This year’s winners were:
Political Science: Susanna Mollen who presented on ‘Female Leaders and the Perpetration of Wartime Sexual Violence’
Economics: Aoife Cleary Ward who presented on ‘A global analysis of commodity price shocks and CO2 emissions’
Philosophy: Andrew Hussey who presented on ‘Free Will – Beyond Reasonable Doubt? Praise, Blame, and Punishment in a World Without Free Will’
Department of Sociology: Declan Murphy who presented on ‘Negotiating Friendship: An Ethnographic Study of a Catholic Student Association’
At the event, Mr Hartford offered his congratulations to the students and spoke about his support for these awards and the Capstone project. “The project creates a bridge between your studies in university and what you are going to do when you graduate, get into the big wide world, and pursue a career.”
Mr Hartford also spoke about the value of the Trinity graduate attributes, specifically the ability to think critically, to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the subject matter, ability to communicate and connect with people and the ability to adapt to a changing world. He told the students that such projects “provide students with an opportunity to gain some of the key attributes which will stand you in good stead when you do embark on a career”.