Professor Craig Mahoney, BSc, MSc, MEd, PhD, FInstP, FIPEM, PFHEA

Profile

Professor Craig Mahoney is a higher education leader with a successful career spanning academia, psychology, sport, business and governance. His experience as a twice-serving University Vice-Chancellor/President, CEO, Professor, Board Chair and internationally recognized performance psychologist has enabled him to drive a multitude of impactful initiatives and significant outcomes.

Professor Mahoney is passionate advocate for the value of education. He champions differentiated learning, research-informed teaching and open educational resources.   A strong advocate for equality, diversity, and inclusion, Professor Mahoney has championed programmes and initiatives that foster fairness and empower individuals and has been a positive activist for allyship, coaching and mentorship.

Teaching

With a portfolio career, Professor Mahoney is regularly called up to provide Keynote Presentations, guest lectures and workshops on topics including strategy, management, leadership, creative industries, technology in higher education and psychology.  In his Visiting Professor role at QMUL, Craig has facilitated the Executive Leadership Programme (ELP) since 2025.

Research

Publications

Selected Publications in Education

De Wilde, J. & Forasacco, E. (2025). Compassionate Pedagogy: An Active Framework to Enhance Postgraduate Practice, in Compassionate Pedagogy, International Perspectives, Edited by Janet De Wilde, Kayoko Enomoto, Richard Warner, & Claus Nygaard, Libri Publishing.

Warner, R., De Wilde, J., & Enomoto, K. (2025). Compassionate pedagogy-a caring, empathetic, and understanding focus for teaching in the twenty-first century. In Compassionate Pedagogy, International Perspectives, Edited by Janet De Wilde, Kayoko Enomoto, Richard Warner, & Claus Nygaard, Libri Publishing.

De Wilde, J., Fuller, S., & Sturgess, Z. (2025). A Conceptual Framework to Embed Sustainability in the Curricula of a UK University. Sustainability, 17(12), 5605.

De Wilde, J. & Thibodeau, D. (2025). Case Study: Student Experience from Queen Mary University of London’s implementation of mixed-mode education. In Strategic leadership of change in higher education. Edited by Stephanie Marshall, London and New York: Routledge. pp 151-153.

Younie, L., Cabral, A., Addo, M., Melsen, M., Salines, E., & De Wilde, J. (2025). Student recognition is missing from co-creative endeavour: a ‘VALUABLE’ framework for introducing student recognition. The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change, 11(1). https://www.journals.studentengagement.org.uk/index.php/studentchangeagents/article/view/1340 

Chen, Y., Chai, K.K., De Wilde, J. & Hathaway, G. (2025) Technology-Enhanced Learning for Fostering Belonging in Transnational Education, full paper at 13th International Conference on Information and Education Technology (ICIET 2025)

Cabral, A., Fuller, S., De Wilde, J., Khama, K. & Melsen, M. (2023). Curriculum enhancement through co-creation: Fostering student-educator partnerships in higher education. International Journal for Students as Partners 7(2), 111–123. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v7i2.5280

Fuller, S., De Wilde, J., Clinch, M., Henderson, M., Thiagarajan, R., Shariff, S. & Edkins, T. (2023) Graduate attributes at Queen Mary: a co-created approach, in A Case Study Compendium: Contemporary practices and initiatives in employability Editors: Norton S., & Romero-González M., Advance HE, York, UK, available from here https://advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/case-study-compendium-contemporary-practices-and-initiatives-employability

De Wilde, J.P. & Forasacco, E. (2023) Developing STEM Doctoral Students’ Collaboration Skills as Learning Outcomes, in Enhancing Student Learning Outcomes in Higher Education: Edited by Kayoko Enomoto; Richard Warner, & Claus Nygaard, Libri Publishing, pp. 91-115.

De Wilde, J.P. & Forasacco, E (2023). Enhancing Learning Outcomes for Doctoral Students through Perspective-Taking in Safe Spaces, in Enhancing Student Learning Outcomes in Higher Education: Edited by Kayoko Enomoto, Richard Warner, & Claus Nygaard, Libri Publishing, pp. 205- 235.

