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Independent Review of RIA Membership
Tuesday, 16 March 2021Today at the Stated General Meeting the Royal Irish Academy elected 23 new Members who have international reputations in their respective fields.
Nuala Johnson MRIA: Geographer
Tuesday, 9 March 2021Professor Johnson’s research explores three distinct but related areas of scholarship: place and nationalism; identity politics, memory and representation; and the spaces of scientific knowledge, gender and empire.
Alan Smeaton MRIA: Computer Scientist
Thursday, 18 February 2021Professor Smeaton’s current research focus is on the relationship between human memory and information finding.
Richard English MRIA: Politics
Tuesday, 26 January 2021Professor English’s current research focuses on terrorism, counter-terrorism and the mutually shaping relationship between them.
Stefano Sanvito MRIA: Computational Materials Scientist
Tuesday, 5 January 2021Professor Sanvito’s research focuses on developing computational methods for materials science, and on the use of these methods to discover new materials for specific applications.
Aidan Clarke 1933-2020
Monday, 21 December 2020The death has been announced of Aidan Clarke, one of Ireland’s leading historians, Fellow Emeritus at Trinity College Dublin and a former President of the Royal Irish Academy.
Christmas Opening Hours
Friday, 18 December 2020Wishing all our members and friends a very Happy Christmas and New Year.
Richard Reilly MRIA: Neuroscientist
Monday, 7 December 2020Professor Reilly's career has been driven by his fascination with neurology coupled with his original background in electronic engineering to the emerging field of neuroscience to explore issues of clinical importance.
Watch 'Astronomy and Poetry' Discourse
Wednesday, 25 November 2020You can now watch the recent Academy Discourse by Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Hon. MRIA which was sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP.
Jennifer Todd MRIA: Political Scientist
Tuesday, 24 November 2020Professor Todd’s current research is focused on the conditions of political, social and constitutional transformation and the role of reflexivity in social change.