Dr. Michael Flannery works as Assistant Professor with the School of Arts Education and Movement at the Institute of Education, Dublin City University with expertise in, and responsibilities for Visual Arts Education. He has been working in third level education since 2000 at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Michael has been actively involved in the continuing professional development of practising primary school teachers in relation to teaching visual arts education and developing teachers' self-efficacy with regard to their creative capacities to make visual art and facilitate visual arts inquiry.

Over his career, Michael has worked has Head of Department for Arts, PE, RE and Early Childhood and Programme Coordinator for the BSc ECE and MESVA programmes at MIE.  He has undertaken the role of external examiner for eight years to date and was a primary school teacher for twelve years.  He has coordinated a number of artist-in-residence and school community arts initiatives with artists.    

Michael received his PhD in Education from the National College of Art and Design following previous postgraduate studies in Community/ Arts/ Education at the same university. He completed other postgraduate studies at Trinity College Dublin and Canterbury Christ Church University in Technology and Learning and English Language Education. He was a research fellow with AERG at Trinity College Dublin.