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Watch our panel discussion on the topic of the US Elections chaired by broadcaster Áine Lawlor as part of the 2020-21 Discourse Series sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran.
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If you missed last week's Discourse with Professor Sir Adrian Smith, President of The Royal Society talking with Orla Feely MRIA on the future of higher education you can watch it back now.
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Academy Member - Professor Werner Nahm – was featured in the Irish Times recently, speaking about the link between physics, maths and the Mayans.
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Christopher McCrudden, a human rights lawyer academic who has been cited in the European Court of Justice, the House of Lords and the US Supreme Court, was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018.
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Olivia O'Leary journalist, writer and current affairs presenter was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.
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Professor English’s current research focuses on terrorism, counter-terrorism and the mutually shaping relationship between them.
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The Academy would like to extend its congratulations to Brian Norton MRIA, on his election to the position of EASAC Vice-President.
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Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor, T.D. presented the 2017 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medals at a ceremony in Academy House on 23 March.
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John O'Keefe, a Nobel Prize-winning cognitive neuroscientist, was admitted as an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.
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Mary Canning has been elected as President of the Royal Irish Academy. She became only the second female President in 235 years when she was elected today during Academy’s first virtual Stated General Meeting.
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Professor Jackson’s work as a geomorphologist, examining changes in physical landscapes over time and the processes that drive them, has taken him from Ireland’s coastal dunefields to the Caribbean, and more recently (virtually) to the surface of Mars.
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Paul Giller, Zoologist and Ecologist, was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018.
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Professor Yuri Gunko, a world-leading expert in inorganic materials chemistry was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.
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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.
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Today the Royal Irish Academy celebrates Admittance Day when 24 of our 29 newly elected Members were officially admitted to the Academy for their exceptional contributions to the sciences, humanities and social sciences, as well as to public service.
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The Academy is currently inviting suitably qualified MRIA to participate in an European Academic Science Advisory Council (EASAC) Working Group on Genome Editing.
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Gerardine Meaney, known for her highly cited publications, was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018
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Professor Ivan Perry, epidemiologist was admitted as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.
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Professor Smeaton’s current research focus is on the relationship between human memory and information finding.
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Our latest Annual Review is now available to view or download online, in both Irish and English .
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The Academy (including the Library) will be closed on Tuesday, 10 April to facilitate staff training. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Richard Sharpe, Professsor of Diplomatic at Oxford University, was admitted as an Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy on 24 May 2019.
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The Royal Irish Academy is delighted to announce the Election of Brian Norton, MRIA, as the new Policy and International Relations Officer.
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The Royal Irish Academy is delighted to announce the speakers for their 2021/22 Discourse Series which will be sponsored by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP.
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John Martin Gregg, Physicist and Material Scientist was admitted to the Royal Irish Academy on 25 May 2018.
THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IS IRELAND'S LEADING BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
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