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Relatively little is known about how mid-life rural women perceive their own ageing. A recent Irish study (Herbert, 2017) shows this cohort to be highly diverse in attitude and behaviour, challenging some stereotypical gendered assumptions about mid-life women. Qualitative data were gathered by interviewing 25 women aged 45-65 years of age from diverse socio-economic, demographic,… | Read on »

Call for Papers August 23-25, 2017 | Galway, Ireland Research paper submission deadline is April 21st, 2017. Doctoral Symposium submission deadline is April 30th, 2017 For more information on call for papers and submission details, please see: http://opensym.lero.ie The 13th International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym 2017) is the premier conference on open collaboration research… | Read on »

ENERGISE is an innovative pan-European research initiative setup to achieve a greater scientific understanding of the social and cultural influences on energy consumption. Led by NUI Galway, and funded under the EU Horizon 2020 programme for three years (2016-2019), ENERGISE will develop, test and assess options for a bottom-up transformation of energy use in households… | Read on »

A marine science ebook entitled Harmful Algal Blooms was launched on Monday 13th March by the Whitaker Institute at NUI Galway. This ebook by Dr Robin Raine is designed to infuse the engaging story of harmful algal blooms into teaching across the sciences. The production used a collaborative design process that has been shaped by feedback… | Read on »

    Dr Niall Ó Dochartaigh, Conflict, Humanitarianism and Security research cluster at the Whitaker Institute, spoke on RTÉ Prime Time about the political context for the 1977 killing of British Officer Robert Nairac, one of Northern Ireland’s ‘disappeared’ whose remains have never been located. This programme was aired on Tuesday 2nd May 2017.  

In this podcast Dr. Stephen Hynes, scientific director in the Whitaker Institute, discusses his own area of research in marine and environmental economics and policy and the broader work of the Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit in the Whitaker Institute. He reflects on why he first developed a passion for this area of research and why… | Read on »

Dr Eoin Whelan, member of the Agility and Open Innovation research cluster, published an opinion piece in the Business Technology section of The Irish Independent yesterday explaining how multitasking and digital distractions drain our cognitive capacities.  Read his piece here. Dr Whelan is currently investigating the link between Enterprise Social Media and Information Overload and will be running a… | Read on »

Dr Jane Walsh is principle applicant from NUI Galway on a successful €4,115,121 Horizon 2020 grant for a project entitled:  INCluSilver: Innovation in personalised Nutrition through Cluster cooperation in the Silver economy. Dr Jane Walsh will lead on market intelligence and strategy in collaboration with her Psychology colleague, Dr Michael Hogan. INCluSilver is funded under… | Read on »

  Hildegarde Naughton TD invites you to a public meeting on BREXIT Chaired by: The President of NUI Galway, Dr James J. Browne Keynote Speakers: Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade, Charlie Flanagan TD Professor Alan Ahearne, Economist & Director of the Whitaker Insitute Mr Kevin Sherry, Executive Director of Enterprise Ireland SALTHILL HOTEL, GALWAY… | Read on »

An AIS affiliated conference Barcelona, Spain November 8-10, 2017   Call for papers It is our great pleasure to invite you to ProjMAN 2017 – International Conference on Project MANagement, an AIS Affiliated Conference, which will be held in Barcelona, one of the most beautiful cities in Spain and Europe. Being part of Catalunya, it… | Read on »