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New paper shows volunteers like you can help reassess the historical tropical cyclone record
A paper in April’s edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society published today and co-authored by Peter Thorne shows that citizen scientist classifiers can help unravel the mysteries of tropical cyclones and climate change.
Date: Tuesday, 02 June 2015
2015 Alumni Geography Lecture
Ar an 7 Bealtaine, tháinig beagnach 100 alumnus de chuid Mhá Nuad le chéile chun éisteacht leis na torthaí taighde is déanaí á gcur i láthair ag painéal d’eolaithe aeráide ó Roinn Tíreolaíochta na hollscoile, roinn a bhfuil aitheantas idirnáisiúnta bainte amach aici.
Date: Friday, 08 May 2015
Geography in QS rankings for the 4th Year
The recent international QS rankings of academic research once again places Maynooth Geography in the group of 100-150th ranked Departments in the world.
Date: Wednesday, 06 May 2015
Maynooth University Academics recognised by Association of American Geographers
The Association of American Geographers (AAG), the largest and most respected organisation of geographers in the world, has recognised two Maynooth University academics, conferring the AAG Media Achievement Award on Professor Rob Kitchin and naming Professor Gerry Kearns as its Distinguished Historical Geographer for 2015.
Date: Wednesday, 29 April 2015
New Research shows water protests motivated by austerity and democracy; indicate new form of citizen’s politics in Ireland
New research conducted by Dr Rory Hearne, Department of Geography, Maynooth University, has found that the recent water protests (the largest protest social movement in Ireland since Independence) was motivated by a range of factors and not just water charges.
Date: Tuesday, 21 April 2015
New research examines motivation behind water protests
New research conducted by Dr Rory Hearne of the Maynooth University Department of Geography has found that the recent water protests were motivated by a range of factors, aside from water charges.
Date: Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Shaun Harrigan - EGU Young Scientist Representative for the Hydrological Sciences
This week at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015 in Vienna Shaun Harrigan has been given the role of the Young Scientist representative for the EGU hydrological sciences division. This is a major honour and one that reflects Shaun's dedication and contribution to the field at this early stage of his career.
Date: Thursday, 16 April 2015
Funded PhD in ICARUS
PhD studentship: Investigating the use of 20th Century reanalyses products to homogenize global land surface air temperature records The Department of Geography is offering a three-year funded PhD studentship to work with Professor Peter Thorne on the project below. This will start in September 2015, and the successful applicant will be based in the Department's high profile Irish Climate Analysis and Research UnitS (ICARUS please see icarus.nuim.ie).
Date: Tuesday, 07 April 2015
Maynooth University receives IRC funding for civic projects
The Irish Research Council (IRC), in partnership with The Wheel, has awarded funding for five Maynooth University projects.
Date: Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Prof Rob Kitchin elected member of the Royal Irish Academy
The Department of Geography extends warm congratulations to Prof Rob Kitchin on his recent nomination and election as a member of the Royal Irish Academy.
Date: Thursday, 19 March 2015