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Whitaker Institute member Dr Jane Walsh, co-leader of the Health and Well-Being Cluster, has been featured in an article from the Irish Cancer Society. The piece discusses Dr Walsh’s support for Making a Splash a Day in May fundraiser and the importance of goal setting. Read more here.

On Tuesday, the Whitaker Institute and Western Development Commission launched the findings of the third national remote working survey, which found 95% of people want to continue working remotely in some form after the pandemic. The findings garnered significant media attention, which is available to read below. Click here to read more about the findings… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Professor Alma McCarthy spoke with RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland about the recent findings from the Whitaker Institute and Western Development Commissions third Remote Working Survey, which found 95% of respondents wish to continue working remotely in some form after the pandemic. Listen back below.

Ground-breaking research at NUI Galway on the economic cost of domestic violence (DV) in low and middle-income countries has been pivotal to developing new legislation and policies to protect women in Egypt, South Sudan and Vietnam. Women experience DV behind closed doors; however, its impact reaches beyond the individual and their family, having serious consequences… | Read on »

Scientists have proposed the first steps towards a united global plan to save our oceans, for the sake of human health. NUI Galway was part of an interdisciplinary European collaboration called the Seas Oceans and Public Health In Europe (SOPHIE) Project, funded by Horizons 2020, outlining the initial steps that a wide range of organisations… | Read on »

The National Competitiveness and Productivity Council has released a new bulletin on remote working which cited the Whitaker Institute and Western Development Commissions Remote Working Surveys. The bulletin examines the remote working experience in Ireland to date and focuses on the impact of remote working on enterprises, and how a new type of blended working… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Dr Elaine Wallace, co-leader of the Performance Management cluster, spoke with RTÉ about her recent research which looks at the links between what we donate to charity and what we say about it on social media. Are you a dirty altruist or Facebook expressive about charities? The key to mounting a successful charity… | Read on »

Young women are significantly less likely to say they would accept a Covid-19 vaccine, new research from a joint Irish-UK project has revealed. The vaccine hesitancy study was carried out by NUI Galway, led by Whitaker Institute member Dr Jane Walsh, co-leader of the Health and Well-Being cluster, in collaboration with University of Huddersfield. More… | Read on »

Indian national newspaper, The Hindu Business Line, recently featured an article by Whitaker Institute member Dr Raghavendran Srinivasan, of the Macroeconomics and Finance cluster, regarding the post-Covid economy and how the issue of women’s household care work has taken centre-stage in Tamil Nadu politics. Read more here.

Whitaker Institute member Professor Alma McCarthy, Head of the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, has been featured in a recent article from The Irish Times. In the piece, Professor McCarthy spoke about how the higher age profile of civil servants could present job opportunities for the younger generation. Read the article here.