Niall Walsh has been part of the UCD Innovation Academy team since 2017 as an Occasional Lecturer and recently joined full-time as a Facilitation Specialist in 2025. His work focuses on Social Entrepreneurship, Education, and Creativity—areas he has explored across diverse educational contexts around the world.
He holds a BA from Trinity College Dublin and an MSc in Educational Science and Technology from the University of Twente in the Netherlands. Before joining the Innovation Academy full-time, he worked as a learning specialist in the Netherlands and founded an online educational company aimed at developing critical thinking and communication skills in young people.
Niall spent six years at the award-winning Riverside School in India—named the World’s Most Innovative School in 2023—where he worked as a teacher and coach, and led teacher training programmes across Asia in the school’s pioneering student-centric methodology.
Curious, collaborative, and always learning, he brings an international perspective and a passion for experiential learning to everything he does. Outside the classroom, he’s a keen footballer, hiker, and reader.