This opinion piece by Tomás Ryan, associate professor in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, originally appeared in the Sunday Business Post on 19th July 2020
Opinion
“We need those summer dollars!”: Why the COVID shark is out there still
In the Sunday Independent, Prof. Luke O’Neill wrote about the parallels between the film Jaws and COVID-19, casting Tony Holohan as Chief Brody
Shared Island? There’s hope for British-Irish intergovernmental relations
With the UK’s exit from the EU nearing, Trinity’s Professor Etain Tannam reflects on whether the Shared Island document marks a new beginning or a false dawn for British-Irish and cross-border relations.
COVID-19 exposes major flaw in global supply chains
In this article from Openaccessgovernment.org, Dr Tanusree Jain and Dr Louis Brennan, Trinity Business School, propose that we must fix vulnerabilities of global supply chains exposed by COVID-19
Why Boris Johnson must stop talking about ‘good British common sense’
A fascinating opinion-editorial written by Trinity’s lecturer in philosophy, Peter West.
China’s quantum satellite enables first totally secure long-range messages
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Harun Siljak writes how this technology is being used to reach a major milestone: long-range secure communication you could trust even without trusting the satellite it runs through.
Why it’s difficult to be a woman in research right now
Professor Clodagh Brook discusses how women in research have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, and what can be done to ensure that female researchers continue to be heard. This article was published on siliconrepublic.com on June 2nd, 2020
Mass action needed to change US
Daniel Geary, Mark Pigott associate professor in American history, writing in the Irish Times that steps required to prevent police murdering of African Americans have been known for 50 years.
Northern Ireland after coronavirus: three scenarios for politics and peace
A thought-provoking opinion piece published by The Conversation and written by David Mitchell, assistant professor in conflict resolution and reconiliation at Trinity.
Like Covid 19, child domestic abuse respects no boundaries
This opinion piece from Dr Stephanie Holt, Associate Professor and Head of School and Dr Ruth Elliffe, Teaching Fellow, School of Social Work & Social Policy, was published in the Irish Examiner