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Embracing the Open Science Movement
Only a handful of institutions currently incentivise open science practices
Date: Monday, 20 November 2023
MU staff and former student shortlisted for four Irish Book Awards
Three members of staff at Maynooth University, as well as a former student, have been nominated in five categories for the An Post Irish Book Awards.
Date: Monday, 20 November 2023
MU Psychology and ALL Institute Staff Among World's most Influential Researchers 2023
Dr Michael Daly and Professor Philip Hyland who have been recognised in the Clarivate Highly Cited 2023 listing – a distinction marking them as leaders in their fields.
Date: Monday, 20 November 2023
“The Future of Smart & Healthy Ageing: SHAPES Results, Recommendations & Reflections for an Inclusive Europe and a Participative Civil Society”
Significant challenges for European healthcare systems
Date: Tuesday, 14 November 2023
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