On Thursday 19th May 2022, Dr Katriona O’Sullivan will present in the Oireachtas, her recommendations on Norms & Stereotypes in Education by the citizens assembly. Dr O’Sullivan was invited by the Gender Equality Committee and will focus her recommendations on female equality issues only and participation in STEM– as these are the ones which are having the most impact in terms of participation in modern society.
ALL Institute: Assisting Living & Learning
ToggleALL member Dr Katriona O’Sullivan has been invited to present in the Oireachtas today Thursday, 19 May 22 by the gender equality committee.
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SHAPES meet with MEP Colm Markey to discuss their Call for Action
Launched this week by the SHAPES project in collaboration with our partner organisation, AIAS, this Call for Action stems from research findings and results recently presented in the European Parliament.
Date: Monday, 13 November 2023
ERC DANCING research team present at IALT Annual Conference 2023 at Dublin City University
A dedicated panel chaired by Principal Investigator Professor Delia Ferri saw Dr. Ann Leahy (post-doctoral researcher) and early career researchers Léa Urzel Francil (PhD candidate), Iryna Tekuchova (PhD candidate) and Eva Sophie Krolla (research assistant) discuss several aspects of the empirical and normative research conducted thus far under Work Packages (WPs) 1 and 2 of the project respectively.
Date: Monday, 13 November 2023
The Big Race: Artificial Intelligence and Healthy Ageing
From a healthy ageing perspective, A.I. holds exciting potential in assisting health professionals and experts to track patients’ health, use predictive tools to anticipate health decline, and make more informed decisions regarding treatment for older adults.
Date: Thursday, 19 October 2023
UN International Day of Older Persons, 1st October: Time to Discuss a United Nations Convention on the Rights of Older Persons
Despite the growth and reform of international disability law and policy in recent decades, and the adoption of the UN Principles for Older Persons in 1991, older adults have continued to face ageism and ableism, as well as forms of intersectional discrimination in a digitalising society in the 2020s.
Date: Monday, 16 October 2023
European Parliment endorsement and WHO Europe policy targeted by our SHAPES project
The SHAPES Project aims to facilitate long-term healthy and active ageing and the maintenance of a high-quality of life, in the community.
Date: Thursday, 12 October 2023
The DANCING Mid-Term Academic Conference: taking stock of the first three years and reflecting on the challenges of interdisciplinarity
With the aim of situating the on-going research within larger scholarly debates, the conference also served the purpose of gathering feedback, positive criticism and input on the remaining research tasks and activities of the DANCING research team.
Date: Tuesday, 03 October 2023
Maynooth University team triumphs in SFI-Irish Aid SDG Challenge
Maynooth research team to focus on neonatal mortality
Date: Thursday, 28 September 2023
ERC DANCING project hosts Mid-Term Academic Conference at Maynooth University
By marking the halfway point of the five-year project, the DANCING Mid-Term Academic Conference presented the interim findings and preliminary results of the project to academic peers in European Union Law, Disability Law and socio-legal studies.
Date: Friday, 22 September 2023
CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION: Emerging trends and implications
Most climate change lawsuits fall into one or more of six categories
Date: Friday, 01 September 2023
Assistive solutions for person-centred integrated care
The term referred to "assistive solutions" allow for a combination of conventional assistive technology (AT), environmental treatments, smart home technologies, health and wellbeing apps, digital personal help, and in-person human support.
Date: Friday, 01 September 2023