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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Adrian Kavanagh

A native of Co. Laois, Adrian Kavanagh is a lecturer at the Maynooth University Department of Geography. He currently has the role of Third Year/Final Year (Undergraduate Studies) Manager within the Department, while he also administers/organises the Final Year (Double Honours) research project programme (the GY310B module). He was elected on to the University's Academic Council as a representative of the Faculty of Social Science in May 2016. His main research interests focus on the geography of elections and his website offers insights from these researches.

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