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The Irish Museum of Modern Art is hosting a free summer school with a public programme on 'Art and Politics: Statecraft'
IMMA Summer School Seminar #1: Gerry Kearns 'Statecraft and the Cultural Politics of AIDS' Aug 6, 2020 06:30 PM, Dublin time The Irish Museum of Modern Art is hosting a free summer school with a public programme on 'Art and Politics: Statecraft' which may be of interest to you (see below). There is a public talks programme, along with workshops by the summer school speakers. The first speaker is our own Professor Gerry Kearns who will talk about work in progress for his book, Making Space for AIDS. This is a free public event.
Date: Wednesday, 05 August 2020
Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change receives grant from Department of Justice and Equality
In July 2020, Dr. Ian Marder (Maynooth University Department of Law) and his colleagues on the project Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change were successful in obtaining a small grant from the Department of Justice and Equality.
Date: Wednesday, 05 August 2020
Dr Edana Richardson publishes an article in the Arab Law Quarterly
Dr Edana Richardson’s article “The UAE and Responsible Finance—Can Responsible Finance Ṣukūk Help the UAE in Fulfilling Its Sustainability Ambitions?” has been published online (print version forthcoming 2021) by the Arab Law Quarterly. This paper considers the UAE’s approach to sustainability and the extent to which responsible Islamic finance (in particular responsible finance sukuk) could be used to meet the country’s sustainable funding needs.
Date: Tuesday, 04 August 2020
Nearly 1 million in Funding for Horizon 2020 CHAMELEONS project
Dr. Nicola Mountford & Dr. Olga Ryazanova from School of Business are part of team of researchers to receive Horizon 2020 funding
Date: Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Dr Jon Gruda selected to participate in the Wharton Global Faculty Development Program
Dr Jon Gruda has been selected to participate in the Wharton Global Faculty Development Program
Date: Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Cocooning in Custody: MU criminologists team with Inspector of Prisons on report
On Wednesday 29th July 2020, Dr. Ian Marder (Maynooth University), Dr. Joe Garrihy (Birmingham City University) and Patricia Gilheaney (Inspector of Prisons) published a new report, entitled: ‘Ameliorating the impact of cocooning on people in custody’. Their report is based on a ground-breaking collaboration between the Office of the Inspector of Prisons and criminologists, which aimed to listen to and document the experiences of people who were cocooning in custody during the lockdown.
Date: Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Dr. Olga Ryazanova appointed an Associate Editor to leading journal in the field of Management Education.
Dr Olga Ryazanova appointed an Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Learning & Education journal (AMLE).
Date: Monday, 27 July 2020
International Exchange Student at Maynooth University wins Family Law Prize
This year’s winner of the Walls and Toomey Solicitors Family Law Prize is Ms Beatriz Jimena Tamayo Velasco, from the Universidad de Valladolid in Castile y León, Spain. Now in its fifth year, the prize is awarded to the student with the highest annual mark in the Family Law module offered by the Department of Law at Maynooth University. Top Dublin family law firm Walls and Toomey, headed by partners Ms Muriel Walls and Mr Grahame Toomey, very kindly sponsors the prize.
Date: Monday, 27 July 2020
Best Paper Award in the Management Consulting Division Academy of Management, Virtual Conference 2020
In their work, they explore the breakdown of trust within SMEs from an intra and inter-organisational perspective. The authors also discuss implications and recommendations that can help managers, entrepreneurs and consultants to repair trust with stakeholders in times of economic crises.
Date: Monday, 27 July 2020
Are you good at sharing what you know with your co-workers?
When employees are reluctant to share knowledge, this can be disheartening for fellow workers and damaging for organisations
Date: Monday, 27 July 2020