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Department of Economics: Update for Students
This is a short message from the Department of Economics to update students on the latest teaching plans for 2020-21.
Date: Friday, 21 August 2020
Guidance to Maynooth University Staff and Students related to Coronavirus COVID-19
In response to the threat of the COVID-19 Coronavirus, the University is implementing reasonable and proportionate precautions in line with policy and advice from the HSE, DES and DFAT. Our priorities at this time are to minimise the chances of spread of the infection and to protect the health and welfare of our staff and students.
Date: Thursday, 12 March 2020
Maynooth University Fosters links with Taiwan
Maynooth University Fosters links with Taiwan
Date: Friday, 20 December 2019
Economics, Finance and Accounting graduates receive their Masters degrees this week
Huge congratulations to all Economics, Finance and Accounting graduates who received their Masters degrees this week
Date: Friday, 01 November 2019
Pass rate for Maynooth Masters students - well above the National average
Congratulations!
Date: Friday, 25 October 2019
Good Schools or Good Students? Work by Maynooth Labour Economists on School Quality featured in The Irish Times
How do you measure whether a school is getting the best – academically – out of the group of children in its classes? Maynooth University Labour Economists Dr. Aedin Doris, Prof. Donal O’Neill and Dr. Olive Sweetman examine this issue in their new working paper entitled “ Good Schools or Good Students?”
Date: Thursday, 25 July 2019
Accelerate your research with our Economics PhD Studentship
PhD Studentship in Economics (Graduate Teaching Studentship)
Date: Wednesday, 03 July 2019
2019 CTL Teaching and Learning Fellowship Awards
Professor Donal O’Neill from the Department of Economics, Dr Fabrice Rousseau, Dr Bridget Mc Nally, and Ms Aodhdin Casey received an award for their fellowship project: Evaluating the use of eLearning for Undergraduate and Executive Teaching at Maynooth University
Date: Monday, 10 June 2019
A cost-effectiveness analysis of the Incredible Years parenting programme in reducing childhood health inequalities
Work by Donal O'Neill (Department of Economics, Maynooth University and Research Fellow IZA,Bonn,Germany) and Sinéad McGilloway (Department of Psychology, Maynooth University) on the Incredible Years programme is cited in Cribsheet, the NYT Bestseller by @ProfEmilyOster. A published version is available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10198-011-0342-y #Cribsheet
Date: Monday, 10 June 2019
Maynooth University Economist Wins 2019 Walsh Prize for Economic and Social Research
Congratulations to Dr. Tuvana Pastine, Maynooth University economist, who along with Dr. Ivan Pastine from UCD and Dr. Matt Coleman from California Polytechnic State University is awarded the prestigious 2019 Brendan Walsh Prize for Economic and Social Research for their joint paper titled “Incumbency Advantage in an Electoral Contest.” The prize is awarded for the best paper published in the Economic and Social Review in the preceding year and it is named in honour of the memory of Professor Brendan Walsh and his long and distinguished career in Irish economics.
Date: Monday, 13 May 2019