Charles Handy Memorial Evening

An annual event to remember the great Charles Handy, author, philosopher and great friend of the CIPD in Ireland. The evening event and lecture will be hosted by the Eastern Region of the CIPD in Ireland in the beautiful surroundings of the Royal College of Surgeons in St. Stephen’s Green. This year’s guest speaker is Professor Bill Roche, Chair of Industrial Relations and Human Resources in UCD College of Business. He has been described in a recent citation as “an expert’s expert”, Bill’s work has strongly influenced the understanding of industrial relations over a number of years. The event is a recognition of Bill’s contribution to comparative industrial relations in Ireland and as one of our foremost thinkers in this related field, the event is a must for HR practitioners. Bill Roche MRIA is Full Professor of Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the School of Business, University College Dublin. He is a graduate of UCD (MSocSc) and completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford, where he was elected Heyworth Memorial Prize Research Fellow of Nuffield College.He has written and edited 14 books and published in excess of 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, as well as many reports for public agencies and feature articles in the print media. He was Subject Area Head for Human Resource Management and Employment Relations in the School of Business from 2004 to 2017, and served on the UCD Academic Promotions Committee until 2019. He was an Honorary Professor at the School of Management, Queen's University Belfast and has held visiting professorships at the University of South Australia, Adelaide, the University of Melbourne and the Cyprus International Institute of Management. He was a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence. He is a member of the editorial boards of leading journals, including The British Journal of Industrial Relations; Industrial Relations; Human Resource Management Journal and Labour and Industry. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, where he chairs the judging panel for the HR Excellence Award and is a member of the CIPD Qualifications Advisory Group. He is a member of international advisory panels for research programmes and centres at the Manchester Alliance Business School and at the ADAPT Programme of the University of Bergamo. He serves as a member of the Faculty Promotions Committee at UCD. He is a member of the Council of the Irish Academy of Management and has chaired of the IAM’s Work, Employment and Organization subject interest group. He has acted as External Examiner for Cardiff Business School and the University of Ulster. He was the first Dean of the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, where he was also Director of Research, Head of the doctoral programme, and developed the School’s first structured PhD Please Note This event is free for CIPD members. Non-members: €20. Interested in CIPD membership? Find out more. CIPD reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the event or change its associated programme or substitute a speaker. In the event of cancellation, liability is limited to the amount of registration only. For your security and peace of mind, CIPD and its subsidiaries will not supply your details to any organisation for marketing purposes. By submitting this request you confirm that you agree to the use of your information as set out in CIPD’s privacy policy. We reserve the right to include your name in a list of delegates at the event. Non-members may click here to sign up to receive our e-newsletters which will keep you up-to-date with HR news in Ireland as well as CIPD Ireland events and survey research. Professional photography and video production may be taking place at the event and these images may be used on future promotional materials for CIPD. Please note that by attending the event, you are giving your consent for your image to be used on any CIPD promotional materials.