News Archive: Academic Year 2014 - 2015
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Launch of Trinity IMpact Evaluation Unit (TIME)The Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, in collaboration with the Trinity International Development Initiative will launch a new research group called the Trinity IMpact Evaluation Unit (TIME) on Monday September 21st at 6.30pm in the Neill Lecture Theatre of the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute.
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Sociology Professor Richard Layte speaks at Trinity Research ShowcaseProf Layte was one of five Trinity researchers to showcase their work at a special event in Boston titled Fusion. The Provost and Minister for Education and Skills were joined by Trinity’s collaborators in research, industry, education and alumni at the event.
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Economics PhD Student Michael Curran Awarded Conniffe PrizeThe Department of Economics would like to congratulate Michael Curran who recently won the Denis Conniffe prize for the best paper presented by a young economist at the Irish Economics Association Annual Meeting. Michael received the prize for his paper titled "Interest Rate Volatility and Macroeconomic Dynamics".
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Professor Gaia Narciso publishes paper in the Journal of Urban EconomicsProfessor Gaia Narciso, with Guglielmo Barone, Bank of Italy, has published a paper on ‘Organized crime and business subsidies: Where does the money go?' in the Journal of Urban Economics. The paper analyses the role of organized crime in the allocation of public subsidies to businesses.
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Professor Gaia Narciso publishes paper in the American Economic Journal: Economic PolicyProfessor Gaia Narciso, with Guglielmo Barone, Bank of Italy and Francesco D'Acunto, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, has published a paper on ‘Telecracy: Testing for Channels of Persuasion' in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. The paper explores how media bias affects electoral outcomes.
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Professor Carol Newman publishes paper in the European Economic ReviewProfessor Carol Newman, with John Rand, University of Copenhagen; Theodore Talbot, Centre for Global Development; Finn Tarp, UNU-WIDER and University of Copenhagen, has published a paper on ‘Technology Transfers, Foreign Investment and Productivity Spillovers' in the European Economic Review. The paper explores the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and the productivity of host country domestic firms.
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Three Sociology Students Elected to Scholarship in 2015The Department of Sociology is delighted to extend its congratulations to Mariam Ahmad (Sociology and Social Policy), Patrick Lavelle (PPES) and Matt Murtagh-White (PPES) who were announced as new Scholars of Trinity College. They were among the 67 Scholars announced by the Provost on Trinity Monday, 13 April.
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Economics Students Elected to Scholarship, 2015The Department of Economics is delighted to extend its congratulations to Samuel Alexander Thomas Johnston (PPES), Patrick Lavelle (PPES), Matt Murtagh-White (PPES), Luca Graziadei (TSM), Eimear Flynn (TSM), Míde Ní Ghríofa (TSM) and Christopher Swords (TSM) who were announced as new Scholars of the College. They were among the 67 Scholars announced by the Provost on Trinity Monday, 13th April.
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New Trinity Research Group to Focus on the Impact of Development AidA new research group established by the Department of Economics will bring together economics researchers, development practitioners and policy makers in a collective effort to estimate and understand the impact of development aid and investments.
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New book by David Ralph on Work, Family and Commuting in EuropeThe Department of Sociology is pleased to welcome a new book by Dr David Ralph from Palgrave on the lives of Euro-commuters. In it, Dr Ralph examines the day-to-day reality Euro-commuters face living between two EU countries and looks at the impact this mobility has on left behind family members. The book was launched by Dr Caitríona Ni Laoire (UCC) and Dr Mary Gilmartin (NUIM).
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SER 2015 LaunchThe Launch of the Student Economic Review 2015 took place on Tuesday the 24th of March in the GMB. The chamber was full on the night with contributors and their families, the committee and the staff and friends of the Economics department in attendance. Our privileged guests on the evening were the President of the Student Economic Review, Professor John O'Hagan and our guest speaker, Declan Sheehan.
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Dean's Undergraduate Scholarship for EconomicsThe Dean's Undergraduate Scholarship programme aims to support outstanding international students in an academic discipline within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. In 2015/2016, the first year of the scholarship programme, this scholarship is to be awarded to an economics student.
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Assistant Professor Gaia Narciso secures IRC New Foundations FundingCongratulations to Assistant Professor Gaia Narciso who has secured funding from the Irish Research Council under Strand 2: Decade of Centenaries. Her research will focus on 'the historical roots of Politically-Motivated Rebellion: Evidence from the Irish Revolution'.
