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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...
A link between physics, maths and the Mayans
Thursday, 9 April 2015Academy Member - Professor Werner Nahm – was featured in the Irish Times recently, speaking about the link between physics, maths and the Mayans.
Is rewiring the brain the answer to ethics?
Tuesday, 7 April 2015Drawing on content from our RIA Ethics and Society Opinion Series Professor William T O’Connor discusses if ignoring developments in neuroscience means neglecting a change to become more ethical.
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...
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: Teresa Deevy
Saturday, 4 April 2015Katie Roche by Teresa Deevy, 1936 at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
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...
Consultation Forum on the Role, Value and Scale of Higher Education in Ireland
Monday, 23 March 2015The Academy at the request of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education convened a consultation forum for the academic community on 23 March 2015 in Academy House.
Funding Basic Research in Science
Wednesday, 18 March 2015Many of our members signed a recent letter to the Irish Times Letters section discussing the funding crisis in science research.