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Fruitful Collaboration between Maynooth University and Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Alessia worked with Dr. Orla Kelleher and Dr. Mary Dobbs as part of her Erasmus+ Traineeship and the research she conducted informed her thesis, titled “The recognition of Rights of Nature in the European Union legal order - Il Riconoscimento dei Diritti alla Natura nel panorama legale dell'Unione Europea”, supervised by Prof. Marco Gestri.
Date: Friday, 25 April 2025
MU-led study finds evidence of gladiator-animal combat in Roman period
A groundbreaking MU-led study has uncovered the first physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial combat in the Roman period.
Date: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Road Safety Reimagined initiative highlights ‘deadly consequences’ of distracted driving
More than 1,000 students across Ireland, including MSc students from Maynooth University, engaged in a potentially lifesaving project as part of the Road Safety Reimagined initiative, highlighting the lifelong and potentially devastating impact of a moment’s distraction behind the wheel.
Date: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Research Paper by Dr Tatiana Andreeva Among Top 10 Most Cited Papers
Dr Tatiana Andreeva's research paper is among the top 10 most cited papers in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology.
Date: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
New Research Report Published - An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System
Dr Avril Brandon, Assistant Professor, Ashleigh Pillay, PhD Candidate, School of Law and Criminology and Professor Denis Bracken, University of Manitoba co-authored a new research report entitled, An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System.
Date: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
School of Law and Criminology Mid Semester Research Newsletter
The School of Law and Criminology is proud to showcase some incredible research that our colleagues have been working on over the last few weeks.
Date: Tuesday, 22 April 2025
John Reynolds leads joint Antwerp-Birzeit-Maynooth LLM session
Dr John Reynolds was at the University of Antwerp in March 2025 to lead a set of joint LLM hybrid lectures on Third World Approaches to International Law & the Question of Palestine.
Date: Thursday, 17 April 2025
Maynooth Law Student wins Legal Undergraduate of the Year Award
The School is delighted to congratulate final year LLB student Zoe Walsh Gibb who was awarded this year's Legal Undergraduate of the Year Award at the gradireland UGOTY Awards, sponsored by William Fry LLP. The award was announced at a ceremony in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin on 9 April 2025.
Date: Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Professor Aisling McMahon & Dr Opeyemi Kolawole publish article in Medical Law Review on the potential health and bioethical implications of how intellectual property can be used over medical devices
This article is available open access and is based on research conducted as part of the European Research Council-funded PatentsInHumans project.
Date: Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Seminar - "On the Borders of Migration and Labour Regimes"
The seminar brought together scholars from Maynooth University and University of Strasbourg to explore temporary labour migration as a multifaceted phenomenon in the EU, which both shapes and is shaped by the intersection of migration and labour regimes.
Date: Monday, 14 April 2025