Donal McAnaney, PhD, earned his doctorate degree in Educational Psychology at McGill University. He served as Chief Academic Officer for PCU-WHS from 2015-2019, chaired its research ethics committee, and remains adjunct faculty. Previously, he served as director of program development, research and innovation for the Rehab Group (Ireland). He established the rehabilitation studies program at University College Dublin and acted as its program director, and he was a senior research consultant with the Work Research Centre with a specific interest in social protection, active inclusion, employment and disability. Donal has carried out research for the European Commission, Eurofound, the ILO, the International Social Security Association, the Irish National Disability Authority, the Health Research Board, and the National Council for Special Education. He has played key roles in projects that addressed active inclusion for young people with disabilities; telecare and telehealth in Europe; an analysis of pilot rehabilitation centres in Azerbaijan; the impact of European governments’ austerity plans on the rights of people with disabilities; and international good practice in occupational rehabilitation. He developed a standards framework for social services in Romania and key performance indicators for return to work for the ISSA International Barometer of Social Security Administrations. He led the working group that established the European Quality in Social Services system (EQUASS) and the quality-of-life interest group for the European Platform for Rehabilitation. More recent work included the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on professionals tasked with supporting workplace health, job retention and return to work; the quality-of-life impact of inclusive vocational education and training and community care (QOLIVET); and a review and synthesis of international and national standards and good practice guidelines for Disability Management.