News
AIRO launch 2016 Census mapping tool
Kicking off Maynooth University Research week 2017, our very own AIRO launched a valuable new mapping tool. This national mapping viewer displays the full results from the 2016 Census at Small Area (SA) level in Ireland.
Date: Thursday, 19 October 2017
Open Call for Data/Media Art Proposals
We are pleased to announce an open artist call to work with the Building City Dashboards research team located in the MU Social Sciences Institute and the National Centre for Geocompution. We invite artists to create a digital artwork using open data from the Dublin and or Cork dashboards (http://www.dublindashboard.ie/ and http://www.corkdashboard.ie)
Date: Friday, 13 October 2017
Dr. Aileen O'Carroll Publishes New Book The Dublin Docker: Working Lives of Dublin's Deep-Sea Port
New book on the social occupational history of Dublin Dockers
Date: Thursday, 12 October 2017
Audio of Recital at Women and the Irish Revolution 1917-23 by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Beautiful reading by Doireann Ní Ghríofa, Rooney prize for Irish Literature winner, was a welcome guest at the Women and the Irish Revolution 1917-23: Feminism, Violence, Nationalism event last month in the RIA.
Date: Monday, 09 October 2017
Family hubs may be a form of institutionalisation of vulnerable women and children
A new submission by D. Mary Murphy & Dr. Rory Hearne to the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government has stated.
Date: Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Did Women Escape The Worst Of Brutalities Between 1919-1921?
On Friday, 1 September, MUSSI hosted a significant conference exploring how women were affected by the Irish revolution from 1917 to 1923 in the Royal Irish Academy on Dawson Street. Women and the Irish Revolution 1917-1923 will bring together new research by leading scholars exploring how women both participated in revolutionary activities in the 1917-1923 period in Ireland and were impacted by the climate of terror and war that existed.
Date: Friday, 01 September 2017
Did Women Escape The Worst Of Brutalities Between 1919-1921?
Leading Professor claims we cannot presume women escaped the worst of brutalities between 1919-1921
Date: Friday, 01 September 2017
New Research Report Investing in the Right to a Home: Social Housing, HAPs and HUBS
New Research Report Investing in the Right to a Home: Social Housing, HAPs and HUBS This report was presented in an briefing session for TD’s on Wednesday July 12th , 10.30am, A.V. Room Leinster House, Kildare Street Dr Rory Hearne & Dr Mary P Murphy, Maynooth University (Authors) & Peer Researchers: Kathleena Twomey Emma Richardson, Paul Haughan
Date: Wednesday, 12 July 2017
MU Athena SWAN invites academic staff to participate in 'culture' survey
MU Athena SWAN invites academic staff to participate in a ‘culture’ survey that will inform a Gender Equality Action Plan as part of the university's application for a Bronze Instititutional Award to Athena Swan.
Date: Monday, 19 June 2017
MUSSI PhD candidate is the recipient of a 2017-2018 Fulbright Irish Award
We are delighted to announce that Aoife Delaney is the recipient of a 2017-2018 Fulbright Irish Award. Ms Aoife Delaney is a PhD candidate on 'The Programmable City' project here at Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, Ireland.
Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2017