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Developing Integration Policy in the Public Sector: A Human Rights Approach
A report on Developing Integration Policy in the Public Sector: A Human Rights Approach by Dr Clíodhna Murphy, Leanne Caulfield and Professor Mary Gilmartin Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute has been launched today.
Date: Monday, 27 November 2017
Irish workers more likely to be working without a contract than in most European countries
The number of people in Ireland working without a contract is unusually high, according to new research from Maynooth University.
Date: Thursday, 09 November 2017
Maynooth University chosen to coordinate European wide Copernicus Relay and Academy
Copernicus is a European Union programme aimed at developing European information services based on satellite Earth Observation and in situ (non-space) data with the goal of enhancing strategic decision making regarding climate change.
Date: Friday, 03 November 2017
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