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Public Lecture Series for 2017–2018 Academic Year
The Department of Philosophy is pleased to offer two public evening lecture series during the 2017-2018 academic year, Great Philosophers (Michaelmas Term) and Big Questions in Philosophy (Hilary Term).
TCD Researchers Awarded Funding from Health Research Board of Ireland
An interdisciplinary team including Prof Richard Layte (Head of Sociology) and Dr Cathal McCrory (TILDA Senior Research Fellow) have been awarded €750,000 from the Health Research Board of Ireland. The project investigates an allostatic load framework for understanding social differences in health and mortality drawing on The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.
Eleanor Denny included in Champions of EU Research event in Dublin
Prof. Eleanor Denny, coordinator of the CONSEED project, participated in a national celebration of leadership in Horizon 2020 research in Dublin today. Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development, John Halligan TD, praised the ambition and leadership of all coordinators of Horizon 2020 projects and recognised the major contribution the H2020 scheme has brought to Ireland.
New Research by Prof Daniel Faas: Pupils don’t want to be separated for Religious Education
Sociology Professor, Daniel Faas, led the first systematic empirical study on the Community National Schools, recommending an end to belief-specific teaching, a new role and dialogue between school-parents-parish, and changes to initial teacher education.
Bertrand Russell Society Book Award for Dr Peter Stone
Dr Peter Stone has been awarded the 2017 Bertrand Russell Society Book Award for the book 'Bertrand Russell: Public Intellectual' (Tiger Bark Press, 2016), co-edited with Dr Tim Madigan. The award is given annually for the best book in the field of Russell studies published in the preceding year.
Economics Professor, Agustín Bénétrix, joins editorial team of the Review of World Economics as Associate Editor.
Under the name Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, it was founded in 1913 as the world's first journal with a focus on international economics. The journal publishes articles on trade and trade policies, foreign direct investment, global supply chains, migration, international finance, currency systems and exchange rates, monetary and fiscal policies in open economies.