Opinion
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Coronavirus: how physiotherapists are helping patients recover
Assistant professor in physiotherapy at Trinity, Julie Broderick, with a jointly written piece about the importance of physiotherapy for people who are critically ill with COVID-19.
8 May 2020
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Why UN can win back support on human rights
An opinion piece by Donna Lyons, Assistant Professor at the Trinity School of Law, on how the United Nations could win back support for its human rights framework, as first published in the Business Post
8 May 2020
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Treating COVID-19 with hydroxychloroquinine: can you teach an old drug new tricks?
Assistant professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at Trinity, Niamh O'Boyle, with an important piece underlining why nobody should self-medicate when fighting COVID-19.
1 May 2020
Research
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Confinement: the fear of death, the price of life and the risk of living
A fascinating opinion-editorial by Laurent Muzellec, professor in marketing, Trinity Business School, which was first published in the Irish Independent.
30 Apr 2020
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COVID-19 and why conscious capitalism can be the new normal
The Covid-19 virus pandemic has changed and will continue to change the world in profound ways. Our social, economic and political world will never be the same.
15 Apr 2020
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Indian citizenship has now been reduced to ‘us’ versus ‘them’
A thought-provoking piece written by Trinity professors, Rahul Sambaraju and Suryapratim Roy, and published by The Conversation, which considers two controversial changes to citizenship laws in India.
2 Mar 2020
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Quantum internet: the next global network is already being laid
Written by Trinity and CONNECT's Dr Harun Šiljak, and published by The Conversation, this piece looks ahead to see what the future holds in a world with access to a quantum internet.
18 Feb 2020
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Opinion: Sinn Féin’s surge signals a precarious path ahead
Gaily McElroy, Trinity's professor in political science, with a thought-provoking opinion piece on the results of the Irish general election, first published by The Conversation.
11 Feb 2020
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Palestinians will never be convinced a deal with Israel is worth making if annexation is packaged as peace
Writing for The Conversation, Trinity's Professor Brendan Browne responds to the so-called “deal of the century” for Israel-Palestine “peace” unveiled in Washington this week.
30 Jan 2020
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Things people say about exercise that aren’t true
It can be hard to include exercise in our busy lives, despite the best of intentions. There are a lot of reasons people don’t exercise, and a lot of misconceptions about exercise. Here are nine common misconceptions about exercise and what research actually tells us.
16 Dec 2019