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Professor Maeve Cooke, MRIA: Whistle Blowing

Friday, 17 April 2015

Professor Maeve Cooke MRIA is a Professor at the School of Philosophy in UCD. Her interests include: critical social theory; law, religion, politics and philosophy; autonomy, ideology and power.

Ethics, Politics, Law and Philosophy Committee, Opinion Series, President of Ireland's Ethics Initiative

Dr Yvonne Marie Daly and Dr Noelle Higgins: Direct provision

Friday, 10 April 2015

Dr Yvonne Daly is a Senior Lecturer and the current Director of Law in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University, where she is also a member of the Socio-Legal Research Centre. Dr Daly lectures in...

Ethics, Politics, Law and Philosophy Committee, Opinion Series, President of Ireland's Ethics Initiative

A link between physics, maths and the Mayans

Thursday, 9 April 2015

Academy Member - Professor Werner Nahm – was featured in the Irish Times recently, speaking about the link between physics, maths and the Mayans.

Membership, Grants and Awards

Is rewiring the brain the answer to ethics?

Tuesday, 7 April 2015

Drawing on content from our RIA Ethics and Society Opinion Series Professor William T O’Connor discusses if ignoring developments in neuroscience means neglecting a change to become more ethical.

Humanities and Social Sciences Committees

Professor Billy O’Connor: Building Ethical Brains

Tuesday, 7 April 2015

Professor Billy O’Connor is Foundation Professor and Head of Teaching and Research in Physiology at the University of Limerick Graduate Entry Medical School since 2007. Professor O’Connor is a founding member of...

Ethics, Politics, Law and Philosophy Committee, Opinion Series, President of Ireland's Ethics Initiative

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Teresa Deevy

Saturday, 4 April 2015

Katie Roche by Teresa Deevy, 1936 at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin

Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks, Dictionary of Irish Biography

Professor Louise Mallinder and Dr. Margaret O’Callaghan: The Ethics of Commemorative Practices

Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Professor Louise Mallinder is a reader in human rights and international law at the Transitional Justice Institute at the University of Ulster. Louise’s research interests include amnesty laws, transitional justice,...

Ethics, Politics, Law and Philosophy Committee, Opinion Series, President of Ireland's Ethics Initiative

Jonathan Gorman: Moral Philosophy: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Jonathan is Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at the School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen’s University Belfast. His research interests include the application of analytic pragmatic...

Ethics, Politics, Law and Philosophy Committee, Opinion Series, President of Ireland's Ethics Initiative

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