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The School of Law and Criminology is delighted to announce that our staff have been awarded three out of five of the Maynooth University wide awards for Research Achievement.
We are incredibly proud of our colleagues for their years of hard work and research output, and acknowledge to the teams that support them in Maynooth, amongst their international research networks, and their friends and supporters outside the university. All the staff and students of the School collectively make for a wonderful community.
Friday, 22 November 2024
ERC DANCING Team present at IALT Annual Conference 2024 at Maynooth University
The ERC DANCING team presented in a panel chaired by Professor Delia Ferri entitled ‘The Role of the EU in Advancing Disability Rights: Internal and External Dimensions’.
Friday, 22 November 2024
Maynooth University’s School of Law and Criminology ranks first on the Social Science Research Network's November 1, 2024 rankings
Maynooth University’s School of Law and Criminology was ranked first among departments/faculties/schools of law on the Island of Ireland by “new” download count (over the last year), with over 18,900 new downloads (and, ranked #48 of 500 internationally ranked law schools) on the Social Science Research Network's November 1, 2024 rankings,
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Prof Karen Desmond delivers Inaugural Lecture on medieval music
Prof Karen Desmond, an internationally recognised scholar in medieval musicology, delivered her inaugural lecture at Maynooth University, titled "Medieval Parchment Fragments and Musical Reconstruction: Building New Histories of Music for the Later Middle Ages."
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Artificial Intelligence in Publishing
Dr David Mangan spoke at the International Society for Labor and Security Law in Rome about the legal implications of digitalisation.
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Professor Michael Doherty speaks at Uni Europa Workshop
Prof Doherty is contributing further to recent work by Uni Europa on how Member States should develop National Action Plans (NAPs) to transpose the Directive fully.
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Prof. Claire Hamilton publishes article with former PhD student in Criminology & Criminal Justice
Prof. Claire Hamilton, Professor of Criminology in the School of Law and Criminology, and Dr Siobahn Buckley, Lecturer in Law at Ulster University ─and a former PhD student at Maynooth University ─ have published an article in Criminology & Criminal Justice entitled, ‘Within-case comparison of the adult and youth justice systems: New directions for a ‘fractured’ penal state?’.
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
MU leads study on ‘spray on, wash off' bandages for painful 'butterfly skin'
Scientists at Maynooth University are leading a study into whether ‘spray on, wash off' bandages will be a viable alternative to those currently used by those living with genetic skin condition Epidermolysis Bullosa.
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
MU welcomes young scientists to celebrate Science Night
Maynooth University welcomed young scientists to its annual Science Night, opening its doors to hundreds of families from across the region.
Monday, 18 November 2024
MU hosts Science Week discussion on Ozempic
As part of Science Week 2024, MU's Development and Alumni Relations Office (DARO) in collaboration with the Faculty of Science and Engineering hosted a thought-provoking panel discussion on one of the most talked-about drugs of the moment, Ozempic.
Friday, 15 November 2024