Research for Public Policy: Discussion Paper Launch Launch of the RIA and IRC Research For Public Policy discussion paper by Minister Simon Harris. About this event The Royal Irish Academy and Irish Research Council collaborated in early 2021 to host three webinars to discuss how research could be better connected to public policy. An outline... | Read on »
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Join us for this lecture by Brendan McGowan of Galway City Museum as part of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society series. The event is a collaboration with the Museum, Galway City Council and the Moore Institute, NUI Galway. Born in Galway, raised in Connemara, educated at Rockwell and Blackrock, Paddy Conroy – as Pádraic... | Read on »
Dear Colleagues, Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances this week's Research in Sport lecture by Ruadhán Cooke - Lance Armstrong and suiveur reporting in Libération, 1999–2013: A Case Study in Sports Journalism - has had to be postponed. We hope to reschedule this lecture for a later date, to be confirmed. Our next lecture will be on Sep. 28th... | Read on »
Dr. Bona will present some reflections on Research Methodology applied to Humanities, mainly Communication, in Latin America. Bringing a perspective from "the South", the talk will approach the role of the researcher in data gathering and analysis and the importance of self-knowledge; the challenges of researching in a field that is in constant movement and... | Read on »
Dr. Sarah Corrigan will be appearing in Hardiman G010 next Friday (24th September) at noon and anyone who is on campus is very welcome. But, there’s more… for those of you who are not on campus, we will also be setting up a zoom session, so you can join us from the comfort of wherever... | Read on »
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This talk will explore a model developed to give a holistic account of caregivers’ goals for successful intergenerational language transmission, referred to as the 'saibhreas' model. This model was developed within an autochthonous minority language context (Irish in Corca Dhuibhne, Co. Kerry with the ’Sustaining Minoritized Languages in Europe’ initiative), but the talk will show the... | Read on »
This autumn the UCD Humanities Institute celebrates its 20th anniversary. We can look back over a successful history. Generations of PhDs and postdoctoral fellows have benefitted from the unique research environment offered by the Humanities Institute . Hundreds of conferences, workshops and Distinguished Guest Lectures have placed the Humanities Institute on the national and international... | Read on »
Current conceptualizations of climate and climate change are dominated by the abstract idea of climate as “the average weather.” This scientific understanding needs to be complemented by a cultural concept of climate which has a long tradition from Antiquity to the Enlightenment. In order to understand what it means to “be in the air” culturally,... | Read on »
