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Robert Donoghue

Lecturer
EBS - Management and Marketing
 Robert Donoghue

Profile

Qualifications

  • PhD, Social and Policy Sciences University of Bath,

  • MA, Sociology George Washington University,

  • BA, Philosophy & Sociology George Washington University,

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • Global Supply Chain and Operations Management (BE275)

  • Operations and Supply Chain Management (BE488)

  • Supply Chain Management (BE874)

  • Professional and Academic Development (Management and Marketing) (BE909)

  • Independent Study Project: Management/Marketing (BE938)

  • Independent Research Project: Management/Marketing (BE939)

Publications

Journal articles (6)

Donoghue, R., 'Emancipationism': an attempt to synthesize neo-republican and socialist thought. Ethics, Politics & Society. 3

Donoghue, R., Hegel’s Treatment of the Free Will Problem. Symposion. 8 (2), 155-174

Donoghue, R., (2025). Freedom under algorithms: how unpredictable and asocial management erodes free choice. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. 8, 1582085-

Donoghue, R., (2025). AI regulation, development and governance: the case of China. Global Political Economy. 4 (2), 243-245

Cefaliello, A., Moore, PV. and Donoghue, R., (2023). Making algorithmic management safe and healthy for workers: addressing psychosocial risks in new legal provisions. European Labour Law Journal. 14 (2), 192-210

Donoghue, R., (2020). A Neo-Republican Critique of Hard Libertarianism. Etica e Politica. 22 (3), 703-727

Book chapters (1)

Donoghue, R., Huanxin, L., Moore, P. and Ernst, E., (2024). AI, regulation, and the world of work: the competing approaches of the US and China. In: Handbook on Public Policy and Artificial Intelligence. Edward Elgar Publishing. 353- 365. 9781803922164

Reports and Papers (1)

Moore, P., Donoghue, R. and ALOISI, A., (2025). DGEMPL European Commission Exploring the context, challenges, opportunities and trends in algorithmic management

Grants and funding

2025

Testing AI Workplace Index: Dockworkers Insights in Addressing Policy Gaps

Lloyd�s Register Foundation

Contact

r.donoghue@essex.ac.uk

Location:

EBS.3.127B, Colchester Campus