THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IS IRELAND'S LEADING BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.
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John Bell Day Lecture 2019: A New Quantum Revolution
Eminent French physicist, Professor Alain Aspect, ForMemRS, of the Université Paris-Saclay, will deliver the 2019 John Bell Day Lecture in Queen's University Belfast
Hamilton Lecture 2020: The Cosmic Distance Ladder
Join us online to watch Professor Terence Tao of University of California, Los Angeles deliver the Hamilton Lecture 2020.
Hamilton Lecture 2021: Glimpses into Hyperbolic geometry
Join us to watch Caroline Series, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick present the 2021 Hamilton Lecture.
CANCELLED: In Conversation with the RIA Hamilton lecturer
This event has been cancelled.
Hamilton Day Lecture 2022
We are delighted to announce that our 2022 Annual Hamilton lecture that was postponed will now take place online on Wednesday, 1 March 2023.
Hamilton Lecture 2023 ‘How surprisingly intricate are random structures?’
Professor Wendelin Werner, University of Cambridge, will deliver the 2023 Royal Irish Academy Hamilton Lecture.
2023 McCrea Lecture: 'The Era of Multi-Messenger Astronomy'
Astronomer Gregg W. Hallinan in association with the Astronomical Society of Ireland will deliver this year's McCrea lecture, which is in honour of Sir William McCrea MRIA (1904-1999), an eminent and influential...
Good Science Discussion Series: What is Good Science?
The first in a series of panels that will explore issues of science communication, ethics, and public trust in expertise.