Malcolm "Mac" MacLachlan is Professor of Psychology and Social Inclusion at Maynooth University, Ireland.
He has published over twenty books and three hundred academic papers and chapters and delivered over 30 Keynote presentations at international conferences and high-level meetings. His interests are in Social Inclusion, Disability, Assistive Technology, and Policy, Systems & Organisation Design. He also works in the areas of International Development, Humanitarian Work Psychology and Maritime Psychology.
He is the Director of the Assisting Living & Learning (ALL) Institute, a cross-disciplinary initiative with over 50 academics and researchers, established in 2017, at Maynooth University.
He is a clinical psychologist, Fellow of the Psychological Society of Ireland and of the British Psychological Society, and Member of the Royal Irish Academy; and has worked in Ireland and throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. He is the Research and Innovation Lead for the World Health Organisation’s Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE) programme and the Knowledge Management Lead for the United Nations Partnership for the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNPRPD). He has worked extensively with civil society organisations and especially Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs). He is a recipient of the American Psychological Association’s International Humanitarian Award, the British Psychological Society’s Award for Promoting Equality of Opportunity, and the Royal Irish Academy’s Gold Medal for Social Science.
