Cathal MacSwiney Brugha

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Cathal MacSwiney Brugha
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Born
Cathal Toirdhealbheadh MacSwiney Brugha

(1949-01-13) 13 January 1949 (age 74)
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
EducationGonzaga College
Alma mater
Children5
Parent(s) Ruairi Brugha and Máire MacSwiney Brugha

Cathal MacSwiney Brugha (born 13 January 1949) is an Irish decision scientist, the Emeritus Professor of Decision Analytics at University College Dublin's College of Business. He has applied his main field of nomology to decision analytics, multi-criteria decision-making, conflict resolution, protecting endangered languages, decision-making in rural Tanzania, strategy in China, and Irish politics. He is President of the Analytics Society of Ireland. [1] His main research projects have been in Europe, Asia and Africa. [2]

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Early life

Brugha was born into a prominent Irish political family, the son of Ruairí Brugha and Máire MacSwiney Brugha and grandson of Terence MacSwiney and Muriel MacSwiney, Cathal Brugha and Caitlín Brugha. Brugha earned a BSc, an MSc (Mathematical Science – UCD), a PhD (Combinatorial Optimization - UCD) and MBA (TCD) Prize winner for his dissertation.

Career

Brugha is Emeritus Professor of Decision Analytics at the Business School, University College Dublin; [3] he remains an Adjunct Professor at the Smurfit and Quinn, Schools of Business, University College Dublin. He was the founding Director, UCD Centre for Business Analytics [3] [4] and of the College of Marketing and Design, now part of Technological University Dublin. Fellow of the Marketing Institute of Ireland.

From 2000 to 2006 Brugha was editor of the IFORS Journal: International Transactions in Operational Research. He is a co-author of Doing Business in China: The Irish Experience (2010) [5] and Doing Business With China, the Irish Advantage and Challenge (2016)

Brugha is President of the Analytics Society of Ireland and Fellow of the Marketing Institute of Ireland. He served as Honorary Professor at the Techno India University in Kolkata, India. [6] Brugha applied the principles of nomology to areas including conflict resolution, endangered languages, rural planning in Tanzania, strategy in China and political analysis. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] He was co-organiser of the Conference of the Association of European Operational Research Societies EURO2019 UCD. [14] Received the EURO distinguished service award in 2022.

Brugha was a visiting professor at the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, China Academy of Science in Beijing, the School of Economics and Management, Xidian University, Xi’an, China, and the University Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Personal life

Brugha married in 1977 and had five children. Together with his wife, Brugha founded the Racquetball Association of Ireland and brought its first team to the World Games in California in 1981.

From 1971-1984 Brugha was a member of National Executive of Fianna Fáil party.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "EURO - The Association of European Operational Research Societies - Ireland". euro-online.org.
  2. ↑ "C. MACSWINEY BRUGHA | BSc, MSc, MBA, PhD | University College Dublin, Dublin | UCD | School of Business". ResearchGate. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 "UCD Home: Cathal Brugha". ucd.ie.
  4. ↑ "UCD Home: CBA History". ucd.ie. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Doing Business in China: The Irish Experience". books.ie. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Cathal Brugha Profile". University College Dublin . Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Brugha, Cathal M. (October 2013). "A Meta-system for Conflict Resolution". 2013 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. pp. 2184–2190. doi:10.1109/SMC.2013.374. ISBN   978-1-4799-0652-9. S2CID   18462980.
  8. ↑ Li, Lan; MacSwiney Brugha, Cathal; Gallagher, Mary (7 December 2017). "Protecting Endangered Languages: The Case of Irish". Studies in Arts and Humanities. 3 (2): 109–130. doi: 10.18193/sah.v3i2.110 .
  9. ↑ "Usability of Nomology-based methodologies in supporting problem structuring across cultures: the case of participatory decision-making in Tanzania rural communities | Request PDF". ResearchGate. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Pointing to Priorities for Multiple Criteria Decision Making: The Case of a MIS-Based Project in China". ResearchGate. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  11. ↑ Brugha, C. (1 November 2008). "Why Ireland rejected the Lisbon Treaty". Journal of Public Affairs. 8 (4): 303–308. doi:10.1002/pa.304.
  12. ↑ Brugha, Cathal MacSwiney (February 2015). "Foundation of Nomology". European Journal of Operational Research. 240 (3): 734–747. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2014.07.042.
  13. ↑ Brugha, C M (November 2004). "Structure of multi-criteria decision-making". Journal of the Operational Research Society. 55 (11): 1156–1168. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601777. ISSN   0160-5682. S2CID   12778148.
  14. ↑ "EURO 2019 Conference Final Report" (PDF). Association of European Operational Research Societies . 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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