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IT Services, support for researchers – where we can help and where we can’t!
‘IT Services Research Support – Where we can help and where we can’t!’
When: Thursday, 22 October 2020
Where: Online
Conflict and restraint in the Ulster Cycle - Webinar
Department of Early Irish Research Seminar Series 2020-2021; Lecture 1 by Prof. Greg Toner (Queen’s University Belfast)
When: Thursday, 22 October 2020
Where: Online - Webinar
Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke – ‘Brexit in Historical Perspective’
Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke – ‘Brexit in Historical Perspective’
When: Thursday, 22 October 2020
Where: Online
“Trading Rare events and status inconsistency”
This research explores the role of third-party quality evaluations in alleviating audiences’ interpretive difficulties in the face of rare events. Leveraging an emerging literature in the multidimensionality of status and status inconsistency, it is argued that while status benefits organizations and products, the inconsistency between the status of the organization and the status of the product results in a penalty to the organization. High status organizations that offer low status products violate audiences’ expectations about product quality and are likely to be penalized. Low status organizations that offer high status products are likely to be seen as not credible and will thus not receive the full benefit of offering a high-status product. The hypotheses are empirically tested using data on all catastrophe bonds issued since the inception of the catastrophe bond market in 1996. The results show that despite the sophistication of this financial market, due to the unpredictability of rare events, investors use third party quality evaluations to overcome interpretive difficulties in making investment decisions. While third party quality evaluations are positive for the valuation of a product, the inconsistency between the status of the organization and the status of the product has moderating effects on the benefits of status.
When: Friday, 23 October 2020
Where: Online via Teams
School of Business Research Seminar Series 2020-2021
Dr Emmanuel Kypraios of the School of Business is giving a talk, 'Trading Rare Events and Status Inconsistency
When: Friday, 23 October 2020
Where: Online
Back to the Future? European Progressions and Retrogressions
6th Interim Conference of the Political Sociology Research Network 32 European Sociological Association,
When: Wednesday, 28 October 2020 to Friday, 30 October 2020
Where: Online
Launch of the Inspireurope report: Researchers at Risk: Mapping Europe’s Response
On 3 November 2020 at 2pm CET, the Inspireurope project will launch a new report: “Researchers at Risk: Mapping Europe’s Response”.
When: Tuesday, 03 November 2020
Where: Online webinar
The EU Whistleblowers Directive: Transposition Imperatives for Ireland
The Irish Whistleblowing Law Society and Maynooth University Department of Law are hosting a series of symposiums on the EU Whistleblowers Directive leading up to its transposition which will address key issues required to ensure the best transposition possible in Ireland. These symposiums will also be of interest to those in other EU Member States and internationally as regards best standards in whistleblower protection law. The second of these symposiums will be a virtual event held via Zoom on Wednesday, 11 November 2020 from 9.30am-12.30pm GMT. Attendance is free.
When: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Where: via Zoom
Nature and Art in Early Welsh Verse - Webinar
Department of Early Irish Seminar Series, Semester 1 2020-2021; Seminar 2 by Prof. Barry Lewis (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)
When: Thursday, 12 November 2020
Where: Online - Webinar
Conference: Emerging Perspectives on the Middle East and North Africa from Ireland
‘Emerging Perspectives on the Middle East and North Africa from Ireland’, the first networking event of the newly established Irish Network for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, will take place online on 15-16 November 2020.
When: Sunday, 15 November 2020 to Monday, 16 November 2020
Where: Online