by Jane Suiter (Dublin City University) Democracy is more than deliberation and deliberative mini-publics  do not make a democracy. Yet mini-publics are proliferating not just in Ireland but in Scotland, Belgium, France and elsewhere. This paper uses the example of the Irish Constitutional Convention and Citizens’ Assembly to ask  how mini-publics  can  be located within... | Read on »

Back by popular demand! We are pleased to announce the Spring 2020 EDEN Peer Review workshop, to be held on Thursday, 19th of March, 15.00 (venue tbc). This is an excellent chance to get feedback on works in progress in any form and at any stage of development. Whether it is a chapter draft, a journal article or a... | Read on »

by Allyn Fives (Power, Conflict and Ideologies) This paper addresses two key aspects of A. John Simmons’s philosophical anarchism. First, as a value pluralist, he maintains that obligations are not conclusive reasons for action, whereas overridden obligations are nonetheless genuine obligations. As a result, we can be faced with genuine moral conflicts concerning our political... | Read on »

by Russell Ó Riagáin More info to follow ...

In Association with the Polish Embassy in Ireland As part of symposium to launch the exhibition, “Paul Strzelecki: A Forgotten Irish Hero of the Great Irish Famine” on view in foyer of Hardiman Research Building.

This workshop demonstrates the use of Python to work with images. The focus is images used in research. Two concepts of 1) data visualisation and 2) image processing using APIs are explored and demonstrated. The workshop will provide demonstration data and image sets to work with during the workshop. You can also bring your own... | Read on »

by Maria Cullen (History, NUIG)

by Kate Hayward (Queen's, Belfast)