Organisation/Entreprise:
Tavistock Institute

Fonction:
Director of the Collaborative Learning Unit and Academic Dean

Joe Cullen studied Social Sciences at the Universities of Durham, Dundee, Cambridge and Birkbeck College, London, obtaining an M.A., PhD and Dip. Psych. After spending some years as an academic, at the Universities of Cambridge, Loughborough, Leeds, London Metropolitan and the Open University, he worked for a brief period as a freelance consultant before taking up a post as Principal Researcher and Academic Dean at the Tavistock Institute, London, where he also served as a member of the Editorial Board of ‘Human Relations’. He is currently Principal Associate, the Tavistock Institute, London, and also a Board member, MENON Network, Brussels.


Dr Cullen has been co-ordinator/project manager of 35 major research, evaluation and RTD projects, with a total value 20 million euro. Many of these are RTD projects funded under various Framework projects, including the IST Programme, and cover projects in e-learning and e-health, and e-inclusion including working with people affected by HIV/AIDS, and in the field of offending prevention and offender rehabilitation.


He has extensive experience of evaluating RTD programmes, projects and systems and services. He has recently completed a review of e-inclusion policies and measures for DG INFSO and is currently involved in developing the e-practice portal for the European Commission.