School News 2026
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SSSP Study Abroad Applications for 2027/28 Now Open
Applications are now open for the SSSP Study Abroad programme for 2027/28. Students are encouraged to apply by 20 November 2026.
28 Oct 2026
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Looking Back at a Successful Public Autumn Lecture Series
From 24 September to 15 October 2026, the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin presented the Public Autumn Lecture Series – Europe: Values and Choices.
20 Oct 2026
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Celebrating the School's AI Research
As Ireland gets ready to host the International AI Summit on 14 October, let's take a look at our School's wide-ranging research and events that explore AI and its rapidly evolving impact on society.
13 Oct 2026
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School of Social Sciences and Philosophy welcomes new staff
Seventeen new academic staff join the school this year across Economics, Philosophy, Political Science and Sociology, arriving from universities including Oxford, Berkeley, LSE and UCL.
14 Sep 2026
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AI is Reshaping the Workplace, New Research by SOHAM Finds
A new report conducted by SOHAM (Centre for Sociology of Humans and Machines) was launched yesterday at Workday's Dublin HQ. The report finds that AI is increasingly supporting workers across a range of occupations.
10 Sep 2026
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New Poverty Report highlights sharp increase in child poverty
The report, co-written by Dr Barra Roantree, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, stated that 200,000 children in Ireland were living below the poverty line in 2024 – almost 30,000 more than a year earlier.
09 Sep 2026
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Remembering Professor David Berman, 1942-2026
Professor David Berman, Fellow Emeritus and former Head of the Department of Philosophy, has died. He was among the leading Berkeley scholars of his generation and helped establish Irish Philosophy as a field of research.
29 Jul 2026
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Dr Michael King and Dr Tara Bedi Receive Research Grant Worth $550,000
Dr Michael King (Department of Economics, TIME) and Dr Tara Bedi (TIME) have been awarded a US$550,000 grant through the New Wave Graduation Research Fund for a new study on gender-focused anti-poverty programmes in Uganda.
06 Jul 2026
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The School's summer newsletter is out now!
The School's alumni newsletter is out now, with two major ERC grants, hard choices from Oxford's Ruth Chang, forty years of student economics, and a UN address on a world already changed.
08 Jul 2026
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Richard Layte Secures €2.5 million ERC Grant for Flourish Project
Richard Layte, Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, has secured a €2.5 million grant for a project to investigate how our relationships with those around us shape us.
23 Jun 2026
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