Pearse Walsh Medal

The Pearse Walsh Medal Award is presented every two years to an outstanding graduate of the DCU Business School Ph.D. Programme. This award is kindly presented by Harvest (www.harvest.ie). The medal is awarded to a candidate whose research demonstrates an approach to innovation in industry in the fields of Organisational Development, Change Management, Cultural Change, Learning and Development, Management and Leadership Development.

This year, the Award is open to graduates (full-time or part-time) who have successfully completed Ph.D. research in the fields of Organisation Psychology, Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource Development and People Management from March 2017 to November 2019.
The award is named after Pearse Walsh who founded Harvest in 1984. He believed in organisational development and in the ability of people to grow and flourish in an environment where their learning and growth was prioritised. Pearse founded Harvest to be a place where his team of expert Learning Specialists could work with him to design and deliver world class learning solutions to individuals and organisations.

Prize
• In addition to receiving the Pearse Walsh Medal, the winning candidate will receive a financial contribution of €1,000 from Harvest as part of the Pearse Walsh Award. This can be used to contribute to the awardee’s research in the form of research visits, further training opportunities or conferences.
• The winner will also be given the opportunity to showcase and present their research findings at a breakfast briefing for Harvest clients and thought leaders from the HR and L&D community

Application process
Supervisors and nominators nominate candidates for the award. Please contact dcubsresearch@dcu.ie for information on applying. A shortlist of candidates will be created and finalists will be asked to make a presentation on their research.

Deadline for submission of completed application form – 27th September 2020

Presentation to three-part panel – TBC

Announcement of winner – TBC

Presentation of award (DCU Graduation Ceremony) – TBC

Showcasing at Harvest client breakfast briefing – exact date TBC

Judging Panel
In 2020, The Pearse Walsh Award Medal independent judging panel will be formed by:
Frank Rock, Director and Senior Partner at Harvest. Frank has more than twenty-six years’ professional experience including over fifteen years working in Friends First where he was a HR Business Manager, with responsibility for change management for the Friends First Group.
Joyce Walsh, Head of Leadership & Talent at Ulster Bank. Joyce has over ten years’ Learning & Development experience in Financial Services and Retail and has been awarded the Outstanding Individual Contribution to L&D Award, at the IITD National Training Awards 2019.
Edel Conway, Professor of HRM and Organisational Psychology and Director of Doctoral Studies at DCU Business School. Edel is an orgnaisational psychologist with expertise in the areas of organisational change, strategic HRM, and employee engagement and well-being. She also leads the Future of Work theme within the Irish Institute of Digital Business.

Past Winners
Dr. Rachel Kidney was awarded the first Pearse Walsh Award in 2014 for her research entitled “The Relationship between Attachment Styles and Employee Creativity: Evidence from the Engineering Industry”

In 2016, Dr. Steven Kilroy was awarded the Pearse Walsh Medal Award for his research ‘The Impact of Organisational Practices on Employee Burnout – What Organisations Should Do’

“It was an honor to receive the prestigious Pearse Walsh Award which recognizes PhD research for its innovativeness in transferring learning in orgaisations. Competing for and winning the award had a profound impact on my development. In preparing for the pitch and presenting to a full room of HR professionals, the experience has undoubtedly changed how I think about the practical utility of organizational research and consequently how I actually approach doing research now. The level of media coverage also enabled me to show case to practitioners the value of my research and this was extremely rewarding. The financial support also enabled me to travel abroad to Australia to work on a lengthy research visit thereby developing new research skills, securing key collaborations with leading HR academics and enjoying the academic experience in a different country. I found the experience of working with the consultants at Harvest Business Consulting a joy. They were extremely supportive, professional, friendly and were passionate about the award and its significance in the pursuit to bridge the academia and research gap” Dr Stephen Kilroy.

Pearse Walsh Medal Award 2016

Pearse Walsh Medal Award 2014

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