Dr Vivienne Byers‌

Biography

Vivienne Byers is a Senior Lecturer in the College of Business, Dublin Institute of Technology and lectures in healthcare and public sector policy, planning & management, as well as in organisational behaviour and change. She also lectures as adjunct faculty in University College Dublin in the area of healthcare management at postgraduate level and has carried out consultancy in the health sector. She has significant experience working in the health services in Ireland and internationally, as a health services manager and as a health professional. She is currently undertaking a number of research projects in health policy, sustainability policy, ICT implementation, healthcare leadership and the patient experience. Outputs include peer reviewed publications, book chapters and conference presentations. She has won a number of student scholarship awards and attracted national funding (Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Sustainability Funding Award, Fingal County Council). As a member of the leadership team of the Environmental, Sustainability and Health Institute she chairs the policy group. She is currently on the Management Committee of an EU networked project on cost containment and quality in healthcare. She continues to seek national & international funding through established consortia.

Research Interest

Beyond Neoliberalism: Values & Sustainable Consumption Behaviour,Health policy, sustainability policy, ICT implementation, healthcare leadership and the patient experience.