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June 2012ISA-RCHS interim conference entitled "Changing Universities: Changing Sociology", Clinton Auditorium, UCD on 27-30 June
At a university level we are experience radical changes at all levels and in all countries and cultures. It is time to think about the impact these changes had and continue to have on the discipline. Is there a general, maybe even universal trend to these changes? Can any particular or unique developments be detected? What role do cultures, states and national peculiarities play in this development? And how do they impact on the many sociological traditions? In order to comprehensively understand what is going on at present and what is likely to happen in the future we will also have to look at how changes in higher education have impacted on sociology in the past.Invited speakers: Professor Andrew Abbott (Sociology, University of Chicago) and Professor Daniel Gordon (History, University of Massachusetts)Organiser: Dr Andreas Hess (a.hess@ucd.ie)
http://www.ucd.ie/psychology/news/maintext,121416,en.html
The First Garret FitzGerald Spring School, 10-11 February 2012
Dr Garret Fitzgerald had a pronounced impact on Ireland not only as an active politician but also as a thinker and commentator. He had a deeply-rooted commitment to the role of the university, and to University College Dublin in particular where he studied and lectured, as well as the National University of Ireland of which he was Chancellor. Reflecting that relationship, an annual series of ‘Spring Schools’ named in his honour is being initiated by UCD, co-sponsored by the Irish Times. The first, on the theme ‘Democracy in the 21st Century’, focuses on his legacy, on democracy in the European Union, on human rights and the common good, and on trust and the media. The issues and concerns to which Garret FitzGerald devoted so much of his intellectual energy are still central to Ireland’s economic and social development; the aim of this series is to deepen reflection and debate on how best to build on his legacy. For more information, please click on Democracy in the 21st Century
Advanced booking is advisable. Please contact Mary Buckley, mary.buckley@ucd.ie
January 2012
The College of Human Sciences Conference entitled "Inequality and Poverty in Boom & Bust" is being held in Newman House on Wednesday 18 January 2012. This half-day conference will focus on this subject and present findings from recent research carried out and supported by the IRCHSS and the Department of Social Protection. It will be of interest to academics and researchers, those engaged with public policy in the public, private and voluntary sectors as well as graduate students across a range of social science discplines. Advanced booking is advisable. Please contact Mary Buckley, mary.buckley@ucd.ie
Please click Inequality & Quality in Boom & Bust for the full programme
March 2011
The Partnership Education Initiative in Drug Prevention Education and Research Capacity, within the UCD School of Applied Social Science, has won a prestigious STAR award from AONTAS, the National Adult Learning Organisation. The Initiative won the Nationwide or All Island Reach category. Sean Haughey, Minister for Lifelong Learning, officially opened the ceremony on the day, and awards were presented by Michael D. Higgins, T.D. For further information, please go to: http://www.adultlearnersfestival.com.
Winners of the awards are required to show a high level of teamwork and partnership; a learner centred approach to education provision; adult education practice and methodologies; and outcomes.
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Pictured at the awards: L to R: Sean Haughey, Minister for Lifelong Learning; Dr. Mary Ellen McCann, (School of Applied Social Science); Edel Quinn, (MQI); Dr. Hilda Loughran, (School of Applied Social Science); Catherine Mary Doyle, (Social Science student, UCD); Olga Howlett, (An Cosán); Karl O'Brien, (Urrús); Michael D. Higgins, T.D.
November 2010
Tree survey
One of the College of Human Sciences' Ad Astra scholars, Tine Ningal from the School of Geography, Planning & Environmental Policy has just catalogued Dublin's trees between the Grand and Royal Canals. This is the first time that there's ever been a comprehensive survey of trees in the city. For more information on his unique inventory, go to UCD News
July 2010
The College of Human Sciences is delighted with the recently announced results of the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI5). The College is successful in obtaining €3 million for the joint UCD-TCD PhD programme in Economics and Politics as well as the PhD programme in Earth & Natural Sciences based in UCD Earth Systems Institute. The College's success is reflective on the strong cooperation between the Schools and Departments concerned. This is further evidence of the ongoing success of College of Human Sciences' Graduate School.
Economics and Political Science (PhD)
This structured PhD programme will harness the research and mentoring capacity of over fifty economists and political scientists in exploring the economic, political and public policy response to the global crisis, as well as in the tools of econometrics and specialist statistical design.
EconPol consolidates the research and doctoral training of UCD and TCD (in the core disciplines of Economics and Political Science) with the policy focus of ESRI to create an international research PhD programme that reaches out to other universities and third-level institutions. Through the Innovation Academy students of EconPol will be trained to work within an evolving business culture of innovation and entrepreneurship across a range of sectors.
Earth Systems Institute (PhD)
ESI and its partners will bring together research leaders, policy makers and industry to create an interdisciplinary, innovation-focused, structured PhD programme to draw together a wide range of relevant disciplines and expertise at UCD (e.g. agriculture, biofuels, climate and simulation modelling, environmental biology, risk analysis and prediction) and its partner institutions.
Training will prepare the students for industry, academia and government agencies where they will contribute to the emergence of a global reputation, the national deployment of green technology and sustaining the competitiveness of Irish industry, including AgriFood.
Jean Blondel Prize 2010
Paul Gill, a PhD graduate from the UCD School of Politics and International Relations, has been awarded the 2010 Jean Blondel Prize for the best political science thesis in the EU. His doctoral thesis entitled "The Dynamics of Suicide Bombing in Campaigns of Political Violence" examined the underlying individual and organisational motivations behind suicide bombing and why constituencies of people give support to the perpetrators.
The Jean Blondel Prize is judged by a committee drawn from the editorial board of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). The Consortium is an independent, scholarly association with approximately 350 European institutional members and associate members in over 40 countries. Together, the members form a network of thousands of individual political scientists, international relations and European studies specialists.
Paul Gill completed his doctoral thesis in 2009 under the supervision of Dr Tobias Theiler, UCD School of Politics & International Relations. The work was funded by the Irish Research Council for Humanities & Social Sciences (IRCHSS).
