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Sociology Success in HEA ‘Shared Island’ research programme
Prof. Aphra Kerr and Prof. John O’Brennan, of the Department of Sociology at Maynooth University, have received €196,962 funding to work with Dr. Paul Kitchin of Ulster University on the YouGaMSI project: Fair Play? Assessing the exposure of young people to gambling marketing through sport on the island of Ireland.
Date: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
How will you survive your first year after University?
As part of the Back to Full Colour Product Design Degree Show this year we have a series of lunchtime talks from recent graduates of the BSc Product Design (Marketing and Innovation) on what to expect when you leave university. Please join us in the Iontas Foyer @ 1pm to hear more.
Date: Thursday, 02 June 2022
David Mangan addresses members of EU-wide study on remote work in Ireland
David set out how the Irish government’s proposal (the Right to Request Remote Work Bill) released on 25 January 2022 does not assist in navigating remote work. Instead, he contended, it provides for greater informal grievances at the workplace level.
Date: Tuesday, 31 May 2022
Visit our latest Blog on the DIVERSITY Project -Including Migrants through Organisational Development and Programme Planning in Adult Education
The Diversity Project-Including Migrants through Organisational Development and Programme Planning in Adult Education, emerged from the desire of European Adult Education providers to welcome refugees, and provide needs based appropriate adult education
Date: Monday, 30 May 2022
Prof Michael Doherty has published a new piece in The Cambridge Handbook of Labor in Competition Law. The collection
The collection aims to bring together and begin to systematise thinking across jurisdictions on the competition law aspects of work in the so-called gig economy.
Date: Monday, 30 May 2022
Prof Mary Murphy addresses the Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality
Professor Mary Murphy, Head of the Department of Sociology and Centre for the Study of Politics at Maynooth University, addressed the Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality on 26th May 2022.
Date: Friday, 27 May 2022
Prof Mary Murphy addresses the Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality
Professor Mary Murphy, Head of the Department of Sociology and Centre for the Study of Politics at Maynooth University, addressed the Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality on 26th May 2022.
Date: Friday, 27 May 2022
John Reynolds speaks at roundtable event at the University of Udine
Dr. Reynolds joined colleagues from the universities of Belgrade, Bologna, and Udine on the panel, as part of a Jean Monnet project on “We the people of the United Europe”.
Date: Friday, 27 May 2022
What drives digital transformation in public sector organizations?
This study found that digital transformational leadership influences a firm's ability to swiftly change or adjust in response to changing needs of its stakeholders, including the customers and the government.
Date: Thursday, 26 May 2022
Maynooth University’s BSc Product Design & Innovation Degree Show
Maynooth University’s Department of Design Innovation showcases Ireland’s Next Generation of Design Innovators and their products aimed at solving Everyday Societal Challenges. Discover it for yourself from 31 May -7 June in the Iontas Foyer
Date: Thursday, 26 May 2022