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Professor Mary Murphy attends launch of IPA Special Edition of Administration
Prof Mary Murphy, Maynooth Sociology, attended the launch of the Special Edition of Administration 73(2) 2025, Changing the Conversation on Climate Action, June 9 at the National University of Ireland
Date: Friday, 13 June 2025
Field trip to Belfast
Jenny Dagg, Laurence Cox and Colin Coulter from the Sociology Department recently organised a field trip to Belfast involving some of our PhD and Erasmus students.
Date: Monday, 19 May 2025
Prof. Rebecca King-O’Riain presents with students as part of her GenAI Teaching Fellowship
Professor Rebecca King-O’Riain (Department of Sociology) presented with her students on their research experiment in module SO203 as a part of her GenAI Teaching Fellowship.
Date: Friday, 16 May 2025
Politics & Sociology students attend ISIA conference at the RIA and DFAT reception
On May 8, students from our Irish Politics and Society module attended the Irish Studies in International Affairs (ISIA) Conference at the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and reception for the Journal of Irish Studies in International Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The trip was led by the module lecturer, Dr Shelley Deane.
Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
New book investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religion in Europe
The book’s lead editor and writer is Dr. Brian Conway, Maynooth Sociology Department
Date: Wednesday, 09 April 2025
Undergraduate Sociology Student, Nathan Lee, publishes paper in Liberated Arts Journal
Our third-year student, Nathan Lee, has had their paper “Pink Pins: Queering the Map and Digital Community”published in Liberated Arts: A Journal for Undergraduate Research.
Date: Wednesday, 09 April 2025
Public lecture by Prof Laurence Cox, “Movements in crisis and a world on fire”
Professor Laurence Cox, Maynooth Sociology Dept., will give a public lecture online and in-person at the Autonomous University of Barcelona on social movement research, climate crisis and authoritarianism on Weds 3 June.
Date: Friday, 04 April 2025
Prof Rebecca King O'Riain writes chapter in new book “Equity in the Workplace: Stories of Black Irish Women in Academia and the Teaching Profession”
Professor Rebecca King O'Riain, Maynooth Sociology Department, attended the book launch of “Equity in the Workplace: Stories of Black Irish Women in Academia and the Teaching Profession," for which she wrote a chapter.
Date: Friday, 28 March 2025
Dr Elena Zambelli co-edits new book "Regulating Interracialized Intimacies: Perspectives from Europe and Beyond"
Dr Elena Zambelli, Maynooth Sociology Department, co-edited a newly published book "Regulating Interracialized Intimacies: Perspectives from Europe and Beyond"
Date: Wednesday, 26 March 2025
M.Sc. Social Research - Applications Open for 2025/26
Applications are now open for our M.Sc. Social Research programme 2025/26
Date: Friday, 07 March 2025