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Sociology PhD Student wins Dean of Research AwardDavid Cichon, a first year Sociology PhD student, wins first Dean of Research Award at the Postgraduate Student Showcase. David’s research examines labour activism and trade union organising in the global garment industry. In particular, he is interested in the recent wave of minimum wage campaigning across Cambodian garment factories.
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Trinity and Yale go Head-to-Head in SER DebateTeams from Trinity College Dublin and Yale University debated the motion "This house believes that the US should open the Mexican border" on the 19th of February in the Graduate Memorial Building. The debate was chaired by Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator of the Financial Times.
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Workshop on ‘Quantitative Data in Irish Migration Research’On 12 February 2015, the IRC funded New Irish Families project (Principal Investigator: Antje Röder) hosted a workshop on ‘Quantitative Data in Irish Migration Research’ attended by several speakers and over 30 attendees. Panels focused on opportunities as well as challenges encountered in using existing data sources and new approaches for collecting survey data, as well as discussing ways forward in Irish migration research.
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Conference on Socio-Economic Inequalities in Mortality in IrelandOn 25 February 2015, the ESRI and the Department of Sociology (Prof Richard Layte) together with Maynooth University will host a conference on mortality patterns in Ireland over time and place. The event will be opened by the Minister for Health, Dr Leo Varadkar T.D. The keynote speaker is Professor Johan Mackenbach, University Medical Centre Rotterdam.
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New Growing Up in Ireland Report PublishedThe ‘Maternal Health Behaviours and Child Growth In Infancy’ report, co-authored by Prof Richard Layte from the Department of Sociology, provides evidence of the profound influence of early life environment on children’s subsequent health and identifies implications for policy-makers. The study was launched by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr James Reilly.
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TCD Researchers Awarded Funding Under Horizon 2020An interdisciplinary team including researchers from the Department of Sociology (Prof. Richard Layte) and the TILDA Study (Dr Ann Hever) have been awarded € 6 million from the European Commission for the LIFEPATH project. The study aims to understand the determinants of diverging ageing pathways among individuals belonging to different socioeconomic groups.
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Trinity Researcher Appointed to Prestigious Environmental Economics ProgrammeDr Claudia Aravena Novielli a postdoctoral researcher with the Department of Economics in the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, has received a prestigious appointment to the Scientific Committee of the Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP).
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New Book by Margret Fine-Davis on Gender Roles in IrelandThe Department of Sociology hosted a book launch in collaboration with the Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies at Trinity College Dublin. Gender Roles in Ireland: Three Decades of Attitude Change by Dr Margret Fine-Davis documents changing attitudes toward the role of women in Ireland from 1975 to 2005, and was introduced by former Fine Gael TD Monica Barnes.
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Public Symposium to Discuss Labour MovementThe Department of Sociology will host a discussion between US author Jane McAlevey about her book Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) and Siobhan O'Donoghue, Director of the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland. The symposium will take place on Monday 17th November 2014 at 7pm in the Thomas Davis Theatre at Trinity College Dublin.
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Wilkinson and Pickett Deliver Keynote on Income InequalityProfessors Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett gave a successful public lecture on 'Why Income Inequality Damages Us All: The causal processes' in the TCD/UCD Sociology Public Lecture Series on 11 November 2014. The talk focused on evidence that larger income differences between rich and poor are major causes of the social damage associated with them.
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Camilla Devitt Awarded NORFACE Funding for ProjectDr Camilla Devitt is TCD partner in the Paradox of Health State Futures (HEALTHDOX) project which involves a team of scholars from seven European universities. It aims to explore future trajectories of European health politics and policies through an investigation of the impact of recent health reforms on health inequalities, health expenditures, and public attitudes towards both the health system and the welfare state.
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Antje Roeder Delivers Public Lecture at Forum PoloniaDr Antje Roeder, Department of Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, will give a public lecture on ‘Ten years of Polish post-accession migration to Ireland’, organised by Forum Polonia. The event takes place on Thursday 30 October at 6:30pm in the Long Room Hub at Trinity College Dublin, and is part of a series of events organised to celebrate ten years since Polish EU accession.
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Economics PhD Students Attend Prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureate MeetingTwo PhD Economics students were recently selected to attend the prestigious 5th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences along with young economists from more than 80 countries around the world.
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TCD economist contributes to new book on rented sectorRonan Lyons, Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin, is one of the contributors to a new book, 'Renting in Ireland', edited by Lorcan Sirr. The book, which includes perspectives on the social, voluntary and private rented sectors and is the first book of its kind for Ireland, includes a wide array of contributors. Ronan's chapter outlines trends in rents in Ireland since the 1940s and spatial trends over the last 15 years. The book is available to purchase from the IPA.