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Celebration for 2020 and 2021 elected Members
Tuesday, 20 December 2022We were delighted to welcome our 2020 and 2021 elected Members to the RIA on Friday, 16 December for a celebratory day, acknowledging their achievements, as they had missed out on an in-person Admittance Day during the...
Nominations open for the Office of RIA President
Tuesday, 11 October 2022The RIA is governed by its President and Council who, in accordance with the founding Charter, are elected by the Members at a general meeting held in the spring of each year. The term of the current President, Dr Mary...
Academy Discourse: Decoding the past to conserve our future
Friday, 22 July 2022If you missed last week's Discourse with Dr Larisa DeSantis, which took place at University College Cork, you can watch it back now.
New Executive Director
Wednesday, 20 July 2022Dr Siobhán O’Sullivan has been confirmed as the new Executive Director of the Royal Irish Academy with effect from 19th September 2022.
Admittance Day 2022
Thursday, 19 May 2022Today the Royal Irish Academy celebrates Admittance Day when 24 of our 29 newly elected Members were officially admitted to the Academy for their exceptional contributions to the sciences, humanities and social sciences...
Academy Discourse: The future of higher education
Tuesday, 3 May 2022If you missed last week's Discourse with Professor Sir Adrian Smith, President of The Royal Society talking with Orla Feely MRIA on the future of higher education you can watch it back now.
RIA Diversity Report
Friday, 22 April 2022In early 2021 concerns were raised about the diversity of the Academy’s membership, particularly the slow pace of change in the gender balance of the membership and in the diversity of new members appointed annually.
Academy Discourse: The Changing World of Money and Finance
Thursday, 7 April 2022If you missed our Academy Discourse conversation with Frances Ruane MRIA and Patrick Honohan MRIA you can watch it back now.
Royal Irish Academy ongoing support of Ukraine
Wednesday, 16 March 2022The Royal Irish Academy stands in solidarity with the citizens and scholarly community in Ukraine and has, along with colleagues from Europe and around the world, denounced in the strongest terms the criminal invasion...
Statement in support of Ukraine, its citizens and academics
Wednesday, 16 March 2022Today, the President of the Royal Irish Academy has released a statement in support of Ukraine, its citizens and academics. The statement is a response to the ongoing military incursion by Russia into the country and...