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On March 3rd, the Whitaker Institute at NUI Galway and the InterTradeIreland All Island Innovation Programme partners were delighted to host an online lecture followed by a live Q&A session with Professor Henry Chesbrough; a  leading scholar in open innovation management. Professor Chesbrough coined the term ‘open innovation’ and developed the concept in his 2003 book, ‘Open… | Read on »

On 8th of March, the Whitaker Institute was delighted to host Engendering the Macroeconomy: Current Efforts and Future Directions. Economics has neglected integrating gender in its analysis and as a result economic discourse fails to see and address gender inequality in the context of a modern economy. Feminist Economists have been pushing the frontiers of Economics,… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Dr Elaine Wallace,  co-leader of the Performance Management cluster and Associate Director of the Institute, has written a new piece for RTÉ Brainstorm. The article explores the question of if our social media likes reflect what we do and think offline? Do our social media likes reflect what we do and think offline? Analysis: our… | Read on »

On 4 March, the Whitaker Institute was delighted to host Gender and Whistleblowing: A hidden aspect of speaking up. Whistleblowing is increasingly recognized as a vital way to hold organizations to account and keep societies safe. Changes are happening: new legislation is being introduced to protect those who speak up about organizational wrongdoing, including an EU Directive… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Dr Elaine Wallace, co-leader of the Performance Management cluster and Associate Director of the Institute, spoke with RTÉs Drivetime about her research on Instagram usage and mental health. Listen back below. The research was also featured in a number of news articles, click here to read more.

Research conducted by Whitaker Institute member Dr Elaine Wallace, co-leader of the Performance Management cluster and Associate Director of the Institute, in collaboration with the University of Zaragoza, Spain has examined how Instagram Likes affect people.  Likes can make you less lonely, but more unhappy – especially when your followers can see your Likes. The full… | Read on »

A study carried out by the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics has examined how the different gratifications sought from mobile gambling explain problematic versus non-problematic patterns in highly involved gamblers.  Lead author of the study, Whitaker Institute member Dr Eoin Whelan, of the Agile and Open Innovation cluster (LERO), spoke to Irish Tech News, Irish Examiner, and… | Read on »

The rapid development and increased use of software and technology for legal services and in the courts could reduce costs and improve access to justice but deepen the digital divide and strengthen existing biases in the justice system, research from NUI Galway has cautioned. Whitaker Institute member Dr Rónán Kennedy, leader of the Technology and… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Prof Pat Dolan, of the Population and Migration cluster, has written a new piece for RTÉ Brainstorm. The article looks at who and what we have come to value in the pandemic and whether these values will remain post-pandemic. How lockdown has made us realise who and what matters most Opinion: will… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Dr Rónán Kennedy, leader of the Technology and Governance cluster, has examined the use of software, tech and AI in justice system as part of SFI Public Service Fellowship. Read more in the Irish Times.