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Department of Electronic Enginering Champions STEM Learning at ESB Science Blast 2025
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Frea Anderson presented on ‘Considering some challenges with expansive conceptions of prisons’
On the 12th March the School of Law and Criminology Research Seminar series welcomed colleagues Frea Anderson, Assistant Lecturer in Criminology, to present on ‘Considering some challenges with expansive conceptions of prisons’ with discussant Dr Cormac Behan
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Gendered Harms: International Women's Day and Social Justice week event from the School of Law and Criminology
The event looked to consider and discuss several topics that encompass gendered experiences of harm across a broad spectrum of research areas from colleagues in the School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University. Introduced by Head of School, Prof Fergus Ryan and Chaired by Dr Sinead Ring.
Thursday, 13 March 2025
Department students and staff attend Lesson Study Experience in The Netherlands
As part of a larger European Project, Dr Diarmaid Hyland and Dr Tom Delahunty invited two PME students (Claire Egan and Michael Sherlock) and a teacher educator colleague (Dr Anthony Malone) on a week-long trip to The Netherlands.
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Dr. Conchúr Ó Maonaigh Awarded SEAI Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research on Just Transitions in the Irish Transportation Sector.
Dr Conchúr Ó Maonaigh has been awarded a €202,342.25 postdoctoral fellowship by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to undertake a research project titled ‘Ireland’s Low-Carbon Transport Sector: The Road to a Just Transition.’
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Prof Michael Doherty chairs inaugural meeting of the new Employment Law Review Group (ELRG)
Prof Doherty was appointed Chair by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE), Peter Burke TD. Minister Burke, and Minister of State for Small Business and Retail, Alan Dillon TD, welcomed and addressed the Group’s members.
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Announcement: MUSSI Funding Call Awardees 2024/25
The successful recipients of the Conference & Workshop Scheme and Small Grants Scheme for the 2024/25 academic year
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
MU report highlights need to remove barriers for women in agriculture
A study led by researchers at Maynooth University has, for the first time, provided an in-depth profile of female farmers in Ireland, identifying the barriers they face and recommending policy changes to tackle them.
Friday, 07 March 2025
Celebrating Dr Ronan Foley’s Contribution to Health Geography
Colleagues, students, alumni, and friends recently gathered in Rocque Lab in Rhetoric House to celebrate the career and retirement of Dr Ronan Foley. An Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and member of the Assisting Living and Learning Institute (ALL) and Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI). Ronan’s research explores the relationship between place and health—how our environments influence well-being, access to care, and quality of life.
Friday, 07 March 2025
M.Sc. Social Research - Applications Open for 2025/26
Applications are now open for our M.Sc. Social Research programme 2025/26
Friday, 07 March 2025