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Ethical Political Legal and Philosophical Studies Committee Opinion Series
Wednesday, 12 October 2016Throughout 2015 the committee authored an Opinion Series on a range of topics as part of the President of Ireland’s Ethics Initiative.
Professor John Morison, MRIA: Constitutional Questions
Friday, 1 May 2015Professor John Morison MRIA is Director of Internationalisation at the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast and founder of the innovative Juris Doctorate (JD) degree. Current research interests encompass...
Dr Andrew Power: The Ethics of Privacy For The Online Citizen
Friday, 24 April 2015Dr Andrew Power is the Head of the Faculty of Film, Arts and Creative Technologies at the Institute of Art Design and Technology (IADT). IADT is the leading Irish educator in art, design and media, harnessing synergies...
Professor Maeve Cooke, MRIA: Whistle Blowing
Friday, 17 April 2015Professor 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.
Dr Yvonne Marie Daly and Dr Noelle Higgins: Direct provision
Friday, 10 April 2015Dr 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...
Professor Billy O’Connor: Building Ethical Brains
Tuesday, 7 April 2015Professor 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...
Professor Louise Mallinder and Dr. Margaret O’Callaghan: The Ethics of Commemorative Practices
Tuesday, 31 March 2015Professor 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,...
Jonathan Gorman: Moral Philosophy: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
Wednesday, 25 March 2015Jonathan 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...
Brian MacCraith: It’s Time to Get Serious About STEM Education in Ireland!
Wednesday, 19 November 2014Brian MacCraith is President of Dublin City University and Chair of the STEM Education Review Group (established by Minister Seán Sherlock, Minister for Science and Innovation). Professor MacCraith holds a Personal...
Jane Grimson: Women in Engineering
Monday, 17 November 2014Jane Grimson was the first woman to graduate in engineering from the University of Dublin, Trinity College. She holds a Masters and Doctorate in Computer Science from the Universities of Toronto and Edinburgh,...