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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
Dublin’s Housing Question: Geography hosts workshop for housing practitioners, activists, academics and postgraduate students, 12th March.
Dublin’s Housing Question is a pressing social and political topic requiring immediate and critical examination. As part of the Dublin Urban Laboratory and Public Geographies Series of our MA in Geography programme, this workshop invited housing professionals, activists, academics and postgraduate students to interrogate the housing crisis theoretically and practically and to identify and generate alternative pathways for future housing policy and practice.
Date: Monday, 16 March 2015
Policies to reduce health inequalities can take years to show impact, new Maynooth research shows
The impact of policy changes to reduce health inequalities in Ireland can take many years to take effect, according to new Maynooth University research.
Date: Monday, 02 March 2015
Health Inequalities in the news
On Wednesday 25 February Jan Rigby spoke at a workshop hosted by the ESRI on the outcomes from a Health Research Board funded project exploring the geography of health inequalities in Ireland.
Date: Thursday, 26 February 2015
Geography - Postgrad Afternoon 3-4pm 24th Feb
Come to the Rocque Lab at 3pm on Tuesday 24th March to hear about the Postgraduate offerings from the Department of Geography.
Date: Monday, 23 February 2015
Welcome to Peter Thorne, our new Professor of Physical Geography (Climate Science)
The Department of Geography is delighted to announce the arrival of Peter Thorne, who is our new Professor of Physical Geography (Climate Science). Peter is originally from the UK, but has most recently been based with the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway. He is currently the Chair of the International Surface Temperature Initiative, and the Coordinator of a new Horizon 2020 programme GAIA-CLIM which is being launched in Italy in March.
Date: Tuesday, 10 February 2015