John Hurley
B.A, Dip.Psych.Sc., M.Psych.Sc, Ph.D

Professor of Organisational Psychology
Human Resource Management Group,
Dublin City University Business School
 
 
 
 

The launch of "Organisation and Scientific Discovery" by John Hurley (right).
was carried out by Dr Baruch Blumberg, who received the Nobel Prize f
or his discovery of the Hepatitis B Virus, and the Vaccine against it.
Dr Blumberg was one of the sixteen Nobel Laureates taking part in the Hurley study.

What factors other than creativity lead to discoveries in science?
Of  the five million scientists world-wide, few are directly involved in significant discovery.
Research into the creative process has always far exceeded the attention given to organisational factors.
Yet resources such as money, colleagues, technicians, library and equipment all have a major bearing on the likelihood of discovery.
In this revealing study, the author worked with 16 Nobel laureates, each completing two interviews and four questionnaires on the subject of organisation.
Professor Hurley shows us how the chances of discovery can be increased, contributing to the quality of future scientific research.
He proposes a model of the workings of research organisations and groups - to guide experimental research, to test the theory and to establish the parameters of  organisation in relation to discovery.