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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
IRC postdoctoral Fellowship - Enterprise Partnership Scheme
Congratulation to Meishan Zhang for receiving the Irish Research Council postdoctoral fellowship award under the Enterprise Partnership Scheme. Zhang will be based at Maynooth University, under the academic supervision of Dr King O'Riain of the Department of Sociology, and partnering with Crosscare.
Tuesday, 03 October 2023
Join us at Critical-Feminist dialogues in the emancipatory potential of education with Sara Tolbert
Join us at Critical-Feminist dialogues in the emancipatory potential of education with Sara Tolbert on Wed 25th Oct 2023. This is the first fireside chat of the Critical and Feminist (C&F) Research Policy Analysis ESAI Special Interest Group
Tuesday, 03 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.
Tuesday, 03 October 2023
MU researchers awarded IRC enterprise partnership funding
The projects bring together researchers with an enterprise or employer to collaborate on a research project of mutual interest.
Tuesday, 03 October 2023