De Wilde, J., Cavalli, G., & Fuller, S. (2021) Online communities of practice for academic practice and a sense of belonging, in Online Communities for Doctoral Researchers and their Supervisors, Edited by Julie Sheldon and Victoria Sheppard, First Edition, New York: Routledge, 2022. e-book available here https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9780429274749/online-communities-doctoral-researchers-supervisors-julie-sheldon-victoria-sheppard (Accessed 13/11/2021)

De Wilde, J. & Cavalli, G. (2021) Academic identity, the supervisor, and online communities of practice, in Online Communities for Doctoral Researchers and their Supervisors, Edited by Julie Sheldon and Victoria Sheppard, First Edition, New York: Routledge, 2022. e-book available here https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9780429274749/online-communities-doctoral-researchers-supervisors-julie-sheldon-victoria-sheppard (Accessed 13/11/2021)

Lane, L. G. & De Wilde, J. (2018). The impact of coaching doctoral students at a university in London. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, 16(2), 55-68.

Hulme, J.A. & De Wilde, J. (2015) Tackling transition in STEM disciplines: supporting the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics student journey into Higher Education in England and Wales. The Higher Education Academy, 2015 (Available https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/tackling-transition-stem-disciplines)

Selected Publications in Bioengineering

Brazzelli, M., Shuler, K., Quayyum, Z., Hadley, D., Muir, K., Mcnamee, P., De Wilde, J., M. Dennis, Sandercock, P., & Wardlaw, J.M. (2013) Clinical and imaging services for TIA and minor stroke: results of two surveys of practice across the UK, BMJ Open2013; 3: e003359 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003359  

Wardlaw, J.M., O'Connell, G., Shuler, K., De Wilde, J., Haley, J., Escobar, O., Murray, S., Rae, R., Jarvie, D., Sandercock, P., & Schafer, B. (2011) "Can it read my mind?" - What do the public and experts think of the current (Mis)Uses, of Neuroimaging? PLoS ONE 6(10): e25829. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025829 

O'Connell, G., De Wilde, J., Haley, J., Shuler, K., Schafer, B., Sandercock, P., & Wardlaw, J.M. (2011) The brain, the science, and the media. Neuroimaging in Society: legal, corporate, social and security implications. EMBO Rep. 2011 Jul 1;12:7, 630-6. doi: 10.1038/embor.2011.115.

Gowland, P., & De Wilde, J.P. (2008) Temperature increase in the fetus due to radiofrequency exposure during magnetic resonance scanning. Phys. Med. Biol. 53: L15–L18.

De Wilde, J.P., Grainger, D., Price, D.L., & Renaud, C. (2007) Current MRI Safety Issues including an analysis of Incidents Reported in the UK, Progress in NMR Spectroscopy.

Delakis, I., Petala, K., & De Wilde, J.P. (2005) MRI Receiver Frequency Response as a Contributor to Nyquist Ghosting in Echo Planar Imaging, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 22, 324–328.

De Wilde, J.P., Rivers, A.W., & Price, D. (2005) A review of the current use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Pregnancy and Safety Implications for the Fetus. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 87, 335–353.

Delakis, I., Moore, E.; Leach, M., & De Wilde J.P. (2004) Developing a quality control protocol for diffusion imaging on a clinical MRI system, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 49:8, 1409–1422.

De Wilde, J.P., Price, D., Curran, J., Williams, J., & Kitney, R. (2002) Standardization of Performance Evaluation in MRI: 13 Years’ Experience of Intersystem Comparison. Concepts in Magnetic Resonance (Magnetic Resonance Engineering) 15:1, 111-116.

Price D., De Wilde, J.P., Papadaki A.M., Curran J. & Kitney, R.I. (2001) A survey of Acoustic Noise Levels from 15 MRI Scanners, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 13, 288-293.

JavaException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character in path at index 71: https://researchpublications.its.qmul.ac.uk/publications/data/Professor Mahoney continues to publish on topics including leadership, pedagogy and performance with recent examples of output including;\n\nModern Pedagogy, Student Retention and Widening Access to Higher Education. South African Qualifications Authority Bulletin. Volume 20, Number 1, pp 291-309. · Sep 30, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-920649-57-9\nInternational Perspectives on Policies, Practices & Pedagogies for Promoting Social Responsibility in Higher Education. In Sengupta E, Blessinger P & Mahoney C (Eds).  Emerald Publishing Limited. Volume 32. · Oct 23, 2020.  ISBN: 9781839098550\nCivil Society and Social Responsibility in Higher Education: International Perspectives on Curriculum and Teaching Development. In Sengupta E, Blessinger P & Mahoney C (Eds).  Emerald Publishing Limited. Volume 21. · Jun 23, 2020.  ISBN: 9781839094651\nIntroduction to curriculum and teaching development: international perspectives on civil society and social responsibility in higher education. In Sengupta E, Blessinger P & Mahoney C (Eds).  Emerald Publishing Limited. 2020, Vol 21, pp 3-15. · Jun 23, 2020.  ISBN:9781839094651\n.xml