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The School of Law and Criminology, the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy and the Education Department host Education in Prison Seminar
The seminar brought together scholars and policymakers from the United States, Ireland and Scotland.
Date: Friday, 11 April 2025
ERC PatentsInHumans Team publish Year 2 Project Report
The ERC PatentsInHumans team are delighted to publish our second annual report today written by Prof Aisling McMahon and Sinéad Masterson. In this report, we provide an overview of the main research activities and key achievements/events in the second year of the PatentsInHumans project. We also outline plans as we move forward in Year 3 of the project.
Date: Thursday, 10 April 2025
Maynooth Law Graduate, Dr Mariza Avgeri, awarded Walter Benjamin Postdoctoral position by the German Research Foundation
This prestigious 2 year position will be carried out at the University of Göttingen in Germany, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Sabine Hess.
Date: Wednesday, 09 April 2025
PhD Researcher Bana Abu Zuluf addresses the Basque Navarra Parliament
Along with TCD Prof Brendan Browne, Bana Abu Zuluf was invited by Yala Ribera to make a number of public interventions on Palestine in the Basque country and to screen their film 'We Will Remain' at the Public University, Navarra and in Tudela.
Date: Tuesday, 08 April 2025
Professor Delia Ferri Delivers Keynote Address and Two Invited Seminars in Florence and Pisa, Italy
Professor Delia Ferri was recently invited to deliver a keynote address and two invited seminars at the University of Florence, the Sant’Anna Legal Studies (STALS) research cluster hosted by Sant’Anna Scuola Superiore Pisa and the European University Institute in Florence.
Date: Monday, 07 April 2025
LAUNCH OF THE NEW HORIZON EUROPE PROJECT “SUSTAINABLE WELL-BEING THROUGH INVESTMENT IN SOCIAL SERVICES – SWINS”
The aim of the project is to create a new framework for measuring the return of social services investment from both an economic and social point of view.
Date: Friday, 04 April 2025
“Guidance, Expertise, Theoretical Authority and the Legitimacy of International Governance”, hosted by School of Law and Criminology
On 20-21 March 2025 the School of Law and Criminology hosted an event “Guidance, Expertise, Theoretical Authority and the Legitimacy of International Governance” coordinated by Dr. Oisin Suttle and Dr. Gürkan Çapar.
Date: Thursday, 03 April 2025
Maynooth University’s School of Law and Criminology Signs Partnership Agreement with IWLA
As part of this collaboration, the IWLA has introduced the prestigious IWLA Scholarship, aimed at supporting and empowering women in law and criminology.
Date: Wednesday, 02 April 2025
Prof Aisling McMahon recently invited as visiting researcher at Victoria University of Wellington, and delivered invited seminar at New Zealand Intellectual Property Office
Prof McMahon’s seminar focused on “Bio)ethics, Morality & the ‘European’ Patent System: Interpretative Approach(es) to the Morality Provision in Europe & Challenges posed by Emerging Technologies Related to the Human Body.”
Date: Tuesday, 01 April 2025
Dr. Ian Marder and Prof. Mart Susi co-author article on European criminal law
In March 2025, Dr. Ian Marder (Associate Professor in Criminology, Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology) published a new article in collaboration with Prof. Mart Susi (Professor of Human Rights Law, Tallinn University School of Governance, Law and Society). The article was inspired by a speech which Mart, the article’s first author, delivered at the European Forum for Restorative Justice biannual conference in Tallinn, Estonia, in 2024.
Date: Monday, 31 March 2025