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Whitaker Institute member Dr Easkey Britton, of the Applied Systems Thinking cluster, spoke to the Marine Institute about the health and mental benefits of engaging with marine and coastal environments. Read the article here.

Whitaker Institute member Professor Alma McCarthy, of the Work, Organizations and Society cluster, was featured on RTÉ Brainstorm’s podcast where she contributed to a discussion on the future of office working. Listen to the podcast here.

Whitaker Institute member Professor Kate Kenny, co-leader of the Work, Organizations and Society cluster, has co-authored a new piece with Prof Marianna Fotaki for The Conversation. The article argues marketisation of health and social care has increased the need for these whistleblowers to protect the common good and need to be supported better. Read the full piece here.

For sustainable development to be meaningful, it must be achievable and measurable by some reasonably clear metric or metrics. Economists have long recognised that the System of National Accounting aggregates fail to properly measure human well-being. Complements and perhaps alternatives to indicators such as Gross National Income are required. However, the development of sustainability indicators… | Read on »

Ireland has set ambitious economic growth targets for the agri-food sector up to 2025 and beyond, with sustainability being an important consideration in the national development strategies (Food Wise 2025 and Harnessing our Ocean Wealth – An Integrated Marine Plan). Although Ireland has achieved a prominent position in global agri-food trade as one of the… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Dr John Cullinan, of the Population and Migration cluster, has co-authored a new article for RTÉ Brainstorm with Dr Margaret Hodgins. The article looks at the results from their recent study on the costs of workplace bullying. How workplace bullying costs Ireland €239 million every year “Data we examined from before the… | Read on »

Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitised Society 1st – 3rd September 2021 National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland AI, analytics, and ICT in general, create opportunities and unintended or negative consequences for individuals and society. These opportunities and consequences have not been evenly distributed. Despite the many personal, economic, and… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Dr Nessa Cronin, of the Social Sciences Research Centre cluster,  has written a new article for the Business Post. The piece argues that lessons from the pandemic must be applied to the climate crisis when considering the ‘sacrifice zones’ of COVID-19. Read more here.

Whitaker Institute member Dr Gerard Turley, of the Performance Management cluster, has written a new piece for RTÉ Brainstorm. The article argues the current pandemic provides the new government an opportunity to rethink commercial rates. What’s next for commercial rates? Many businesses in towns like Sligo who’ve been badly hit by the pandemic and lockdown… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute members Dr Áine Ní Leime, co-leader of the Gender and Public Policy cluster, and Dr Margaret O’Neill have written a new piece for RTÉ Brainstorm. The article explores what older Irish men say about their how their portrayed in the media and the new significance it takes on in light of cocooning. “Old… | Read on »