Opinion
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How Ireland turned around one of the biggest spikes in COVID cases in the world
Luke O'Neill, Professor of Biochemistry at Trinity, with an insightful look at Ireland's response to the deadly COVID-19 spike over the past few weeks. The piece was originally published by The Conversation.
10 Feb 2021
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Mother and baby homes inquiry: now reveal the secrets of Ireland’s psychiatric hospitals
Professor in Social Policy at Trinity, Eoin O'Sullivan, with a co-authored piece first published by The Conversation, considering Ireland's grim legacy of coercive confinement.
26 Jan 2021
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How anti-vax memes replicate through satire and irony
Jan Buts, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Translation Studies at Trinity, with a fascinating look at memes, and how they can quickly mutate from jokes into more harmful viral content.
21 Jan 2021
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Three ways to move more while working from home
Julie Broderick, Assistant Professor in Physiotherapy at Trinity, has some easy tips for anyone working from home. The article was originally published by The Conversation.
8 Jan 2021
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Three ways to move more when working from home
Stand up more; use lunchbreaks for exercises and add "exercise snacks"; bthree ways to move more while working from home from Julie Broderick, Assistant Professor, Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin
7 Jan 2021
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Trump’s legacy in Africa and what to expect from Biden
Professor Padraig Carmody and Ricardo Reboredo from Trinity, along with Francis Owusu from Iowa State University, consider the US election's implications for Africa in this piece first published by The Conversation.
25 Nov 2020
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The Future of Back to Work Requires a Hybrid Systems Thinking
Tanusree Jain, Assistant Professor in Ethical Business and Louis Brennan, Fellow and Associate Dean at the Trinity Business School, argue that the COVID-19 crisis and the reality of the new normal makes planning for the future extremely complex and challenging, requiring agile adaptations on the part of employees and employers.
23 Nov 2020
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Exercise and the brain: three ways physical activity changes its very structure
Áine Kelly, Professor in Physiology at Trinity, explains how exercise has wider-reaching impacts on our physiology than many believe in this piece first published by The Conversation.
18 Nov 2020
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Exercise and the brain: 3 ways physical activity affects its structure Physiology Professor Áine Kelly writes about the impact exercise has on the structure of the brain in an article first published in The Conversation.
Physiology Professor Áine Kelly writes about the impact exercise has on the structure of the brain in an article first published in The Conversation.
17 Nov 2020
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What does Joe Biden mean for Brexit? A quick primer on the current state of play
Etain Tannam, Associate Professor in International Peace Studies at Trinity, writes about the implications Joe Biden's election win will have on Brexit in a piece first published by The Conversation.
16 Nov 2020
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Bottle-fed babies may consume millions of microplastic particles, our research suggests
A thought-provoking piece of research led to this article, written by Dunzhu Li and Yunhong Shi, from Trinity's School of Engineering.
30 Oct 2020
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Norway’s Supreme Court set to rule on whether the country can keep searching for new Arctic oil
Trinity's Alexandru Gociu and Suryapratim Roy discuss an important upcoming case with huge implications for Norway and the countries that import its oil.
23 Oct 2020
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Is reaching zero COVID-19 possible?
Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity, asks one of the most pertinent questions facing the world today in a piece originally published by The Conversation.
20 Oct 2020
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Trinity’s 1641 Depositions a game-changer for genealogy-hunters
Celebrating its tenth birthday, the 1641 Depositions Project provides a unique window into everyday life in 17th-century Ireland, writes Professor Micheál Ó Siochrú
20 Oct 2020
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Plant diversity makes West Africa’s shea trees bear more fruit
Aoife Delaney, from Trinity's School of Natural Sciences, explains how ecosystem services provided by tree and shrub diversity support the well-being of millions of people in West Africa.
12 Oct 2020
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Behind a smokescreen: State-owned companies complicate the global fight against tobacco use
Efforts to curb tobacco have been thwarted in part because half the global cigarette industry is controlled by countries who are part of those efforts, writes Daniel Malan in the South China Morning Post
6 Oct 2020
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From psychopaths to ‘everyday sadists’: why do humans harm the harmless?
Simon McCarthy-Jones, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology at Trinity, asks one of life's most curious questions in an article published by The Conversation.
25 Sep 2020
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New Dublin on screen – a place of freedom and choice
Ruth Barton, Head of School of Creative Arts writes how Dublin's screen history reflects its real-life contradictions in this article published by The Conversation.
17 Sep 2020
Research
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How tech billionaires’ visions of human nature shape our world
Trinity's Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Simon McCarthy-Jones, writes his latest thought-provoking piece, first published by The Conversation.
15 Sep 2020
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Irish business can do more to protect human rights defenders
Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, and adjunct professor at the Centre for Social Innovation, Trinity Business School, says business should help protect human rights defenders
11 Sep 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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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
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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