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MU hosts historic conference on 50 years of Ireland’s EU membership
Politicians, diplomats, academics and civil society groups examine highs and lows of Ireland’s membership
Date: Thursday, 11 May 2023
Congratulations to Prof Mary Murphy on the release of her new book, Creating an Ecosocial Welfare Future
Professor Mary Murphy’s (Dept of Sociology, Maynooth University) sole authored book Creating an Ecosocial Welfare Future is published today, May 5.
Date: Friday, 05 May 2023
Prof Aphra Kerr joins ADAPT Radio’s HumanAIse podcast on AI & Sustainable Cities
ADAPT Radio’s 'HumanAIse' series continues this month with a discussion on AI and Sustainable Cities with Professor Aphra Kerr (Maynooth Sociology) and Dublin City Council’s Jamie Cudden.
Date: Thursday, 27 April 2023
Tánaiste reveals MU wildfire project as winner of SFI-Defence Challenge
Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin and Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris have announced that MU is the winner of the first SFI-Defence Organisation Innovation Challenge.
Date: Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Income disparity between urban and rural dwellers reduces in recent years
Research by MU Professor Emeritus Jim Walsh comprehensively examines household incomes in Ireland
Date: Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Dr Kevin Credit announced as recipient of IRC New Foundations Award
Dr Kevin Credit to create a Health and Environment Data Dashboard for D8 with Robert Emmet CDP
Date: Wednesday, 15 February 2023
IRC Starting Laureate Award for Dr Lynsey Black
The IRC Laureate Awards aim to enhance frontier research in Irish universities, supporting exceptional researchers across all disciplines.
Date: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Happy Christmas 2022
We wish all of our friends and colleagues a Happy and Healthy Christmas
Date: Monday, 19 December 2022
Minister Peter Burke launches Ireland’s first interactive Regional Development Monitor
Publicly accessible dashboards to monitor key societal trends and inform future policy and development
Date: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
How data can be used to help fight wildfires in real-time - RTE Brainstorm feature
CoPilot-AI project (https://copilotai.ie/) featured on RTE Brainstorm
Date: Thursday, 17 November 2022