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“Hope and history”: Seamus Heaney’s vision of the world

Rosie Lavan, assistant professor at the School of English and author of a new book on Seamus Heaney, explores his legacy ahead of a Longroom Hub event to mark the anniversary of the poet's death.

1 Sep 2020

A new art of business leadership: Lessons from the COVID era

In an article first published in the California Management Review, Tanusree Jain, Louis Brennan, and Harry J. Van Buren III argue that leaders in the COVID-19 era should take this unique opportunity to think far outside the box.

26 Aug 2020

Electric car sales are on the rise – is coronavirus a turning point for the market?

Research Fellow in Energy Economics at Trinity, James Carroll, with a fascinating article first published by The Conversation.

19 Aug 2020

Covid-19 deaths in care homes are a wake-up call to us all

In an opinion post first published in the Business Post, Prof. Des O'Neill says the COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the urgency of asking ourselves what we really want from our nursing homes.

17 Aug 2020

John Hume’s legacy is that belief in change can make change happen

The following opinion piece by Etain Tannam, Associate Professor of International Peace Studies, was published first in the Irish Independent ‘The Border is not a line on the map. It is a mental border built on fear, prejudice and misunderstanding and which can only be eradicated by developing understanding and friendship. This is the real […]

17 Aug 2020

AI is a totalitarian’s dream – here’s how to take power back

Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology & Neuropsychology Simon McCarthy Jones on why we must not allow others to know more about ourselves than we do.

13 Aug 2020

Cause for concern: COVID-19’s troubling impact on the brain

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

20 Jul 2020

“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

6 Jul 2020

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.

2 Jul 2020

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

19 Jun 2020

Why Boris Johnson must stop talking about ‘good British common sense’

A fascinating opinion-editorial written by Trinity's lecturer in philosophy, Peter West.

19 Jun 2020

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.

16 Jun 2020

Research

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

16 Jun 2020

Research

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.

8 Jun 2020

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.

4 Jun 2020

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

2 Jun 2020

Face coverings: the evidence is there if we look beyond what’s strictly medical

In an opinion piece originally published in the Irish Independent, Dr Louise Caffrey, Assistant Professor of Social Policy, says there's plenty of evidence to back the broad use of face coverings to help defeat Covid-19, if you look beyond what's strictly medical.

2 Jun 2020

Has business efficiency made Covid crisis worse?

Novel argument in praise of "redundancy" from Trinity Business School's Tanusree Jain and colleagues Adrian Zicari, Concepcion Galdon and Mario Aquino Alves. Published first in the Business Post.

28 May 2020

Why children must be the focus as lockdown eases

Social Work and Social Policy Professor Robbie Gilligan writes on the importance of placing children centre-stage as we exit lockdown. This opinion piece was first published by the Business Post.

14 May 2020

Why trust is key to making calculated grades work

A timely piece from Professor Damian Murchan, head of Trinity's School of Education, on why trust is key to the success calculated grades for this year's Leaving Cert. First published in the Irish Independent.

11 May 2020