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WHAT’S THE MEANING of life? Is our universe real? Do we have free will? These are just some of the questions that Irish teenagers could be contemplating in 2017, when a philosophy course is set to be introduced into the school curriculum at Junior Cert...
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A joint initiative of the RIA and the British Academy to consider the implications of a potential UK withdrawal from the EU.
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Joint Statement by the RIA, the British Academy, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Learned Society of Wales
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ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, was founded in 1994 and currently brings together almost 60 Academies in more than 40 countries from the Council of Europe region.
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ALLEA, EUA and Science Europe call to protect academic freedom and safeguard institutional autonomy by providing and honouring sound regulatory frameworks.
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ALLEA statement to the European Commission calling for a strong and well-resourced framework programme guided by principles of excellence, fairness and openness.
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The International Science Council call for reviewers for report on hazard terminology.
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The ad hoc group will now be formally reconstituted.
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The deadline for the Call for Input to inform and seek the views from stakeholders on key issues facing the higher education sector has been extended to the 5 March 2021.
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With 25% of Europe’s greenhouse emissions coming from buildings, scientists suggest fundamental policy changes.
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Today, the President of the Royal Irish Academy has released a statement in support of Ukraine, its citizens and academics. The statement is a response to the ongoing military incursion by Russia into the country and our deep concern for the safety of all citizens...
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The Royal Irish Academy's response to the draft heads of the Research and Innovation Bill 2023.
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Stefan Decker MRIA is a professor at the National University of Ireland and the director of the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) in Galway. His current research interests include the Semantic Web, metadata, ontologies and semi-structured data, web services, and applications for Digital Libraries, Knowledge...
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Introductory remarks at this prestigious invitation only event were given by the Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O' Connor, TD.
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The Royal Irish Academy would like to congratulate Professor Anna Davies MRIA of Trinity College Dublin on being named as the main Researcher of the Year.
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The Royal Irish Academy recently held a workshop on Cultural Heritage, Creativity and Education to mark the launch of the Academy’s Culture and Heritage Working Group’s discussion papers on creativity.
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Professor Pat Goodman was recently invited to present on EASAC’s latest report at two major Irish conferences
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Outstanding candidates are now being sought by European Commission.
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If you missed Conversation 4 in the RIA Online Conversation Series: Perspectives and Pathways in a Time of Crisis examining how we ensure the protection of our higher education communities, students and staff, as we embark on a new academic year during the Covid-19 Pandemic...
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If you missed Session 1 of the Higher Education Building Forward Better sustainability webinar series. - Research and Innovation held on 23 February 20210 you can watch it now.
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The Future Earth Ireland working group were delighted to partner with Easy Treesie to host a Tree Academy at the Academy on the 25th of February, 2020. Children from the Malahide and Portmarnock Educate Together primary school visited Academy House for a morning of training...
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Rapporteurs Report
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New EASAC report on genome editing advises European policy-makers on how to approach groundbreaking research on plants, animals, microbes and humans.
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SAPEA call for nomination of experts.
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Nominations are now being welcomed for the 2019 Balzan Prizes
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