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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08 November 2023

John Bell Day Lecture 2023: Testing the foundations of quantum mechanics with levitated mechanical systems

The 2023 John Bell Lecture will be given by Professor Hendrik Ulbricht, Professor of Physics at the University of Southampton.

Public Lecture
22 November 2023

Mapping places, mapping people: Dublin and Dubliners’ perspectives 

Public lecture by Professor Howard B. Clarke, MRIA, to mark the launch of the book Town and country: perspectives from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas.

Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Public Lecture
13 December 2023

Grangegorman: From the Era of Neglect to the Era of the Asylum - and Back?

SOLD OUT. Discourse Series: Dr Brendan Kelly, Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin, in conversation with Catriona Crowe MRIA. 

Discourse Series, Public Lecture
07 February 2024

The Geometry of Chaos: From Climate Change to Foundations of Quantum Physics

SOLD OUT Discourse Series: Tim Palmer, Hon MRIA, Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Oxford. His respondent will be Luke Drury MRIA.

Membership, Discourse Series, Public Lecture
18 April 2024

Discourse Series: Explaining Unionism

How is Ulster Unionism defined and is it misunderstood in the Republic?  A panel discussion exploring the different meanings of Unionism and how they can be explained to societies outside Northern Ireland.

Discourse Series, Public Lecture

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