that is contributing to the SDGs in the business school as well as areas for learning and improvement. Finding areas of shared interest across the School and the wider university, with the aim of discovering new opportunities for internal collaboration and external partnerships. Outputs from the project include SDG profiles of each member of faculty and a website that enables this information to be searched and displayed in a visually appealing way. SDG showcase site

Research Interests

Ann's work includes exploring how faculty integrate sustainability in their work and on how community is created and valued in different settings: including participation in online public engagement, co-creation in recovery education and hybrid/remote workers experience of value creation in rural communities. Her work takes a co-creation and information sharing approach which aims to make research accessible to all.

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2024)	'Does Self-View Mode Generate More Videoconferencing Fatigue in Women than Men? An Experiment Using EEG Signals' Xu, J., Whelan, E., O¿Brien, A. and O¿Hora, D. (2024) 'Does Self-View Mode Generate More Videoconferencing Fatigue in Women than Men? An Experiment Using EEG Signals'. Cyberpsychology Behavior And Social Networking, [Details]
	(2024)	'A cocreated multimethod evaluation of recovery education in Ireland' O'Brien, A., Murphy, L., Hunt. A., Dwyer, D. (2024) 'A cocreated multimethod evaluation of recovery education in Ireland'. Health Expectations, 27 (2) [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Does reading a book in bed make a difference to sleep in comparison to not reading a book in bed? The People's Trial-an online, pragmatic, randomised trial' Finucane E, O'Brien A, Treweek S, Newell J, Das K, Chapman S, Wicks P, Galvin S, Healy P, Biesty L, Gillies K, Noel-Storr A, Gardner H, O'Reilly MF, Devane D. (2021) 'Does reading a book in bed make a difference to sleep in comparison to not reading a book in bed? The People's Trial-an online, pragmatic, randomised trial'. Trials, (22) [DOI] [Details]
	(2022)	'The People's Trial: supporting the public's understanding of randomised trials' Finucane E, O'Brien A, Treweek S, Newell J, Das K, Chapman S, Wicks P, Galvin S, Healy P, Biesty L, Gillies K, Noel-Storr A, Gardner H, O'Reilly MF, Devane D (2022) 'The People's Trial: supporting the public's understanding of randomised trials'. Trials, 23 (1) [DOI] [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2024)	'Green IT: The evolution of environmental concerns within ICT policy, research and practice' Fors, P., Kreps, D., and O'Brien, A (2024) 'Green IT: The evolution of environmental concerns within ICT policy, research and practice' In: Digital Sustainability Leveraging Digital Technology to Combat Climate Change. London: Palgrave MacMillan. [Details]
	(2021)	'Discovering sense of community enabling factors for online public engagement' O Brien, Ann; Golden, William; Scott, M (2021) 'Discovering sense of community enabling factors for online public engagement' In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12849. :15-26 Switzerland: Springer Cham. [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2016)	'The Public Value of Sense of Community in eParticipation' O’Brien, A., Scott., and Golden, W (2016) 'The Public Value of Sense of Community in eParticipation' In: Electronic Government and Electronic Participation: Joint Proceedings of Ongoing Research, PhD Papers, Posters and Workshops of IFIP EGOV and ePart 2016. :39-50 Amsterdam: IOS Press. [DOI] [Details]

Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2021)	*International Conference on Electronic Participation* O Brien, Ann; Golden, William; Scott, M (2021) Discovering Sense of Community Enabling Factors for Public and Government Staff in Online Public Engagement . In: Noella Edelmann,Csaba Csáki, Sara Hofmann, Thomas J Lampoltshammer, Laura Alcaide Muñoz, Peter Parycek, Gerhard Schwabe, Efthimios Tambouris eds. International Conference on Electronic Participation Granada Spain, , 07-SEP-21 - 09-SEP-21 , pp.15-26 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	*18th Annual Irish Academy of Management* O'Brien, A; Scott, M (2015) Government Crowdsourcing: the role of eParticipation Architecture in creating Public Value 18th Annual Irish Academy of Management Galway, Ireland, [Details]
	(2016)	*Proceedings of the International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government* O’Brien, A., Scott, M., and Golden, W (2016) Public Value in eParticipation: The Mediating Role of Sense of Community . In: Edelmann, N, and Parycek, P eds. Proceedings of the International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government Austria, , 18-MAY-16 - 20-MAY-16 , pp.151-165 [Details]
	(2016)	*15th IFIP Electronic Government (EGOV) and 8th Electronic Participation (ePart) Conference 2016* O’Brien, A., Scott., and Golden, W (2016) The Public Value of Sense of Community in eParticipation . In: Hans Jochen Scholl, Olivier Glassey, Marijn Janssen, Bram Klievink, Ida Lindgren, Peter Parycek, Efthimios Tambouris, Maria Wimmer, Tomasz Janowski, Delfina Sá Soares eds. 15th IFIP Electronic Government (EGOV) and 8th Electronic Participation (ePart) Conference 2016 Portugal, [Details]
	(2018)	*ICEGOV 2018* O’Brien, A. Scott, M., Golden, W. (2018) Public values on the cusp of change, the journey from consultation to collaboration ICEGOV 2018 Galway, [Details]

Conference Contributions

	Year	Publication
	(2020)	13th Health Services UK Conference, O'Brien, A; Scott, M; and Golden, W (2020) Perceptions of public value creation on Care Opinion. [Oral Presentation], 13th Health Services UK Conference, Manchester , 02-JUN-20 - 03-JUN-20. [Details]
	(2019)	European Group for Public Administration (EGPA), O'Brien, A; Scott, M; and Golden, W (2019) Identifying Successful Citizen Interaction Practices – Lessons from Care Opinion. [Oral Presentation], European Group for Public Administration (EGPA), Belfast, UK , 11-SEP-19 - 13-SEP-19. [Details]
	(2018)	TicTec 2018, O'Brien, A. Scott, M., Golden, W. (2018) Exploring sense of community for online citizen engagement. [Oral Presentation], TicTec 2018, Lisbon, Portugal , 18-APR-18 - 19-APR-18. [Details]
	(2017)	2017 EGPA Annual Conference, O'Brien, A. Scott, M., Golden, W. (2017) Creating Public Value through eParticipation: Conceptualising the Challenges and Opportunities. [Oral Presentation], 2017 EGPA Annual Conference, Milan, Italy , 28-AUG-17 - 01-SEP-17. [Details]
	(2016)	Political Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference, O'Brien, A., and Scott, M (2016) The Public Value of Sense of Community in the Irish e-Public Participation Process. [Oral Presentation], Political Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference, Belfast , 07-OCT-16 - 09-OCT-16. [Details]

Teaching Interests

My teaching interests includes the socio-technical impact of information systems and Information systems and sustainability. From 2022 I have supervised both undergraduate and post student groups in major project work,