South East Technological University (SETU) awarded the 2026 Michael Cooley Award to former President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins. The award recognized exemplary contributions to enhancing access to, and promoting deeper understanding of, the scholarly work and enduring legacy of Professor Mike Cooley. Higgins accepted the accolade at SETU’s Cork Road Campus in Waterford on Tuesday, May 26, accompanied by his wife Sabina, in the presence of special guests and political representatives. The ceremony celebrated Cooley’s legacy as an engineer, philosopher, shop steward, trade unionist, and author. Cooley’s ideas continue to influence global thinking on technology, artificial intelligence, labour, sustainability, and the future of work. Higgins emphasized Cooley’s vision of harmony among technology, work, creativity, and human dignity, and said the ideas remain essential amid artificial intelligence, ecological transition, and the future of work.
"South East Technological University (SETU) has formally bestowed the 2026 Michael Cooley Award on former President Higgins "in recognition of his exemplary contributions to enhancing access to, and promoting a deeper understanding of, the scholarly work and enduring legacy of Professor Mike Cooley.""
"The ceremony, held at SETU's Cork Road Campus in Waterford, celebrated the legacy of Mike Cooley, an internationally respected engineer, philosopher, shop steward, trade unionist and author. His pioneering ideas continue to influence global thinking on technology, artificial intelligence, labour, sustainability and the future of work, according to SETU."
""Michael D. Higgins has long championed many of the principles that defined Mike Cooley's work, including social inclusion, cultural enrichment, ecological responsibility, democratic participation, and the need for economic systems that place human wellbeing at their centre.""
""Mike Cooley offered a profoundly important vision of society in which technology, work, creativity and human dignity existed in harmony rather than conflict. His ideas remain not only relevant, but essential, as we confront the challenges of artificial intelligence, ecological transition and the future of work. It is a great honour to receive an award bearing his name, and to celebrate the enduring influence of his intellectual and ethical legacy.""
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