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Mike Cooley

Irish engineer and trade union leader (1934-2020) · Ireland · On the map · Scientists · Died at 86

Michael Joseph Edward Cooley was an Irish-born engineer, writer and trade union leader, best known for his work on the social effects of technology, "Socially Useful Production" and "Human Centred Systems". He was involved in workplace activism at the British company Lucas Aerospace in the late 1970s.

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Right Livelihood Award1981

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In 1981, he was a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award for "designing and promoting the theory and practice of human-centred, socially useful production."

Country
Ireland
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1934 to 2020 · aged 86