18 February 2021
Professor Smeaton’s current research focus is on the relationship between human memory and information finding.
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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The Royal Irish Academy champions research in the Sciences and Humanities. We are an all-island independent forum of peer-elected experts who recognise world class researchers and champion Irish academic research. 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. In this series Members talk about their research fields to raise awareness of their work, to facilitate collaboration within the wider academic community and to inform the public.
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26 January 2021
Professor English’s current research focuses on terrorism, counter-terrorism and the mutually shaping relationship between them.
05 January 2021
Professor 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.
07 December 2020
Professor 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.
24 November 2020
Professor Todd’s current research is focused on the conditions of political, social and constitutional transformation and the role of reflexivity in social change.
30 October 2020
Professor James-Chakraborty’s scholarship addresses the connections between buildings and the societies that erect them.
12 October 2020
Professor Kitchin is a geographer who researches how digital technologies are reshaping urban life and how cities are managed and governed.
28 September 2020
At the heart of Professor Negra's work is a desire to understand how we articulate and challenge collective beliefs, ideals and values through media fictions.
04 September 2020
Professor Buckley's research deals with the ups and downs of populations as a population ecologist, looking at the natural world through a lens of numbers.
11 August 2020
Professor Devereux's research mainly studies intergenerational transmission and the effects of family background and environmental influences on child outcomes such as education, earnings, and wealth.
06 July 2020
Professor Nic Eoin researchs modern and contemporary Irish-language literature, examining also the changing social and sociolinguistic contexts of literary production in Irish.
10 June 2020
Professor O'Brien's research focuses on the development and application of natural polymer, biomaterial-based therapeutics for tissue engineering.
30 April 2020
Professor Reimer's expertise is in Radiocarbon dating, determining the age of an object that contains organic material.