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The Playful Mind: An Empty Space & Ontoconscience
Patrick continues with new research at the frontier of game theory and sci-fi fantasy storytelling in the search for a solution to a no-exit endgame. Building on themes addressed in the various Masterclass sessions in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore, in particular neotenic data patterns and artificial moral agents [AMAs], Patrick refers to The Tao…
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My|self, F2R and Macalla in a Triolectic Fantasy Play
At the Museum Jorn in Silkeborg, 2026, April 10-12, Patrick presented the inaugural address at a Symposium on triolectics and absurdity. If behaviour in an existential crisis could be framed as a surreal game of imagination could it evolve as a piece of theatre in the genre of LitRPG? If so, we have an absurd…
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My|self© in a No-Exit-Endgame
There is a new book planned for next year. The narrative is centred on My|self a[1] fictional character, a player in a surreal game of waiting. The character should be understood as a kind of illusionist in the sense of Prospero who conjures a strange world into existence. It’s a chance to explore our curiosity…
About Me+
A very kind welcome to my webpage, which introduces you to range of different issues and areas of research work that I have been involved with during the past few years. In particular there is a reference to my work before retiring as a consultant in competition, mergers and antitrust policy, my time as an academic in Ireland and abroad and to the on-going research as a writer and author of numerous books and articles. Apart from research with the Center of Conflict Resolution in Munich, I enjoy music, writing and travel. During my graduate years at Oxford with a group of fanatics, we established the Bob Dylan Appreciation Society. I was fortunate in my work as it afforded the opportunity to travel to many different countries, and to meet and work with so many different people from across the globe.
On graduating from Oxford University in 1982, I joined University College Galway as lecturer in economics (1982-1994), before being appointed Professor of Political Economy at University of Ulster in 1994. In late 1996, I left acadaemia to take up the full-time position of Executive Chairman (1996-2000) of the Irish Competititon Authority. I was subsequently engaged as consultant (2001-2004) to the Jersey Competition & Regulatory Authority in Channel Islands and became its inaugural Chairman. During this time, I joined the Board of well-known international consultancy company Indecon London Economics. In 2005, I formed my own bespoke consultancy, Patrick McNutt Associates advising clients on business strategy. Currently based in Dublin, I have been Visiting Fellow at Manchester Business School since 2004, playing a major role in the development of its worldwide MBA programme and continue to lecture and engage in academic research while providing consultancy and support to private clients.
Apart from my professional work, I enjoy music, writing and travel. During my graduate years at Oxford, with a group of fanatics, we established the Bob Dylan Appreciation Society and became the inaugural President. We were puppets in a play! I have been fortunate in that my work has afforded me the opportunity to travel to many different countries and to meet and work with so many different people from across the world.
Patrick A McNutt
Thinking and Doing
Continuing to consult, teach and research in the general area of applied game theory, the following is a snapshot of a career to date.
Retired+
Patrick is now affiliated with the Center of Conflict Resolution in Munich. Here is a LINK to view its wide portfolio of research and teaching: https://www.ccr-munich.de.
Probing the Ethernity in The Trial: Comments and Review of Airaksinen’s PataKafka Paper
There are many interpretations of Kafka’s work. But what happens to Joseph K is comical, and in this paper McNutt wonders if Kafka’s reality, coupled with the surreal life of Joseph K, is no more than an imaginary dream. Albeit, through the good office of his friend Max Brod, The Trial was published posthumously, obtaining for Kafka, immortality in a world that is increasingly Kafkaesque.