Michael Dunne

Michael Dunne is a tenured Lecturer (Docent) and founding Director of the LLC – Centre for Language and Learning at Ghent University Global Campus in Incheon, South Korea. Within the Dept of Environmental Technology, Food Technology and Molecular Biotechnology, he leads a group teaching courses in language and communication, research skills, and professional career development. As director of the LLC, he is responsible for doctoral training courses, and teaching and learning activities at the Korea campus, as well as outreach programs to schools, life-long learners and industry. He is an active collaborator and networker with partner industries, particularly the Biopharma companies situated in the joint ‘Songdo Bio-Cluster’ alongside the Korean Global Campus. 

Prof. Dunne has worked in the UK, China, South Korea, and Belgium, with further years working for an NGO across South-East Asia and Southern Africa. Michael originates from Northern Ireland, and holds a Masters in Business & Management and Social Anthropology (Uni of Glasgow, UK), as well as a Masters in Education-TESOL (Queen’s Uni Belfast, UK). He previously held leadership roles at George Mason University Korea, where he was a founding member of their Korea campus working on programs that boosted student recruitment and academic engagement. 

His research interests focus on improving interdisciplinary collaboration and cross-cultural communication, particularly, speech-acts within group-work and ideation. He is also interested in International Education, International branch campuses and Leadership. Michael Dunne is currently Chair for Internationalisation at the Ghent University Global Campus, and serves on the management Executive Board.