Roland Tormey

Roland Tormey is a Senior Scientist and Head of Service at the Teaching Support Centre (CAPE) within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (CDH-SHS) at EPFL. His work focuses on engineering education, with emphasis on diversity, equity, and the role of emotion in learning. He has co-authored Facilitating Experiential Learning in Higher Education (2021) and co-edited The Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education (2025).

Education

• Doctorate in Sociology, Trinity College Dublin (1999)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Environmental & Development Education, London South Bank University (2000)
• B.Sc. in Mathematics & Statistics, The Open University (2024)
• B.Soc.Sc. in Sociology & Social Administration, University College Dublin (1992)

Roland's research spans emotional dynamics in engineering education, ethics pedagogy, and experiential learning. He explores how emotions influence team projects, ethical reasoning, and curriculum design. His work integrates sociology and educational science to address equity in STEM.

Recent Publications analyze emotional labor in student teams, compassion in ethics cases, and learning analytics tools for Jupyter Notebooks. He has contributed to frameworks for ethical digital tool design and interdisciplinary sustainability education.

Teaching Leadership includes courses like Ethics for Life Sciences Engineers and Science & Engineering Teaching & Learning. He manages EPFL's Teaching Support Centre, which develops pedagogical strategies for STEM educators.