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Dr. Ian Marder writes articles on sentencing and drugs for RTÉ
In August 2022, Dr. Ian Marder published two articles for RTÉ’s academic column, Brainstorm.
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
MU biologists awarded Health Research Board funding for research projects
Maynooth University researchers are set receive €740,000 to support two important biology projects under the 2022 Health Research Board (HRB) Investigator-Led Projects (ILP).
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
MU Researchers awarded over €2 million funding under SFI-IRC Pathway Programme
Projects include studies of medieval Ireland, Irish population and climate change, agri-food, and nano technology for the health sector
Monday, 29 August 2022
Dr Holly Foley appointed the Universal Design for Learning lead for Maynooth University this year.
Dr Holly Foley, ALL Institute member and Project Manager for the STEM Passport for Inclusion Project, will be the Universal Design for Learning lead for Maynooth this year. Booking is now open for Maynooth staff (you don’t have to be teaching/lecturing).
Thursday, 25 August 2022
Sustainable insecticide and soil enhancer reduces aphid numbers significantly
Maynooth University and Hexafly BioTech collaborate to deliver sustainable soil enhancer that protects cereal crops from greenfly
Thursday, 25 August 2022
Funding: IRC Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarships and Postdoctoral Fellowships - Pre-Call Notice
The Irish Research Council has announced that the calls for the 2023 Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programmes will open on 8 September 2022. These programmes support suitably qualified research master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral candidates pursuing, or intending to pursue, full-time research in any discipline at eligible higher education institutions in Ireland. Scholarships can be held for between one and four years and fellowships for either one or two years.
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Funding: A.C. Elias, Jr. Irish-American Research Travel Fellowship
ASECS' A. C. Elias Irish-American Research Travel Fellowship, with $2500 in annual funding, supports "documentary scholarship on Ireland in the period between the Treaty of Limerick (1691) and the Act of Union (1800), by enabling North American-based scholars to travel to Ireland and Irish-based scholars to travel to North America for furthering their research." Projects conducting original research on any aspect of 18C Ireland qualify for consideration, but recipients must be members of ASECS who have permanent residence in the United States or Canada or be members of its Irish sister organization, The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society, residing on the island of Ireland. Prize winners are chosen by an independent jury of three scholars from different disciplines, after each is seen by readers in the applicant’s field.
Monday, 22 August 2022
Dr Hubert Smekal publishes article in Journal of Contemporary European Studies
Hubert and his co-author Vratislav Havlik discuss why prominent issues (here, differentiated integration) do not become a part of political debates.
Monday, 22 August 2022
Maynooth hosts Summer Institute in Restorative Justice and Design Innovation
The event brought together 28 Academic Fellows and members of the Restorative Justice Pedagogy Network from sixteen countries (Argentina, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Ireland, India, Mauritius, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Singapore, Spain, Tanzania, the United Kingdom and the United States).
Friday, 19 August 2022
ALL Co-Director Mac MacLachlan publishes article in Special Issue of the Clinical Psychology Forum
ALL Co-Director Mac MacLachlan publishes article entitled, ‘Structure power and practice: Designing a new rights-based national clinical programme for people with disability in Ireland’ in Clinical Psychology Forum Special Issue: Interrogating Disability, Part One
Tuesday, 16 August 2022