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MU to co-lead AI and climate research in new Irish-UK Centre
Maynooth University will be a leading research partner in a new Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity and Water, one of two research centres to receive joint funding of €70 million from the Irish and UK governments.
Date: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Geography: Fully Funded PhD positions with Prof Mary Gilmartin
Professor Mary Gilmartin of the Department of Geography, Maynooth University has a number of fully funded PhD positions open, the application deadline is December 11, 2023
Date: Friday, 24 November 2023
ICARUS research identifies climate change from weather records
Maynooth University ICARUS Climate Research Centre studies Irish weather records for signals of climate change
Date: Friday, 20 October 2023
What about HER-SELF?
The 1st May 2023 saw the start of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine funded HER-SELF (Highlighting pathways to Empower Rural women to have Sustainable & Equitable Livelihoods in Farming) project.
Date: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Greenhouse gas emissions at ‘an all-time high’
Greenhouse gas emissions at ‘an all-time high’ causing unprecedented rate of global warming - global scientists
Date: Thursday, 08 June 2023
Geographers go to Glastonbury!
Maynooth Geographers have been successfully accepted to present at Glastonbury Festival, the world’s largest greenfield music and performing arts festival with attendance of over 200,000 people.
Date: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
MU receives €5m under SFI Frontiers programme
Maynooth University researchers are set to receive over €5 million in funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) under the Frontiers for the Future Programme, to tackle a range of topics such as renewable energy, climate change, food security, astronomy, immunology and cognitive science.
Date: Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Milieu 2023, 45th edition of the MU Geog Soc Magazine launched in Rhetoric
Today the 45th edition of Milieu, the MU Geography Society magazine was launched in the Rocque Lab.
Date: Thursday, 04 May 2023
Dr Patrick Bresnihan, Dept of Geography, Maynooth University inducted as a member of the new Young Academy of Ireland on 25 April 2023.
On 25 April 2023, Dr Patrick Bresnihan in the Department of Geography at Maynooth University became one of 40 new members as the first cohort of the new Young Academy Ireland – (YAI), a network of early career researchers and innovators (ECRIs).
Date: Friday, 28 April 2023
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) funding
Dr. Louise Fitzgerald has been awarded €157,880 funding by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) for the project REDIE: Realising Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for Energy sector transformation.
Date: Tuesday, 18 April 2023