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SPIRe Newsletter Spring / Summer 2025 has just been published.

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World Top 100 by Subject 2024
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World Top 100 by Subject 2024

SPIRe ranks in the QS top 100 in Politics

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What is Politics & International Relations?
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What is Politics & International Relations?

Why Study Politics & International Relations at UCD?

Associate Professor Joseph Lacey and a current student Joey McDonald explain.

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Publications by SPIRe Staff
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Publications by SPIRe Staff

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New SPIRe Research Project
New SPIRe Research Project

Dr Caitriona Dowd is PI on 'Network on Conflict-Affected Agriculture in Nigeria' project
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Ireland\'s \'tax mirage\'
Ireland's 'tax mirage'

UCD research exposes risk of Ireland’s “tax mirage”
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Professor David Farrell elected as member of Academia Europaea
Professor David Farrell elected as member of Academia Europaea

Established in 1988, the Academia Europaea is the pan-European academy of humanities, letters and sciences.

SPIRe Staff Awarded ReCLAIM Round 2 Funding
SPIRe Staff Awarded ReCLAIM Round 2 Funding

Dr Melanie Hoewer, Dr Caitriona Dowd, and their team have been awarded funding for the project "Fostering Safety and Trauma-Sensitivity in Research with Potential Emotional Impacts."
Appointment of Nick Miller as Adjunct Associate Professor
Appointment of Nick Miller as Adjunct Associate Professor

Former Irish Government Press Secretary Nick Miller has been appointed as Adjunct Associate Professor in SPIRe.
SPIRe Masters Graduate Scholarship
SPIRe Masters Graduate Scholarship

Applications are now open and will close in June 2025.
Minister Lawless launched "Political Change across Britain and Ireland"
Minister Lawless launched "Political Change across Britain and Ireland"

The book is a key output of the ‘Constitutional Futures after Brexit’ (CFaB) research project, led by academic and journalist Dr Paul Gillespie at UCD Centre for Peace and Conflict Research.
SPIRe Newsletter Spring / Summer 2025
SPIRe Newsletter Spring / Summer 2025

SPIRe Newsletter Spring / Summer 2025 has just been published.

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Prof Supriya Garikipati’s Team Wins Part of €2.2M Research Grant for UN SDG Goal 2: Zero Hunger
Prof Supriya Garikipati’s Team Wins Part of €2.2M Research Grant for UN SDG Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Research Theme "EMPOWER-ME - Empowering Malawian Women Farmers through Precision Agriculture and Market E-Linkages"
SPIRe Student Awards
SPIRe Student Awards

Congratulations to SPIRe's Award Winners for 2023-24!
Spring 2025 Seminar Series
Spring 2025 Seminar Series

All seminars are on Wednesdays from 12-1pm in the SPIRe boardroom, F301 Newman.
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