Academic biography

Dr Alan Gorman is an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Doctor of Education (EdD) programme at DCU. He is also the Area of Professional Focus Leader for Professional Learning and Teacher Education on the EdD. He received the DCU President’s Medal for Excellence in Teaching in 2022.  He has published in a range of Q1 international journals, with a focus on policy analysis, leadership, professional learning, and teacher education. He has supervised a number of doctoral (EdD & PhD) students to completion in these areas. He is currently undertaking a funded tri-nation research study on system leadership with Prof Alma Harris and Prof Michelle Jones (Cardiff Met University) and Dr Romina Madrid (University of Stirling). He has been invited as a panellist and keynote speaker at international conferences of professional learning, including the Ministry of Education at the Education and Teacher Training Agency in Zagreb, Croatia (2024), and at the University of Florida's AI in Education Fair (2025). He has also completed research on early career principalship across the island of Ireland and co-led an innovative teacher education project on AI-enabled VR environments (featured on RTÉ). His research has been featured on RTÉ, RTÉ Brainstorm<