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Roll up, roll up for the Circus of Climate Horrors at Glastonbury 2025
The Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS (ICARUS) and the Geography Department's outreach project, The Circus of Climate Horrors, took its terrifyingly educational act on the road to Green Futures at Glastonbury 2025 where the brightest and greenest ideas come out to play!
Thursday, 10 July 2025
School of Law and Criminology Research Newsletter - Summer 2025
The School of Law and Criminology is proud to showcase some incredible research that our colleagues have been working on over the last few months.
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Prof Aisling McMahon invited to speak at European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology (ESHRE) Pre-Congress Course in Paris
This ESHRE pre-congress course was designed for researchers, clinicians and policymakers interested in cutting-edge stem-cell technologies and their role in advancing reproductive health.
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) has released a new independent research report titled "The Environment, Human Rights and the Windsor Framework.”
The launch of the report took place in June and was co-authored by Dr Mary Dobbs and Dr Orla Kelleher both part of the School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University, Dr Ciara Brennan Environmental Justice Network Ireland, Ms Alison Hough BL, Technological University of the Shannon and Dr Lisa Claire Whitten, Queen’s University Belfast.
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
Chinese Delegation from Zhongnan University School of Economics and Law (ZUEL) Visits Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology
A high-level delegation from the Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (ZUEL), China, visited the School of Law and Criminology on 24 June 2025. Facilitated and organised by our colleague Dr Jiangyuan Fu, this visit has been of strategic importance to lay the foundation of a collaboration between the two universities, with a view of strengthening the academic ties.
Wednesday, 02 July 2025
Dr Laura Watson guest contributor on Ireland AM
Dr Laura Watson makes guest contribution to IrelandAM.
Tuesday, 01 July 2025
MU DANCING project ends with unveiling of artwork
Maynooth University’s DANCING project drew to a close after five years with the unveiling of a specially-commissioned artwork by MU President Professor Eeva Leinonen at the project’s final conference last week.
Monday, 30 June 2025
ERC DANCING Final Conference
On 19-20 June, 2025, the ERC DANCING Project, led by PI Prof. Delia Ferri, held its Final Conference, celebrating the research conducted during the five years of the project. The Final Conference was also a great occasion to discuss the objectives and results of DANCING and highlight the numerous artistic collaborations that DANCING had during its course. The two days saw the participation of numerous outstanding scholars, stakeholders and collaborators of the project.
Monday, 30 June 2025
Dr Brian Flanagan of Maynooth University and Professors Erin Solovey and Daniel Chen of Harvard University win the Best Paper Award at CHIWORK ’25 – 4th Annual Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work
Selected as the top submission in a field of 79 full papers, (28 accepted), the first-of-its-kind study reveals how judges envision collaborating with AI to streamline case management while safeguarding justice.
Thursday, 26 June 2025
CORD Partnership delivers training, panel, at national criminology conference
CORD Implementation Group members, partners and research assistants collaborate on PhD training programme and panel discussion on research-policy-practice engagement
Thursday, 26 June 2025