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Prof Aisling McMahon delivers an invited lecture at the World Intellectual Property Organization Summer School
Professor McMahon’s lecture examined the topic of ‘Patents and Biotechnological Inventions in Europe’.
Date: Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Professor Tobias Lock delivers keynote address on “Lessons for Irish Reunification from Germany”
Like German reunification, Irish unity would require the completion of negotiations at different levels: internal, bilateral and international (including at the EU level); it would require a similarly complex process of merging two distinct legal orders.
Date: Tuesday, 09 July 2024
Professor McMahon delivered recent invited research seminars/papers at Newcastle University, Durham University and at Wellcome Trust funded ‘Future of Human Reproduction’ project’s international symposium on ‘In Vitro Gametogenesis (IVG): Ethics and Polic
Prof McMahon is a Professor of Law specialising in health and intellectual property law at the School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University
Date: Monday, 08 July 2024
Research on EUs Preventative Diplomacy
Kennedy Institute collaborated with the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) on a research project focusing on the EUs Preventative Diplomacy. Sean Mc Gearty presented the report to the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) of the European Parliament on 13 Feb 2024
Date: Friday, 05 July 2024
Geographers 'Headline' Glastonbury Festival 2024
Geographers Headline Glastonbury Festival 2024 Geography at Maynooth University, in collaboration with the Department of Design Innovation. The Circus team of six members has just returned from headlining at the Glastonbury Festival which ran from 26 to 30 June in Somerset, England with attendance of over 200,000 people.
Date: Thursday, 04 July 2024
ComMUniversity Celebration of Learning Day 2024
Annual Celebration of Learning Day for the ComMUniversity. This year had participants, community coordinators, library staff and lecturers attend for the ComMUniversities held in Coolock, Clondalkin and Walkinstown. A great Day had by all.
Date: Thursday, 04 July 2024
Prof Doherty speaks at NERI Annual Conference 2024
Prof Doherty chaired a panel organised by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) on the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive.
Date: Thursday, 04 July 2024
The School of Law and Criminology welcomes Professor Edward Dove
We are delighted to welcome Prof Edward Dove to Maynooth University.
Date: Wednesday, 03 July 2024
Extreme temperatures becoming more common in Ireland -- MU study
A temperature event of 33 degrees Celsius in Dublin’s Phoenix Park has gone from being a 1 in 180-year event in 1942 to a 1 in 9-year event in 2020, according to a new study led by Maynooth University.
Date: Tuesday, 02 July 2024
Gizem Yardimci, PhD candidate at the School of Law and Criminology, presents at the University of Ljubljana
This presentation is a reflection of Gizem’s ongoing PhD research project which is funded by the Science Foundation of Ireland (SFI).
Date: Tuesday, 02 July 2024