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Loneliness Taskforce Research Network: A Step Towards Togetherness Dr Joanna McHugh Power, Department of Psychology
Loneliness is a pressing issue in Ireland, particularly since we have the highest rates of loneliness across Europe. Given that loneliness is painful in its own right, as well as being a risk factor for many undesirable health and mental health outcomes, it is critical to understand how best to address it. The Loneliness Taskforce Research Network, established in 2023 recently held the inaugural event of the Loneliness Taskforce Research Network. This event, entitled “A Step Towards Togetherness – Connecting Research to Policy to Action”, brought together researchers, practitioners, experts-by-experience, and other knowledge users in order to reflect on the next steps for Irish loneliness research.
Friday, 03 May 2024
Appointment to the Irish National Research Ethics Committee for Clinical Trials
This committee reviews ethics applications related to Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products in Ireland.
Friday, 03 May 2024
Professor Aisling McMahon appointed as member of the Irish National Research Ethics Committee for Clinical Trials
Professor McMahon will sit on NREC CT-A, one of four committees examining applications and ethics considerations surrounding Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products in Ireland.
Friday, 03 May 2024
CORD Partnership hosts webinar on developing research partnerships
Funded by the National Open Research Forum (NORF) under the Open Research Fund Call 2023, CORD is bringing its partners together for three events in 2024 to determine collectively how best to embed a culture of interdisciplinary open research in criminal justice in Ireland.
Friday, 03 May 2024
FSE Dean’s Lecture - "Diagnosing the Scent of Parkinson's"
FSE Dean’s Lecture "Diagnosing the Scent of Parkinson's" presented by Prof Perdita Barran. 6:30 PM Wed 15th May - TSI lecture theatre 2, Maynooth. Attendence is free and open to the public.
Thursday, 02 May 2024
Professor Julian Go of the University of Chicago delivered a keynote lecture about his newest book
Professor Go’s Policing Empires demonstrates that this is nothing new and looks at how and why police brought the war home, situating this in relation to imperial feedback loops, the ‘imperial boomerang’.
Wednesday, 01 May 2024
‘Lived Fiction’ Goes on Stage: Reflecting on a Major Milestone for the DANCING Project and the Collaboration with Stopgap
A contemporary dance piece ‘Lived Fiction’ premiered at Dublin’s Lir Academy Theatre in collaboration with Project Arts Centre (PAC). The piece was commissioned by DANCING, a European Research Council (ERC) funded academic research project based at Maynooth University.
Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Dr. Yağmur Hortoğlu speaks at the Arbitration & Crime conference
Last Friday, Dr. Yağmur Hortoğlu gave a speech on The Federal Republic of Nigeria v P & ID Limited [2023] EWHC 2638 (Comm) and EWHC 3320 (Comm) at the Arbitration & Crime conference that took place in Sciences Po Paris.
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
MU partners on EU digital education project in Ukraine
MU's School of Business and its Centre for Teaching and Learning are taking part in a three-year EU-funded project to improve higher education in Ukraine through the integration of information technology.
Friday, 26 April 2024
Prof Aisling McMahon & Dr Opeyemi Kolawole present PatentsInHumans papers at the SLSA conference at the University of Portsmouth
Prof Aisling McMahon and Dr Opeyemi Kolawole presented a co-authored paper at the health law panel of the SLSA conference entitled “Intellectual Property Rights, Control and Repair of Medical Devices: Autonomy, Sustainability and the Need (and Challenges) for a Right to Repair for Medical Devices?”
Thursday, 25 April 2024