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MU researcher awarded €400,000 for obesity-related research
Dr Andrew Hogan of Maynooth University’s Department of Biology has been awarded funding of over €400,000 for research into targeting iron to boost immune function in obesity and improve patient outcomes.
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Graduations 2024
September 2024 Conferrings took place at the start of the month in Maynooth University.
Monday, 16 September 2024
Recovery Oriented Mental Health Services in Ireland: Introducing Kyrie Therapeutic Farm
Maynooth University will co-host a one-day conference with Kyrie Therapeutic Farm and Mental Health Ireland to shed light on recovery-oriented mental health services in Ireland.
Monday, 16 September 2024
Great success for 'Solidarity & Struggle' Event
Mary Murphy, Pauline Cullen (Sociology) and Mags Crean (Applied Social Studies) organised a workshop for civil society to reflect on current threats to democracy and equality and discuss strategies to move on.
Friday, 13 September 2024
School of Law and Criminology hosts Irish Yearbook of International Law Seminar
The seminar was aimed at international law PhD students who would like to get started on their first publication.
Thursday, 12 September 2024
Call for Papers
We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for our 23rd Annual Historic Houses International Conference
Thursday, 12 September 2024
Ground-breaking overview of East Asian religion in Europe just published
Laurence Cox (MU Sociology), Ugo Dessì (Universities of Vienna and Cape Town) and Lukas Pokorny (Prof of Religious Studies, University of Vienna) have just co-edited “East Asian Religiosities in the European Union: Globalisation, Migration, and Hybridity” with Brill. This is the first systematic survey of a topic which affects tens of millions of people in the EU as migrants, members of diaspora communities, converts and practitioners of activities from martial arts to alternative health. Maynooth Sociology PhD graduate Dr John Ó Laoidh contributed the chapter on East Asian religions in Ireland to the volume.
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Physics students win awards at national and international conferences
Students from the Department of Physics have won awards for their poster presentations at the Irish National Astronomy Meeting and the 'Jets and Young Stars' international conference.
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Prof Edward Dove publishes edited volume entitled Confidentiality, Privacy, and Data Protection in Biomedicine: International Concepts and Issues.
Published by Routledge, and available in both paperback and hardback, the volume features contributions from leading scholars of health privacy law, offering insightful reflection on how a range of jurisdictions—including the US, the UK, Europe, South Africa, and Australia—navigate a rapidly developing biomedical environment.
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
ERC DANCING Team present at UACES 54th Annual Conference in Trento
The conference was hosted by the University of Trento in Italy between September 1 and 4 with an array of parallel panel sessions, a series of plenary sessions and featuring the Journal of Common Market Studies’ Annual Review Lecture.
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Congratulations to Dr Anna Konrad
Congratulations to Dr Anna Konrad on her recent graduation.
Tuesday, 10 September 2024