Malcolm “Mac” MacLachlan is Professor of Psychology and Social Inclusion, and Director of the ALL (Assisting Living & Learning) Institute at Maynooth University, Ireland.

Previous appointments include holding a Personal Chair in Global Health at Trinity College Dublin, and being Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Malawi. Mac has also held visiting professorships at the universities of Stellenbosch, Olomouc and Harvard. He has worked as an academic, clinician, organisational consultant and policy adviser in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America; with government, civil society, corporates and United Nations agencies.

Mac is currently Research & Innovation Lead for WHO’s Global Collaboration on Assistive Technology (GATE) programme; and Knowledge Management Lead for the United Nations’ Partnership for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD). He is a Fellow of the Psychological Society of Ireland and of the British Psychological Society; and Member of the Royal Irish Academy. He is the recipient of a number of awards, including the American Psychological Association’s International Humanitarian Award (2014), the Royal Irish Academy’s Gold Medal for Social Science (2017) and the British Psychological Society's Award for Promoting Equality of Opportunity (2018).

Having retired from (part-time) farming he is paying back his carbon debt - between air miles and livestock emissions - by planting broad-leaf trees on perfectly good grazing pasture; much to his neighbours’ dismay. For relaxation he sails his boat in warm sunny waters and is occasionally very lucky to have his wife and three daughters join him.