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IRC Starting Laureate Award for Dr Lynsey Black
The IRC Laureate Awards aim to enhance frontier research in Irish universities, supporting exceptional researchers across all disciplines.
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Research by Maynooth Labour Economists finds that Irish mothers with a university degree experience a 27 percent earnings penalty following childbirth.
New research by Dr. Aedin Doris, Prof. Donal O'Neill and Dr. Olive Sweetman from the Department of Economics Maynooth University, explores the timing and determinants of the gender wage gap for university educated employees in Ireland. They find that although male and female graduates have similar returns to study field immediately after graduation, a substantial gap soon emerges. This is particularly true when considering women with children and is driven by a 27 percent fall in earnings immediately after childbirth.
Monday, 16 January 2023
Irish Yearbook of International Law Call for Submissions, Volume 15 (2021-2022)
The Yearbook is edited by Richard Collins (QUB), James Gallen (DCU, and Bríd Ní Ghráinne (Maynooth University), is published by Hart-Bloomsbury and is also available on HEIN Online.
Monday, 16 January 2023
Dr Pauline Cullen will join Mapping European Populism Panel: Populism, gender and sexuality in Europe
Dr Pauline Cullen (Maynooth Sociology Department) will join the Mapping European Populism Panel #8: Populism, gender and sexuality in Europe on 26 January 2023 from 3:00pm-5:00pm (CET)
Monday, 16 January 2023
Dr Lauren Kierans launches the European Whistleblowing Institute (EWI) with her co-founders Dr Vigjilenca Abazi, Dr Dimitrios Kafteranis, and Bruno Galzizzi
EWI is an independent organisation driven by a deep passion to enhance innovative research, excellent education, and fact-based policies on whistleblowing.
Friday, 13 January 2023
David Mangan publishes commentary on comparative workforce surveillance
David argues that surveillance has moved from being of the workplace, to being of the workforce. The distinction is between the orthodox fixed location of work and the broad capture area of 21st century surveillance technologies.
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
Youthreach Staff Wellbeing Report features in Irish Times January 2023
First Report on the Wellbeing of Youthreach staff highlights workload pressures, difficulties taking time-off, and lack of recognition, but also the resilience and commitment of Youthreach staff.
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Government announces €1.2m in funding to STEM Passport for Inclusion
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD, and Minister for Education Norma Foley TD, have announced €1.2 million in funding to extend the STEM Passport for Inclusion project.
Tuesday, 03 January 2023
The little blue pill shows that a solution for one problem can often be successfully repurposed to solve a different challenge
Repurposed solutions are often on the market or at least known for several years before they are applied in a new context
Tuesday, 20 December 2022
John & Pat Hume Doctoral Awards 2023
The call for John & Pat Hume Doctoral Awards is NOW OPEN and closes at 12 midnight on Monday, 30th January 2023. Click for more info...
Friday, 16 December 2022