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MU welcomes €845,000 award for STEM Passport for Inclusion
Maynooth University welcomes the award of funding of €845,000 under Research Ireland’s Discover programme to the STEM Passport for Inclusion initiative.
Date: Friday, 04 April 2025
LAUNCH OF THE NEW HORIZON EUROPE PROJECT “SUSTAINABLE WELL-BEING THROUGH INVESTMENT IN SOCIAL SERVICES – SWINS”
The aim of the project is to create a new framework for measuring the return of social services investment from both an economic and social point of view.
Date: Friday, 04 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
“Guidance, Expertise, Theoretical Authority and the Legitimacy of International Governance”, hosted by School of Law and Criminology
On 20-21 March 2025 the School of Law and Criminology hosted an event “Guidance, Expertise, Theoretical Authority and the Legitimacy of International Governance” coordinated by Dr. Oisin Suttle and Dr. Gürkan Çapar.
Date: Thursday, 03 April 2025
Mark Maguire and co-author Setha Low engaged in a live and televised conversation with Alex Vitale (Brooklyn College) to discuss the public safety, policing, and the transformation of the security-industrial sector
To launch their new book Trapped (Stanford University Press, 2024), Mark Maguire and co-author Setha Low engaged in a live and televised conversation with Alex Vitale (Brooklyn College) to discuss the public safety, policing, and the transformation of the security-industrial sector. The was organized by City University New York’s (CUNY) Graduate Centre, Ph.D. Program in Anthropology, the Ph.D. Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences, and the Public Space Research Group.
Date: Wednesday, 02 April 2025
Maynooth University’s School of Law and Criminology Signs Partnership Agreement with IWLA
As part of this collaboration, the IWLA has introduced the prestigious IWLA Scholarship, aimed at supporting and empowering women in law and criminology.
Date: Wednesday, 02 April 2025
Prof Aisling McMahon recently invited as visiting researcher at Victoria University of Wellington, and delivered invited seminar at New Zealand Intellectual Property Office
Prof McMahon’s seminar focused on “Bio)ethics, Morality & the ‘European’ Patent System: Interpretative Approach(es) to the Morality Provision in Europe & Challenges posed by Emerging Technologies Related to the Human Body.”
Date: Tuesday, 01 April 2025
Minister Lawless officially opens refurbished MU Arts Building
Maynooth University welcomed Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science James Lawless to campus for the official opening of the Maynooth University Arts Building following a €5.7 million refurbishment.
Date: Monday, 31 March 2025