Michael Hogan graduated with First Class Honours from University of Galway. In his undergraduate years he was the PSIs Young Irish Psychologist of the year 1994. He received this award for his research on the relationship between developmental automaticity and intelligence. Michael was also winner of the Gold Medal Award in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Arts. Michael traveled to the U.S. after his undergraduate, where he spent a year working in a Brain Injury clinic as a life skills trainer. He returned the following year to accept a PhD fellowship award at the University of Galway. His PhD topic was A Critical Analysis of Generalized Slowing and Common Cause Models of Ageing (NUI, Galway, 2000). He continued his research in the field of ageing cognition as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Toronto where he worked with Lynn Hasher on the relationship between circadian arousal and learning in younger and older adults (Experimental Ageing Research) and with Fergus Craik on the impact of attention switching on memory in younger and older adults (Experimental Ageing Research). Michael returned to Ireland to work as a postdoctoral researcher at Trinity College Dublin. Working with Brian Lawlor and Ian Robertson he secured HRB funding for a research project that examined the relationship between event-related potential (ERP) variability and ageing memory (published in Brain Research). During this period he also accepted a visiting scholar position at the University of Tübingen, Germany, where he worked with Jochen Kaiser on EEG coherence changes in Alzheimer s disease (International Journal of Psychophysiology). He was appointed to the staff in NUI, Galway in 2001. Michael's research interests have broadened over time, but he maintains a core focus on lifespan development grounded in the philosophical framework of applied systems science.  Working with colleagues across the globe, Michael has published in the following broad areas: Systems Science (in Systems Research and Behavioral Science); Behavioral and Electrophysiological aspects of Executive Control, Learning, and Memory (Experimental Ageing Research; Brain Research; International Journal of Psychophysiology; Cognitive Brain Research; Neuropsychobiology; Brain Topography); Physical Activity and Ageing Cognition (Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition; International Journal of Human Ageing and Development); Emotion, Personality and Cognition in Younger and Older Adults (Psychology and Aging; Experimental Ageing Research); Emotion and Cardiovascular Responding (Biological Psychology; International Journal of Behavioral Medicine); The Cerebellum and Aging Cognition (Cortex); Positive Psychology and Wellbeing (Social Indicators Research; The Journal of Positive Psychology; Psychology of Music); Critical Thinking and Education (Educational Research and Reviews; Thinking Skills and Creativity); Argument Mapping (Metacognition and Instruction; Thinking Skills and Creativity); Chronic Pain (PAIN; European Journal of Psychological Assessment); Spirituality (Nova Science Publishers; Thinking Skills and Creativity); Stress and Post-Traumatic Growth (Psycho-oncology); Workplace Health and Wellbeing (Occupational Medicine); Mindfulness (BMC Psychology; Frontiers in Psychology; Mindfulness; The Irish Psychologist); Oneness Experience (Frontiers in Psychology); Collective Intelligence Education (International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning; Irish Educational Studies; Postdigital Science and Education); Open Data System Design (Government Information Quarterly); Algorithmic Governance (Big Data and Society); AI and Education (International Journal for Artificial Intelligence in Education).  Michael has worked on over 20 major National, EU, and International projects where he increasingly focuses on collective intelligence facilitation and applied systems design. 

Michaels research interests include a focus on Lifespan Development; Collective Intelligence; Health and Wellbeing; Systems Thinking and Design; Education; Sustainability. 

Social Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Positive Psychology and Wellbeing; Critical Thinking and Collective Intelligence; Structural Equation Modeling; Collaborative Enquiry and Applied Systems Science; Community Psychology