Dr. Stephen McCarthy is a lecturer in Information Systems, and a co-director of the MSc Business Information and Analytics Systems postgraduate programme in University College Cork, Ireland. He holds a Ph.D. and MBS (Information Systems) degree in the National University of Ireland.

Stephen's research centres on three areas: (i) knowledge sharing in diverse IT teams, (ii) technology adoption and use, and (iii) the societal implications of IT. He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, JMIR, Journal of Decision Systems, and Health Systems. Stephen has also regularly presented at the European Conference on Information Systems, Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science, and International Conference on Information Systems.

In terms of collaborations, Stephen has previously worked with IBM, Laya Healthcare, the Health Service Executive, Danish Board of Technology, Missions Publiques, and Strategic Design Scenarios. He continues to be involved in IS projects funded by the European Commission, and has previously worked on Science Foundation Ireland, and Enterprise Ireland funded projects during his time in three leading innovation centres: the Health Information Systems Research Centre, Financial Services Innovation Centre, and the Institute for Business Development and Competitiveness. Stephen is also a visiting academic at University of Agder, Norway and a guest lecturer at University of Münster, Germany.