Catch up with Faculty staff in recent media. Providing knowledge and understanding through their writing, speaking, research, and expert comment.
Listings are in staff alphabetical order. Any School items appear at the end of the listings. Please click on the relevant link(s) in each section to access the media item.
Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne, School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies, appeared in a number of media interviews providing expert comment:
Further media on the recent violent unrest in Belfast:
- TRT World Now (Turkish Broadcaster) on YouTube on 10 June 2026: Police urge calm amid unrest over knife attack in Belfast.
- Kristeligt Dagblad on 11 June 2026: Belfast is on fire again after brutal assassination attempt (Subscriber content).
- RNZ (Radio New Zealand) The Panel Plus on 15 June 2026: Brendan Ciarán Browne, Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation at Trinity College in Dublin discusses the week of riots that have plagued Belfast. Alternatively listen here to the Show’s Apple Podcast: The Panel Plus. Listen to the interview from 8 minutes and 42 seconds.
On Ireland and Palestine:
- RFI (French news radio station) on 13/06/2026: L'Irlande, soutien majeur de la Palestine en Europe en dépit de ses propres contradictions / Ireland, a major supporter of Palestine in Europe despite its own contradictions.
Professor Raj Chari, School of Social Sciences ad Philosophy and Director of TRiSS, discusses the significance of Mark Carney's visit to Ireland in this article in the Irish Independent on 12 June 2026: Raj Chari: Mark Carney’s visit is not just about Mayo ancestry – Canadian prime minister sees Ireland as ally in new world order.
Dr Hao Cui and Professor Taha Yasseri, both in the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, published an article stating that ‘Gendered design in artificial intelligence is often treated as a matter of marketing and user experience. However, assigning gender to AI systems may have deeper social consequences’ on the London School of Economics (LSE) Blog on 12 June 2026: Gendered AI design reflects and reinforces society’s biases.
Dr Ashish Kumar Jha, Trinity Business School, has written an opinion piece on a forthcoming bye-election in England stating that ‘People form strong, stable opinions on unfamiliar topics after exposure to as few as five consistent social media posts’ on the LBC radio website on 15 June 2026: Elections like Makerfield are decided by the posts on your feed.
Professor Ian Robertson, Fellow Emeritus, School of Psychology, is referenced in an article on toxic workplaces in a piece on the RTÉ website Brainstorm on 11 June 2026: Why using a stick to make organisations toe the line rarely works.
Marie Sender, PhD student, School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies and Trinity Long Room Hub, has written an article analysing ‘while not replacing traditional means of diplomacy, technology from Zoom to AI are increasingly in use within modern diplomatic infrastructures’ on the RTÉ website Brainstorm section on 18 June 2026: How Zoom and modern technology played a part in US-Iran peace talks.
Kate Harrington (PhD Student in Ecology) and Laqiqige Zhu (PhD student in Sustainable Finance), Trinity Business School, have written an article stating that ‘Ireland’s native woodland scheme, which was introduced by the government in 2001, is successfully bringing back biodiversity. But the country still struggles to meet its tree-planting targets. The reason? Policy doesn’t always match the economic realities farmers face.’ The Conversation on 11 June 2026: Farmers are key to restoring native woodlands – here’s what’s holding them back.
Trinity Business School features in this article on business education in which graduate student Stefan Mijalcic provides insight as to why he chose to study a full-time MSc in Finance at Trinity in the Financial Times on 15 June 2026: Immersion vs flexibility: full- or part-time masters in finance.