Authors and funding
Dr Christopher P. Dwyer
Dr Christopher Dwyer is a senior researcher, with a PhD in Psychology, who specialises in the fields of cognition, education and health research, with international expertise in the field of Critical Thinking. He is the author of the books Knowledge Doesn’t Exist & Other Thoughts on Critical Thinking (2025) and Critical Thinking: Historical Perspectives & Practical Guidelines (2017), both published by Cambridge University Press. He also authors an ongoing blog for Psychology Today, Thoughts on Thinking and wrote the ‘Teaching Critical Thinking’ entry for the Sage Encyclopedia of Higher Education. Chris has over 40 peer-reviewed research papers and is currently working as a Senior Researcher on the TUS Impact project, funded by the HEA, since 2023.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5935-4338
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Py6trQwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra
PURE: https://research.tus.ie/en/persons/christopher-dwyer/
Twitter/X: @CogitoErgoDwyer
Dr Niall Seery
Dr Niall Seery is the Chair of Technological Education at the Technological University of the Shannon. He has previously served as Vice President of Academic Affairs and Registrar at AIT, before being appointed as the joint-director of the Technological University Project, that resulted in the establishment of TUS. Niall is an experienced academic with a demonstrated impact in Technology Teacher Education. He has a special interest in design and technology education and associated pedagogical practice. He has served as director of studies at undergraduate and postgraduate level for Initial Technology Teacher Education, while also developing a related research agenda. He established and continues to direct the Technology Education Research Group (TERG), where he remains active in research development, supervision, dissemination, and mentorship.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4199-4753
PURE: https://research.tus.ie/en/persons/niall-seery/
Funding
This research was conducted through the Department of Technology Education, TUS and was funded by the Irish Higher Education Authority (HEA), under HEA Performance Funding, 2021, ‘Research & Innovation: The Development of Research Skills & Connectivity’ 21-03-22.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Corresponding Author
Dr. Christopher P. Dwyer – E-mail: christopher.dwyer@tus.ie
