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3 Minute Thesis Competition Winners Announced
3 Minute Thesis Competition 2023 Winners
Thursday, 26 October 2023
Prof Aisling McMahon publishes a chapter in leading international collection on European Patent Law
Professor McMahon’s chapter is entitled ‘Decision-Makers, Institutional Influences and the Role of Ethical issues in the Patenting of Biotechnological Inventions in Europe: Enter the Unitary Patent System’.
Thursday, 26 October 2023
From Kyiv to Maynooth: Exploring human rights in conflict situations
On Friday 20 October 2023, Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology hosted a joint online symposium with the Centre for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (CGHRS), Faculty of Law, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA).
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Journal of County Kildare Archaeological Society 2022-23
Launch of Journal of County Kildare Archaeological Society
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Prof Aisling McMahon invited to speak about patents and brain computer interface technologies at international interdisciplinary workshop organised by the EverydayCyborgs and HybridMinds Projects
Prof McMahon’s paper was entitled “Patents over Brain Computer Interface ‘Technology’: A Blurring of the ‘Technological’ and Human Body with Significant Bioethical Implications”.
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Dr Mary Dobbs and Dr Orla Kelleher appear before Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Cliimate Action
Mary and Orla discussed the potential benefits of constitutionalising environmental rights as a complementary tool alongside the full and proper implementation of the existing regime - highlighting their value as a tool in the longer term to help ensure high environmental standards and to hold the State to account
Monday, 23 October 2023
ICARUS research identifies climate change from weather records
Maynooth University ICARUS Climate Research Centre studies Irish weather records for signals of climate change
Friday, 20 October 2023
The Research Centre in International Justice (RCIJ) launched 6th of October
The launch reflects the RCIJ’s unique blend of legal and criminological expertise, which spans international criminal, environmental, human rights, humanitarian, migration and refugee law, transnational and global crime, among many other interests.
Friday, 20 October 2023
The Big Race: Artificial Intelligence and Healthy Ageing
From a healthy ageing perspective, A.I. holds exciting potential in assisting health professionals and experts to track patients’ health, use predictive tools to anticipate health decline, and make more informed decisions regarding treatment for older adults.
Thursday, 19 October 2023