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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.
Thursday, 19 October 2023
MU Research Week 2023 explores solutions for global challenges
Maynooth University invites members of the public to engage with the rich body of research and discoveries during Research Week from 12th-26th October.
Thursday, 19 October 2023
Dr. Ian Marder invited to speak in Georgia and Scotland
Dr Ian Marder was invited to deliver two workshops in Edinburgh Napier University in September. He also spoke at an international conference in Tbilisi, Georgia this month.
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
European Parliment endorsement and WHO Europe policy targeted by the SHAPES project
Last week the SHAPES project, in collaboration with SHAPES partner organisation AIAS, launched the Carefull Europe: Call for Action, which was developed following the presentation of SHAPES results in the European Parliament.
Monday, 16 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.
Monday, 16 October 2023
MU drives research on safe use of AI in EU healthcare
Maynooth University and the SFI Adapt Centre at Trinity College are expanding an innovative digital technology project in collaboration with Meta to address newly emerging EU-wide health data sharing challenges.
Monday, 16 October 2023
Maynooth Sociology academics present 'Towards a Participation Income for Family Carers' research at Joint Committee on Social Protection
Professor Mary Murphy, Dr Pauline Cullen and Shane Gough were delighted to present their research at the Joint Committee on Social Protection and Rural Development & the Islands on 11 October 2023.
Thursday, 12 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.
Thursday, 12 October 2023
Launch of the Maynooth Centre for European Law
The Maynooth Centre for European Law serves as the institutional hub for the School’s significant European Law expertise.
Thursday, 05 October 2023
Professor Delia Ferri presents at ‘UN World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna 1993 – Strengthening Imperatives 30 Year After
Marking the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, the University of Vienna, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs alongside other partners organised and hosted the three day event.
Wednesday, 04 October 2023